• Ms. Sofia Sebastian
• Mr. Ravishankar K.R.

India had a glorious history in terms of its rich art and architecture, starting from 3000 B.C.During the British period from 1615- 1947, the major cities of Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai were highlighted with rich colonial styles of Indo-Sarcenic architecture. After Independence, there was a boom of building activities and there were confusions and debates on the style of architecture to be followed– modernism or historicism. Different styles of Modernism evolved raising the question of Identityin Post Independent architecture

Modernism, Post-Independence, Revivalism, geometric forms, Expressionist style, biomimicry architecture, contemporary modernism, chattris, progressive architecture, Brutalism, Regionalism, Tradition, Vastu Purusha Mandala, metamorphosis, identity, climate responsive, vernacular

"POST INDEPENDENCE ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA : A Search For Identity in Modernism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1467-1473, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006253.pdf

"POST INDEPENDENCE ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA : A Search For Identity in Modernism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1467-1473, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006253.pdf