AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Awards don't change the challenge of another day. Being a leader is daunting, for you have no precedence to follow. You have to reinvent design forms and plans. You have to steer clear of the risk of 'experimenting' and offer reliability and durability. Awards, however, do count—in that they endorse the collective effort, and nourish the human spirit among our people. It gives us reason to work harder on the next task at hand. Today, BCIL is recognised to be the largest Sustainable Built Environment Enterprise in the country. Here's a list of awards and recognitions that have come its way since it began.

2011

The year 2011 couldn't have ended better. BCIL added three awards and two recognitions to its list of global and national honours. Here's the "Green Builder - Extraordinaire Award' conferred upon Mr Hariharan by the Builders Association of India. Read the attachment to hear more from BAI about the award and its recipient.

2011

  • 'CII-ITC Sustainability Awards-2011' by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Theme: Certificate of commendation for strong commitment.
  • The Week magazine names Executive Chairman Chandrashekar Hariharan as one of "30 Pearls" of India for successfully demonstrating "going green" as a business model in the country.
  • "Distinguished Fellow Award-2011" to Executive Chairman Chandrashekar Hariharan from The National Committee of the Builders Association of India.
  • 'Realty Plus Conclave and Excellence Awards-2011' by Realty Plus Magazine. Theme: "Environment-Friendly Project of the Year-Residential" for ZED Collective and ZED Earth.
  • Green Apple Award-2011 by the Green Organisation. Theme: Built Environment and Architectural Heritage.

2010

  • "Core Net Global Award-2010" by Core Net Global, San Diego, US. Theme: Sustainable leadership.
  • "Realty Plus Excellence National Award–2010" by Realty Plus magazine. Theme: "Environment-Friendly Project of the Year" for T-ZED.
  • "Distinguished Fellow Award-2011" to Executive Chairman Chandrashekar Hariharan from The National Committee of the Builders Association of India. "Udyog Rattan Award for Excellence-2010" from Bangkok, Thailand by Indian Economic Studies. Theme: Contribution to economic development.
  • "World's 20 Icons of Sustainability–2010" to BCIL CEO Chandrashekar Hariharan by Earth Matters.

2010

  • "CII Award for Excellence-2009" from Centre for Excellence of Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India. Theme: Sustainable development.
  • First Platinum-Rated Award by IGBC, India-2009. Theme: Sustainable development.
  • "Best Practices Award" by UNDP-2009. Theme: Best practices.

2008

  • "Ryutaro Hashimoto Award-2008" by IGES, Kanagawa, Japan. Theme: Sustainable development.

2006

  • ADB Water Champion Award-2006 by Manila, Philippines. Theme: BCIL Founder Chandrashekaran Hariharan was the only Indian among eight Asians from 63 Asian countries to be "Water Champion".
  • The first eco-tourism village in Nagaland, an Angami village called Khonoma, was designed and guided as technical consultants for the Govt of Nagaland by BCIL.

2005

  • "All India Practising Architects Award-2005". Theme: Sustainable architecture.
  • "Water Champion Award–2005" to BCIL MD Chandrashekar Hariharan. Theme: 24x7 water supply under the Millennium Development Goals-2015 programme of the United Nations.
  • Spectrum Award for Sustainable Architecture by Institute of Architects, 2005. Theme: Sustainable architecture.

2003

  • "TERI Award-2003" by TERI. Theme: Corporate environment initiatives.
  • Spectrum Award for Sustainable Architecture by Institute of Architects-2003. Theme: Sustainable architecture.
  • BCIL Managing Director Chandrashekar Hariharan is also Biodiesel Consultant for the Vizag-based Girijan Co-operative Corporation of the AP Government.
"Green Builder - Extraordinaire Award
ZED Collective and ZED Earth