Srinivas is an experienced architect whose career started in 1975 with Chandavarkar & Thacker Architects, Bengaluru. While at the firm, Srinivas worked on Vijaya Bank’s corporate headquarters, the CMTI in Bengaluru, and Triton Valves at Mysore. Next, he would work as a senior architect at the Bangalore Development Authority. He was involved with the Indiranagar, Koramangala, Banashankari, Austin Town, and RT Nagar BDA commercial complex projects. Srinivas was also a vital member of the team that worked on self-finance housing development schemes of BDA at Domlur, JP Nagar, and RMV under HUDCO Finance.

In 1982, Srinivas founded Naksha Architects. The firm has since been involved in the development and execution of a host of housing, hospitality, and institutional projects.

For a total of 18 years now, Srinivas has also been a visiting professor and juror at a number of architecture schools.