People – VA Group

OUR PEOPLE

DYNAMIC AND
DIVERSE

We promote an inclusive office culture that fuels the creative dynamics of our diverse team. The synergy of aligned thinking from the many cultures and geographies represented, enrich the way we work together.

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Founder/Chairman

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P. K. Venkataramanan

P. K. Venkataramanan

Founder Chairman

P.K. Venkataramanan, is the Founder Chairman of Venkataramanan Associates a respected 50-year-old Architectural & Engineering firm based in Bangalore. A graduate in Architecture from the 1962 batch of the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects, he was an member of the Bye-law review for the city committee of Bangalore, a member of the Urban Arts Commission, the former Chairman of the Karnataka Chapter of the Indian Institute of Architects, founder of the Practicing Architects Association, a member of the Academic Council of the School of Planning & Architecture in New Delhi, a member of the All India Council of Technical Education and a visiting professor at the Department of Architecture at Bangalore University.

In many ways, he has set the strong foundation for much of the work that the Firm is now so well known for – Research & Development, Public and Institutional buildings and Housing. He led the design and programming of over 600 projects including the campus design of the Raman Research Institute (RRI), multiple buildings at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the training centre at the Indian Social Institute and the St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science, as well as several commercial buildings and housing projects. He has designed over 200 individual residences, many for renowned scientists. He continues to be involved in the growth and organizational development of the Firm, with strong inputs on the future direction of the Firm.

Over the last few years, he has been actively involved as a Convenor of RISE (Residents Initiative for a Safe Environment), an NGO working for better community management and continues to be a source of inspiration and wise counsel to the younger generation of architects at VA. He is also the founder of SCEP ( Senior Citizens Enrichment Program).

Design and Technical Staff

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Naresh V Narasimhan

Naresh V Narasimhan

Managing Partner

1993 – Present

Naresh V Narasimhan is the Managing Partner at VA – Venkataramanan Associates, a multi- disciplinary award-winning architecture firm based in Bangalore. Steeped in values of design quality, integrity, commitment and ethics, VA has held a steady reputation for the design of benchmark projects across typologies since 1969.

Naresh trained as an architect at the Manipal Institute of Technology, India (B Arch 1985) & further studied management at Harvard in 1995. He founded the MOD Institute, an action- oriented think tank addressing highly relevant urban design issues and is a trustee of Suchitra Cinema & Cultural Academy. His interests range from politics, governance & communication strategies to cinema, art, and popular culture.
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Aparna Narasimhan

Aparna Narasimhan

Partner

1989 – Present

Aparna Narasimhan an architect with over 30 years of experience is Partner and Design Director at Venkataramanan Associates a leading architectural practice. In her position, Aparna guides the firm’s design process and critical review sessions.

A keen artist and proponent of art appreciation she maintains a strong emphasis on drawing by hand as a design tool. As co-founder of Kadambari – an organization that is involved in the promotion of performing arts and fine arts of India, Aparna has organized several exhibitions and workshops on traditional Indian textiles, arts and crafts.

Her work, which is dominated by residential and institutional projects, is characterized by an ability to straddle complex parameters and feasibility studies, a good understanding of context and a design process that displays knowledge ranging from master-plan level decision-making to minute design detailing. Aparna’s design rationale is highly objective and user-responsive. She often revisits completed projects to observe first-hand the impact her design has had on human behaviour.

Her award-winning works continue to garner national and international attention. Her allied interests in art and craft have had her designing sets for theatre productions. She believes in reciprocating knowledge and sustains a healthy interaction with students through talks and workshops.
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Sathish Kumar T

Sathish Kumar T

Director-Operations

1996 – Present

Sathish Kumar T. is the Director of Operations at Venkataramanan Associates, one of the largest Architectural practices in India. He started working with a Chartered Accountant Firm, while completing his Bachelors in Commerce at Vijaya Evening College. He pursued ICWA at St. Joseph’s College, and went on to join VA in 1996. His deep understanding in finance, HR, marketing, IT/Infrastructure and other business-related functions has guided his business strategies to promote the firm’s culture and mission. Besides Identifying and capitalizing opportunities in the market space, his role has included building strong relationships with clients and employees alike and over-seeing all administrative decisions. Sathish is best known for his strategic vision, leadership, determination and an ability to motivate and inspire.

Over the last 2 decades, he has emerged as a cross-functional leader making an impact across different aspects of the business. He has helped secure the over-all functioning of the firm and drive in extensive and sustainable growth. He led various business domains such as HR, finance and BD well before taking on his current job title. As Director, he set-up a budgeting system and has been responsible for achieving the targeted budgets at an average 90% for the last 15 years. Besides analyzing several new business verticals, he also anchored business development of VA’s largest contract. Under his management, Venkataramanan Associates has become a market leader in the design industry.
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Ravindra Kumar

Ravindra Kumar

Design Director

1993 – Present

Ravindra Kumar (Ravee) heads Design at VA. His strength has been in providing innovative design solutions to emerging project trends & typologies in India. He has a keen understanding of the complex needs of new laboratory facilities and other building types and understands the need to integrate with building and landscape aesthetics. He has designed many of VA’s large and complex projects. He has more than two decades of experience in this field.

He has been a visiting faculty member at various Departments of Architecture. Currently is the reader and chair for long distant studies program at Educational Praxis, Maloboro University, USA. He has keen interest in primary and secondary education and is the president of the T.B.S. foundation, a school for 400 rural children and Rangaloka, a not for profit organization.

Ravee has been nominated as the brand ambassador for sustainability initiatives towards green architecture namely Earth Matters, IAB India, Activism Architecture, Design Quest India. He has lectured as an invitee in many of these events in India and overseas. He has done extensive documentation on vernacular India for various work groups including INTACH, Madras Craft Foundation. He has lectured in various cities in India & around the world, sharing an experience on his ideation of architecture.
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