Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar | Padmashree Awardee | Speaker | Beginup.com | Taj West End Bangalore

ON BEING THE PEOPLE’S ARCHITECT PADMASHREE G SHANKAR FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF HABITAT TECHNOLOGY GROUP A MASTER MASON AND PEOPLE’S ARCHITECT, G SHANKAR HAS BEEN RELENTLESSLY ENGAGED IN BRINGING ABOUT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ARCHITECTURE. IN RECOGNITION TO THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, GOVT. OF INDIA IN 2011 AWARDED G SHANKAR WITH PADMASHREE – THE FOURTH HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA. IN 1987 HE FOUNDED HABITAT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, WHICH BECAME THE LARGEST NGO IN THE SHELTER SECTOR IN SOUTH ASIA. BEING AN ADVOCATE OF COST EFFECTIVE, ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, HE HAS BEEN HEADING SEVERAL MASS BUILDING PROJECTS INCLUDING TOWNSHIPS PLANNED AND BUILT FOLLOWING CALAMITIES AND REDEVELOPMENT OF SLUMS. HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN LATUR, BHOPAL, GUJARAT AND ORISSA AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS. MAJOR PROJECTS WERE ALSO UNDERTAKEN IN SRI LANKA, BANGLADESH, NEPAL, PALESTINE AND HAITI.