Sunand Prasad (born 1950, in

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, India) is a British architect and senior partner of

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Penoyre & Prasad Penoyre & Prasad is an architectural practice based in London. It was established in 1988 by Sunand Prasad and Greg Penoyre. The practice has an interest in low energy and sustainability. In 2007 Sunand Prasad became president of the Royal Inst ...

, a multi sectoral practice with an internationally recognised profile in

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and civic buildings. He is a past President of the

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(RIBA).

Early life and education

Prasad was brought up in central India and came with his family to the UK in 1962 when he was 12 years old.About me
Sunand Prasad election website www.sunandprasad.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06. He was educated at the

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, The

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and obtained a PhD from the

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Career

Prasad co-founded

in 1988Guardian website
Portrait of the artist: Sunand Prasad, architect
' 13 July 2009 (retrieved 2011-10-19) with Greg Penoyre. In 2008 Prasad was appointed a member of the Mayor's Design Advisory Panel for London. He served two terms as a member of the

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’s

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Commissioning Group helping select art works for

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. He is a trustee of the think tank

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and of Article 25, a charity set up in response to the 2005 Indian Ocean earthquake and is currently President of the Architects Benevolent Society. From 2007 to 2009 Prasad was President of the

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. He has campaigned on issues relating to

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and the built environment and was listed 26th in the ''Independent's'' 2008 Green List. In 2008 as part of the

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programme, Prasad travelled to Greenland with a team of artists and scientists, creating an

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that has been exhibited through the travelling exhibition 'Unfold'. He became a Trustee of Cape Farewell in 2010. Prasad was a founding Commissioner of the UK Government's

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(CABE); launched its Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He was involved in the development of the

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’s Design Quality Indicator. Prasad has campaigned for an equitable and effective climate treaty. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Government's Innovation & Growth Team on Low Carbon construction which reported in November 2010. Prasad has contributed extensively to books and journals on a variety of subjects. He has been involved in teaching, lecturing and acting as an external examiner.

References

External links

Penoyre & Prasad websiteArticle 25 website
*http://www.capefarewell.com/
Royal Institute of British ArchitectsDesign Quality Indicator
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prasad, Sunand Living people 1950 births 20th-century Indian architects Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects People from Wardha district Artists from Maharashtra