Shri.Jaffer AA Khan RIBA is the Director of Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi (MIDAS)Chennai, affiliated to Anna University of Technology. MIDAS is promoted by MARG GROUP in Chennai, an infrastructure company with projects more than 5000Crs.
Prof.Khan brings in 25 years of rich international experience to the education of architecture through MIDAS. The philosophy of the school is to establish a strong symbiotic relationship between education,research, theory and practice.
Prof. Khan is the gold medalist in Architecture from the University of Madras in 1983. He was awarded the most prestigious Aga Khan Scholarship Geneva to do his graduation at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, UCL,University of London in 1985. Back home he started his practice in 1985 and has designed nearly 500 buildings many of them award winning at national and international level. His projects are widely published and nominated to The Aga Khan Award during 1995 cycle (ErodeMosque-Periagraharam Erode-MIT Digital Archives).
He maintains studios in Bangalore and Chennai and recently executed large residential projects in Bangalore. He has been a writer,critic and an academician apart from professional practice for quarter century and has written some hard hitting articles on Environment,Heritage and Sustainable Development.Presently he is in the process of writing a book on "Mosque Forms of India" and is the founder Director General of The Museum of Muslim Art, India establishing a Museum for Muslim Heritage. He is a member of some of the world's most prestigious professional bodies including The Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA),UK and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts(RSA),London.
