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| '''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian ], |
'''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian ], entrepreneur, writer, policy advocate and urban analyst. | ||
| Chandrashekar is the founder of Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, a builder of ] homes, and of AltTech Foundation, which focuses on ] development strategies for buildings. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Chandrashekar runs a series of ] and policy dialogues under the Prem Jain Memorial Trust, and INHAF India. <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>He is working to create 250,000 job in India in collaboration with the CII, the Institute of Logistics, the IPSC, and several ] companies. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Between 1994 and 2015, Chandrashekar launched six companies working in green residential buildings and the production of ] | |||
| 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== | ||
| ⚫ | In 1991, Chandrashekar founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on kitchen energy and for villages in the ] of ]. He left the organization in 2006. | ||
| 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. | |||
| ⚫ | In 1994, Chandrashekar founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited. The company creates designs to promote ] in construction. Biodiversity has built over 2,000 ZED Homes<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> (zero energy developed homes) in14 projects throughout India. | ||
| 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. | |||
| ⚫ | In 2004, Chandrashekar created the AltTech Foundation (ATF), a not-for-profit organisation working on energy and water. In 2020, ATF worked on retrofitting over 4 million square feet of existing buildings in India to heighten ]. | ||
| Between 1991 and 2015, he launched or nurtured four environment-related Trusts, and six companies that work in green residential buildings segment and the production of green products. He also mentors a dozen green solutions providing companies in the space of energy and water. | |||
| ⚫ | Between 2012 and 2013, Chandrashekar served as technical advisor for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Sewerage Board/. He also worked as a sustainability advisor for ] in ],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru Central University|url=https://bcu.ac.in/|access-date=2020-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| In the mid-2010s. Chandrashekar worked with the ], the ], Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine, ADEME, and ] | |||
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| ⚫ | Chandrashekar consulted for the governments of ], ] and ] on ]<nowiki/>nfrastructure and environment policies. He has also served as consultant for urban water supply and ] development for the Asian Development Bank. He has also consulted on energy practices for ADEME, an EU institution for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities. | ||
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| Chandrashekar has been working with Watergy (water+energy) to created training modules for new engineers, ], ] and corporate professionals.. | |||
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| ⚫ | 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. | ||
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| ⚫ | Chandrashekar writes columns in national dailies and portals 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 == | ||
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| *CII India Green Business Council and co-author of the IGBC Residential Green Guidelines. | |||
| ⚫ | 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. | ||
| * Advisory council of the S&T Park, Pune. | |||
| ⚫ | *National Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. | ||
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| ⚫ | == Memberships |
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| * CII India Green Business Council national executive committee | |||
| * Partner member, Canada India Centre Carleton University at Ottawa. | |||
| * Advisor for the Sri Sri University on sustainability education. | |||
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| * 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- == | ||
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Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar is an Indian environmental economist, entrepreneur, writer, policy advocate and urban analyst.
Chandrashekar is the founder of Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, a builder of environmentally friendly homes, and of AltTech Foundation, which focuses on zero energy development strategies for buildings.
Chandrashekar runs a series of online education and policy dialogues under the Prem Jain Memorial Trust, and INHAF India. He is working to create 250,000 job in India in collaboration with the CII, the Institute of Logistics, the IPSC, and several water management companies.
Between 1994 and 2015, Chandrashekar launched six companies working in green residential buildings and the production of green products.
Career
In 1991, Chandrashekar founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on kitchen energy and for villages in the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand state. He left the organization in 2006.
In 1994, Chandrashekar founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited. The company creates designs to promote substainability in construction. Biodiversity has built over 2,000 ZED Homes (zero energy developed homes) in14 projects throughout India.
In 2004, Chandrashekar created the AltTech Foundation (ATF), a not-for-profit organisation working on energy and water. In 2020, ATF worked on retrofitting over 4 million square feet of existing buildings in India to heighten Energy Efficiency.
Between 2012 and 2013, Chandrashekar 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,
In the mid-2010s. Chandrashekar worked with the World Resources Institute, the Asian Development Bank, Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine, ADEME, and UN Habitat.
Chandrashekar 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 for the Asian Development Bank. He has also consulted on energy practices for ADEME, an EU institution for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities.
Chandrashekar has been working with Watergy (water+energy) to created training modules for new engineers, architects, facility managers and corporate professionals..
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.
Chandrashekar writes columns in national dailies and portals on how consumers can go green at minimal cost.
Memberships
- CII India Green Business Council and co-author of the IGBC Residential Green Guidelines.
- Advisory council of the S&T Park, Pune.
- National Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development.
References-
- TEDx Deccan- Do Green- Dr. Chandrashekhar Hariharan, retrieved 2020-06-16
- T-ZED Homes, retrieved 2020-06-16
- "Bengaluru Central University". Retrieved 2020-06-16.