Where Every Mind Gets Its Moment.
Mind Rain is the only competition platform that separates junior and senior categories – ensuring fair competition based on skill, not seniority.
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Years of experience
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Participants
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Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced
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successful competitions conducted
Live Events
THE UNREAL HOUSE
An Imaginary Home Design Challenge
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all undergraduate students
Early bird registration deadline 22 March 2026
MIND RAIN
THESIS AWARD #02
India's Premier Thesis Recognition Award
Origin India
Eligibility Students Completed UG from 2019-2026
Early bird registration deadline 31 March 2026
Previous Competition Winners
Dali House Competition • 2019
Category 1
Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon
Gateway College of Architecture and Design, Sonipat
Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering college, Aurangabad
Category 2
Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Architecture (MMCA), Pune
Thejus College of Architecture, Thrissur, Kerala
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Allana College of Architecture, Pune
Chitkara University, Punjab
Honorable Mentions
Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Thejus College of Architecture, Thrissur
Meet the Panel
Guest Jury
Our distinguished panel of experts bring decades of experience across architecture, planning, and design to evaluate and inspire the next generation of innovators.
Ayodh Vasant Kamath
Ayodh Vasant Kamath blends craft, design and computation in research, teaching, and professional practice. His research on bamboo gridshell design won a 'Best Paper, Runner-up' at CAADRIA 2013 and his research on 'Computationally Reclaiming Material' in Detroit won him the LTU Faculty Seed Grant in 2014. He has presented his research at international conferences in Asia, Europe and North America.
Ayodh co-coordinates the Visual Communications course sequence in the department of architecture. He teaches graduate and undergraduate design studios, and has organized an international design-build workshop with the makeLAB at LTU. Ayodh has previously taught at the Sushant School of Art & Architecture, Gurgaon, and the University School of Architecture and Planning, Delhi, India.
A practicing architect in India, Ayodh is a partner at Kamath Design Studio, New Delhi. He was involved in the design of the tallest stainless steel structure in South Asia. Projects he has worked on have appeared in various national and international publications. He has also worked on installation art projects, furniture design and photography.
Narinderjit Kaur
Narinderjit Kaur is an architect, designer and motivated environmental planner who relishes new and dynamic challenges. Her fields of interest include Natural Resource Management, Urban Environment & Climate Change and Sustainable approach in and Spatial Planning and Architecture. She has eighteen years of professional experience including six years of core field work, 11 years field work as free-lance consultant along with 11 years teaching experience.
Pavol Griac
Pavol Griac is a resident of Slovakia, Europe. He has studied Spatial Planning at the University of Technology in Slovakia and in city of Reims in France. He has taught Urban Planning at a prestigious university in India and has traveled different parts of India during his stay. He works in real estate business. He loves to travel and experience different cultures. He is a sports enthusiast and loves to play ice hockey, football and rock climbing.