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| '''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian ], mentor for green |
'''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian ], founding and presiding over urban people-led movements for urban sustainability on water and energy, a mentor for green enterprise and entrepreneurs, and enabler of industry directions on sustainability and resilience, at the building scale and the city scale. | ||
| His current preoccupation has been with the pioneering citizen action initiative, <ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Water Works Community|url=https://www.globalwaterworks.org/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Global Water Works Community|language=en}}</ref> and the multi-city WOW Partner City Network that spans cities across South Asia, Africa and the Americas to help citizens and bulk water-users adopt local solutions for water efficiency. The WOW Mission also extends to encouraging and driving public demonstration activity for inspiring water and energy conservation among lay Water-users. WOW is a citizen-led action for <ref>{{Cite web|title=Exploring The Water-energy Nexus|url=https://www.magzter.com/stories/Education/energy-manager/Exploring-The-Water-energy-Nexus|access-date=2022-01-02|website=www.magzter.com|language=en}}</ref> with voluntary compliance and solutioning sustainable options for saving water, money, energy and carbon. | |||
| Hariharan presides today over activities of the globally pioneering citizen action initiative, and the several of public interface that WOW has devised. He mentors a host of green leadership Programmes for Indian industry and academia under and the umbrella. | |||
| He mentors green leadership Programmes for Indian industry and academia under the umbrella of <ref>{{Cite web|title=HOME|url=https://www.saanss.com/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Saanss|language=en}}</ref> and Foundation Green. He is also driving a series of <ref>{{Cite web|title=Research Page|url=https://www.alttech.foundation/research-page|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Alttech Foundation|language=en}}</ref> for projects that aspire to go deep green with <ref>{{Cite web|title=A Path to Net-Zero Water|url=https://www.buildings.com/articles/30714/path-net-zero-water|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Buildings|language=en}}</ref> guidelines. | |||
| He is also guiding a series of public demo projects for inspiring water and energy conservation among lay Water-users with schools, places of worship and other public buildings executed for water harvesting which will inspire the local community to adopt such practices in their homes. | |||
| He is trustee at AltTech Foundation , Bangalore. Mentor for Ecophoria , Hyderabad. Trustee at Prem Jain Memorial Trust , New Delhi. Governing Member at INHAF, Ahmedabad. He also works with IGBC , Hyderbad. RAMA , New Delhi. ISHRAE , New Delhi. FOCUS , Bangalore. ACCE , Bangalore . | |||
| Over three decades he has led many enterprise initiatives to promote and mainstream sustainability businesses, while in recent years at the AltTech Foundation that he steers, the mission is clearly to directions across the board in industry, residential and commercial sectors of urban India. | |||
| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| Over three decades he has led many enterprise initiatives to promote and mainstream sustainability businesses with green and resilient homes under the banner of that he founded and nurtured for over 22 years. In recent years at the <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.alttech.foundation/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Alttech Foundation|language=en}}</ref> the mission is clearly to accelerate sustainability directions across the board in industry, residential and commercial sectors of urban India. | |||
| Hariharan is the founder of Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, a builder of iconic , and powerfully pioneering solutions to mainstream frontier While as an environment enterprise BCIL focused on , the mission at AltTech Foundation has been to hasten the process of such for many more buildings, professionals, and consumers. At both institutions that he envisioned and mentored into existence, the focus has been on , and for buildings. | |||
| Hariharan is the founder of ,<ref>{{Cite web|last=buildgreenworldnow|date=2013-07-04|title=Biodiversity Conservation India Ltd (BCIL) – Green Building in Banglore|url=https://greenbuildingsindia.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/biodiversity-conservation-india-ltd-bcil-green-building-in-banglore/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Green Buildings in India|language=en}}</ref> a builder of environmentally friendly homes, and of AltTech Foundation, which focuses on zero energy development and low-Carbon development and Deep Decarbonisation strategies for buildings. | |||
| Hariharan runs a series of online education and policy dialogues under the , and . He is mentoring three broad mission objectives for 2023 starting 2021. One is the citizen-led action for saving 10,000 crore litres and 30 MTe of carbon emission reduction; the second is producing 1000 green leaders and professionals who enlarge the green footprint of buildings; and the third is the transforming of 500 regular buildings into water- and energy-efficient buildings. | |||
| He also curates and anchors a series of online education and policy dialogues under the ,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Lecture Series 2021|url=https://premjainmemorialtrust.com/Distinguished-Lecture-Series-2021/index.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=premjainmemorialtrust.com}}</ref> and <ref>{{Cite web|title=GOVERNING COUNCIL|url=https://www.inhaf.org/governing-councils/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=www.inhaf.org|language=en}}</ref> India. He is working to create over 250,000 jobs in India in collaboration with the CII, the Institute of Logistics, and the . | |||
| ⚫ | Between 1991 and 2015, he |
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| ⚫ | Between 1991 and 2015, he helped launch and nurture three national environment-related Trusts, and six companies working in green residential buildings and the production of green products. | ||
