Professional Summary
A seasoned professional with close to 40 years of experience in Green Buildings, Green Built Environment, and Industrial Energy Efficiency. Renowned for pioneering the green building movement in India, he has significantly contributed to sustainable development through leadership roles, consultancy, training, and collaboration with industry and government stakeholders. His career vision is to enable India demonstrate leadership in sustainable built environment, while making a lasting contribution to society.
Key Achievements
- Platinum Rating for IGBC Head Quarters building:
Key contributor to achieving India’s first Platinum-rated green building in 2003,
recognized as the greenest building in the world for two years. Enabled the growth
of green buildings in India. - Catalysed Green Building Growth:
Established the Green Building movement in India since 2001, with presently over
10,000 projects with a combined footprint of 12 billion sq. ft. of green buildings. - Developed Green Building Rating Systems:
Led the development of 30 green rating systems to address diverse built environments in India.
National & International Committees
- BEE Technical Committee:
Contributed to Energy Base-lining and Benchmarking of Commercial Buildings (2008). - Represented IGBC at the Green Round Table, Chicago (2010).
- Chairman for ‘Technical committee on Sustainable Sites’ of BEE’s ECSBC
(Energy Conservation and Sustainability Building Code) (2023).
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1984
- Postgraduate Course in Energy Management (2 years), 1990