Aparna Vijaykumar Email & Phone Number

India

• Managing NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia - coordinating research activities with team and external vendors. Leading outreach activities with partners, funders, public and private stakeholders. • Leading cross-functional teams to align with organizational goals of just transition and transport decarbonisation and inculcate systems thinking in the program• Represented WRI India at multiple international and national platforms on transport decarbonisation and public transport electrification• Primary author of Viable Financing Pathways for Electrifying India’s Public Transport - https://wri-india.org/publication/viable-financing-pathways-electrifying-indias-public-transport

Kochi, Kerala, India

• Managed TUMI Electric Bus Mission - a multi-partner initiative across 5 cities in India. Established and maintained effective working relationships with stakeholders in the electric bus eco-system in India to ensure seamless transition to achieve EV30@30 through system level reforms in public transport• Instrumental in streamlining WRI India’s efforts in supporting CESL to implement the world’s largest tender for 5,500 e-buses which led to the formulation of the National Electric Bus Program for 50,000 e-buses • Strategized technical support, research activities, accelerator program, coalition building, donor reporting, • Primary author of Procurement of Electric Buses: Insights from Total Cost of Ownership. (TCO) Analysis.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Developed a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Tool for multiple vehicle (pass. and freight) segments. • Led the research on TCO of electric buses identifying key cost pain points in transition of technology from ICE to electric • Supported EV policy roadmap preparation for Kerala to identify best-fit strategies to achieve • Supported on-ground implementation and coordination of place making and restoration efforts in Kochi

Delhi, India

• Associated with the work on Road Safety Policy based out of Delhi as part of the Bloomberg Road Safety Initiative. • Part of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) H8 Committee on Urban Roads drafting design codes with a focus on safety for pedestrians and other vulnerable users. Contributed to the guidelines for IRC:92-2017 - Design of interchanges in urban areas• Supported urban transport and development efforts in Kochi, Kerala with Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. and Cochin Smart Mission Ltd. Supported review of intersection designs, planning last mile connectivity and feasibility studies of network augmentation. Instrumental in establishing engagement with Kerala State Transport Department on electric mobility, road safety and street design.

New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Handled advocacy programs on Road Safety, Equal Streets, in Delhi and Haryana - coordination of stakeholders, social and print media management• Policy Research related to Urban Transport, Road Safety, Pollution, Forecasting Demand, etc.

Palakkad

Handled Proposals for Draft Master Plan of Chittur, Palakkad Dt., KeralaPrepared presentation for TCPO.

Tiruchchirappalli Area, India

• Managed the Coir Board Project on ‘Coir Geotextiles for Rural Roads’. Study of Coir Geo textiles as reinforcement in the pavement of Rural Roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). • Field visit, sample collection, testing, documentation of results, analysis• Selected for the integrated MS program at Transport Department, NITT

Coimbatore Area, India

• Handled drawings for housing units in gated communities in Chennai, Pondicherry and Coimbatore• Prepared BoQs after conducting quantity surveying• Maintained records of field visits and other documentation

Master'S Degree, Urban Planning, 71.7%

Activities and Societies: Volunteer for Muskaan- An NGO for the underprivileged in Delhi1. Presentation on smart strategies for heritage.

Bachelor’S Degree, Civil Engineering, 66 %

Activities and Societies: 1. Member of National Service Society in college 2. Member of editorial board for the college newspaper 3..

High School, Mathematics And Computer Science, 86%

Activities and Societies: Participated and won prizes in School and District level Youth Festivals in essay writing, elocution, story.

High School, 91%

Activities and Societies: 1. Participated and won prizes in Kerala State Youth Festival for drama and singing competitions 2. Participated.