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'''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian [[Environmental economics|environmental economist]], entrepreneur, green business mentor, writer, policy advocate and urban analyst.
'''Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar''' is an Indian [[Environmental economics|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 is the founder of Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, a builder of [[environmentally friendly]] homes, and of AltTech Foundation, which focuses on [[Zero-energy building|zero energy]] development strategies for buildings.   


Chandrashekar runs a series of [[online education]] and policy dialogues under the Prem Jain Memorial Trust, INHAF India and the AltTech Foundation.  
Chandrashekar runs a series of [[online education]] 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 [[Water resource management|water management]] companies.


Chandrashekar <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> 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 [[Sustainable products|green products.]] 


==Career==
==Career==
In 1991, Chandrashekar founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on local solutions for kitchen energy and for villages in the [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] of [[Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand state]].
In 1991, Chandrashekar founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on local solutions for kitchen energy and for villages in the [[Garhwal division]] of [[Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand state]].  He left the organization in 2006.  


In 1994, Chandrashekar founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited. His company worked on innovative designs to promote [[Sustainability|substainability]] in construction.
In 1994, Chandrashekar founded Biodiversity Conservation India Limited. The company creates designs to promote [[Sustainability|substainability]] 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.  


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] with over 2,000 homes spread over 14 projects have stood testimony to what can be achieved within the enterprise mode with a business base of over USD 100 million when he stepped down as executive Chairman in the mid 2010s.  
In 2004, Chandrashekar 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 (physics)|Energy Efficiency]].


Chandrashekar has worked with development institutions like ''the [[World Resources Institute]]'' and ''the [[Asian Development Bank]]'', ''Les Ateliers Maitrise d’Oeuvres Urbaine'', ''Paris, ADEME, [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|UN Habitat]]'' and others. He mentors green start-ups on their business models for sustainable solutions with low-carbon footprint for products and services in areas of energy, water, waste and air management. Under another program he has worked on studies relating to residential apartments and energy outcomes. As an expert panel member for other global organisations, he has been engaging businesses, communities, institutions and entrepreneurs to accelerate the adoption of market-based solutions to shift energy use from fossil fuel to clean, renewable energy resources and promote energy efficiency and Demand Side Management among industrial, commercial and institutional users.
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]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru Central University|url=https://bcu.ac.in/|access-date=2020-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref>


Chandrashekar has also served as Technical Member for Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Sewerage Board -2012-13] as well as a sustainability advisor for the ''[[Bengaluru Central University]] in Bangalore'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru Central University|url=https://bcu.ac.in/|access-date=2020-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref> among a host of other institutions over 20 years.  
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|UN Habitat.]]


As a mentor to a clutch of leading green solution providers in energy-water-waste-air management, Chandrashekar steers strategic product and service interventions for AltTech Consortium that is impacting over 4 million Sft of existing buildings of different typologies in 2020 alone with the central thrust being creation of retrofit eco solutions that assure IRR of 20 percent on investments to heighten Energy Efficiency.  
Chandrashekar consulted for the governments of [[Uttaranchal]], [[Kerala]] and [[Nagaland]] on [[Ecotourism|eco-tourism i]]<nowiki/>nfrastructure 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 worked for over 30 years on projects covering watershed management, building design and master plans, energy management and other areas relating to urban sustainability. He is a prolific writer and runs columns in national dailies and portals on how consumers can go green at minimal cost.  He has steered demonstrations of global standards of sustainability on projects over 25 years and a few million square feet of distinctly green building campuses..  
Chandrashekar has been working with Watergy (water+energy) to created training modules for new engineers, [[Architect|architects]], [[Facility management|facility managers]] and corporate professionals..


