Lighting expert Praveen Thampi is on jury of the Design Middle East Awards 2021
A Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Praveen Thampi completed his Masters (M.Tech) in Illumination Technology from M.I.T, Manipal with flying colours and started his career as a lighting designer with Philips Lighting in the year 2000. He then went on to do his M.B.A in International Business from Apollo University, before the inception of his own architectural lighting design and consultancy firm called The Ministry Of Light, in 2004. With offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Dubai, Thampi is the president of The Ministry of Light which is one of the largest architectural lighting design firms in Asia-Pacific, with a team of architects and interior designers trained and specialised in lighting design.
His Commercial office projects projects have been a benchmark in the industry in terms of lighting technology and introduction of latest lighting standards. He is one of the few lighting consultants worldwide who specialises and spearheads innovative and sustainable office lighting techniques by blending the ASHRAE Standards, WELL V2 Standards, CIBSE LG7 Standards & USGBC LEED V4 Standards and formulated a new lighting quality standard concept – LQS for all his projects.
He was one of the first lighting xonsultants worldwide to effectively introduce an integrated lighting management system into a commercial Office environment way back in 2004, with the introduction of DALI & DSI connected Occulux system which paved way to intelligent/smart lighting in commercial offices.
(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=https://www.facebook.com/designmiddleeast”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
As part of its Business Connect initiative, Dubai Chamber, in partnership with Entrepreneur Middle East, has launched Ask The Expert, a social media series that will see industry experts from Dubai’s business sector answer questions from the public on a variety of subjects.
“Ask The Expert” is a new social media series that will see industry experts from Dubai’s business sector answer questions from the public on a variety of subjects
This series is being kicked off with Omar Khan, Director, International Offices, Dubai Chamber, with Khan ready to answer your questions on topics like expanding your business out of Dubai, promising international markets for your enterprise, as well as how Dubai Chamber can assist with your company’s global aspirations.
English