| In 1991, he founded the Academy for Mountain Environics ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Environics Trust {{!}} The Access Initiative|url=https://accessinitiative.org/users/environics-trust|access-date=2022-01-02|website=accessinitiative.org|language=en}}</ref> This organization works on traditional rights of people Impacted by excessive natural exploitation. In 1994, he founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited and stepped down in 2017 to make way for new leadership. The company creates homes with deep Eco-directions for materials, and use/reuse of water, energy, and waste. In 2004, Hariharan established the ,<ref name=":0" /> a ] working on energy and water solutions. Since 2018, the Foundation has worked on retrofitting a few chosen existing buildings in India to heighten Energy Efficiency. | |||
| In 1991, he founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on traditional rights of people impacted by excessive natural exploitation. He left the organization in 2006. | |||
| ⚫ | Between 2012 and 2013, Hariharan served as technical advisor for the .<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board – Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board|url=https://kuwsdb.org/|access-date=2022-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref> He also worked as a sustainability advisor for Bengaluru Central University in Bangalore. | ||
| In 1994, he founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited. The company specialised in designing and promoting substainability business in housing. The company has built over 2,000 ZED Homes (zero energy developed homes) over projects in south India. | |||
| He has been an itinerant resource leader for the World Resources Institute, Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine, ADEME, and UN Habitat. | |||
| In 2004, Hariharan created the AltTech Foundation (ATF), a not-for-profit organisation working on energy and water solutions. In 2020, ATF worked on retrofitting over 4 million square feet of existing buildings in India to heighten Energy Efficiency. | |||
| ⚫ | He has consulted for the governments of Uttaranchal, Kerala and Nagaland on eco-tourism infrastructure and environment policies. He has also served as consultant for urban water supply and sanitation development as well as on practices for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities, for a number of Indian and global development organizations. | ||
| ⚫ | Between 2012 and 2013, Hariharan served as technical advisor for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Sewerage Board/. He also worked as a sustainability advisor for Bengaluru Central University in Bangalore |
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| ⚫ | He writes occasionally in national dailies and e-media on how consumers can go green at minimal cost. | ||
| In the mid-2010s. Hariharan also advised pro bono many development institutions including Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine and other institutions in Asia and Europe. | |||
| ⚫ | == Memberships and advisory == | ||
| ⚫ | He has consulted for the governments of Uttaranchal, Kerala and Nagaland on eco-tourism infrastructure and environment policies. He has also served as consultant for urban water supply and sanitation development as well as on practices for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities, for a number of Indian and global development |
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| ⚫ | * Founder member and Senior Fellow of the CII India Green Business Council national executive committee. | ||
| In 2018, Chandrashekar founded the Prem Jain Memorial Trust in New Delhi. It runs educational programmes on sustainability education for school children and students of engineering and architecture. | |||
| ⚫ | * Partner for the Canada India Center Carleton Univ. at Ottawa. | ||
| ⚫ | * Lead resource person for the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Futures of the Govt. of Karnataka | ||
| ⚫ | He writes occasionally in national dailies and e-media on how consumers can go green at minimal cost. |
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| ⚫ | == Memberships and |
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| ⚫ | * CII India Green Business Council national executive committee | ||
| ⚫ | * Partner |
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| * Advisor for the Sri Sri University on sustainability education. | |||
| ⚫ | * Lead |
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| * Editorial Advisory member, Society for Energy Engineers and Managers. | * Editorial Advisory member, Society for Energy Engineers and Managers. | ||
| * Governing Council Member, INHAF India. | |||
| * Advisory Member, Department of Technical Education, Govt of Karnataka. | |||
| ===Project awards=== | |||
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| * San Diego Green Award, | |||
| *IENS Award from Kanagawa, Japan, | |||
| *the Green Apple Award from the UK, | |||
| *the Asian Water Champion honour from ADB, Manila, | |||
| == Personal awards == | |||
| * 2010, ] by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi. | |||
| * 2011 '']'' '30 Indian Pearls' | |||
| * 2012 The Builders' Association of India, Distinguished Green Builder Extraordinaire award . | |||
| == External links == | |||
| * <ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=TEDx Deccan- Do Green- Dr. Chandrashekhar Hariharan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyxWrE0RyuQ|language=en|access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> | |||
| * <ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=T-ZED Homes|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV_ytSJBco|language=en|access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> | |||
| == References- == | == References- == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:59, 21 June 2024
Indian economist and entrepreneur
Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar is an Indian ecological economist, founding and presiding over urban people-led movements for urban sustainability on water and energy, a mentor for green enterprise and entrepreneurs, and enabler of industry directions on sustainability and resilience, at the building scale and the city scale.
