Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Khare, Conservation Architect, educated at Delhi, York and Leicester, a Fulbright Fellow at USA and Charles Wallace Fellow at UK, has rich teaching experience as Professor/ Dean at premier institutes of India and abroad, and now as the Founder Director of School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal of MHRD, Govt. of India. He has authored the widely acclaimed book ‘Temple Architecture of Eastern India’ published in 2005. For this book he received ArchiDesign award for best written work in Architecture during 2007. He has edited many conference proceedings and written articles, research papers and book reviews in national and international journals. He edits international journals called ‘CONTEXT’ as member of the board of editors, 'SPANDREL' and ‘ABACUS’ as Chief Editor. The most notable among the conservation projects to his credit is the Conservation of City Palace Complex, Udaipur funded by Getty Foundation USA. Prof. Khare was nominated by Government of India to take part in India-Yale Leadership Programme along with twenty six Directors of National Institutes and Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities. As a Fulbright fellow he took part in first ever India-US Higher Education Summit at Washington and visited many top universities of the USA including Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Georgetown University and interacted for academic collaborations.

Institute Responsibilities:
Dean of Academic Affairs (DOAA) is responsible for all academic activities and coordination of all academic program the cooperation of HODs and coordinators of the program. DOAA is also responsible for admissions, examinations, curriculum for all the programs, educational tour of students and also SPA Press. DOAA is provides agenda to secretary, senate for holding senate meetings.

Education:
PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Master of Environmental Studies (by research) Department of Geography & Environmental, University of Melbourne.
Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Studies Department of Geography & Environmental Studies University of Melbourne, 1996 Honours grade achieved.
Bachelor of Architecture Government College of Architecture Lucknow University, India.

Institute Responsibilities:
Development of Bhauri Campus and to supervise ongoing construction by Central agencies; State agencies and Institute Works Department, coordination of Architectural design of new buildings and campus planning including landscape design and development of landscapes. Maintenance of lawns and water bodies; IWD works under supervision of DOPD. DOPD is incharge for the maintenance of all services like civil works, water supply, drainage, sewerage, electricity, planing and development of infrastructure for campus wide internet (Broadband and/or wi-fi) facility. Planing for creation of new facilities: Computer Center and data center and maintenance of website.

Education:
MA (Economics)
MRP
PhD (Regional Economics)

Institute Responsibilities:
Professor & Dean, Research.