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{{Infobox architect

| name = Sunita Kohli

| name = Sunita Kohli

| image = Mrs Sunita Kohli.jpg

| image = Sunita_Kohli.jpg

| caption =

| caption = Sunita Kohli

| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]

| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 December 1946}}

| birth_date = {{b-da|28 December 1946}}

| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India|India]]

| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India|India]]

| occupation = [[interior designer]]

| occupation = [[interior designer]]

| significant_design = Known to be original, research-based and culture specific in response to different locations across India and other countries.

| significant_design = Known to be original, research-based and culture specific in response to different locations across India and other countries.

| awards = [[Padma Shri]]

| awards = [[Padma Shri]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.k2india.com}}

| website = {{url|http://www.k2india.com}}

}}

}}

'''Sunita Kohli''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[interior design]]er, architectural restorer and furniture manufacturer. She had restored and decorated [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] (the President's House), [[Parliament of India|Parliament House]] Colonnade (1985–1989), the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] and [[Hyderabad House]] in New Delhi.<ref name="fr">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/06/20/072a.html|title=Lutyens' Legacy|date=2 July 2007|magazine=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=jw>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050131225249/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/09/stories/2004120900350100.htm `Jewel legends' in city] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 9 December 2004.</ref><ref name="hi">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/07/06/stories/2006070602230100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110221208/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/07/06/stories/2006070602230100.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=10 November 2007|title=Preserving a world-class legacy|date=6 July 2006|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

'''Sunita Kohli''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Interior design|interior designer]], architectural restorer and furniture manufacturer. She had restored and decorated [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] (the President's House), [[Parliament of India|Parliament House]] Colonnade (1985–1989), the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] and [[Hyderabad House]] in New Delhi.<ref name="fr">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/06/20/072a.html|title=Lutyens' Legacy|date=2 July 2007|magazine=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=jw>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050131225249/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/09/stories/2004120900350100.htm `Jewel legends' in city] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 9 December 2004.</ref><ref name="hi">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/07/06/stories/2006070602230100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110221208/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/07/06/stories/2006070602230100.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=10 November 2007|title=Preserving a world-class legacy|date=6 July 2006|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=House of TATA: Padma Shri awardee Sunita Kohli believes creativity is part of DNA|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/padma-shri-awardee-sunita-kohli-believes-creativity-is-part-of-dna/articleshow/71384819.cms|access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref>

She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=House of TATA: Padma Shri awardee Sunita Kohli believes creativity is part of DNA|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/padma-shri-awardee-sunita-kohli-believes-creativity-is-part-of-dna/articleshow/71384819.cms|access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref>

She taught at [[Loreto Convent Lucknow]], before the "accidental" start of her career in interior design.<ref name="forb"/><ref name="to"/> After her marriage, she and her husband started frequenting ''[[Kabadi Wala|kabadi]]'' shops in their free time, looking for 19th century English furniture and lamps in Lucknow, Rajasthan and the hill resorts of Dehradun and Mussoorie. Soon Kohli converted her interest into an [[antiquarian]] business through which she sold [[Davenport desk]]s and Regency [[wine table]]s. She learnt restoration of furniture from local master-craftsmen, which led to the start of her restoration business.<ref name="forb"/>

She taught at [[Loreto Convent Lucknow]], before the "accidental" start of her career in interior design.<ref name="forb"/><ref name="to"/> After her marriage, she and her husband started frequenting ''[[Kabadi Wala|kabadi]]'' shops in their free time, looking for 19th century English furniture and lamps in Lucknow, Rajasthan and the hill resorts of Dehradun and Mussoorie. Soon Kohli converted her interest into an [[antiquarian]] business through which she sold [[Davenport desk]]s and Regency [[wine table]]s. She learnt restoration of furniture from local master-craftsmen, which led to the start of her restoration business.<ref name="forb"/>

