ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & RECOGNITION
World Habitat Awards, 2018
Nivasa’s work on Co-creating Construction Labour Communities received a Commendation at the World Habitat Awards 2018, recognising its contribution towards advancing the right to housing with dignity.
The jury commended the project for improving the living and working conditions of construction site workers and their families, and for its strong emphasis on human dignity, partnership-based processes, and industry-wide behavioural change. The award particularly acknowledged Nivasa’s commitment to the K.A.I.P.A principles and its approach to collaborative, participatory practice within the construction ecosystem.
Neighbourhood Partnership Challenge, 2015
Project Suitcase was selected to receive a grant award. Hosted by Citizens for the City, the brief was for projects to include community involvement in solving neighbourhood issues. 12 winners were chosen from 86 proposals sent over two rounds of presentations.
We set up 6 units at Girinagar slum, Bangalore from the grant received.
Indo Dutch Conference, 2014
Three of our projects were selected among entries from fifteen countries world over in this conference organized by IISc, Bangalore & Delft University, Netherlands, on Design for Sustainable Well being and Empowerment.
MSDS Award, 2011-2015
Manava Seva Dharma Samvardhani presented the Sadguru Gyanananda fellowship to Akhila Ramesh in appreciation of her pioneering effort to establish Nivasa.
CSIM Fellowship, 2011
Akhila Ramesh was the first recipient of CSIM’s financial award for social entrepreneurs. This supported Nivasa during our first year of inception.
The Merit List 2016-17
Our Project Suitcase and B.U.S were short listed for The Merit List 2016-17 cycle.
The Merit List [TML] is an initiative by Matter. to recognize projects of critical relevance in terms of design and thought in the context of contemporary Indian architecture.
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