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The Biome team has extensive expertise in providing knowledge services in water management and rainwater harvesting, ecological wastewater treatment and sanitation practices.

Biome’s unique capability lies in thinking through the key ecological and social issues in each project. We have extensive working relationships with specialized knowledge experts in public health engineering, hydrogeology, biodiversity and permaculture, whose contributions we synthesize into a coherent design strategy and plan of action.

MEET THE TEAM

Vishwanath S of Biome Water Management
Vishwanath S is the founder of Rainwater Club, Director of Biome Environmental Solutions, and Trustee of Biome Environmental Trust. He is a Civil Engineer from Mysore University and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Urban Environmental Management from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. A member of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, he is also an Ex-Secretary General of the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Azim Premji University, and has been a columnist at the Hindu since May 2007 (‘Waterwise’ in Property Plus on Saturdays).
Avinash Krishnamurthy of Biome Water Management
Avinash is a Director and Project Manager at Biome Environmental Solutions, and the Chief Program Officer for S3IDF. He has extensive experience in water, energy, solid waste management, and small infrastructure sectors in project conceptualization, design and implementation. He has worked in the information technology sector with Infosys Technologies Limited where he managed international client relationships and led teams. He enjoys gardening and playing the fool with his twin daughters. He has been at Biome since 2007. 
Shubha Ramachandran of Biome Water Management
Shubha holds a B.E. (Civil) from IIT Mumbai and has been at Biome since 2008. She is the Manager of Water Projects at Biome Environmental Solutions, and a Water Sustainability Consultant at Biome Environmental Trust. Shubha has worked as Senior Technical Architect, Project Manager and Systems Analyst at Infosys for 11 years. She has designed and implemented several rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment systems primarily in and around the city of Bengaluru. She is a classical singer of Carnatic music and performs on festive occasions.
Vishwanath S of Biome Water Management
Vishwanath S is the founder of Rainwater Club, Director of Biome Environmental Solutions, and Trustee of Biome Environmental Trust. He is a Civil Engineer from Mysore University and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Urban Environmental Management from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. A member of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, he is also an Ex-Secretary General of the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Azim Premji University, and has been a columnist at the Hindu since May 2007 (‘Waterwise’ in Property Plus on Saturdays).

