Alumni

Many of our alumni are pursuing higher education from educational institutes in India and abroad. Mr. Akshay Ajith and Ms. Shraddha Pandit are pursuing Ph. D at IIT Roorkee. Ms. Sadhana Manthapuri is pursuing Ph.D. from Virginia Tech., School of Public and International Affairs. Mr. Amartya Deb has pursued Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield U.K.

The alumni of regional planning programme are well distributed over the government sector, industry, think tanks and academics. More than 40 percent of the alumni are employed in the government sector, either in the Town and Country Planning Department or Development Authorities and Housing Boards such as the Delhi Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh Housing Board or infrastructure/transport-based organisations such as National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), or working under certain government schemes or missions such as the Smart City Mission, PM Gati Shakti, etc. Many of the alumni are also working in several think tanks such as the NITI Aayog, NIUA. The percentage of alumni working in the private sector is also high at around 35-40 percent and they are working in companies such as, Ernst and Young, Fortress, Tractebel Engineering, IPE Global Limited, Innpact Solutions, KPMG, HBSS, LEA Associates South Asia Pvt Ltd, REPL, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Stantec Pune. Around 15 percent of our department’s alumni are working in the field of academics as faculty or research scholars with institutes such as, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Amity University, DIT University Dehradun and Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Some of our alumni are also doing freelancing and have their own architecture and planning firms. Few of the students have also opted for pursuing doctoral research at SPA Delhi, IIT, etc.

The department boasts of great achievement as far as placements are concerned. Prof. Dr. Ashok Kumar is Head, Department of Planning at School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Many of our alumni are placed with the various state government departments and have reached the apex positions of Chief Town Planners. Mr. K. K. Joadder retired as Chief Planner at Town and Country Planning Organisation. Our alumni are well placed in several international organisations as well. Mr. Tapas Paul is the Lead Environment Specialist with the world bank. Ms. Anuradha Yagya is Senior Consultant (Social and Gender Development) with LEA Associates, Asian Development Bank, and is also Visiting Faculty (Masters in Public Policy), Department of Professional Studies, Christ University Bangalore. Dr. Sandeep K. Raut and Mr. Monis Khan are TCP with Town and Country Planning Organisation, Delhi. Ms. Meenakshi Tyagi is General Manager, Urban Infrastructure Division with Tractabel Engineering Private Limited. Ms. Sakshi Godara is Senior Manager with IPE Global. Dr. Piyali Bandyopadhyay is Scientist at Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi. Ms. Diki Wanchuk Bhutia is Associate Town Planner with Government of Sikkim. Mr. Sayan Sarkar is Manager with Ernst and Young, Gurgaon. Ms. Deepika Jha is Senior Consultant with Indian Institute of Human Settlement. Mr. Govind Kumar is GIS professional with NHAI Limited. Mr. Sidhwin Hegde is working with the National Capital Region Transport Corporation. Ms. Kamakshi Thapa, Ms. Shirin Mangla, Ms. Vaishali, Ms. Jahanvi, Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Sachin Choudhary, Mr. Meet Fatewar, Ms. Sindhuja Garimella and Ms. Shalvi Sharma have recently joined as Assistant Town Planner with the governments of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jharkhand. Mr. Aman Singh Rajput is Senior Manager with IPE Global. Ms. Sravya Ratna Chilakapatti is the State Urban WASH Consultant with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Our alumni are also enterprising enough to run their own businesses and start-ups. Mr. Mithun is the co-founder and CTO of Innpact Solutions, Delhi. Mr. Rahul Hans is the founder of Rahul Hans and Associates, Jammu. Mr. Aqueel Mansoori is the founder of M. A. Consultants, Bhopal.

The alumni are an asset for the department. They have always been helpful of the department’s efforts in getting the fresh graduates being placed in their organisations. They also support in the internship activities of the department and in grooming the fresh pass-outs in their organisations.

The following events or special lectures have been organized in the department in the current academic event:

• Building Bridges: Fisheries Infrastructure and Economic Development by Dr. Dinesh Pant, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi on 3 April 2024.
• Self-Reliant India by Shri Deepak Sharma, Swadeshi Thinker on 20 March 2024
• How to make infrastructure Disaster Resilient? By Dr. Mukta Girdhar, Senior Consultant, NDMA on 6 March 2024
• Participatory Methods for Engaging with Communities by Swati Sharma on 13 March 2024
• Geographic Information System (GIS) Software’s Functionality for Regional Planning by Ms. Swati Grover on 14 February 2024.
• GIS and its Applications by Ms. Swati Grover on 7 February 2024.
• Report Writing by Mr. Aditya Premdeep, Assistant Professor of English at Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi on 17 January 2024.