This series marks the golden jubilee year of Mahatma Education Society, the umbrella institution above PiCA. This series aims to highlight and commend the myriad professional journeys and achievements of XPicans who are spread across the world and have made their alma mater proud with their good work.
Initiatives & Collaborations
Alumni | Alma Mater | PiCA Students Council
PiCA Alumni Talks
X-Change Series
Spread all across the globe, at various levels of our career, we aim to bring together XPicans in this series. With the disruption brought by Covid-19, several projects have been impacted or stalled; salary cuts and job losses have become common. Architects are facing unprecedented challenges in their projects and practices. Bringing together a few alumni members in each session, we hope to understand the situation of architectural practice in the present and discuss potential challenges for architects in the future.
XPican Journeys
This series will feature XPicans with interesting career journeys. The interviews aim to support, guide, and inspire students at PiCA, and help them prepare for their future outside college. As alumni members, we have encountered similar challenges faced by the students—both in college, and on graduation. Listening and responding to our students’ doubts and fears, and sharing experiences on our journeys and careers can assist in strengthening confidence of our future alumni.
The association is registered under the Societies Act of 1860 (Registration No: Maharashtra/575/2011/Raigad).
Our Alma Mater
Aims & Objectives
Networking
To provide a forum for members of the association for interaction and to sustain a sense of belonging amongst the members of the Association with the Institute through mutually beneficial contacts.
Documentation
To collect, publish & distribute information as may be useful to the members of the association & the Institute.
Value Creation
To develop the Association in a manner that creates value & contributes to the identity & brand of the institute in the public domain.
Professional Relationship
To organize programs that is relevant to the professional development of the members of the association and the institute.
Academic Relationship
To enable academic partnerships with the institute by drawing upon the members’ professional & academic experience.
Social Relationship
To engage with the institute & the public domain in a manner that is socially relevant.
Management of the Association
The management of X-Pican shall be vested in an Executive Committee. The current Executive Committee members include:
President
Principal, PICA
Vice President
Ajay Nayak
Secretary
Kiran Keluskar
Joint Secretary
Sangeetha Solanki
Treasurer
Alankar Taishete
Joint Treasurer
Preeti Pansare
Members
Abhishek Kadam
Rajesh Krishnan
Raj Singh
Ajay Pillai
Yatish Chavan
Ronjeta Gavandi
Jinu Kurien
Sarvesh Nandgirikar
Preeti Nayak