Uttam Chand Jain is an Indian architect born in 1934 who received honors from IIT Kharagpur in 1958. He established his own practice in 1961 and has designed many institutional, commercial, and residential buildings. His designs reflect the local heritage and use local materials like sandstone. Some of his notable projects include the Jodhpur University campus buildings and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Research and Development which feature courtyard planning and minimize heat through thick walls. He emphasizes contextually appropriate designs and minimizing the use of steel and cement.