Avinash Krishnamurthy of Biome Water Management
Avinash is a Director and Project Manager at Biome Environmental Solutions, and the Chief Program Officer for S3IDF. He has extensive experience in water, energy, solid waste management, and small infrastructure sectors in project conceptualization, design and implementation. He has worked in the information technology sector with Infosys Technologies Limited where he managed international client relationships and led teams. He enjoys gardening and playing the fool with his twin daughters. He has been at Biome since 2007. 
Shubha Ramachandran of Biome Water Management
Shubha holds a B.E. (Civil) from IIT Mumbai and has been at Biome since 2008. She is the Manager of Water Projects at Biome Environmental Solutions, and a Water Sustainability Consultant at Biome Environmental Trust. Shubha has worked as Senior Technical Architect, Project Manager and Systems Analyst at Infosys for 11 years. She has designed and implemented several rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment systems primarily in and around the city of Bengaluru. She is a classical singer of Carnatic music and performs on festive occasions.
Aditi Hastak of Biome Water Management
Aditi has an MSc in Biodiversity from Pune University and an MA in Development Studies from Azim Premji University. As a Water Management and Sustainability Consultant at Biome since 2014, she has experience in designing rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems, and strategizing for overall sustainable water management at the community level. She has also worked on research, analysis and documentation, and written science articles for a web platform. She loves history and anthropology, and is an avid balcony gardener.
Himanshu Arteev of Biome Water Management
Himanshu is a permaculturist with a background in sustainable architecture, landscape and water management. He is the co-founder of Ananas – an ecological landscape design team that works on whole systems and spaces that grow food, restore soil, harness and conserve water and create regenerative landscapes. He is also the founder of Sustain, a design collaborative that works on urban ecology, social and architectural challenges. At Biome since 2016, he takes up water projects largely in the farming sector. He trains in kalaripayattu and is an avid frisbee player and theatre goer. 
Uma K of Biome Water Management
After spending 23 years as an Oral Pathologist, Uma decided to learn about water and related subjects. She is a permaculturist with interests in vegan farming, seed-saving, eco-restoration, birds and trees. At Biome since 2017, she coordinates projects and takes up farm consultancies.
Aditi Hastak of Biome Water Management
Aditi has an MSc in Biodiversity from Pune University and an MA in Development Studies from Azim Premji University. As a Water Management and Sustainability Consultant at Biome since 2014, she has experience in designing rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems, and strategizing for overall sustainable water management at the community level. She has also worked on research, analysis and documentation, and written science articles for a web platform. She loves history and anthropology, and is an avid balcony gardener.
Himanshu Arteev of Biome Water Management
Himanshu is a permaculturist with a background in sustainable architecture, landscape and water management. He is the co-founder of Ananas – an ecological landscape design team that works on whole systems and spaces that grow food, restore soil, harness and conserve water and create regenerative landscapes. He is also the founder of Sustain, a design collaborative that works on urban ecology, social and architectural challenges. At Biome since 2016, he takes up water projects largely in the farming sector. He trains in kalaripayattu and is an avid frisbee player and theatre goer. 
Uma K of Biome Water Management
After spending 23 years as an Oral Pathologist, Uma decided to learn about water and related subjects. She is a permaculturist with interests in vegan farming, seed-saving, eco-restoration, birds and trees. At Biome since 2017, she coordinates projects and takes up farm consultancies.
Suma Rao of Biome Water Management
Suma has an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from St. Joseph’s, and has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 10 years, the last five of which were at Biocon R&D. She is very interested in aspects of biodiversity, such as trees, birds and insects. She is an adventure sports enthusiast and mountaineer, and has participated in various triathlons and marathons.  At Biome since 2018, she is a Project Officer and is anchoring projects to understand the wetlands of Bangalore as well as help build a Citizen Lakes Dashboard. 
Shivanand RS of Biome Water Management
With a B. Arch from UVCE, Shivanand worked as an architect at RSP Design Consultants for 13 years before switching careers to become a Water Management and Sustainability Consultant at Biome in 2018. He is interested in sustainable architecture, water and waste management, kitchen gardening, alternative education and psychology. He also participates in marathons and padayatras for social causes. 
Nikita Harikishan of Biome Water Management
Nikita is an ecological designer, with a background in natural building, permaculture and participatory design. She has been working with various communities over the past 6 years to build owner-driven shelters, using appropriate design strategies and environment friendly materials (earth, bamboo and natural plasters). Strongly rooted in circular design systems, her designs incorporate passive energy techniques, integrated water and waste management. She mostly loves to be outdoors and tries to live a hands-on DIY lifestyle – be it gardening, building or facilitating experiential learning for children. She joined Biome in 2020 to learn about and work on water projects.
Suma Rao of Biome Water Management
Suma has an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from St. Joseph’s, and has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 10 years, the last five of which were at Biocon R&D. She is very interested in aspects of biodiversity, such as trees, birds and insects. She is an adventure sports enthusiast and mountaineer, and has participated in various triathlons and marathons.  At Biome since 2018, she is a Project Officer and is anchoring projects to understand the wetlands of Bangalore as well as help build a Citizen Lakes Dashboard. 
Shivanand RS of Biome Water Management
With a B. Arch from UVCE, Shivanand worked as an architect at RSP Design Consultants for 13 years before switching careers to become a Water Management and Sustainability Consultant at Biome in 2018. He is interested in sustainable architecture, water and waste management, kitchen gardening, alternative education and psychology. He also participates in marathons and padayatras for social causes. 
Nikita Harikishan of Biome Water Management
Nikita is an ecological designer, with a background in natural building, permaculture and participatory design. She has been working with various communities over the past 6 years to build owner-driven shelters, using appropriate design strategies and environment friendly materials (earth, bamboo and natural plasters). Strongly rooted in circular design systems, her designs incorporate passive energy techniques, integrated water and waste management. She mostly loves to be outdoors and tries to live a hands-on DIY lifestyle – be it gardening, building or facilitating experiential learning for children. She joined Biome in 2020 to learn about and work on water projects.

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