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Norwalk, California, United States

Carson, California

Involved in various current and long-range planning efforts. Long-range policy related projects include General Plan update and Neighborhood mobility planning. Current Planning projects include projects of medium complexity and mostly involves compliance with Zoning Code, CEQA and other State and Federal laws.

Carson, California

Involved with primary research of data for inclusion in reports and studies, assisting in the preparation of written reports and recommendations, conducting surveys, assist in the development of manuals, forms and procedure handbooks, maintaining statistical records, disseminate information to staff and the public and performing mathematical calculations.

Northridge, California

Taught courses on Visual and Graphic Communications using ArcGIS, AutoCAD and SketchUp and Qualitative Research Methods

New Delhi, India

 Developed the GIS database for telecom installations across the country. Involved in the process of preparing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) documents and obtaining Environmental Appraisal for telecom infrastructure to be installed for several states, as per the guidelines of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.

Columbus, Ohio Area

 Obtained, organized, and used the commodity flow survey (CFS) data for three survey years from 1997 – 2007 to study the movement of all 42 commodity groups across all 51 origin and 51 destination states in an input-output framework using a combination of MS Excel and Java programming. Estimated missing data points in the three survey years via a.

• Worked as Instructor (Undergraduate level courses) / Teaching Assistant (Graduate level courses).
• Winter 2008 – Winter 2011 (every Winter quarter): Physical Elements of Design. Conducted labs focused on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and PCSWMM and assisted with project development based on zoning codes and NEPA/SEPA.
• Spring 2008: Applications of Quantitative Methods in Urban Planning. Delivered lectures on probability, t-value, quantitative methods, regression, and optimization. Graduate Core Course. Enrollment: Approx. 50
• Summer 2010: Restructuring of Physical Elements of Design labs.
• Spring 2008 – Fall 2010 (every Spring quarter, Fall 2010 quarter): Urban Design. Delivered lectures, graded assignments, implemented exams and assisted with development of the main urban design project for the.

 Defined and implemented a research agenda for the Centre for Urban Systems and Infrastructure (CUSI) at TERI with focus on Water, Energy and Transport. Participated and led the activities of CUSI that undertook theoretical and empirical research on Policy, legislative, and regulatory analyses; Enabling public-private interfaces for sustainable.

New Delhi Area, India

Studied the land-use and zoning regulations for the state of Delhi. Based on this study, analyzed the Regional plan for National Capital Region of Delhi for the year 2021 and presented a report on my findings. Independently completed project focused on Rationalization of Norms and Standards of Water Supply in National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi..

New Delhi, India

Designed two residential plots and prepared working drawings of housing projects. Studied and analyzed yoga training center. Provided expertise for two competition projects, one of which won second prize.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Master'S, Urban And Rural Planning

Bachelor'S, Architecture

Education record