Sheila Sri Prakash
- January 5, 2024
- Architect
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Sheila Sri Prakash Biography
| Name | Sheila Sri Prakash |
| Birthday | Jul 6 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | India |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Children(s) | Bhargav Sri Prakash |
Sheila Sri Prakash is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on July 6, 1955 in India, India. The first woman in India to own and operate her own architectural firm, the Chennai-based Shilpa Architects. Her designs comprised more than 1000 completed projects.
She and Maya Ying Lin both became prominent female architects.
Sheila Sri Prakash (born 6 July 1955) is an architect and urban designer of Indian origin. She is the founder of Shilpa Architects and is the first woman in India to have started and operated her own architectural practice.
As a child, she trained in classical Indian dance, music and the arts. She started learning Bharatanatyam when she was four years old and gave her first on-stage Arangetram performance in 1961, when Padma Bhushan Dhanvanthi Rama Rau called her a child prodigy. Sheila demonstrated a talent as a Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, and also played the Veenai musical instrument. Over a period of nearly two decades as a performing artist, she gave performances as a dancer of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. Her family moved to Chennai to give her greater opportunities in the classical arts and to be trained in Bharatanatyam by Sri Dandayudha Pani Pillai. She was a student of Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam and was the protagonist in several of his dance dramas. She practised Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Veenai, Classical Indian music, painting and sculpting.
She was born in Bhopal, the capitol of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Her parents were interested in training her artistic instincts early on, and she began studying classical Indian dance, music, and other fine arts at a young age.
Sheila Sri Prakash Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Architect |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sheila Sri Prakash is one of the richest Architect from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sheila Sri Prakash 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She attended the Anna University School of Architecture and Planning and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She developed a passion early on for sustainable design.
She addressed the need for low-cost housing as an urban planner and obtained two patents for low-cost building products.
Sheila Sri Prakash was born in Bhopal, India on 6 July 1955 to Lt. Col. G. K. S. Pathy, an officer in the Indian Army, and S. Thangamma.
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She was selected by Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany and the University of Valencia in Spain, to be featured in a travelling exhibition across Europe that showcased notable architects from around the world and their impact on society. She was the only architect from India, among seven architects from around the world who were selected in honour of their professional accomplishments. She was an invited expert to the 2011 National Association of Realtors Convention in Hyderabad, India and was a speaker about “Shaping India for tomorrow”. She was an invited speaker to the 2011 Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Green Building Council Conference, to introduce a concept of “Holistic Sustainability” – extending parameters for Sustainable Design beyond environmental footprint, to socio-economic impact. On 7 February 2011 she spoke at the Goethe Institute about Notions of Space.
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Sheila Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Sheila Sri Prakash celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.
She was an invited speaker as a “Break-out thinker about the future of Sustainability” at the 2012 Global Green Summit by Bloomberg in Singapore. She was an invited participant and contributor to the United Nation’s 2012 Rio+20 Summit in Brazil. She was invited to contribute to the World Economic Forum’s Energy 2050 white paper on the future of energy and sustainability. At the 2012 Annual Meeting of the New Champions or the Summer Davos in Tianjin, China, she was a “rapporteur” for a panel on the role of arts in bridging the urban-rural divide around the world and was also an expert panellist for a session dedicated to Smart Cities. She was invited to contribute to the 2012 London Olympics by Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom and attended the Global Infrastructure Summit on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, as a part of the 2012 London Olympics. She also addressed the Indo-Australian Summit on the Future of Sustainable Cities and introduced the concept of a Reciprocal Design Index and Holistic Sustainability.