She established Sunita Kohli Interior Designs, an interior design firm in New Delhi, in 1971. In the following year was established Sunita Kohli & Company, which manufactures contemporary classic furniture and fine reproductions of Art Deco, Biedermeier and Anglo-Indian colonial furniture. Most recently, her company K2india whose CEO is her architect daughter Kohelika Kohli launched a fine collection of Mid-Century Furniture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saraswat-Satpathy |first=Kriti |date=2022-12-16 |title=K2India |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/k2india-ad-design-show-2022/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-IN}}</ref> Her career, added another dimension, when in the mid-1970s she established in partnership, another design firm which was commissioned to design a small hotel for the [[Oberoi Group]], near the [[Khajuraho]] temples, The Oberoi in Bhubaneshwar and the Hotel Babylon in Baghdad. This firm closed but other hotel design projects followed in Cairo, Aswan and El-Arish in Egypt- The Oberoi [[Marriott Mena House Hotel]] and Casino, overlooking the Pyramids of [[Giza]]; two luxury hotel cruise boats on the Nile for the Oberoi Group; The Oberoi Aswan in Upper Egypt and The Oberoi in El-Arish, on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. In the mid-1990s, she designed The Oberoi Philae Cruiser, another luxury hotel boat. For Mr. PRS Oberoi, she restored and decorated, for his personal use, the 250-year-old Naila Fort, near Jaipur.

She established Sunita Kohli Interior Designs, an interior design firm in New Delhi, in 1971. In the following year was established Sunita Kohli & Company, which manufactures contemporary classic furniture and fine reproductions of Art Deco, Biedermeier and Anglo-Indian colonial furniture. Most recently, her company K2india whose CEO is her architect daughter Kohelika Kohli launched a fine collection of Mid-Century Furniture. Her career, added another dimension, when in the mid-1970s she established in partnership, another design firm which was commissioned to design a small hotel for the [[Oberoi Group]], near the [[Khajuraho]] temples, The Oberoi in Bhubaneshwar and the Hotel Babylon in Baghdad. This firm closed but other hotel design projects followed in Cairo, Aswan and El-Arish in Egypt- The Oberoi [[Marriott Mena House Hotel]] and Casino, overlooking the Pyramids of [[Giza]]; two luxury hotel cruise boats on the Nile for the Oberoi Group; The Oberoi Aswan in Upper Egypt and The Oberoi in El-Arish, on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. In the mid-1990s, she designed The Oberoi Philae Cruiser, another luxury hotel boat. For Mr. PRS Oberoi, she restored and decorated, for his personal use, the 250-year-old Naila Fort, near Jaipur.

Over the years she has designed several hotels, resorts and private residences in India and Sri Lanka. In Lahore, Pakistan, she has also worked on the restoration and conversion into a boutique hotel, of a late Sikh-period haveli in the Old City, overlooking the 17th century world heritage sites of the Lahore Fort and the Badshahi Mosque. In the early 1990s, she did the interior design of the British Council Building in New Delhi. She also designed the National Assembly Building in Thimpu, Bhutan. This Parliament Building was again worked on in 2010, by K2INDIA for the SAARC Summit in Bhutan. She has also been involved in the restoration and redecoration of numerous [[British Raj]] period buildings in New Delhi, mainly designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], Sir [[Robert Tor Russell]] and Sir [[Herbert Baker]], including Rashtrapati Bhawan (formerly Viceroy's House), the Prime Minister's Office, Parliament House and Hyderabad House.<ref name="forb">{{cite magazine|url=http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0702/072.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110711020150/http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0702/072.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2011|title=Forbes Global Life: Designing Woman|date=7 February 2007|magazine=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=em>{{cite web|url=http://halleinstitute.emory.edu/distinguished_fellows/%20Kohli.html|title=Sunita Kohli Halle Distinguished Fellow, April 22–25, 2007|publisher=Halle Institute, [[Emory University]]}}</ref>

Over the years she has designed several hotels, resorts and private residences in India and Sri Lanka. In Lahore, Pakistan, she has also worked on the restoration and conversion into a boutique hotel, of a late Sikh-period haveli in the Old City, overlooking the 17th century world heritage sites of the Lahore Fort and the Badshahi Mosque. In the early 1990s, she did the interior design of the British Council Building in New Delhi. She also designed the National Assembly Building in Thimpu, Bhutan. This Parliament Building was again worked on in 2010, by K2INDIA for the SAARC Summit in Bhutan. She has also been involved in the restoration and redecoration of numerous [[British Raj]] period buildings in New Delhi, mainly designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], Sir [[Robert Tor Russell]] and Sir [[Herbert Baker]], including Rashtrapati Bhawan (formerly Viceroy's House), the Prime Minister's Office, Parliament House and Hyderabad House.<ref name="forb">{{cite magazine|url=http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0702/072.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110711020150/http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0702/072.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2011|title=Forbes Global Life: Designing Woman|date=7 February 2007|magazine=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=em>{{cite web|url=http://halleinstitute.emory.edu/distinguished_fellows/%20Kohli.html|title=Sunita Kohli Halle Distinguished Fellow, April 22–25, 2007|publisher=Halle Institute, [[Emory University]]}}</ref>

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