Sharaj Sundararaman

Sharaj sundararaman

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Urban Planner at WSP

  • Education

    • University of illinois urbana-champaign

      2016 - 2018
      Master’s degree city/urban, community and regional planning

      Activities and Societies: Students Planning Organization

    • Amity university, greater noida campus

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor’s degree city/urban, community and regional planning
  • Experience

    • Town and country planning organization, india

      May 2013 - Jul 2013
      Urban planner intern

      Assisted the Metropolitan and Union Territory Department on the research on Integration of Landuse and Transportation along metro corridor in Delhi. Analysed and documented the research using M.S Excel and M.S Word

    • Rites ltd

      May 2014 - Jul 2014
      Transportation planner intern

      Advocated the Urban Transport Department on the Road improvement plan of Raipur. Designed plan of the roads using AutoCad. This project was part of the Raipur Development Plan 2030.

    • Institute of urban transport(india)

      May 2015 - Jul 2015
      Transportation planner intern

      Assessed the parking facilities of metropolitan cities. The parking facilities were analyzed based on the design, law and enforcement in the respective city and economy of the city. Parking facilities in Delhi, Mumbai, London, Singapore, New York and Melbourne were studied as part of the research. Used InDesign to document the study.

    • University of illinois urbana-champaign

      Feb 2017 - May 2017
      Research assistant

      Assessed the impact of climate change on the crop growth in Peru. Maps were generated using ArcGIS to display the crop growing patterns in different districts of Peru.

    • Champaign county regional planning commission

      Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
      Transportation planning intern

      Advocating in preparation of a land use model for the Champaign County namely "Sustainable Land use Model". Assisting in updating Urbana's Long Range Transportation Plan called "Sustainable Choice 2045".

    • The raahgiri foundation

      Mar 2019 - Sept 2019
      Project manager
    • Young leaders for active citizenship (ylac)

      Aug 2019 - Sept 2019
      Policy action fellow

      Developing a policy for effective implementation of Building Bye laws in Delhi. Built skills in policy design and analysis.

    • Athena infonomics

      Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
      Associate consultant
    • Wsp in india

      Sept 2020 - now

      Assessing urban development data, evaluating zoning-by laws, masterplans and site plans, conducting socio-economic evaluation.

      • Consultant Urban Planner

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Urban Planner

        Sept 2020 - Jan 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Associate member

      Institiute of town planners india
      Dec 2023