Renowned Indian architect Dr Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, who was an urban planner and educator for the past seventy years, passed away at the age of 95.

• For his outstanding contribution to the field of architecture, he was conferred with Pritzker Prize in 2018, RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal in 2021, and the coveted Padma Shri in 1976.
• The architect spent his early career working with other renowned artists, including the like of Le Corbusier on his designs for Chandigarh and Louis Kahn, working on the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.