Professional practice and public scholarship

Planning leadership across public, nonprofit, and private-sector contexts.

My professional practice includes social entrepreneurship, affordable housing strategy, international planning consulting, and public-facing research products.

Co-founder

DBS Affordable Home Strategy

Registered in 2009, DBS Affordable Homes demonstrated 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

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, sanitation, post-disaster reconstruction, basic needs planning, and land-use planning.

View selected Alchemy Urban Systems projects

Public scholarship

Inclusionary Housing in the United States

A national public-facing resource documenting inclusionary housing programs, policy design, and affordable housing production across U.S. jurisdictions.

View the Grounded Solutions Network resource