Sarika Chakravarty is an Architect-Urban Planner with nearly two decades of cross-sectoral experience in urban, infrastructure, and transportation planning works. She is currently the Team Lead of the GEF7-funded UrbanShift Country Project at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), widely regarded as the think tank for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India. She had previously worked at NIUA as Sr. Sector Coordinator (Land, Transport & Shelter) on the Master Plan for Delhi- 2041. Previously, Sarika has been part of organisations like UNICEF and NCRPB and has worked on various projects funded by multilateral agencies like the World Bank, JICA, etc. Her transportation planning experience includes metro station design, demand generation studies, transit-oriented development plans, mobility plans, and corridor improvement plans. Some of her noteworthy project experiences are Planning and Design of the Kolkata East-West Metro Corridor, Comprehensive Mobility Plans for the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Area & Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Development Area, etc. To her credit are also preparation of the Master Plan for Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration and conducting feasibility studies for establishing waste management systems for the Govt. of Kenya.

Sarika has the know-how of international best practices and has been part of knowledge exchange visits to London, Singapore, and the USA.

You can reach Ms. Sarika Chakravarty on her email at schakravarty@niua.org.

Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sarika-chakravarty-b6b2b86