A young practice, not new people

About us

Sculptural dark house with angled glazing set among pine trees at dusk

About the practice

We put all six disciplines inside one accountable team.

We built the practice around the part of the industry that most often fails: the distance between a good design and a built result. Adjacencies nobody checked. Constructability nobody flagged. Costs nobody controlled. Five consultants who never quite talked to each other.

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On the drawing board/ Global standards
Cantilevered glass-fronted building lit from within at dusk
On the ground/ Local diligence

How we work

The core decides how it ages.

Most of a project’s risk sits where nobody looks. The services, the routing, the coordination between trades. That hidden core is what decides whether a building still performs in year ten, and it is the part most often handed to somebody else.

The line we work to

God is in the details.

Most of them are behind the wall.


The first half is the old maxim. The second half is the part most practices hand to somebody else. We design and coordinate it with the same attention as the parts people photograph.

The three tests, applied to every decision

  1. 01

    Constructability

    Can it actually be built, by the contractors and with the materials available on this site.

  2. 02

    Longevity

    Will it still perform in year ten, not just at handover photography.

  3. 03

    Maintainability

    Can the people who run the building reach it, service it and replace it without opening a wall.

Leadership

Who is answerable

  • Madhur Srivastav, Founder, Architect and Project Manager at Sakarsh

    Madhur Srivastav

    Founder, Architect and Project Manager
    30+ years delivering

    Architect and project management professional with 30 years delivering large-scale commercial, retail, corporate office, mixed-use and campus developments across India.

    At Sakarsh he leads the commercial and retail practice, setting direction across project planning, design coordination, procurement, construction management, commercial oversight, quality assurance and delivery. His work spans the complete project lifecycle, with the weight on client advisory, stakeholder management, risk mitigation and getting complex developments built inside the timeline and the budget agreed at the start.

    Delivered

    Grade-A commercial developments, corporate workplaces, retail facilities, mixed-use schemes and large-scale campus projects across India.

    Where the weight sits

    Client advisory · Stakeholder management · Risk mitigation

  • Arvind Singh, Partner, Director - Workspace Design at Sakarsh

    Arvind Singh

    Partner, Director – Workspace Design
    30+ years delivering

    He is highly experienced in architecture and interior design with a primary focus on workplace design. His previous work experience includes leading firms in Delhi and Pune.

    He excels at human-centric design and creating meaningful and holistic spaces. Believes that adaptive and future-proof design is key to a successful workplace.

    Delivered

    Designed over 10 million square feet of workplaces globally.

    Where the weight sits

    Strong understanding of MEP system

  • Lakshdeep Jaisingh, Partner, Design and Turnkey Delivery at Sakarsh

    Lakshdeep Jaisingh

    Partner, Design and Turnkey Delivery
    15+ years delivering

    Fifteen years delivering commercial and workplace environments, across design and execution, turnkey general contracting, project management and consultancy.

    He has worked with a broad portfolio of clients, running projects across widely varying scale, requirement and complexity. His approach sits on an understanding of both design and on-ground execution, translating a vision into resolved, functional and efficiently delivered space, with the emphasis held on quality, detail, timelines and the client's objectives.

    Delivered

    Commercial and workplace environments, turnkey general contracting, project management and consultancy.

    Where the weight sits

    Design · Execution · Turnkey delivery

  • Ar. Ishan Juneja, Partner, Architecture and Project Management at Sakarsh

    Ar. Ishan Juneja

    Partner, Architecture and Project Management
    14+ years delivering

    Fourteen years across architecture, interior design and project management, with a background at international property consultancy, managing and executing projects for both global and Indian clients.

    His portfolio covers high-rise residential complexes, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, retail spaces and malls. He brings architectural practice and project management discipline into the same conversation, which is what allows a design intent to survive procurement and construction rather than being redrawn on site.

    Delivered

    High-rise residential complexes, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, retail spaces and malls.

    Credentials

    B.Arch · M.Tech (CPM) · Associate Valuer (IOV) · Certified Vastu Expert

  • Vikas Kapoor, Associate Partner, MEP at Sakarsh

    Vikas Kapoor

    Associate Partner, MEP
    19+ years delivering

    Mechanical engineer with 19 years in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems management, fifteen of them at international property consultancies.

    He has run project management portfolios for large-scale greenfield and brownfield developments for global companies, covering both the technical and the strategic side of MEP, which is where integrated delivery usually succeeds or fails. The hidden core of a project is somebody's actual responsibility here.

    Delivered

    Large-scale greenfield and brownfield developments for global companies.

    Where the weight sits

    Mechanical · Electrical · Plumbing systems

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Six disciplines, one drawing set/ Coordinated in one roomThe practice

The delivery platform

Depth

Engineering expertise, site management and specialist trade capability, layered into one delivery platform.

  1. 01

    Qualified professionals

    10+ to 2+ years

    Professional Architects, Engineers and Project Managers.

  2. 02

    In-house execution

    Civil · Electrical

    In-house & Experienced construction teams.

  3. 03

    Specialist partners

    HVAC · AC

    Carefully chosen, SME partners for specialised services.

  4. 04

    Off-site mill work

    In-house facility

    An in-house facility with state-of-art machinery and equipment to ensure quality.

What it rests on

Engineering, supervision and execution under one roof, answerable to one name.

See our services

Why Sakarsh

What we won’t skip.

  1. Reliability

    We only say what we can and what we will do.

  2. Integrity

    Pre-empt, communicate, mitigate. All in a day's work

  3. Innovation

    Always to solution. Continuous improvement. Kaizen mindset.

  4. Diligence

    The devil resides in detail and we take it head on.

  5. Delivery

    A project is not done when it is designed. It is done when it is built. Design that gets built is the only kind we make.

What it adds up to

One team, answerable from concept through handover.

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    Partners

  • 75+

    Years delivered

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    Disciplines, one team

From brief to handover.