Experience

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  Delhi urban shelter improvement board - india

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Intern

  Project: Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)

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  School of planning and architecture, new delhi

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Intern

  Project: CHANCE 2 SUSTAIN-WATER GOVERNANCE IN DELHI· Studied water governance and role of water mafia in distribution of water within Dwarka sub-city of Delhi.· Conducted socio-economic and Traffic-Volume Count and Origin-Destination surveys in Dwarka to identify water related issues, traffic volume of water tankers and their origin and destination.

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  Centre de sciences humaines (csh delhi)

  Oct 2012 - Sept 2015

  Research associate

  - Assisted and published joint research paper titled “Widespread fear of dengue transmission but poor practices of dengue prevention: A study in the slums of Delhi, India” in International journal, PLoS ONE.- Assisted in joint research paper titled, “Mass evacuation of populations in case of hazard events: Indianprograms and practices”.- Reviewed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) properties in Delhi and conducted interviews with MLA’s and local communities. Wrote transcriptions of the interviews and mapped DRMC’s properties in GIS.- Reviewed existing status of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in NCR, and studied the associated factors behind the distribution of existing & proposed SEZs.- Prepared landuse map of a small town ‘Sehwan’ (in Pakistan) and analyzed socio-economic data in GIS.- Mapped structural changes in the States and Districts of India from 1901 to 1981 in GIS.- Prepared land use map of the displaced villages in GIS based on the primary data of Vidarbha region inMaharashtra. Show less

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  National capital region planning board

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2018

  Consultant

  - Handled legislative and planning related matters of the Uttar Pradesh sub-region of NCR.- Assisted in formulating the Regional Plan (RP)-2021 for additional seven districts of National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi based on the existing RP-2021 for NCR.- Reviewed the draft Functional Plan for Micro & Household Enterprises in NCR and assisted in preparing the policies.- Examined consistency of policies of the Sub-Regional Plans and Master/ Development Plans of towns/cities under the NCR with the RP-2021 of NCR.- Member of the Technical Evaluation Committee constituted for evaluating the bids received for the ‘Study on Affordable Housing in NCR’.- Part of the team for organizing High level meetings of the Board, Steering Committee, and Project Sanctioning & Monitoring Group.- Prepared planning related Agendas for various State & Central Govt. meetings i.e. Steering Committee,Planning Committee, Project Monitoring & Sanctioning Group, and Board meeting under chairmanship ofHon’ble Minister of MoH&UA and the Chief Ministers’ of NCR participating States.- Prepared correspondence (drafting letters/D.O./Reminders/Replies/Noting) with NCR participating State Governments w.r.t. various development issues, violations of policies of RP-2021, public representations, RTI, etc. as per the provisions of NCRPB Act,1985; Show less

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  Ddf consultants pvt. ltd.

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2019

  Urban planner

  - Wrote technical reports, and developed methodology, work/ activity plans and time schedules forKey Professionals, for development related projects for bidding.- Conducted public consultations for gathering views and feedback on the proposed MunicipalDevelopment Plans.- Prepared GIS based Local Area Plans, helped the local governments with best land use practices,accommodating future housing stock, urban design guidelines, municipal codes, and zoningamendments consistent with the relevant statutory provisions.- Conducted workshops, citizens’ participation events, organized meetings with key stakeholders for preparation of Smart City proposals, and proposed options for escalating city’s tax base under theSmart City Mission, Govt. of India.- Assisted provincial government in formulating the Development Plans by developing developmentscenarios, land use, transportation plans, and zoning regulations. Show less

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  District of kitimat

  May 2022 - Dec 2023

  Planner 1

  - Working on Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment and rezoning applications.- Writing technical reports and presenting recommendations to the Council, and Advisory PlanningCommission on various planning related matters.- Preparing content for hosting a public engagement event (Open House) for a Neighbourhood Plan to gather broader needs of the community and formulate policies to guide sustainable development in the neighbourhood.- Collaborating with inter-departments to discuss complex applications related to rezoning,development permits, and development variance permits.- Assisting applicants to complete their application and guiding them through the decision-makingprocesses and planning policies; - Responding to enquires from the public, and project proponents with professional explanation about the processes and planning policies;- Assisting with business licenses review. Show less