233rd Edition – Zak World of Façades India

This will be the 233rd edition globally and the 13th edition in Mumbai 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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Naresh Rathi
Studio Director, Gensler
Naresh is an architect with a work experience of 19 years. He received his Master of Architecture at Texas A & M University, where he was awarded the Edward J. Romeniec Graduate Award (2008 – 2009). His professional endeavors span...
Hrishikesh Natekar
General Manager - Facade Design, Godrej Properties
Rajib Sarkar
Vice President - Procurement, DLF
Henry D’Souza
Lead - Facade, Birla Estate
A façade professional with over three decades of specialized experience in the design, engineering, and delivery of building envelope systems across India’s residential, commercial, and mixed-use sectors. Currently associated with Birla Estates as Head Design – Façade, Henry is responsible...
Devansh Daisaria
Design Principal Architect, Daisaria Architects
Vibhakar Jha
Head - Residential Business & Retail, Schueco India
Uday V Shetty
EVP - Solid X, Viva Composite Panel
Uday Shetty is a trusted name in the Indian façade industry, bringing nearly 30 years of experience across manufacturing, operations, sales, and marketing. As EVP and Business Lead for SOLID X at VIVA Composite Panel Pvt Ltd, he plays a key...
Saumya Chawla
Director, Sahvia Façade
With over 15 years of experience in architectural practice, Saumya has honed her expertise in facade design and engineering, shaping the identity of numerous landmark projects across the globe. Her deep understanding of materials, form, and light allows her to...
Brian Spring
Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
A Design Director at KPF, Brian brings a deep respect for place to each of his projects, with designs informed by their specific contexts through the exploration of detail, materiality and neighbourhood character. With more than 15 years’ experience, his...
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...
Kiran Kapadia
Founding Director, Kapadia Associates
Kiran Kapadia is an architect and urban designer. He received his Bachelor’s degree from CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University, USA. He founded Kapadia Associates in 1991, which has grown steadily over the...
Gregory Romine
Managing Director, Avante Facade
Gregory Romine has spent his 46 year career engaged in the façade industry ranging from product design, manufacturing, façade contracting and consulting. Greg founded Avante Façade Consulting (previously Axis Façade Consulting) in 1997 and the firm has grown to support...
Shrikrishna Ginde
Head - Facade, L&T Constructions
ShriKrishna Ginde has an overall experience of 27 years in accomplishing prestigious facade projects, worth more than ₹2000+ Crores invalue and Lakhs of SqMts in Volume. Have had hands on training at an overseas Façade Testing Lab – AL Futtaim...
TS Aditya
Vice President - Strategy & Business Development, Qutone
T.S. Aditya is the Vice President – Strategy & Business Development at Qutone, bringing over 14 years of extensive experience in the façade industry. He has been instrumental in driving the company’s sales function, focusing on acquiring key accounts, developing and...
Pratik Doshi
National Manager - Façade, Schueco India
Pratik Doshi, is the National Manager for Façade Business at Schueco India. With 18 years of experience in Construction industry, and 9.5 of which he has spent at Schueco India, Pratik has handled various sales territories and worked closely with...
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....
Ritesh Jindal
Associate, Arup
Ritesh started his career with Arup Singapore after completing his Bachelor`s in Architecture from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and has now re-joined Arup Mumbai Office as Senior Consultant. Ritesh is currently leading the façade team for Arup India....
Apoorva Sharma
Principal Architect, Architect Hafeez Contractor
Apoorva Sharma joined Architect Hafeez Contractor in 2004 as an intern and is now a successful Associate in the firm.Her expertise includes several flagship Institutional projects like Infosys-Mysore Campus, Infosys- Mangalore Campus, DLF IT Park-Chennai, Manipal University Jaipur, BITS Pilani...
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...
Malvinder Singh Rooprai
Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC, Kuraray
Malvinder Singh Rooprai, Architectural Market Development Manager & Technical Consultant for PVB division of Kuraray, is based out of New Delhi – INDIA. His key responsibilities are to grow the market for value added products under the umbrella of Trosifol®...
Rajan Govind
Director - Facade + Construction Tech Specialist, BES Consultants
Rajan has more than 30 years of international experience within the facade industry, out of which he has served more than 11 years at Arup. With Structural engineering background Rajan has gained working experiences in various regions such as Asia,...
Jean Paul Hautekeer
Global Strategic Marketing Director, Dow
As the global head of strategy for the teams that develop silicon(e) based solutions which increase energy efficiency, sustainability and design performance of buildings, Jean-Paul’s responsibilities include market strategy development and implementation, innovation and marketing excellence for the Building &...
Gautam Bhasin
Director, Mirai
Gautam is an architect by training and a building enclosure specialist by profession, with extensive experience delivering façade solutions across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and India. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to projects spanning three continents,...
Hiten Sethi
Founder, Hiten Sethi Architects
Hiten is the Founder, Owner & Director at HitenSethi Architects since 1993 with an expansive bandwidth of professional experience. He has a strong hold on Strategic Planning, High Volume & High Value negotiation & fast track delivery of large-scale projects...
Conference Agenda
  • Performance-driven building envelopes
  • Aesthetics, identity & user experience
  • Smart, sustainable & future-ready façades
Speakers:
  • Coastal climate & façade durability
  • Rear-ventilated façades for high-rise buildings
  • High-performance materials: Balancing design & sustainability
Speakers:
  • Designing beyond handover: Embedding durability, maintainability and replacement strategies into façade design from the outset, rather than treating lifecycle performance as an afterthought
  • Procurement decisions that shape performance: How early contractor and supplier engagement, system selection, specification quality and value engineering can either protect or dilute the original façade intent
  • Closing the design–delivery gap: Aligning architects, consultants, contractors and fabricators around testing, tolerances, interfaces, QA/QC and installation to ensure the façade performs as designed over time
Speakers:
  • Why Mumbai is different: Examining the requirement for 1 m × 1 m outward-opening façade panels at maximum 10 m intervals, the original fire-safety intent behind it, and why it has become challenging for contemporary curtain-wall design
  • How does the rest of India and the world address the same risk? Comparing approaches to in other Indian cities and international high-rise markets, and understanding why Mumbai has taken a more prescriptive route
  • Safety intent vs. façade reality: Assessing the implications for wind loads, hardware, air- and water-tightness, occupant safety, maintenance and long-term reliability and whether alternative performance-based strategies could achieve the same life-safety objective more effectively
Speakers:
  • Aspiration to realization
  • The value proposition
  • Standing the test of time
  • Our collective responsibility
Speakers:
  • Future trends
  • Integration of sliders in unitised façades
  • New performance parameters and sustainability
Speakers:
  • Façade as an expression of place: How materiality, proportion, depth and rhythm can give a building a distinct identity while responding to its urban and cultural context
  • Integrating performance with design intent: Balancing daylight, solar control, energy performance, structure and occupant comfort without reducing the façade to a purely technical envelope
  • From building to skyline: How façade design influences scale, silhouette and the relationship between individual buildings and the evolving city around them
Speakers:
  • Has the Coastal Road changed the value of the façade? As connectivity and waterfront access improve, is the façade now a bigger part of how developers differentiate premium residential towers?
  • How much glass is too much glass? Can Mumbai keep pushing larger vision panels, corner glazing and uninterrupted sea views without compromising comfort, privacy and energy performance?
  • Are we designing for the buyer or for the building? Exploring the tension between what sells—views, openness, balconies, operables-and what performs best over the life of a high-rise coastal tower
  • What will define the next generation of Mumbai coastal towers? From façade depth and shading to winter gardens, terraces, operable strategies and new material expressions, what should replace the current “all-glass luxury tower” formula?

