Title: Urban Planner
Expertise: Architecture & Urban Design, Regional Planning
Email: prao@wri.org

Prajna co-ordinates technical support for CST-India’s projects in sustainable urban transportation. Currently, she is working on the up gradation of the overall bus system, including planning & implementation of the pilot Bus Rapid Transit Corridor in Indore.

Prior to Embarq, she was involved in diverse community projects in India, Kenya and Zimbabwe. In Harare, she assessed the impacts of subsidized housing on overcrowding in low income households in and around the city. In another similar project initiated under the Growing Up in Cities program by UNESCO, she trained local youth groups in Nairobi to identify design strategies for community improvement. Her work in Mumbai included partnerships with government agencies to prepare urban renewal plans for the inner city and decongestion proposals for railway station areas through collaborations with vendor communities.

Prajna holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Mumbai University, and a master’s degree in Regional Planning from Cornell University, NY. At present, she also serves as a faculty member of design at the Kamla Raheja Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies in Mumbai.