Sanjay Prakash

Sanjay Prakash, B. Arch., A.I.I.A., 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.

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, earth construction, community-based design of common property, and computer-aided design. Under his guidance, hundreds of persons have developed capabilities in performing design, conceptual or management work in these areas.

He is Principal Consultant of his design firm, Sanjay Prakash & Associates, and was a partner of DAAT and Studio Plus, design firms that predate his current firm. He is senior advisor, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS).

Despite being an independently successful practitioner, Sanjay is associated with numerous other architects and design firms due to his conscious focus on collaborative work in order to be able to

derive the advantage of differing areas of strength between peers. He is known for being a valued member of design teams and charettes, of being a voracious technology watcher, and of keeping a future-oriented approach to his work.

He is a life member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram and on the managing committee of its Mirambika Free Progress School. He is team director of a progressive school, Shikshantar, in Gurgaon.

In an honorary capacity, he has been an advisor or member of various public and international bodies: Ministry of New and Renewable Resources, Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council, Delhi Urban Art Commission, UIA (International Union of Architects) Working Group on Energy and Architecture. He is a part of the international environmental think-tank, the Balaton Group.

His name and work is mentioned in the twentieth edition of one of the main reference works in architectural history, A History of Architecture by Sir Bannister Fletcher.