Sougata Nandi

Sougata is an Energy Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the leading LEED™ AP in the region with 4 of the 10 LEED certified projects to his credit (as of Nov 09). Sougata is involved in Energy & Water Conservation, Sustainable Development and LEED Certification for 14 years, 10 of which are in Dubai. Sougata is an Emirates Energy Award winner in 2007 and his Energy and Water Conservation Programme has helped TECOM Investments win the Emirates Energy Award in 2008. Sougata is the LEED AP for the 3rd, 5th, 6th & 8th LEED Certified projects in the GCC. These include the first LEED Platinum Commercial Interior and the largest LEED certified project (as of May 09) in the region. Sougata has been selected as Who’s Who Member of the Year for 2009-2010 for his contributions to the business community. Sougata is also a leading author of articles on sustainable development in magazines like Climate Control and H2O. He currently holds dual technical responsibilities of implementing sustainable development at TECOM and developing Enpark as a sustainable community, and works as Director of Sustainable Development at TECOM Investments and Enpark (www.enpark.ae).