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Ankit Bhargava CONTACT: ankit493@gmail.com, +917409060602 MSc Urbanism 2011 - 2013 TU Delft, Netherlands
Bachelor of Architecture 2003 - 2008 R.V. School of Architecture, Bangalore, India
I am an Architect and Urbanist with over 5 years of experience with projects spanning Architecture and Urban Planning. Through the years, I have eagerly sought to engage with diverse global design/planning practices and approaches. I am particularly interesting in working towards how we tackle the urgent urban problems at scale, imagining not just the solutions that need to be deployed but also the governance structures we need to evolve to ensure those efforts improve quality of life at ground.
Urban Planning & Governance
Work on the Web
Strategy Development + Master Planning + System design
Portfolio and publications
Current: SensingLocal (Sensing Our Local Environment), Bengaluru
Http://issuu.com/ankit.bhargava https://sensinglocal.wordpress. com/ http://bit.ly/FMP_UDRI
(Dec. 2015 - Current)
The initiative has germinated from the need to tackle the gap in mainstream knowledge and data of the increasingly complex environments we inhabit. There are two on-going projects. The first is ‘Good Air’ which deals with tackling air pollution and another dealing with neighbourhood mapping and street signage to enhance way-finding and legibility.
Skills
Languages Fluent in English, Hindi
Softwares
Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership, Bengaluru ~ [Bottom up planning] [Decentralization] ~
Research Fellow | Centre for public Problem Solving, CPPS (March 2015 - Dec. 2015)
NIP is a bottom up planning initiative to support local community groups to solve their urban problems themselves at the neighbourhood level bringing together finance, government and domain skills. My responsibilities as a project lead included conceptualization and development of the competition over 9 months, along with mentoring close to 90 local community groups converting neighbourhood improvement ideas to executable projects. These were curated such, as to further feed into being scaleable/replicable models for first mile/last mile solutions to address larger urban issues at city scale. (www.citizensforthecity.in)
Economic and Spatial Master Plan for Musandam, Oman Aerotropolis in Xiamen, China ~ [Regional Planning] ~
Intern; Spatial planner | Royal Haskoning DHV, Nijmegen, Netherlands (April 2014 - June 2014)
Involved in development of the master plans and phasing strategy for urban development.
Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Autocad, Sketchup
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Ankit Bhargava | Resume
Urban Management Plan for Fort Precinct, Mumbai Research Associate | Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI) (Sept. 2010 - April 2011)
Responsible for compilation of 5 years of research work into development of an Urban Management Plan for Fort Area in Mumbai. ‘Fort Management Plan’; (http://bit.ly/FMP_UDRI)
Restructuring Bengaluru ~ [Decentralization] [Devolution] [Urban Governance] ~
Research Fellow | Centre for public Problem Solving, CPPS (November 2014 - January 2015)
Involved as a researcher for the ‘BBMP Restructuring, Expert Committee Preliminary Report’. The project looked at analysing pros and cons of restructuring BBMP through decentralization and devolution to improve delivery of urban services, city governance and accountability. The work primarily involved secondary research and data collection, comparing governance systems along with mechanisms of accountability and regulation for delivery of urban services across global cities with that of Bengaluru. (Released December 2014, http://www.bbmprestructuring.org)
‘Control Room’ for Solid Waste Management ~ [Big data analysis] [Logistical optimization] [Circle Economy] [System design] ~
Independent Research (Jan. 2014 - Sept. 2014)
Conceptualized web based platform and tools towards creating data driven decision making and predictive analysis to enable scientific planning, timely investments. (http://bit.ly/1tvFnL7)
Architecture Public Space and Infrastructure + Residential + Institutions
Architecture Consultant | TU Delft, Netherlands (Nov. 2013 - Feb. 2014)
Consulted as an Architect for - ‘Reinvent the Toilet Challenge’, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; developing new technological and spatial solutions for decentralized sanitation infrastructure in the global south.
Project Architect | Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai (April 2010 – August 2010)
Responsible for proposal of B.O.T (build, operate, transfer) scheme for Public Toilets, commissioned by Triratna (NGO) for the Mumbai Railway Authority.
Architect | Charles Correa Associates | Mumbai, India (Feb. 2009 – Nov. 2009)
Involved in Design and construction drawings as a Junior Architect for two projects: Ismaili Centre in Toronto, Canada and an Automobile R&D Centre, Chennai, India.
Intern & Project Architect | Mathew and Ghosh Architects, Bangalore (Feb. 2008 – Nov. 2008)
Involved as Project Architect and Junior Architect for multiple projects including a residence in Delhi and an urban park in Bangalore- ‘Freedom Park’.
ankit493@gmail.com +917409060602
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Ankit Bhargava | Resume
Instructor | Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai (Sept. 2009 - August 2010)
Instructor for 1st Year BARCH Design Studio (one academic year).
Fellowship | KHOJ, Delhi (May 2013 - Oct. 2013)
Collaborated on a research project - ‘Ecologies of the Excess’, regarding waste management comparing a rural and an urban ecology - Amaravathi village and Bangalore.
Publications • Ecologies of the Excess - Research project on waste management • Publication of Master Thesis in coordination with International Institute of New Towns, Almere (TU Delft, 2013) • Urban Management Plan -’Fort Management Plan’ (at UDRI, 2011) • Report on Pedestrian Infrastructure- ‘Indore, A Place for People’ (Embarq, 2011)
Achievements • Recipient of Research Fellowship at KHOJ, International Artists’ Association in Delhi, (2013) • Awarded Full Scholarship for Master’s education at TU Delft by INLAKS Scholar Programme, India. (2011) • Awarded for Thesis Project by R.V. School of Architecture, India (2008) • Awarded Third prize in a national student competition held by La’ Journal on ‘Redefining Public spaces’, India (2008)
ankit493@gmail.com +917409060602