Dinabandhu Patra
2610 Salado Street, Apartment 101, Austin. Texas 78705.
Tel: (512) 457 0026
deenu@mail.utexas.edu
Birth
25 April 1975 at Bhubaneswar, India.
Language Abilities
Fluent in Hindi, Oriya & Sanskrit.
Can speak and understand Marathi & Bengali.
Education
Fall 1998 - Expecting Summer 2000
Master of Science in Architectural Studies. (Urban Design)
The University of Texas at Austin.
GPA : 3.67 /4.00 after 3 semesters
Thesis: Micro-development and Physical Intervention Strategies in
Heterogenous Metropolitan Localities.
1991 - 1996
Bachelor of Architecture.
Department of Architecture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar,
India.
2nd Rank in the University
OGPA : 7.07 / 10
Prizes & Scholarships
1999
Mebane Travel Scholarship.
( Oxford Study Program, UK )
1998 - Continuing
Graduate Assistantship.
( The University of Texas at Austin )
1991 – 1996
University Merit Scholarship for Academic Proficiency. ( OUAT, India )
1993
First Prize in Architectural Design Competition. ( East Zone, India )
First Prize in Architectural Quiz Competition. ( East Zone, India )
Public & Community related Activities
September-November 1999
Volunteer/Coordinator, Bull Creek Design Charette.
Last November, City of Austin in association with AIA Austin & School of
Architecture, UT organized a charrette to envision the conservation/development
of Bull Creek Watershed in Austin. Around 100 citizens and professionals from
different parts of the city participated which resulted in 5 different
conceptual ideas. I was a member of the organizing team led by a city official
Ms. K. Sutaria in addition to serving as a member of a charette group.
May-July 1999
Participant, Oxford Program Outreach in Barmouth, Wales.
As a part of the summer Oxford Program led by Hogg Professor at UT, Dr. Simon
Atkinson, we stayed for a week at Barmouth, a small town in Wales on the
Cardigan Bay. We interacted with the community to envision the future options
for this beach town, which was once, a great tourist destination in Wales. In
the last 3 decades, the town economy has faced a dramatic slump resulting in
homelessness and urban turmoil. Drawing on the proximity of the Snowdonia
National Park, we developed proposals to revitalize the town economy based on
the ideas on Eco-tourism and nature-consciousness.
Aug-December 1994
Participant, Ekamra Kshetra Project, Bhubaneswar, India.
As a part of a larger INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage)
study for the future development of Bhubaneswar, I was a senior member of this
student project under Oriyologist Subhasis Mohapatra to examine the ‘middle
space’ between the 2000 year-old temple town of Bhubaneswar and the 50 year-
young new town planned by Otto Koenigsberger. The objective was to search for
ways to influence its development in such a way that the two towns on two ends
of it can have a ‘symbiotic’ relationship with each other.
Computer Knowledge
Application Softwares: Office 2000, Photoshop, PageMaker, Director & Premier
CAD Softwares: AutoCAD, FormZ, Vectorworks
Basic HTML & Networking knowledge abilities
Work Experience
Starting Jan. 2000
Graduate Research Assistant
Austin Learning Academy Project,
LBJ School of Public Affairs.
The University of Texas at Austin.
Scope of Responsibility:
Development of conceptual design for an information technology-led
innovation & entrepreneurship center in a traditiona
