Ongoing Projects

Benchmarking energy consumptions of Commercial Buildings in India for the ECO-III project supported by United States Agency for International Development/India (USAID/I) and the Government of India (GoI)

Design of Educational Complex for the Manav Seva Sangh Trust at Ahmedabad

Building Energy Simulation Demonstration Project for the National Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC, launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India) in partnership with CEPT Ahmedabad; IIIT Hyderabad; MNIT Jaipur and the ECO-III project.

Economic and Demographic forecasting for
a. St. Louis region, 10 Counties in MO and IL, USA
b. Champaign County, Illinois, USA

 

 

Past Projects

Residence for Mr. Vishwanath, Hyderabad

Feasibility Study on Eco Tourism related 'Rural Guest House Project' for the Network Enterprise Fund, ICMR Trust, Chennai

Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan, Barmer, Rajasthan
IL&FS and NABARD

Advisory Services for Urban Infrastructure Projects to PDCOR Ltd (a joint venture between Govt. of Rajasthan and IL&FS)

Article titled "Planning of Cities, A conservation Approach". Published in Architecture+Design, the Indian Journal of Architecture, June 2008

Research paper titled "Socio-economic drivers of land-use change"

Integrated Slum Development Project, Jodhpur
Development NGO Unnati, Ahmedabad

Proposal writing and conceptualizing the Heritage Walk in Jaipur, Jaipur Virasat Foundation, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Status of Construction Workers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Saath, Ahmedabad

 

Teaching
Saket Co-taught and assisted Graduate and Undergraduate level classes in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, 2001 & 2005

• Site and Physical Planning
• Planning of Cities and Regions

Parul coordinated the Learning In Community Program (LINC), Urbana Champaign, USA, 2003

• Collaborated with not-for-profit agency 'Habitat for Humanity' to assist in setting up a storefront supplying affordable building materials to low-income groups in city of Champaign, USA

 

National and International Conference Presentations

• Presentation titled “Spatial Analysis: Going beyond map making” at the India Urban Space 2007 conference, Mumbai
• Paper titled “Urban distress as a driver for land-use change” presented at the 52nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Las Vegas, 2005 coauthored with Varkki, G. P. Choudhary, P. and Deal, B.
• Paper titled “Modeling the economy to drive land-use change” presented at the American Collegiate School of Planning Annual Conference, Kansas City, 2005 coauthored with Varkki, G. P., Donaghy, K. and Deal, B.
• Paper titled “Enhancing Data Input for Transportation Modeling using American Community Survey” presented at the Transportation Research Board Conference -Census Data for Transportation Planning: Preparing for the Future, Newport Beach, California, 2005 coauthored with Varkki G. P, Zhanli, S. and Deal, B.
• Paper titled ‘Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Recovery in Bhuj, India’ for the Mid American Earthquake Center, 2005
• Student Poster titled “Integrated Economic Demographic model for land-use change” at the American Planning Association Annual Conference at Denver, 2003

 

Past Projects with other Firms, Organizations, Institutions, etc.

Planning
Comparative study of strategic socio-economic issues in post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction in India, Turkey and Taiwan for Mid American Earthquake Center, USA 2003

Land-use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model

• Developed a coupled Input-Output Econometric Model to analyze changes in regional economic and demographic structures and its impact on future land-use under alternative policies. Applied to Tri County region of Peoria, 10 county region of St. Louis, USA, 2001-2006
• Developed a spatial interaction model to analyze the impacts of urban distress on regional growth and explore the impacts of remedial policies; Applied to the10 county region of St. Louis, USA, 2003-2006
• Developed conceptual model to identify potential public investment areas to maximize returns on regional government expenditure, etc. Applied to the10 county region of St. Louis, USA, 2003-2006

South End Neighborhood Project (East St. Louis Action Research Project), East St. Louis, USA,

• A community based studio including surveys, data collection, preparation of GIS maps, planning a community based revitalization strategy for the South-end Neighborhood, East St. Louis 2002

National Center for Disaster Management, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Delhi, India

• High Powered Committee report compilation on recommendations for a National Plan on disaster emergencies
• Conducted an independent pilot study for ADPC, Bangkok on disaster preparedness of Delhi City

Environment Planning Collaborative EPC, a ‘not for profit organization’, Ahmedabad, India

• Initiative for planned and participatory reconstruction funded by USAID
• Strategy for design and revitalization of the urban market street Sarraf Bazaar in Bhuj, India

 

Architecture
as part of HCP Design and Management Pvt. Ltd.

• Design of new campus for IIM Ahmedabad
• Record Room High Court, Ahmedabad
• Warehouse Phase II, Zydus Distribution, Ahmedabad
• Auditorium and Laboratory Extension, Cadila Healthcare  Ltd. Ahmedabad
• Mc Donald’s Pune, Mumbai - Charney Road and Thane

with Prof. J.Barman and Prof. B.K. Sengupta, IIT Kharagpur, 1997-1999

• Jadubhatto Manch auditorium complex at Bishnupur
• Residence and Nursing home for Dr. P. Mondal at Bishnupur

 

Heritage

• Conservation in the Netherlands: Frameworks, Strategies and Impacts, NEURUS Fellowship                              
• ‘Conservation and Urban in-fill of the historic Dalhousie Square, Calcutta’ paper presented at the Annual Convention of Indian Institute of Architects (WB Chapter), Kolkatta
• Conservation of terracotta temple (case of the 16th century Janaki Ballabh temple) with Prof. S. K. Das, IIT Kharagpur