Architects and Interior Designers in Nashik (2026): 6 Studios on MOA

There are 6 design practices in Nashik listed on Member of Architecture, and all six are architecture studios whose Council of Architecture registration MOA has verified. Five of them also offer interior design. None has published a finished project on MOA yet, so this page lists every one with what they say they do and how to reach them directly, plus a short note on the Nashik building rules that shape what you should ask.

How this list was put together

Worth being straight about the basis, because many "top architects" lists are advertising in disguise. This is not a ranking of the best architects in Nashik: nobody can credibly produce that. It is every practice on MOA that works in the city, ordered by the number of completed projects they report and then alphabetically, because none has published work on MOA yet.

• No paid placements. Nobody paid to appear here, and MOA takes no commission on any project that follows.
• Completed-project counts are self-reported by each studio and cover their whole career, not only the work shown on MOA.
• COA verification means MOA has checked the architect's registration with the Council of Architecture. Only a registered architect may use the title "architect" in India, under the Architects Act, 1972.

Architecture studios in Nashik

Akruti design studio

• Architect: ANUSHREE BAISANE
• Completed projects (self-reported): 50
• Services: Interior Designing, Construction Drawings, Plan Approvals, 3d-Rendering, Liaison
• Works in: Nashik, Nashik Division
• COA verified: yes

View Akruti design studio on MOA

Datar Architects

• Architect: Tejaswini Priyadarshan Datar
• Completed projects (self-reported): 50
• Services: Interior Designing, Design Consultancy, Furniture Design, Turn-Key Projects, Construction Drawings
• Works in: Pune, Nashik, Hyderabad
• COA verified: yes

View Datar Architects on MOA

Design Atelier

• Architect: Ar.Khushi Bamb
• Completed projects (self-reported): 5
• Services: Interior Designing, Design Consultancy, Construction Drawings, Furniture Design, Turn-Key Projects
• Works in: Nashik
• COA verified: yes

View Design Atelier on MOA

Deep Bhagwat Architects

• Architect: Om Mundankar
• Completed projects (self-reported): 3
• Services: 3d-Rendering, Design Consultancy
• Works in: Nashik
• COA verified: yes

View Deep Bhagwat Architects on MOA

Swarali Designs

• Architect: Swarali Munot
• Completed projects (self-reported): 3
• Services: Design Consultancy, Construction Drawings, 3d-Rendering, Plan Approvals, Interior Designing
• Works in: Pune, Nashik
• COA verified: yes

View Swarali Designs on MOA

Ikshana Designs

• Architect: Prathmesh Ingle
• Completed projects (self-reported): 2
• Services: Interior Designing, Turn-Key Projects, Design Consultancy
• Works in: Nashik, Mumbai, Thane
• COA verified: yes

View Ikshana Designs on MOA

What these studios offer

Across the 6 practices listed, the services on offer are: 3d-Rendering, Construction Drawings, Design Consultancy, Furniture Design, Interior Designing, Liaison, Plan Approvals, Turn-Key Projects. Not every studio does everything, so check the individual profiles. Scope is the most common source of disagreement later on.

Two of the six, Datar Architects and Swarali Designs, also work in Pune. If your project is there, our directory of architects in Pune lists more studios.

Building rules in Nashik: NMC, NMRDA and the UDCPR

Before you brief anyone, work out which authority your plot falls under, because it decides where your architect files. Inside city limits that is the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). Its Town Planning Department handles building permission, revised permission, zone certificates, plinth completion and completion certificates, and sends applicants to the state's online Building Plan Management System (BPMS). Around the city, the Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA), set up on 21 March 2017, covers about 2,649 sq km and 275 villages in Nashik taluka and parts of Niphad, Sinnar, Dindori, Trimbakeshwar and Igatpuri. Its building permission department works to the sanctioned Regional Plan of 2013 and the UDCPR.