Apoorva Sharma

Speakers:
  • Architectural expression & identity
  • High-performance building envelopes
  • From design to execution
Speakers:
  • The problem
  • Why façades are different
  • Façade BIM : From design intent to digital intelligence
Speakers:
  • Innovative structural glass applications
  • New product introduction Trosifol® ES Pro
  • Sustainability benefits of using SentryGlas® interlayers
Speakers:
  • Carbon neutral façade
  • Case study covering complexity and mastering the demand
  • Beyond silicones
Speakers:
  • Evolution of dry cladding systems with ventilated façade principles
  • Cladding materials - relevant tests & standards recommended for external applications
  • Sustainable semi-unitized sintered stone cladding system - features, advantages & benefits
Speakers:
  • Powder coating: How is it a sustainable solution inherently?
  • Compliance with green building norms
  • Cool shades collections: Providing comfort in the heat
Speakers:
  • Designing the connector: How the relationship between the two tower volumes and the distinctive linking element evolved into the defining architectural expression of the project
  • Translating form into façade: Developing the curtain wall, vertical articulation and curved interfaces to maintain a coherent façade language across different tower geometries
  • Delivering a commercial landmark: Balancing architectural identity, workplace expectations, façade performance and buildability within a major high-rise commercial development in Goregaon
Speakers:
  • Optimizing construction speed with metal cladding
  • EPDs – an initiative towards environment friendly cladding
  • Inhouse manufacturing excellence leads to Reel vs Real façade
Speakers:
  • Bringing façade expertise into early design and decision-making
  • Aligning architectural vision with constructability and commercial objectives
  • Improving collaboration across consultants, contractors, and suppliers
  • Lessons learned from delivering large-scale developments

Shrikrishna Ginde

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Event Details
  • 233rd Edition – Zak World of Façades India, October 16, 2026
  • Start Date
    October 16, 2026 8:00 am
  • End Date
    October 16, 2026 5:00 pm
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