It was in 2000, 10 years ago, that The Hecar Foundation first held an architecture conference and exhibition for women from around the world in Mumbai. Twenty years on, they have returned with a multidisciplinary approach with Women in Design. Spanning three days, the conference and exhibition will address various aspects and approaches of architecture and design through women players. There will be panel discussions, keynote speeches and an opportunity for women to meet and dwell on each other's practice.

"There have been enormous changes in the field for the last two decades. Architecture does not work in silos anymore and is fairly interconnected with design. So, we decided to extend it to design too," says Brinda Somaya, chairperson, The Hecar Foundation. The global conference attempts to bring women achievers from far corners together in the same room. So, you could be listening to an architect from Iran on one day and another who works with rehabilitation architecture in Syria on another.