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Dikshu Kukreja

Counsel General of Albania - Managing Director and Principal Architect, C P Kukreja Associates
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Dikshu Kukreja is the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Albania to India and the Managing Principal of C.P. Kukreja Architects, one of the world’s renowned architecture and engineering design firms with associate offices in India, Vietnam, Japan, and the USA. The firm has been extensively involved in working with the Government of India and various state governments across the country in establishing world-class infrastructure and projects focusing on education and healthcare, which have had a tremendous impact on society. The firm has also made a global impact with the design of projects in many countries and client relationships with over 30 different countries worldwide. He served as a Visiting Faculty in the Masters of Architecture in Urban Design program at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and has given lectures in over 20 schools of architecture across the country and abroad. Kukreja has made a stellar contribution to over 1,000 projects, impacting more than 10 million people and uplifting their living standards.

In his quest for creating a built environment which is cohesive, well integrated and environment friendly, Dikshu Kukreja has established an unique design approach where his firm is multi-disciplinary in nature having in-house professionals, consisting of Urban Planners, Architects, Civil and Structure Engineers, Electromechanical Engineers, Value Engineering and Environmental Planners. He was the first Indian Architect to acquire the operations of a design firm from USA which specializes in sustainability.

He has been selected as the ‘Young Icon of the Decade’, ‘Best Citizen of India’, ‘Face of 21st Century Architecture in India’, and featured in ‘Who’s Who of Asia’. Apart from his interests in design and academia, Kukreja is also an active philanthropist. He initiated the

‘CP Kukreja Foundation for Design Excellence’ to support design students from architecture and allied disciplines develop innovative ideas and solutions to address critical urban issues.