Futuristic Planner

OBJECTIVE

To become a valuable asset to the organization by positively using the concepts and skill-sets I have inculcated and further enhance my knowledge through your organization.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master in Urban Planning (Transportation and Land Use Planning / GIS), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. [August 2007— Dec 2008]. GPA: 3.75

Bachelor in Physical Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. [2003 - 2007]. GPA: 3.85

WORK EXPERIENCE

Institute for Research on Labor, Employment & the Economy as Graduate Project Manager, (Oct 2007– Oct 2008) Scope of work: Formulating strategies for revival of plant closure facing communities, community profiling, identifying projects, grant listing, conducting stakeholder discussions(public and private) and spatial analysis using GIS.

Emaar MGF (P) Ltd as Executive Planner, (June 2007 to August 2007)

Project: “Site Planning for Gurgaon Greens and Jaipur Greens.” Scope of work: site planning and layout design for these projects with areas of 125 and 175 acre respectively.

DTZ India (P) Ltd as Training Associate, (May 2006 to August 2006)

Project: “Impact of Metro on Rental and Capital Values in Delhi.” Scope of work: prepared a complete Detailed Project Report inclusive of econometric analysis and recommendations.

Ramky Infrastructure (P) Ltd as Project Associate, (July 2006 to September 2006)

Project: “Preparation of City Development Plans (2025) for: Sojat, Pali, Mount Abu & Jalore.” under the Rajasthan government. Scope of work: primary /secondary data collection, public consulting and Draft / Final Report formulation.

Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (P) Ltd as Training Associate, (May 2005 to July 2005)

Project “Redevelopment of Indian National Airways Market (INA.)” Scope of work: prepared a Draft Report for this project (IPE was consultant to Delhi Development Authority for this project).

ACHIEVEMENTS

o Gold medalist in the undergraduate program of Bachelor in Physical Planning from SPA, Delhi.

o Tuition scholarship for one and half semesters, University of Michigan.

o Graduate Student Instructor (Teaching Assistantship) for “Introductory Geographical Information Systems’ for Spring 2008, University of Michigan.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Auto Cad 2009, Arc GIS 9.3, SPSS 15.0, Adobe Photoshop Suite, SketchUp, Dreamweaver, TransCAD, NetLogo, C++, MS Office (Word/PowerPoint/Access/Excel).

CAREER SKILLS

Strengths include analytical skills along with solid knowledge of urban planning principles, out of the box thinking, good communication skills (written/verbal), and distinct leadership qualities coupled with team/time management.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Terminal Thesis, Impact of Special Economic Zones on a City and its surroundings, Case study: Vishakapatnam SEZ, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Bachelors degree)

Research Assistant, (May 2008 – currently) under Prof. Isaac McFaarlin, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Scope of work: GIS and Spatial analysis for Community College School Taxing Districts for the whole State of Texas.

ARTICLE

SEZ: a bane or boon? , Ecclesia: NOSPLAN magazine, March 2007, 9th National Convention of National Organization of Students of Planning (NOSPLAN), JNTU, Hyderabad, India.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Interests: Philately, Violin (Instrumental), soccer and solving mathematical puzzles.

Language Proficiency: English, Hindi, Telugu, Oriya.

CAREER INTERESTS: Transportation and Land Use Planning.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Preparation of Neighborhood Plan, Zonal Plan, Master Plan, Regional Plan, Transportation Plans and base maps. Primary and secondary data collection and analysis techniques, Traffic and Transportation surveys etc.

Regional Plan Preparation [Preparing a Regional Plan for Central National Capital Region (area around 10000 sq. km, population of around 10 million]

Master Plan Preparation [Preparing a Master plan for Bharatpur City in Rajasthan, India (District Area around 4000 Hectares, Population 700,000)]

Area Development Planning [Preparing a Development plan for the perspective year 2021 for an area in Zone-C of Delhi. Development/Redevelopment of the given area, within given constraints based on predetermined concepts and facility, density and housing program.]

Site Planning [Developing a given sector of 25 ha, within given constraints based on predetermined concepts and facility, density and housing program. Formulated a redevelopment strategy for an urban village within the site considered inclusive of improvement in circulation network, up gradation of facilities (social / physical)]

Traffic and transport planning [Analyzing in terms of concepts viz. Traffic volume count, Spot speed survey, Journey speed, Parking studies, Intersection improvement, Rotary intersection study and analysis, Travel demand Forecasting and modeling, Area Circulation plan for a sub city etc.]

Professional Project [Hayes Lemmerz Redevelopment Plan: Site-use assessment, Brownfield redevelopment and funding options, case-study and stakeholder analysis, GIS and data analysis etc.]

Memorandums [Planning related Law memorandums along with memorandums for Professional Planning project]

GIS [Developing a project titled, “Environmental Risk Index and analysis of Diesel Truck Emissions in Southwest Detroit”, using spatial analyst tools in ArcGis; Multi-criteria Evaluation for land allocation; Agent based modeling; Cellular models; Habitat models]

Capstone [Redevelopment of Vacant Housing in Osborn, Detroit: formulating goals, objective, conducting stakeholder meetings, spatial analysis using GIS, recommendations]

References available on request.

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