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Ensemble Infrastructure India: Creating Workspaces that Matter

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Vikas Rathod, Co-Founder

Vikas Rathod

Co-Founder

The 21st century workforce has changed drastically, so have the office outlook and productivity factors. Workspace plays a pivotal role in enhancing productivity. While some employees spend more time in their work place than their home they do not get the same luxuries which mean such uncomfortable and unwelcoming places impact their productivity directly. From chronic body pain to mental stress and allergies employees suffer setbacks and their absence directly impacts their organization’s productivity and ultimately the profits. It’s time for companies to say no to dull & cramped work spaces and infuse life into them. Helping companies create welcoming and vibrant yet comfortable workspaces since 2001 is Mumbai based Ensemble Infrastructure India Ltd, a Design & Build Fitout company.

Ensemble offers strategic planning, addressing client needs and maximizing space utilization, Interior planning & design to create innovative solutions, Inside Out Architecture for designing buildings from the inside-out, and uses Ensemble Technology/Agile to integrate engineering technology and design. It also provides Building Services Engineering to create a safe, effective environment, Sustainable Design for ensuring green, sustainable & energy efficient environments, and even uses new technologies to create designs that are at par with the latest trends in the industry incorporating safety wellness and new technologies like IoT. Further through its PreLease services, Ensemble identifies the right space and leverages negotiations to cut on the cost does Procurement & Construction to proactively control quality budget and delivery schedule, and undertakes Construction Management to deliver expectations.

The Legacy that Speaks
When Nilesh Rathod and Vikas Rathod (two finance professionals) found their calling in
the interior fitout space, they incepted Ensemble in 2001 in Pune. The exquisite experiences that the company created for its customers not only won their hearts, but also bagged an opportunity to execute Reliance Industries Chairman’s office in Mumbai within just two years of its inception. “We realized that it is important for our business growth to shift our head office to Mumbai in 2003,”reminisces Vikas. From then to now having completed over 1000 projects under various delivery formats including Design Build General Contracting and Package Contracts Ensemble has come a long way.

As a preferred partner for meeting clients’ growth objectives, Ensemble even augments their supply chain infrastructure


It has carved a niche for itself in being the market leader in Interior Contract Services and Contract Furniture, and even manufactures Retail Store Fixture at its own 1,25,000 sq.ft. state of the art furniture manufacturing plant in Mumbai to offer affordable solutions. The plant is responsible for manufacturing furniture for over 200 retail stores each month, while fulfilling its requirements for fit out developments. Ensemble has also ventured into export of retail fixtures with orders from Europe, South East Asia and the Pacific Regions. As a fitout contracting company, it executes over three million sq.ft. area of spaces each year including corporate centers ITeS development centers, hotels, hospitals, retail stores and other institutional projects for clients like Google, TCS, Ericsson, L&T Infotech, and Wework to name a few.

As a preferred partner for meeting clients’ growth objectives, Ensemble even augments their supply chain infrastructure. To create an edge over competition it uses modern technologies, global best practices in project & business management, and even hones skills. Having delivered over 12 million sq. ft. in office space alone, Ensemble is currently executing over 3.25 million sq.ft. a year comprising of office, retail and commercial spaces. Further, the company is associated with Luxury and High Street Retail formats for Design Engineering, Production and Installation of retail store fixtures and furniture across formats and geographies since 2008.

Led by a team of young entrepreneurs and managers, it firmly believes in innovating processes and practices coupled with use of technological aids, which helps to provide realtime information to its customers at competitive prices. “The quality and service have exceeded industry standards and we recommend them for similar jobs in the industry,” says Mahesh Dhuri Capgemini a client of Ensemble.

Vikas holds a Diploma in Business Finance and is a graduate in Commerce. He has spearheaded the business since inception into one among India’s leading fitout companies.

Quick Facts:
Office: Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad Bangalore & Pune

Clients: Google, Wework, DHL, Ericsson, Hindustan Unilever, IBM, KPMG, Accenture, CNBC, Reliance Industries, Taj Group, L&T Infotech, and more