WOMEN ACHIEVER IN SUSTAINABILITY

Dr. Gandotra, has been working with Birla Estates from April 2016. She heads various design functions across Architecture, Structural Engineering, MEP, Interiors, Landscape and BIM. Ananya, provides strategic design direction and helps deliver real estate projects successfully. Ananya has 27+ years of professional expertise across various asset classes (hotels, office, and retail, plotted development, residential and industrial), and has held positions such as, Head of Technical Services at Taj Group, Add. Chief Architect at DLF and Head- Planning and Design at Indiabulls Real Estate. At the Taj, she was instrumental in the implementation of the Technical Services Agreement for all Management Contract projects for the Taj Hotels across India and International. She also oversaw Design documentation and management, critical construction approvals, for all IHCL asset properties Dr. Gandotra holds a doctorate in Architecture from Cardiff University, Wales, UK, besides having a Master’s degree in Design from India’s premier engineering institute: Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi. She graduated in Architecture in 1993 and was awarded gold medal for academic excellence by Mangalore University. During her various roles she has led teams and worked with global consultants like Foster and Partners, Zaha Hadid, LERA, Sassaki, WATG, Buro Happold, BPI, Belt Collins, Cooper Hill. As a start-up company and the Head – Design and Sustainability, the responsibility lies on providing a LifeDesigned apartment that caters to the customer needs and the environment. Being well aware of our responsibility towards a better and cleaner environment, our efforts in environment management go well beyond mere compliance with statutory requirements. We successfully earned the Platinum certification for our commercial property Birla Aurora in 2015 and followed up with Platinum Certification for Birla Centurion, our second property in Worli. Our MUMBAImaiden residential property, Birla Vanya offers gold-rated Pre-Certified IGBC green homes. This has marked the beginning of integration of sustainability practices in Birla Estates' developments.