Alumni

A number of achievers from amongst the alumni in Physical Planning programme have opted for higher studies at the top global universities. Notable among them include Ms. Charuvi Begwani and Mr. Kartik Girish who studied at globally famed Harvard University, U.S. Mr. Satwik Mudgal studied at the Yale University. Mr. Ashankh Jayshankar Natrajan, Mr. Siddhesh R. Kudale, Mr. Arpita Banerji studied at Illinois University, Urbana Champaign, U.S. Mr. Arnab Roy and Ms. Namita Roy went to U.K. to study and now are working in Australia. Dr. Rohit Negi, Ngawang Tshomo, Mr. Anish Grover, Mr. Monika Pal, Mr. Yatharath Saxena, and Mr. Ankit Singh studied at Rutgers University, U.S. Rimjhim Agrawal, Ms. Charvi Gupta, Ms. Disha Mendakar, Mr. Shamil Khedgikar, Ms. Sukanya Sharma, and Ms. Apurva Kumar at studied at Cornell University; and Mr. Shaurya Dokania studied at New York University.

Several alumni went to Canada for higher studies. Notable among them were Mr. Pulkit Kathuria at British Columbia University, Ishan Maggo at Calgary University, Jasmin Kaur, and Isha Rana University of Waterloo, Yatharth Singh, Sidharth Aggarwal, and Janamejay Sahoo at McGill University. Several alumni have graduated from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Mr. Parul Sharma studied at Australian National University in Australia. Mr. Anirudh Ray is studying at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

More recently, Ms Shambhavi Gupta is currently studying public policy at Columbia University, U.S. and Ms. Tsomo Wangchuk is studying at the Leeds University, U.K. Mr. Debraj Deka, Ms. Snigdha Das are studying at ITC Netherlands. Dr. Mitali Joshi graduated from ITC and Utrecht University, Netherlands.

There are several alumni who have made big at the world scale. Dr. Shipra Narang Suri is working for the UN Habitat, Kenya. Ms. Yarissa Richmond Lyngdoh has been working in the World Bank. Mr. Mihir Prakash also worked for the World Bank. Ms. Ami Parikh worked for Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

Our alumni are also working in IITs, IIMs, and government planning institutions such as state Town and Country Planning Organizations, Delhi Development Authority, research think tanks like Center for Science and Environment, NIUA, IIHS, TERI, Council on Energy Environment and Water, Climate Action Group, WSP, WWF, International Science Academy and NCR Transport Corporation. In the private sector, our alumni are working in PwC, KPMG, JLL, Delloite, E&Y, and SYSTRA. Mr. Santosh Singh has successfully set up his own consulting firm in Delhi. Mr. Aditya Ajith has also set up his own firm. Mr. Ram Khandelwal is the CEO of UIL. Dr. Asmita Bhardwaj is working at the University of Regina, Canada. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, Associate Academic Officer at the United Nation University, Japan. Mr. Bala Murgan is working at the City Future, Map AI. Dr. Anshu Sharma and Dr. Manu Gupta has set up an NGO named SEEDS. Ms. Rupa Nandi is working as Head, UITP. Mr. Inshu Minocha is the CNN Associate in the US. Ms. Parul Agarwala is working as Country Programme Manager at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Delhi.

Prof. Ayon Tarafdar secured his PhD from NTNU, Norway. Currently he is Professor of Planning and Dean (Academics) at SPA, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Prof. Roli Aranya is Professor of Planning and has served as the Dean at NTNU, Norway.

Our alumni are a source of inspiration for the Physical Planning programme. They regularly interact with our existing students. Some of the alumni also employ our fresh graduates and other come to teach our students.

The Physical Planning programme conducted the following academic events:

• In 2018, then Department of Physical Planning celebrated its 25th anniversary.
• World Water Day was celebrated on 22 March 2023 and 22 March 2024, and was focussed on Water Security for Peace through Community Planning.
• A major global event titled Mini Assembly on “Water Sensitive Planning” under the Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub project was successfully organized in 2023.
• Special lectures were delivered by Prof. Kirk R Smith, a Nobel Laurette, Prof. Sanjeev Vidyarthi from Illinois University, Dr. Rajendra Singh, the Waterman of India in 2023-24.
• Dr. Prarthna T.C. spoke on “Water bodies, and water security: climate change and its impact” and Dr. Anirudh Burman delivered lecture on “Land Use and Urbanization and Globalization”.
• Workshop on National Space Day was organized in 23 August 2024. A national seminar was organized on 18 April 2024 titled “Viksit Bharat @2047”.
• An 8 Week Online Workshop titled “Brick by brick: Informal Housing and Efficacy of State Interventions” was organized in February to April 2024.