Palm Energy is a clean energy start up, developing a range of aesthetically beautiful, inspirational and transformative clean energy devices. These will revolutionize the way corporate campuses, retail outlets and private housing associations will power themselves.Rajiv Narain has served as the principal designer at Rajiv Narain & Partners Architects, for three decades. Sustainable design has woven its course through all levels of his practice. In 2016 this concern for the environment gave birth to the idea of Palm Energy Systems - an innovative clean energy start up, which has transformed into the Palm-e System.During the course of his practice, Rajiv has undertaken over 80 design projects across a range of diverse sectors encompassing corporate, institutional, healthcare, hospitality, residential and recreational. His belief in “Experience Design”, “Sense of Place” and “Total Design” has assisted in crafting a unique set of design environments.Earlier this year Rajiv was invited by the President of India’s Secretariat to author a chapter on the ‘architecture and landscape’ of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, for a series being published on this iconic structure.As an Advisor to the Delhi Urban Arts Commission, Rajiv authored an urban revitalization proposal for the sensitive Lutyens Bungalow Zone in New Delhi and was instrumental in drafting a new set of design and conservation guidelines for this area. He has contributed articles on architectural criticism to leading architectural journals and has lectured extensively.Rajiv graduated from the School of Architecture CEPT Ahmedabad India, and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. Rajiv’s research thesis was selected for inclusion in the US Library of Congress and was part of a limited edition publication by the School of Architecture CEPT Ahmedabad. During his formative years as an architect, he was actively involved with academics and served as faculty at the TVB School of Habitat Studies New Delhi.