Ponni Concessao

Ponni M. Concessao aka Ponnamma Mukundan is an Indian architect and urban planner based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Ponni M. Concessao was born in Chennai to a Keralite family. She attended the Christ Church Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. She was the first woman undergraduate student to get enrolled in Bachelors in Architecture from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in June 1987, at the time when there was a strong bias against women entering the field.
She got her Master's Degree from Cornell University in 1989 and later received her advanced professional studies specialization at Harvard University in 1992 and was conferred with Honorary Doctorates from the University of Malaya and University of Milan in 2014 for Modern Architecture.
Ponni started her career with Edward Larrabee Barnes Architect , New York City, and also worked in the Yonkers Planning Department projects, New York and National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington D.C. between 1992 to 1996.
She moved back to India in 1996 and along with her husband founded Oscar & Ponni Architects in Chennai. Her work has covered many types of town planning, buildings and interiors in all parts of India. Her contributions include creating award winning designs,, authoring publishing technical papers, and working on architectural education, conservation, women's rights, Art and nation building.
* GRT Temple Bay resort 1999
* Accord Metropolitan Luxury Hotel, Chennai 2005
* Le Meridien Luxury Hotel,Coimbatore 2010
* Accord Luxury Hotel, Puducherry 2012
* KCP Grand Mercure Hotel, Hyderabad, 2015
* Sandyy Wavess Luxury Resort, Havelock Islands, Andamans 2018
* HCL BPO Office Interiors 2000 
* ETL BPO Park, Phase I & II, Chennai, 2009 
* Pacifica - Citilights Tech Parks, 12 Lakhs Square feet, Navallur, Chennai 2010
* PGP Engineering College & Technology, 1997
* Rajalakshmi Engineering College 1998
* Arunai Engineering College 1998
* GRT Institute of Engineering and Technology Tiruttani, 2008
* Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Sastra University, Thanjavur 2004
* Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai 1998
* Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 2003
* Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University, Chhattisgarh 2018
* Jeeva Velu International School, Tiruvanamalai 1999
* GMR School, Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh 2001
* St. Bede's CBSE School & 4000 Seater Auditorium 2014
* Laurel Mall, 2 Lakhs square feet, Chengelpet, Chennai 2014
* TV5 Award for Hospitality Projects ,2019
* Realty Plus Conclave South for Luxury Interiors of the Year and Residential project of the Year at Bengaluru, October 2019.
* Berg Women Icon of Asia in Singapore
* The Jewel of Chennai Award by BNI 2018
* BAM Awards for Architecture & Interiors, Architectural Eco-Friendly Innovative Project of the year
* The Architect of the Year-Public Institute Architecture for GRT Institute of Technology, Estrade Real Estate Awards 2017
* Icons of Spaces Awards 2017 at Singapore, Architecture –Institutional Project – St. Bede's School and Auditorium,
* National Awards, Indian Buildings Congress, Award for Excellence in Built Environment, 2012
Category:20th-century Indian architects
Category:1963 births
Category:Indian women architects
Category:National Institutes of Technology alumni
Category:Indian urban planners