Director’s Desk

Mr. Sumat Prakash Jain

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND:

• Mr. Jain obtained B Sc Engg (Mech) degree in 1967 from Dayal Bagh Engineering College Agra affiliated with Agra University, U.P (India). He has worked as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering College for five years from August 1967 to July 1972 in Dayal Bagh Engineering College Agra (India) and taught undergraduate engineering students.

• During the teaching period, Mr. Jain attended three sequential summer schools, each of six weeks in IIT Kanpur for advanced studies under the quality improvement program scheme. Owing to his excellent performance in the sequential summer schools, he got a one-year exception in two years M Tech (Mech) course. In July 1973, he completed the master’s degree in mechanical engineering specializing in fluid mechanics from IIT Kanpur.

• In August 1973, he joined the country’s leading architect’s firm M/s Joseph Allen Stein and Associates (presently known as M/s Stein Doshi & Bhalla Architects) at 5-Sundar Nager, New Delhi 110 003 (India) as a senior mechanical engineer.

• In July 1979, he went to Saudi Arabia & joined one of the leading Architect’s firms M/s Consulting Architectural Corporation (CAC) presently known as M/s Jamjoom Consultants, Post Box No 6285, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). During his stay with CAC, Jeddah for about five years (1979-1984), he had the opportunity of designing and administration the implementation of complete mechanical services (such as HVAC, plumbing/sanitary, fire fighting, medical gas piping, industrial piping, solar heating, steam supply systems & compressed air piping) for various prestigious projects.

• He has made official trips to UK and Italy for various projects meetings, and discussions at the design, development, and execution stage with various international clients, architects, consultants, and contractors. During this period, he also became a member of ASHRAE on 31^st August 1980 (American Society of Heating Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineers) & CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), London.

• In March 1984, he came back to India and in April 1984 started his independent consultancy practice with an office in GK-II South Delhi (India) under the name & style of “Sanelac Consultants” as a proprietary firm.

• Due to a positive response in a short time, the company gained the status as Pvt Ltd & registered in the month of August 1986 as “Sanelac Consultants Private Limited” with the registrar of companies (Delhi & Haryana) with head office in Delhi. Mr. S P Jain became the managing director of the company & branches in Bangalore (1986), Pune (2001) & Mumbai (2006). However, the Bangalore office was closed in 2006.

ARTICLES/LECTURES:

• Mr. Jain wrote an article on “Building Services Design Considerations in Hospital Buildings” during Medical Architecture Workshop 2002 on 15-17^th March 2002 at Hotel Maurya Sheraton New Delhi which was organized by the Indian Institute of Architects & sponsored by WHO.

• He also wrote “Building Services Design Considerations in various Buildings” presented in Lucknow, Faridabad & Noida which was organized by the Local Indian Institute of Architects, India.

• Another article on “MEP Design Considerations in Buildings Segments” was presented by Mr. Jain at CPWD Institute, which was organized by CPWD.

QUALIFICATION:

B. Sc. Engg, M. Tech. (Mechanical), MCIBSE (London), C. Eng (London)

MEMBERSHIP:

International

1. American Society of Heating Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), USA
2. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers London (CIBSE)

National:

1. Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) New Delhi
2. Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), New Delhi
3. Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI)
4. Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND:-

• Dr. Varun Jain is the Immediate Past President and Student Chair of the ASHRAE India Chapter.
• He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics, Engineering.
• He attended Six MonthsProfessional Design Engineering Training, in Air-conditioning at WISCONSIN (USA), in1997.
• He obtained his M. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 2000.
• He worked for 2 years, in California, USA, after returning from the USA, he involved himself in research as a Ph.D. student in the“Centre for Energy Studies Department” at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
• He is working as Director Technical in one of the leading Building Services Consultancy firms“M/s Sanelac Consultants Pvt. Ltd”.
• He is a Certified Energy Manager cum Auditor by BEE, Ministry of Power (Govt. of India).
• He has been associated with the HVAC industry since 1996.
• He is the founder of a start-up of MEPa2zLLP, this start-up is in the field of Training and Placement of Graduate Students.