S. Suthakar
Bangalore
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Head - Horticulture
Bhartiya City Developers
- Current
- Is responsible for handling Projects across group companies -Bhartiya Hospitality, Bhartiya urban, and Integrated Community Management.
HEAD -VP -Landscape and Horticulture
SPR CITY, Consturctions pvt Ltd.
North Chennai
11.2017 - 12.2025
- Heading the Landscape division for planting scheme design and build at SPR City Perambur, Osian one, Osian chlorophyll, Madras Bunglows, SPD Sriperumbudur, Sriram international school at Chennai.
- Projects include villas, high rise buildings, podium landscape, landscaped avenues, Water bodies, herbal gardens, butterfly parks grass paved roads etc.
GM- Landscape and Horticulture
BHARTIYA CITY Developers
Thanisandra, Bangalore
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Heading the landscape vertical for design, projects and maintenance.
- The integrated township project covers an area of 127 acres with landscaping at high rise apartments, terrace landscape, connecting bridge landscape at 17 th floor level, podium landscape, SEZ, Leela Hotel, Nikoo Homes and serviced apartments, International school, Full fledge nursery, High street shopping malls, cricket pitch, and other sports like futsal court, etc.
Landscape- Corporate Consultant
APOLLO TYRES Ltd.
Oragadam, Chennai
06.2010 - 11.2017
- Responsible for Heading and developing the entire landscape area of 42 acres for Design, estimation, Execution and subsequent maintenance.
- The plant area is 142 acres with landscape around RWH ponds, avenue plantation, Eco park, Football ground, Miyawiki Forest and terrace landscaping at Global R & D building.
Sr.Manager-Landscaping & Horticulture Division
TOTAL ENVIRONMENT BUILDING SYSTEMS P.Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2008 - 06.2010
- Design, Estimation, Preparation of BOQ & AMC.
- Discussion and collaboration with concerned architects and site engineers.
- Preliminary site inspection and preparation.
- Preparation of landscape drawings and manual drafting.
- Negotiation and coordination with vendors/Contractors/Architects. For more than 13 + projects.
Horticulture Officer /Landscape consultant
DAYANAND SAGAR UNIVERSITY & NATURESCAPES
South Bangalore
06.2004 - 12.2007
- The institution covers an area of 30 Acres with a well made landscaped garden, lily pond, Football ground, rock garden and fountains.
- Responsible for landscape designing, estimation (BOQ) and maintenance of new campus which covers an area of 19 acres.
- Handled a team of 29 gardeners and one supervisor.
- Worked as Landscape consultant during this time period for Naturescapes, Garden Ideas, Ascend developers, Patel's inn Club Bangalore.
Horticulturist
THE OBEROI
Bangalore
02.2003 - 05.2004
- The Hotel landscaped area covers 7 acres which includes Lily ponds, Rock garden, Mexican lawn, Bermuda lawn, Korean grass, golf at Nandhi Hills, Terrace garden and an in-house nursery for culinary requirements.
Sr.Horticulturist
GAYATHRI LANDSCAPES
Chennai
01.2002 - 12.2002
- Undertook number of live projects like Rajiv Gandhi engineering college, subiksha apartments, Terrace gardening for houses, offices and Herb gardens etc.
Horticulturist
RAJ VILAS AN OBEROI RESORT
Jaipur, Rajasthan
08.2001 - 12.2001
- The resort area covers 35 acres of land with very well landscaped garden comprising of lawns, Herb gardens, Tropical foliages, shrubs, Golf course [5 holes] Putters, Lily ponds, and a 2 acre Nursery for propagating hard and softwood cuttings, potted plants, moss stick plants and indoor plants.
- The department consists of 30 gardeners and one supervisor.
Education
M.Sc - Agriculture
Annamalai University
12.2000
B.Sc - Agriculture
Annamalai University
06.1998
Skills
- Planning
- Estimating (BOQ)
- Designing
- Execution of landscape projects
- Indoor landscaping
- Zen gardens
- Vertical gardening
- Podium landscape
- Industrial gardening
- Public parks
- Terrace gardening
- Residential apartments landscaping
- Villa landscaping
- Aquatic landscapes
- Rock gardens
- Butterfly gardens
- Herb gardens
- Kitchen gardens
- Organic farming
- Vermiculture
- Composting
- Orchard development
- Nursery development
- Tree transplantation
- Golf maintenance
- Putter maintenance
- Integrated pest management
- Disease management
- Nutrient management
- Soil conservation
- Water conservation
- Zero budget agriculture
- MS Office
- Hand drafting
- Conceptual drawings
- Planting schemes
Accomplishments
- Post graduation thesis got published in international journal at Asia Pacific weed science conference and accepted for presentation.
- Successfully completed 42 acres of Landscape at Apollo Tyres Ltd with 6000 trees.
- Designed, executed and handed over villas with slopy roof garden phase 1,2,3 at Windmills of your mind, Raindrops, Footprints at TEBS, Bangalore.
- Designed and executed planting scheme at Bhartiya city SEZ podium, Nikoo homes, In-house nursery 1000sqm, Tree house development.
- Successfully transplanted more than 3000 trees in all projects with just 1-2% mortality rates.
- Designed and executed institutional landscape work in the main campus at BNM Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
- Successfully completed with in-house team the largest volume of 10000 cum earth and 1500 MT of cocopeat and planting scheme design for podium and villa landscape work at SPR CITY, Chennai.
Research
Studies on the effect of weed management and foliar spray on the growth and yield of black gram (Vigna mungo)., Studies on the effect of seed treatment and soil application of Rhizobium in Black gram and Green gram.
Elective Subjects
- Biofertilizer production
- Ornamental gardening
Timeline
GM- Landscape and Horticulture
BHARTIYA CITY Developers
06.2018 - 06.2019
HEAD -VP -Landscape and Horticulture
SPR CITY, Consturctions pvt Ltd.
11.2017 - 12.2025
Landscape- Corporate Consultant
APOLLO TYRES Ltd.
06.2010 - 11.2017
Sr.Manager-Landscaping & Horticulture Division
TOTAL ENVIRONMENT BUILDING SYSTEMS P.Ltd.
01.2008 - 06.2010
Horticulture Officer /Landscape consultant
DAYANAND SAGAR UNIVERSITY & NATURESCAPES
06.2004 - 12.2007
Horticulturist
THE OBEROI
02.2003 - 05.2004
Sr.Horticulturist
GAYATHRI LANDSCAPES
01.2002 - 12.2002
Horticulturist
RAJ VILAS AN OBEROI RESORT
08.2001 - 12.2001
B.Sc - Agriculture
Annamalai University
M.Sc - Agriculture
Annamalai University
Group Head - Horticulture
Bhartiya City Developers
- Current