Prasad Vaidya is the Director of Solar Decathlon India, and is a Senior Advisor to IIHS and AEEE. His 30-year career has been focused on sustainability and energy conscious design from passive and low energy design to net-zero projects spanning India, USA, Middle East and Korea. He has also worked on energy policy and utility programs in the US and India. He was a partner at The Weidt Group in the USA until 2012. He started the Master’s program in Building Energy Performance at CEPT University, where he was the Professor and Area Chair until 2019. He is on the board of advisors at multiple institutions in India. He is a widely published researcher, and his book on Integrated Design serves as a textbook in architectural programs. In 2020, Prasad initiated Solar Decathlon India, which is now the largest net-zero building challenge in the world with participation from 300+ colleges and partnering with 450 developers and manufacturers
