Shobhan Kothari

Partner, ADND & KDND

Shobhan Kothari graduated from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA) in Mumbai. At college he had the good fortune of studying in an exchange student program at McGill University, Montreal, Canada for six months. Upon graduation he worked with architect

Nitin Killawala. During the course of working, he was presented an opportunity to design a Deaf and Mute institute in Mumbai. This project began his career and he set up a practice in 2000. Later in 2002 he formed a partnership with Anand Menon who was his colleague and friend from his graduating college. Together they have now been in practice for 20 years under the banner of ADND.