Both follow the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR), the state rulebook for Maharashtra outside Greater Mumbai and a few special areas. The latest consolidated copy from the Directorate of Town Planning (updated to 30 January 2025) has a few lines written for Nashik alone:

• Core area. In NMC, what the rules elsewhere call the congested area is the "core area" (Regulation 6.1). Where a plot there faces a street narrower than 4.5 m, the boundary is moved back to 2.25 m from the street's centre line (Regulation 3.3.5), so an old-city plot can lose a strip at the front.
• Nallahs and cycle tracks. Along the nallahs marked in the UDCPR's Plan A for NMC, buildings keep 6 m from the edge of the water course, and a 3 m strip of that is handed to the corporation for a public cycle track, in return for TDR or in-situ FSI equal to 35% of the strip (Regulation 10.5.2).
• The Gangapur to Ambad road. On the 36 m development plan road from Gangapur to Ambad, plots need at least 300 sq m and 12 m width, with a 3 m front setback and 2 m side and rear margins for buildings up to ground plus two or stilt plus three (Regulation 10.5.3).
• Parking and fees. NMC applies a parking multiplying factor of 0.9 to the standard requirement, against 1.00 in Pune and Thane (Regulation 8.2.2, Table 8-C), and the building scrutiny fee in NMC is ₹5 per sq m of built-up area (Regulation 2.2.12).

Rules change by notification, so ask your architect to check the current position for your plot. Under the NMRDA's own service table, a zone certificate takes 7 days and a building permission or occupancy certificate 30 days once all objections are met. Inside NMC, the corporation publishes a short guide to checking an application's status on BPMS.

Four questions worth asking before you appoint anyone

Most homeowners ask about fees first and regret it. These tell you more:

1. Have you built on a plot like mine, under the same authority? Approval processes differ by authority and zone. Someone who has filed with yours recently saves you months.
2. What is included, and where does your scope end? Concept drawings, construction drawings, approvals, liaison work and site supervision are often priced separately. Get the boundary in writing.
3. Who runs my project day to day? At a small studio it is the principal. At a larger one it may not be. That is fine, but you should know before you sign.
4. Can I speak to a client from two years ago? Recent clients are still in the honeymoon period. Older ones can tell you how the building aged and how overruns were handled.

For a longer checklist, see 15 questions to ask before hiring an architect or interior designer.

How fees usually work

Three models cover most of the Indian market: a percentage of project cost, a rate per square foot, or a fixed fee for a defined scope. Percentage fees are common on larger residential work, and per-square-foot pricing is more usual for apartment interiors and renovations. Ask which model a studio uses before discussing numbers, because the same total looks very different under each. Our guide to architect and interior designer fees goes into more detail.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a registered architect to build in Nashik?

You need a qualified professional, though not necessarily an architect. Under the UDCPR, plans are signed by the owner and an architect, town planner or licensed engineer or supervisor (Regulation 2.2.16). An architect registered with the Council of Architecture does not need a separate registration with NMC or NMRDA, but submits the COA certificate, and can submit all the plans, the structural details for a building on a plot up to 500 sq m of up to three storeys or 11 m, and the supervision and completion certificate (Appendix C-2). Interior work inside an existing flat usually does not need a permission, but anything affecting structure, plumbing stacks or the facade generally does, and housing societies have their own rules.

Is my plot under NMC or NMRDA?

Inside the corporation limits it is NMC. NMRDA covers 275 villages around the city, and lists them on its website. Both issue zone certificates, so the authority that issues yours is the one you file with. If the seller cannot say, ask your architect to confirm before you buy.

How long does a residential project take?

Design and drawings typically take two to four months, approvals vary by authority and by how complete the file is, and construction of a full house usually takes a year or more. Apartment interiors are faster, commonly three to five months from design to handover.

Does MOA charge for introductions?

No. Enquiries go straight to the studio, with no commission on either side.

How do I check an architect's registration?

Look for COA verification on their MOA profile, or confirm their registration with the Council of Architecture. Our COA guide explains how.

See architects in Nashik and beyond on Member of Architecture, look at their published work and message studios directly. If you practise in Nashik and are not listed here, create a profile. It is free and takes a few minutes.

Sources

• Public studio profiles on Member of Architecture, read on 17 Oct 2026. Services, cities and completed-project counts are supplied by each studio.
• Council of Architecture (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Directorate of Town Planning, Maharashtra: UDCPR 2020, updated as on 30 January 2025, Regulations 2.2.12, 2.2.16, 2.2.19, 3.3.5, 6.1, 8.2.2 (Table 8-C), 10.5 and Appendix C-2 (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Nashik Municipal Corporation: Town Planning / Land Acquisition Department (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Nashik Municipal Corporation: How to see building permission on BPMS (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority: About NMRDA (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority: Building Permission Department (accessed 17 Oct 2026)
• Urban Development Department, Maharashtra: Building Plan Management System (accessed 17 Oct 2026)