Raghunanda S. A

Raghunanda is the founder/Principal Architect of Synergic Designs. In his 21-year-career, he has designed over 18 lakh sft of space, over 10 lakh sft of interiors, provided value engineering. He is also a Professor/Design Chair, Department of Architecture at S.I.T., Tumakuru, which has given him expertise on the spatial dynamics. He has a B. Arch and Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad. As a licensed Architect, he works with BiM ArchiCad software and uses the BiMX app, to present all drawings, views, by part or full. He is currently pursuing a research programme where he is working on the impact of zoning regulations and building architecture on public health, mainly non communicable diseases. He has researched how built environment and socio economic conditions affect physical activity (PA) of people. Lack of PA is one of the reasons for diabetes, CVD, obesity, cancer, etc. He has written several papers and has spoken in several conferences too on this topic.