Professional practice

Planning leadership before and alongside academia.

My professional practice includes social entrepreneurship, affordable housing strategy, planning consulting, and international work across land management, statutory planning, sanitation, transit-oriented development, and post-disaster reconstruction.

Co-founder

DBS Affordable Home Strategy

Registered in 2009. DBS Affordable Homes was established to demonstrate market-driven solutions for affordable housing in India. I led market assessments, product mix strategies, and development planning for more than 4,000 homes across three cities in Gujarat.

View an affordable housing project brochure from DBS Affordable Homes

Co-founder

Alchemy Urban Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Registered in 2007. Alchemy Urban Systems prepared plans for cities and regions in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mauritius, and Mexico, specializing in land management, transit-oriented development, post-disaster reconstruction, city-wide sanitation, basic needs planning, and land-use planning.

View selected Alchemy Urban Systems projects