Vishal Garg

Vishal Garg is an Indian researcher working mainly in building energy efficiency and Cool Roofs.Garg is Professor and Head of the Center for IT in Building Science at theInternational Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is the recipient of the inaugural Dr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award. He is actively involved in supporting the formulation of national-level policies and standards and implementation of building energy codes in India, and Fellow of IBPSA.

Garg was born in Jodhpur and raised in Jaipur. He attended M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur of the J.N. Vyas University where he received his Bachelor of Engineering in 1995. He pursued his Ph.D. at IIT Delhi, in the Center for Energy Studies, under the guidance of Prof. N. K. Bansal, which he successfully defended in 2000. He joined IIIT Hyderabad as Assistant Professor & Founding Head of Center for IT in Building Science in March 2000. He has worked on several large international projects in the area of building energy efficiency.

• Fellow, International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2019.
• Dr. Arthur H Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award, 2018.
• Fellow, Indian Green Building Council, 2016.
• Life Fellow, Indian Society of Lighting Engineers, 2013.