170th Edition – Zak World of Façades India

This will be the 170^th edition globally and the 5^th edition in Hyderabad which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Harsharaj Shetty K S

Deputy Head - Engineering, Schueco India

Harsha is a seasoned professional with over 8 years of experience in façades and fenestration products, specializing in new product development for both Indian and international markets. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. Currently,...

Srinivas Deekonda

Regional Head, Sahvia Facades

With over 25 years of expertise in the field, Srini represents as Regional Head of Sahvia Facade. Throughout his career, he has been instrumental in designing and delivering innovative façade solutions for a wide range of global projects, spanning commercial,...

Sapan Gupta

General Manager | Head of Master Planning & Design, GMR

With 15 years of experience, Sapan Gupta, an Architect- Urban Planner has expertise in Urbanism, Aviation, Design and Town Planning. Currently heading Master planning & Design, division at GMR Group stationed at Hyderabad, he previously worked as a consultant with...

SP Anchuri

Chief Architect, Anchuri & Anchuri

Dr.Er.Ar.SPAnchuri is well-known Artist, Architect and Structural Engineer. He has excellentacademic and industrial track record. Dr. Er. Ar. Anchuri is Chief Consultant of Anchuri & Anchuri, a 30 years old consultancy firm having offices inHyderabad ,Amaravathi and Vizag. Designedmore than...

Kanaka Nageswara Rao Arerapu

Co - Founder | Principal Architect, Samyog Design Studio

Kanaka is a highly experienced Architect and Project Management expert, with over 22 years of professional experience across UAE in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and most of the cities in India. He has successfully delivered national and international projects in both...

M V T Sathish Kumar

GM - Planning & Development, My Home Construction

Sathish is a professional with 20 years of experience in sustainable project development. He hold a degree in Architecture from Madras University and an MBA in Marketing and IT from NIILM School of Business. His career has been marked by...

Nishanth Vijayaputra

Principal Architect, Morphemy Architects

Nishanth Vijayputra is the founder of Morphemy, a Hyderabad-based architecture and design practice that reflects his creative vision and strategic thinking. Founded in 2015 as a growing, dynamic and contemporary award-winning design practice, Morphemy works across typologies and scales in...

Narasimham.VVL

Chairman, The Indian Institute of Architects - Telangana Chapter

Prof. Ar. Narasimham Vadlamani.V.L. is an Architect, Interior Designer, Landscape Architect and Ecological Planner since 1989. He was earlier a Topper (Gold Medalist) at B.Arch Bachelor of Architecture from JNTUniversity Hyderabad in 1987 and obtained M.L. Arch Master of Landscape Architecture degree from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi in 1989. He had...

Ratna Kompella

Head of Design, Aparna Constructions

Ratna Kompella is a seasoned architect currently serving as the Head of Design at Aparna Constructions. She has previously worked with renowned firms such as Chapman Taylor, Phoenix Group, and Jurong India, bringing extensive expertise and experience to her role....

George Varghese

Director, RSP Design Consultants

George Verghese has 30 years of extensive experience as an Architect in India and abroad. He has worked on a wide range of projects ranging from mixed-use developments to IT campuses, residential, healthcare and retail projects. He completed his Bachelor...

Sudhir Mohan

Head Sustainable Design, Aspect Facade and Engineering Consultants

With over 16 years of professional experience in building façades, starting the journey as a site engineer to overseeing project execution, involving in tendering & procurement, and leading a technical team in a global manufacturing firm, journey has touched upon...

Reji Bhami

Director - India and UAE, Eminent International Testing Centre

Over 19 years of experience in façade testing in Middle East, India and other Asian Countries. Reji has handled several iconic projects such as Dubai international Airport [UAE], Hamad International Airport-Doha [Qatar], Riyad Metro Stations [KSA], Nirlon Knowledge Park- Mumbai...

Deepak Parameswaran

Specifications Manager, Jotun Powder Coatings

A professional with over 15 years of experience in the Façade industry and having worked in diverse set of projects ranging from Infrastructure to Residential projects. Deepak brings to you a wide range of solutions that Jotun Powder Coatings can...

Gaurav Sanghavi

Co - Founder, Pentaspace Design Studio

An innovator and motivator to the team, Ar. Gaurav Sanghavi leads conceptualisation and project planning at Pentaspace. His expertise lies in visualisation for the future, which allows him to take the lead in the spatial planning of every project, and...

Kushagra Awasthi

Head of Engineering, Schueco India

Kushagra Awasthi comes with over 13 years of experience in various aspects of façade and fenestration in both Aluminium and UPVC products. By education, he is a post-graduate in Architecture, integrated with Façade Design, from TH OWL, Germany, and a...

Nandakumar BS

Project Director, Evermark Façades

Nanda has over 17 years of rich experience in various capacities in façade construction projects. He is currently heading Evermark Project Solutions, A Consulting firm as Façade Project Director. Prior to Evermark, he was with Goldman Sachs through C&W as...

Ashwanii Khanna

Chief Customer Officer, FunderMax

Ashwanii Khanna is a seasoned professional with over 11 years of experience in the facade industry and an overall career spanning 18 years in the construction materials sector. Having worked with esteemed organizations such as Fundermax, Armstrong, and Saint Gobain....

Faizer Ali Dastagir

National Head - Projects, Viva Metal Composite Panel

Mr.Faizer Ali Dastagir is the National Head–Projects for Viva Composite Panels. He is a Mechanical engineer by qualification. He Has 25 years’ experience in Marketing, Business Development, Operations and also handling execution for various Façade projects with leading Façade Companies...

Anujay Vootla

Design Director, Genesis Planners

Ar. Anujay has an experience of well over 35 years in the field of Architecture and Urban Design. He is an artist to the core with several exhibits to his credit. He was a recipient of “Outstanding Design Thesis Award”...

Rohan Keswani

Director, Aluplex

Armed with a Structural Engineering double-degree from Oxford University, Rohan has experience working with Façade and Fenestration companies in Thailand, Spain and South Korea. Leading the operations at Aluplex since 2011, Rohan has been using his strong technical foundations to...

Mathieu Meur

Director, DP Façade

Mathieu Meur provides strategic and technical leadership as the director of DP Façade. Through his training as a multi-disciplinary engineer, and subsequent years of experience heading the largest façade consultancy practise in the world, he has developed extensive knowledge of...

Christoph Timm

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Christoph Timm leads SOM’s Enclosure Group, a practice embedded among the design and engineering studios in the firm’s New York office that focuses on the design of building enclosures and facades. With more than two decades of experience in the...

Kalyan Chakrawarthy Kethana

Associate Vice President, Phoenix Group

In my current role as Associate Vice President at Phoenix Group, I lead the procurement and sustainability functions for one of India’s premier real estate developers. I am responsible for overseeing the strategic sourcing of materials, managing vendor relationships, and...

Swati Puchalapalli

Founder - Director, Terra Viridis Consultants

Swati Puchalapalli has 24 years of experience in Sustainable design, computational analysis and environmental policy research. As the director of TerraViridis, a Sustainable Design Consultancy, she is a strong proponent of passive architectural design, combining the learnings from vernacular with...

Ron Hull

Global Director - High Performance Products, Kuraray

Ron Hull, P.E, CDT® is the Global Director of High-Performance Products for Kuraray. Ron is based in the USA and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration. He currently serves on the Board of Directors...

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