Chandrashekar has been driving urban initiatives at the Indian Green Building Council. Over years, he has served as consultant for governments of [[Uttaranchal]], [[Kerala]] and [[Nagaland]] on eco-conscious tourism infrastructure and environment policies, apart from serving as consultant for urban water supply and sanitation development for the Manila-based Asian Development Bank. He has also consulted on energy practices for the Paris-based ADEME, an EU institution for promoting energy efficiency in buildings and in cities.  
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 ==


In essence, all his work, as an NGO founder [1991-2006 with Academy of Mountain Environics, Dehradun, at AltTech Foundation [founded 2004] and as an entrepreneur launching a half-dozen companies in the areas of green residential buildings and green products [1994-2015], and then as itinerant mentor for green entrepreneurs, all his work has centred around deep decarbonisation, energy-water nexus, energy productivity, transformative technologies and the circular economy.<blockquote>''He has pioneered grid-free homes since the mid 1990s with progressive designs for homes and other buildings with structural efficiency, low-carbon building materials, and architectural design of spaces for passive elements to be in place, with zero import of water, very low import of energy and zero export of waste water or other solid waste.'' </blockquote>One of the most awarded builder entrepreneurs in the Indian building industry for mainstreaming urban sustainability, his experience in design and implementation, in accelerating sustainability with online education modules that he is currently presiding over with a small team of professionals, with Watergy [water+energy Courseware]  real-time modules for budding engineers and architects, facility managers and corporate professionals, is  securing interest of young professionals.
*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.


Chandrashekar is founder-Trustee of the Prem Jain Memorial Trust [2018], New Delhi which has initiated a slew of programmes for sustainability education for school children, and poor and meritorious students of engineering and architecture. He is currently working on two books both in these domains that he has inhabited over four decades.
===Project awards===
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2016}}


=== Alt.Tech Foundation ===
* San Diego Green Award,
Dr Hariharan is also the founder-director of Alt.Tech Foundation [ATF], a not-for-profit organisation that has been working on energy and water solutions for over the past decade.
*IENS Award from Kanagawa, Japan,
 
*the Green Apple Award from the UK,  
===Awards===
*the Asian Water Champion honour from ADB, Manila,
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2016}}


* His projects have been awarded the San Diego Green Award, the IENS Award from Kanagawa, Japan, the Green Apple Award from the UK, the Asian Water Champion honour from ADB, Manila, Innovation awards from Bangkok and Singapore, among others.
== Personal awards ==
* In Feb 2010, he was conferred the distinguished Udyog Rattan Award for Excellence by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi.  
* 2010, [[Udyog Rattan Award]] by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi.
* The Week magazine chose him in Dec 2011 among '30 Indian Pearls' to commemorate their 30th anniversary.
* 2011 ''[[The Week Magazine|The Week magazine]]'' '30 Indian Pearls'  
* The Builders' Association of India conferred its Distinguished Green Builder Extraordinaire award on him in Jan 2012.
* 2012 The Builders' Association of India, Distinguished Green Builder Extraordinaire award .
* He is chosen to be a core committee member of the CII India Green Business Council and co-author of the IGBC Residential Green Guidelines.
* He is a member of the Advisory council of the S&T Park, Pune. He is also member of the National Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development.


== External links ==
== External links ==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyxWrE0RyuQ&t=44s Dr Hariharan]<ref name=":0" />


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV_ytSJBco ZED Homes]<ref name=":1" />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyxWrE0RyuQ&t=44s Dr Hariharan]<ref name=":0" />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV_ytSJBco ZED Homes]<ref name=":1" />


== References- ==
== References- ==

Latest revision as of 21:43, 31 August 2021


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. [1]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[edit | edit source]

In 1991, Chandrashekar founded the Academy for Mountain Environics. This organization works on local solutions for 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[2] (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 solutions. 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,[3]

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[edit | edit source]

  • 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.

Project awards[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • 2010, Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi.
  • 2011 The Week magazine '30 Indian Pearls'
  • 2012 The Builders' Association of India, Distinguished Green Builder Extraordinaire award .

External links[edit | edit source]

References-[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 TEDx Deccan- Do Green- Dr. Chandrashekhar Hariharan, retrieved 2020-06-16
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 T-ZED Homes, retrieved 2020-06-16
  3. ↑ "Bengaluru Central University". Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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