Experience

NITTE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & DESIGN

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professor &HoD

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Lead the Planning department - responsible for the student admissions, staffing, outreach and the overall quality of teaching delivery. Initiated the Indian Green Building Council - NITTE APE Students Chapter at Nitte School of Architecture, Planning and Design. Initiated a completely approved Bachelors in Planning degree in NITTE SAPD which is the first of its kind in Bangalore. Lead Industry Partnerships in the areas of Green buildings, Sustainability, Rural Development projects in collaboration with specialized organizations viz., Rural Caravan, Altech Foundation, AA+D etc. Setup a state of the art GIS lab for the institution



Rural Entrepreneurship and Livelihood (REAL) Foundation

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2020 - Present



Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Berkeley

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Apr 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Developed a framework to design thermally comfortable, low-cost zero energy slum housing. • Worked as an Associate responsible for project management with IMPEL (Incubating Market-Propelled Entrepreneurial-mindset at the Labs), an initiative funded by the US Department of Energy (DoE), Building Technologies Office (BTO). • Supervised a team of five under-graduate students from San Jose State University on their senior design project focused on passive strategies to reduce operating temperatures of solar photovoltaic panels. A successful patent pending water cooling system has been prototyped



Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

• India
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scholar

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2016

  Research scholar at Centre of sustainable technologies Research scholar at Centre of sustainable technologies



Idiom Design Consulting Limited

• Design manager

  • Jun 2007 - Jul 2008

  Design, Lead and Execute Projects largely in Consumer Retail domain. Lead Delivery with a team of professionals in Design, manage execution challenges, delivery within the time as per SLA Participate in the entire life cycle of Strategy, Design Development, Pricing and Project Execution. Lead Customer Engagement and ensure all deliverable are met. Design, Lead and Execute Projects largely in Consumer Retail domain. Lead Delivery with a team of professionals in Design, manage execution challenges, delivery within the time as per SLA Participate in the entire life cycle of Strategy, Design Development, Pricing and Project Execution. Lead Customer Engagement and ensure all deliverable are met.