In response to a question on public participation, Balvinder Saini talks about the system and process involved in such engagements. She talks about how she navigated stakeholder negotiations giving the example of when she convinced villagers to use sanitary bathrooms they hadn’t used their whole lives. Further dwelling on the project in the village, she talks about the projects she employed a change of aesthetics on. 

Moving on to the documentation work she undertook at the office in Chandigarh, she talks about the preservation efforts of archiving the original drawings and documents. She talks about interesting works she came across including sketches of Corbusier. Apart from being Chief Architect, she talks about other roles she occupied including being part of the Sexual Harassment Committee at the office. At the national level, she engaged in several  conferences as part of  departmental activities. Moving on to her post graduation, she lays out the story behind her selection at the time she was a senior architect after repeatedly applying. Moreover, she explains her journey in participating toward a fellowship in land management and informal settlement regularisation in 2011 at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. 

Moving on to her relationship and interaction with the Council of Architecture (COA), she expands on the  time she spent being in the committee as a member from 2009 – 2010, while explaining her role and how the interactions evolved. On the recognition  her projects received and how they were viewed in the media, she mentions the acclaim and awards she received and her impressions of them. She talks about how the department working on the media covers the projects they worked on. On documentation efforts, she talks about the only time an exhibition was held at the Chandigarh Administration when works were organised for public view. Concluding on the associations and collaborations, she explains the extent to which consultants and specialists were called on for external support on projects with the Administration.