MyGov India, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, hosted the Global Design competition for the National War Memorial, which aimed at arriving at a fitting design to honour the memory of the soldiers and their numerous sacrifices towards the nation. Being a tribute to the brave a combination of architectural aesthetics and public sentiment was sought. The selected site lies within the C-Hexagon of New Delhi in close proximity to the India Gate and Chhatri.
The contest consists of two stages. A Jury Meeting was held from 31 October – 01 November 2016 to shortlist 09 entries for the Stage 2 of the competition. The following are the 09 entries shortlisted, in no order of merit.
Team Name: Rajiv Narain and Partners
Team Member:
- Rajiv Narain
- Amit Dua
- Deepa Sathiaram
Team Name: Virender Sharma and Associates
Team Member:
- Virender Sharma
- Nishant Sharma
- Pieter De Kock
Team Name: Anagram Architects
Team Member:
- Vaibhav Dimri
- Madhav Raman
- Siddharth Chatterjee
Team Name: CIVIL CONSULTANTS
Team Member:
- Aditya Behl
- Ajai Behl
- Avdhesh Ratan Singh
Team Name: The Strongest Infinity
Team Member:
- Sanjana Bhosale
- Yamini Kumar
- Suryakiran JP
- Ranjit Prasad
- Leena Kumar
Yogesh Chandrahasan
Karthikeyan
8. Team Name: Sainik Samarak
Team Member:
- Ajay Sethi
- Sunil Philip
- Hemanth Singh
- AnushaMuthusubramanian
- Kurt Martig
9. Team Name: EDA Bangalore
Team Member:
- Katha Mehta
- Edgar Demello
- Sanjana Ramesh
- RyalSequeira