Value Proposition and Messaging

Pranjal Jagtap Pranjal is an architect with a Master’s in Environmental architecture from BNCA, Pune. During her summer internship, she worked on the development of a user manual for the Energy Conservation Building Code developed for residential buildings, the Eco-Niwas Samhita by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in Vk:e. Currently she is working as [...]

Paranjay Bhawsinghka Paranjay is a Sustainable Design Analyst at Kapadia Associates, Mumbai. He has led SDI teams in 2023 and 2025, both finishing among the top, and volunteered in 2024. With strong experience in net-zero design, he is passionate about mentoring and supporting teams across the SDI ecosystem.

Garima Kamra Garima Kamra works as a High Performance Building Specialist with View, Inc. Her work involves preparing technical analysis for customer value propositions. She works to assist clients select right glazing product through energy, daylight and thermal comfort studies. She engages with various technical bodies in the field of facade and fenestration, and [...]

Anmol Mathur Anmol is an architect specialising in Building Energy Performance with an M.Tech from CEPT University. He is the Co-Founder of CoLEAD which is an Integrated Sustainable Design Consultancy providing Building Science simulations to optimise Building performance and occupant comfort. He specialises in advance energy, HVAC, thermal comfort, and Urban energy simulations. [...]

Nathan Ponnan Nathan is an architecture graduate from MSAP Manipal and a winner of SDI 2025 (Team Kalpana, Product Division). He has experience in sustainable design, product innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration, with a strong interest in advancing energy-efficient practices.

Kajal Rajesh Sawant Kajal is an environmental architect and assistant professor at S. B. Patil College of Architecture & Design. She has completed her M.Arch in Environmental Architecture from BNCA, Pune. Her key areas of interest are lighting and daylighting analysis, passive design strategies, building energy simulations, energy efficiency in buildings and energy codes [...]

Mansi Parikh Mansi has 5+ years experience in sustainability and architecture. She has been actively involved in various campus projects with net-zero targets for energy, water, carbon emissions and waste, pan-India. Her area of expertise lies in developing sustainability frameworks for built environments. She also has knowledge and experience in the field of passive [...]

Jnanesh Preethan Jnanesh is a 2024 B.Arch graduate from VTU and works as a Junior Architect at YV Architects, Bangalore. He was a finalist in SDI 2022-23 with Team Poiesis, and was awarded in the Best Movie award. He specialises in sustainable design, blending technology, architecture, and innovation to develop impactful solutions for the [...]

Utkarsh Khandelwal Utkarsh is a researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bengaluru, with a background in architecture from MNIT Jaipur. His work spans energy, water, materials, and product development using systems thinking, machine learning, and GIS. A former lead of Team SuGriha (SDI 2021–24), he is committed to developing sustainable habitats. [...]

Dhanashri Mankar Dhanashri Mankar is an architect with a Master’s Degree in Environmental Architecture. She works as a Green Building Analyst at Ecofirst Services Limited – A TATA Enterprise. Her expertise lies in building physics, daylight and energy analysis. Areas of Specialisation Community scale solutions  |  Construction detailing |  [...]