Utkarsh Mathur Utkarsh has done B. Arch from IIT Roorkee and M.Tech in Building Energy Performance from CEPT University. He is a BHAWAN scholar and best thesis awardee. He has worked as vistor research scholar at Arizona State University and has published a research paper on "impact of air infiltration rate on thermal transmittance [...]

Srijani Das Srijani graduated in Electrical Engineering and has participated twice in SDI. She has interned at Design2Occupancy to learn green building certification, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire-fighting designing and energy audit, and solar energy. She has also interned at Space Matrix Design Consultancy as a Sustainable Solutions Consultant. She won the National Student [...]

Shuja Rehman Shuja is an Architect and has been conducting research in the domains of thermal and visual comfort. He is a 2021-2022 CDRI fellow. Currently, he is doing his Ph.D. at the Department of Architecture, IIT Rookee.

Shreya Gupta Shreya is a graduate of Architecture from Balwant Sheth School of Architecture. She is currently doing her internship at SJK Architects. She believes in the power of communication through design, and the role of research in arriving at impactful design. She enjoys exploring new tools, ideas and workflows in her creative process, [...]

Shoumik Desai Shoumik has a total of eight years of experience in the field of architecture, research, and teaching sustainability. He has worked on various scale projects from urban design, architecture, interior design, thermal comfort, energy auditing, and post-occupancy evaluation. His area of expertise includes passive design, cooling systems, and mechanical systems. [...]

Komal Jain Komal was a team lead in SDI. She has an M.Arch degree in environmental architecture, and 2 years of work experience. Her key areas of interest are daylighting analysis, passive and resilient design strategies, energy efficiency in buildings, water sufficiency, and energy codes.

Harshita Sahu Harshita is a sustainable architecture graduate from SPA Vijayawada, and former SDI participant. She is adept at research, whole building simulation, modelling, making technical drawings and presentations.

Rasika Apte Rasika is an environmental architect with a comprehensive experience of 10+ years in the architectural profession and academics. She is an associate of the Indian Institute of Architects, as well as an IGBC Accredited Professional and GRIHA Certified Professional. She enjoys working with students to help them realize their aspirations for excellence. [...]

Yeshaswini Chilukuri Yeshaswini is an Energy Analyst at IIT Madras, analyzing the building management system of a research park for energy consumption patterns and recommending optimizations in operation and maintenance. Her work involves conducting R&D in renewable energy, specifically a study on the current status of renewable energy technologies in India.  She is interested [...]

Vardan Soi Vardan is an architect with expertise in building science and energy performance. He aims to integrate climate-responsiveness with the conventional design approach and reduce the environmental burden of buildings yet, maximize comfort, health and wellbeing. He has the ability to conduct integrated sustainable design in its true form by quantifying high-performance design [...]