Vishwanath Kashikar is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and is currently conducting design studios for Bachelors and Masters of Architecture at CEPT University. He completed his Diploma Architecture degree from CEPT University in 2000 and an M.A.(Arch) by research degree at N.U.S, Singapore in 2006. Vishwanath has been a visiting faculty at CEPT since 2002 and joined as a full time teacher in 2008. His main area of interest is urban housing and he has conducted and guided several research projects in housing.