Harsha Sridhar has 25 years of Sustainable Architectural experience across different regions of India, advocating and working with low embodied energy and resource sensitive building systems. He was the Design and Projects Head in a Sustainable Developer in Bangalore prior to 2009. He was the Independent Consultant UNDP for development of Sustainable Housing Technologies for Rural Meghalaya and Manipur. As a Consultant Architect, he had multiple engagements for various departments of Govt of Meghalaya. He is also the Founding Member, of FEEDS, a vehicle to bring about intrinsic, sustainable and transformative change in rural communities through village based sustainable livelihood activities, based out of Meghalaya.
Chandrakanth B N
Chandra is a passionate creator with an empathetic business sense and an entrepreneur who left a high flying career in the US, to chase an Indian dream. He has been involved in establishing several companies since 1996. His ventures have ranged from IT Services, Digital Media operations, Manufacturing and Training. As the Chairman of Pairee, he oversees several investments made by the company.
Prior to Pairee, Chandra was the Founder and Managing Director of Theorem India, which he started with just two people in 2002 and grew it to over 1300+ people globally spread across 4 continents, serving several global blue chip brands and establishing a sprawling campus in Mysore before leaving at the end of 2013. Chandra also enjoys investing, advising and mentoring start-up companies and is on the board of a several such companies. He is also passionate about giving back to the society. His Pairee Foundation is helping educate the rural youth of India and making them job ready. Chandra holds a Masters degree in Industrial Management from Northern Illinois University, Chicago and a BE degree from Bangalore University. He is a leading voice in the IT Industry and regularly speaks at global conferences. He is also an active member of various industry groups in the technology world. Chandra and his work regularly feature on national and regional TV channels.