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Awards & Recognition
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Sumita with her colleagues at Architects for Change, RIBA
Sumita Sinha, the director of the practice, has worked as an architect and community consultant in India, France, Spain
and the UK. She is a Civic Trust assessor and sits on a number of panels advising on education, design and sustainability.
Sumita teaches architecture and technology at universities in the UK and abroad, and is a Science, Engineering and Technology
ambassador for schools and businesses in the UK. She is a visiting lecturer for Delhi School of Planning and Architecture
and external examiner for Birmingham University. Sumita is the Masters Course Director at London Metropolitan University
for the Architecture of Rapid Change Resources and Scarce Resources.
Sumita is the founder of Architects For Change,
the Equality Forum for British Architects and past Chair of Women In Architecture. Her published works include those in the
fields of design, work practices and community planning. In 2003, her portrait was included in an exhibition about 28 women
who had made difference to the life and culture of Britain. Sumita received the 2008 Atkins Inspire award for Architecture.
Sumita has set up Charushila, a non profit organization promoting culturally appropriate sustainable architecture.
Nominations and Awards, including research awards: 2008
Atkins Inspire award. Inspiratinal Leadership
2004 Ford Diversity award for promoting diversity
in Business
2002
Women In Business Award for encouraging women into business
2002 Londoner,
making a difference to Londoner (nomination)
2000
Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year (shortlisted)
1998 First Prize in photography at CIBSE annual awards
1998
One of 42 UK entries for exhibition on Green Architecture
1998
Nominated for Galvaniser’s Award for London project
1997
Engineering Council Research Award
1994 Manchester University Research Award
1993 Marley Environmental Initiatives Award
1993 National Training Awards, London
Region winner
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