Monish Siripurapu is an Architect and 'Antrepreneur', founder of Ant Studio, an innovative architectural practice dwelling in the intersection of Art, Nature and Technology, and carving its name with experiments in the field of sustainability and computational design technology. He is also the founder of CoolAnt, a sustainability think tank innovating Climate-Responsive Building Envelopes through nature-based energy efficient cooling solutions. CoolAnt has received national and international recognition for its work. Their low-carbon cooling systems have won them the National Energy Efficiency Innovation Award (NEEIA), by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), felicitated by President Droupadi Murmu in 2023. CoolAnt has also won the Asia Pacific Low Carbon Footprint Challenge, the Clean Energy Challenge by ‘What Design Can Do’, and was funded by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Monish is a TEDx speaker and has also presented his work at the TMK knowledge forum at the G20 summit at Bali, Science Museum London, Google’s Anthropocene, UCL Bartlett, CEDIM Mexico, IAAC Barcelona, Construction symposium Ekaterinburg in Russia etc. amongst others. His team has presented their Research in conferences like UIA Copenhagen, CATE and ENERGISE. He was a keynote speaker at the World Environment Day New Delhi, 2018 and has also lectured and exhibited his work in various IIT’s and IIM’s in the country. His works have been published across well renowned platforms such as History Channel, CNN, World Economic Forum, Architectural Digest, Inhabitat, and ArchDaily.