His current preoccupation has been with the pioneering citizen action initiative, WOW Action Forum and the multi-city WOW Partner City Network that spans cities across South Asia, Africa and the Americas to help citizens and bulk water-users adopt local solutions for water efficiency. The WOW Mission also extends to encouraging and driving public demonstration activity for inspiring water and energy conservation among lay Water-users. WOW is a citizen-led action for demand-side water management with voluntary compliance and solutioning sustainable options for saving water, money, energy and carbon.
He mentors green leadership Programmes for Indian industry and academia under the umbrella of SAANSS and Foundation Green. He is also driving a series of Sustainability Peer Reviews for projects that aspire to go deep green with Net Zero Water and Energy guidelines.
He is trustee at AltTech Foundation , Bangalore. Mentor for Ecophoria , Hyderabad. Trustee at Prem Jain Memorial Trust , New Delhi. Governing Member at INHAF, Ahmedabad. He also works with IGBC , Hyderbad. RAMA , New Delhi. ISHRAE , New Delhi. FOCUS , Bangalore. ACCE , Bangalore .
Career
Over three decades he has led many enterprise initiatives to promote and mainstream sustainability businesses with green and resilient homes under the banner of ZED Homes that he founded and nurtured for over 22 years. In recent years at the AltTech Foundation the mission is clearly to accelerate sustainability directions across the board in industry, residential and commercial sectors of urban India.
Hariharan is the founder of Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, a builder of environmentally friendly homes, and of AltTech Foundation, which focuses on zero energy development and low-Carbon development and Deep Decarbonisation strategies for buildings.
He also curates and anchors a series of online education and policy dialogues under the Prem Jain Memorial Trust, and INHAF India. He is working to create over 250,000 jobs in India in collaboration with the CII, the Institute of Logistics, and the Government of Karnataka's Department of Technical Education.
Between 1991 and 2015, he helped launch and nurture three national environment-related Trusts, and six companies working in green residential buildings and the production of green products.
In 1991, he founded the Academy for Mountain Environics . This organization works on traditional rights of people Impacted by excessive natural exploitation. In 1994, he founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited and stepped down in 2017 to make way for new leadership. The company creates homes with deep Eco-directions for materials, and use/reuse of water, energy, and waste. In 2004, Hariharan established the AltTech Foundation (ATF), a not-for-profit organization working on energy and water solutions. Since 2018, the Foundation has worked on retrofitting a few chosen existing buildings in India to heighten Energy Efficiency.
Between 2012 and 2013, Hariharan served as technical advisor for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Sewerage Board. He also worked as a sustainability advisor for Bengaluru Central University in Bangalore.
He has been an itinerant resource leader for the World Resources Institute, Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine, ADEME, and UN Habitat.
He has consulted for the governments of Uttaranchal, Kerala and Nagaland on eco-tourism infrastructure and environment policies. He has also served as consultant for urban water supply and sanitation development as well as on practices for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities, for a number of Indian and global development organizations.
He writes occasionally in national dailies and e-media on how consumers can go green at minimal cost.
Memberships and advisory
- Founder member and Senior Fellow of the CII India Green Business Council national executive committee.
- Partner for the Canada India Center Carleton Univ. at Ottawa.
- Lead resource person for the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Futures of the Govt. of Karnataka
- Editorial Advisory member, Society for Energy Engineers and Managers.
References-
- "Global Water Works Community". Global Water Works Community. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "Exploring The Water-energy Nexus". www.magzter.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "HOME". Saanss. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "Research Page". Alttech Foundation. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "A Path to Net-Zero Water". Buildings. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "Home". Alttech Foundation. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- buildgreenworldnow (2013-07-04). "Biodiversity Conservation India Ltd (BCIL) – Green Building in Banglore". Green Buildings in India. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "Distinguished Lecture Series 2021". premjainmemorialtrust.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "GOVERNING COUNCIL". www.inhaf.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "Environics Trust | The Access Initiative". accessinitiative.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- "Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board – Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board". Retrieved 2022-01-02.