Deo Prasad
Deo Prasad AO FTSE is an Australian academic in the fields of environment, sustainability and governance, with a focus on decarbonisation, clean energy and energy efficiency. Prasad was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014.[1] He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering[2] and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Prasad is currently the chief executive officer of the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub. He is the former CEO of the National Research and Innovation Hub for the Built Environment: CRC for Low Carbon Living. Deo was formerly the Lead Investigator and Director of the SOLARCH Group at University of New South Wales.[3]
Career
[edit]Prasad held the position of CEO at the NSW Government Decarbonisation Innovation Hub, The role involved working with stakeholders to decarbonise the economy with the aim of job creation and economic growth.[4][5]
Prasad was previously the Lead Investigator and Partnerships Manager at the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, an initiative of the National Environmental Science Program for the Australian Federal Government.
Prasad was the CEO and Chief Investigator of the National Research and Innovation Hub for the Built Environment, a project known as the CRC for Low Carbon Living.[6][7]
Prasad served as the interim executive director for the Australian Trailblazer bid for Recycling and Clean Energy. In 2020, Prasad was the Associate Dean of Industry Partnerships and Innovation at the Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW, Sydney.[8] Prasad was the founder and Program Director of the Master of Built Environment (sustainable development) at UNSW, Sydney, established in 1998.[9]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (1991)[10]
- NSW Government Individual Green Globe Award (2004)[11]
- Winner of the institute's Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize (2006)[1][12]
- NSW Government Business Events Global Ambassador for Sydney since 2009[13]
- Governor General of Australia's ‘Order of Australia’ AO (2014)[14]
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2014)[2]
- UNSW Outstanding Alumni Award (2014)[15]
- Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award (2017) – the first Fijian to receive this Indian government award[16]
- NSW Government Global Impact Award (2019)[17][18]
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Leadership in Sustainability Prize (2019)[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Australia Day Honours - Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects". Australian Institute of Architects.
- ^ a b "Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering". List of All Fellows - FTSE.
- ^ "Scientia Professor Deo Prasad". UNSW Sydney.
- ^ "UNSW announced as home for NSW's decarbonisation hub". UNSW.
- ^ "UNSW announced as home for NSW's decarbonisation hub". Mirage News.
- ^ "Net zero for Australia's built environment is possible by 2040". UNSW.
- ^ "Professor Deo Prasad laments closing of low carbon living research hub". Architecture & Design.
- ^ "Professor Deo Karan Prasad". UNSW.
- ^ "Staff and HDR Students | Built Environment". UNSW.
- ^ "2023 NSW Fellows and Life Fellows". Australian Institute of Architects.
- ^ https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Funding-and-support/Green-Globes/20-years-green-globe-awards-190634.pdf
- ^ https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/uniken_novdec06.pdf
- ^ Čad, Gorazd (28 November 2019). "Four new ambassadors announced to help promote Sydney on the global stage". Kongres Magazine.
- ^ "20 Years of Green Globe Awards" (PDF). Department of Environment | NSW Government.
- ^ "Prof Deo Prasad receives University Alumni Award". UNSW Sites.
- ^ "Fijian Academic Wins Non-Resident Indian Globally Revered Award". Fiji Sun.
- ^ "Four new ambassadors announced to help promote Sydney on the global stage". Business Events. 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Championing Sydney on the world stage". Indian Link news. 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Leadership in Sustainability | Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living". Australian Institute of Architects.
External links
[edit]- Deo Prasad publications indexed by Google Scholar
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