Architect, planner, activist and theoretician, Correa has emerged as a major figure in contemporary architecture world wide. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at MIT. In private practice in Bombay since 1958, his work covers a wide range, from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram, to the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, and the State Assembly for madhya Pradesh - as well as townships and public housing project in Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Bangalore an other cities in India