19 May, 2012

Sanjay Prakash

Sanjay PrakashEmail id : sprakash at iihs dot  co dot  in

Sanjay Prakash is a Senior Advisor for the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore – India’s first prospective National Innovation University addressing the challenges of urbanisation through an integrated programme of education, research, consulting and advisory services.

Education:

  • B. Arch., A.I.I.A. (Associate of the Indian Institute of Architects)
  • Career Highlights

    Sanjay Prakash is Principal Consultant of his design firm, Sanjay Prakash & Associates Pvt. Ltd., and was a partner of DAAT and Studio Plus, design firms that predate his current firm. His area of practice and research over the last 30 years includes passive and low energy architecture and planning, hybrid air-conditioning, autonomous energy and water systems, bamboo and earth construction, community-based design of common property, and computer-aided design. Under his guidance, hundreds of people have developed capabilities in performing design, conceptual or management work in these areas.

    Areas of interest
    Sanjay is an architect with a commitment to energy-conscious architecture, eco-friendly design, people’s participation in planning, music and production design. Over the years, he has integrated all his work with the practice of new urbanism and sustainability in his professional and personal life.

    Publications
    Sanjay’s work has been mentioned in the twentieth edition of one of the main reference works in architectural history, A History of Architecture by Sir Bannister Fletcher.