Shashi Prabhu

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Shashi Prabhu
Born1944 (age 7980)
NationalityFlag of India.svg  Indian
OccupationArchitect

Shashi Prabhu (born 1944) is an Indian Architect whose company, Shashi Prabhu & Associates, has designed sports complexes, hospitals, club houses and infrastructure projects (Like nuclear reactors)throughout India. [1]

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Early life

Prabhu was born in Mumbai in 1944 and graduated in architecture from The Chandra School of Arts in 1969.[ citation needed ] After completing his schooling at the Balmohan Vidya Mandir, he joined the Poddar College of Science .

Projects

His designs include:

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