Team | Lotus

Founding Partner and CEO.

Heading the firm, Ambrish trained and worked as a Boat designer for 5 years before turning his interest to Architecture & Interior Design almost twelve years ago. He was one of the two Directors of Design Habit, a leading exhibit design firm in New Delhi for 3 years, before setting up Lotus in June 2002. In the course of his career he has acquired extensive experience in India and abroad as part of Design teams on diverse projects such as Museums, Retail spaces, Offices, Residences, Exhibitions including a project in the Expo 2000 in Hanover, Lightweight structures, Furniture, and Two European Feature films. He has also served as Visiting faculty to NIFT Delhi, Consultant to NID Ahmedabad and Visiting Juror to School of Interior Design CEPT Ahmedabad.

Sidhartha Talwar, Partner

An Architect from TVB School of Habitat Studies, Delhi; Sidhartha started his career with the architect, Gautam Bhatia in 1998. His interest in exploring other mediums of spatial expression led him to join the exhibition design firm, Oriole in 96. Two years later he moved on to Design Habit as a Senior Design Associate. He is one of the founding directors of Lotus. Over the years Sidhartha has worked on & headed diverse projects including exhibitions, retail and corporate interiors, & thematic events, taking them from concept to execution. His core strengths lie in articulating space, project detailing & implementation.

Ankur Choksi, Partner

A Graphic Designer trained at NID, Ahmedabad, Ankur, the third director of Lotus has had a fascination for space and dexterity in multiple media from his diploma days. This led him to intern with Oriole Design in '97 where he also designed his first exhibition. He subsequently went on to become the firm’s principal Graphic Designer and later got absorbed as a Senior Design Associate with Design Habit, an Exhibit Design firm in Delhi. His interest in pure Graphic Design led him to venture into the Print medium for over a year with Itu Chaudhari Design. He has a wide experience in handling projects as diverse as Brand identities, Environmental graphics to Exhibitions & Museums.

Arun Kullu, Associate

A trained furniture designer from NID, Ahmedabad; over the past 4 years, Arun has designed lines of furniture for over 30 projects including hotels, restaurants, and retail spaces. For 3 years he collaborated with furniture manufacturing companies in producing designs for the export market in Europe and USA. With a keen eye for detail, his passion lies in merging industrial processes with tactile finishes. At Lotus he heads the team for detailing furniture and fixtures.