Satish Kumar

Has over 20 years of experience in coordination, management and execution of various projects in physical planning, economic development, informal settlement, and social sectors. Areas of specialization include preparation of transit oriented development plan, master plan, development plan, strategic development plan, business development plan, sanitation plan, infrastructure plan, investment plan, institutional development plan, social assessment of rural and urban development projects, evaluation of rural and urban development programs, analysis of socio-economic and physical status of society. Worked at various capacities like Urban Planner, Regional Planner, Institutional Development Expert, Project Manager, Urban Planner for preparation of PPP Feasibility Studies, City Master Plans, City Development Plan, City Business Development Plan, Project Manuals for Crop Diversification Promotion Project, Integrated Strategic Development Plan, Informal Settlement Improvement Plan, City Sanitation Action Plan including Septage Management Plan, Transit-Oriented Development Plan of BRT and MRTS System. Has exposure of writing of project reports and business development proposal; understanding the socio-economic and cultural status of society, designing the guidelines to capture the responses from different types of socio-economic & cultural settings, designing the guidelines to capture the responses of the beneficiaries of different rural and urban development programmes, preparation of the maps etc. Has also experience in designing participatory tools and conducting various stakeholder consultations and workshop. Key Activities Performed- Coordination with the client, municipalities and other departments; Carry out literature review; Carry out analysis of planning legislation; Carry out identification of the relevant stakeholders and discussion with the same; carry out situational assessment of demography, infrastructure, land use, growth pattern, informal settlement and housing, tourism and heritage and institutional set-up; Carry out SWOT analysis and projection of population and infrastructure requirement; Carry out formulation of vision, goals, objective and integrated strategic urban development of towns / cities; Preparation of existing land use plan; prepare proposal for slums/ informal settlements; Prepare conception of the proposed Land use model; Preparation of proposed land use plan; Prepare action plan; Prepare the proposals in terms of short and medium term plans for integrated development of the city; Prepare area action plans, advisory or land use zoning regulation (codes), strategic structure plans for integrated strategic urban development plan; Prepare master plan; prepare urban renewal plan; Conduct workshops along with the team members with various stakeholders for identification of the citizens priority in terms of integrated development of the city; Preparation of Capital Investment Plan; Preparation of Project Implementation Plan; Provide training to key staff on the plan preparation and implementation.