birth_place nationality birth_date residence article_title name occupation
srinagar jammu & kashmir indian 1961 new delhi , india neehar raina
 neehar raina architect
neehar raina

neehar raina -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- studied architecture at the school of planning and architecture -lrb- spa -rrb- , new delhi .
his work was recognized with the aga khan award for architecture for his architectural layout of the 8 acre campus of the barefoot college near tilonia .
his name had not been initially included in the award which had attributed the project to `` an illiterate farmer '' , but after he wrote a letter of protest , the award was corrected and redesignated to read `` a young architect , neehar raina , prepared the architectural layout and an illiterate farmer from tilonia , along with 12 other barefoot architects , constructed the buildings . ''
raina practices architecture from his design studio `` raina & associates '' in mehrauli , new delhi .
