Master of Urban Spatial Analytics
Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
EducationAug 2026 – May 2027Ongoing
Python, R, SQL and machine learning for urban analytics. Weitzman Merit Scholarship.
[About]
Landscape urbanist in four geographies: India, Belgium, South Africa, now Philadelphia. Different climates, same question: what holds a city together when conditions shift?
I am taking that into data-informed urban strategy, building maps, dashboards, and AI prototypes across mobility, public space, climate hazard, and infrastructure with GIS, Python, SQL, and R, turning spatial data into evidence that changes what gets built.
[Experience]
City journey
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PhiladelphiaUS
2026–nowGenAI Studio Fellow
Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative
StudioSep 2026 – nowOngoing
Selected through a competitive proposal process to build Raasta, a walking-route tool, from concept to working prototype.
Content & Experience Director
Wharton–Weitzman Future of Cities Conference
ConferenceSep 2026 – nowOngoing
Directing the design panel end to end: the question, the speakers, the outreach and the room on the day.
Urban Designer
Community Design Collaborative
VolunteerApr 2026 – nowOngoing
Leading the GIS analysis for Haverford Avenue Reimagined in West Philadelphia.
Brand & Partnerships Designer
AIGA Philadelphia
Volunteer2026
Designed the identity for Locally Sourced, Issue No. 5.
LeuvenBE
2023–25MSc Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
KU Leuven, with distinction
Education2023 – 2025
Thesis, Living in a Floodable Park, selected for the UDL Thesis Publication 2026. Government of India Scholarship.
Urban Capillaries
KU Leuven Brussels studio
Studio2024 – 2025Brussels
Post-industrial canal edges recast as productive public ground, published by KU Leuven.
WorcesterZA
2024Agro Urbanism in the Western Cape
Organiser and contributor
StudioFeb – Jun 2024
Food, water and housing for a dry valley, exhibited at the SNFCC in Athens.
IndiaMumbai · Bengaluru
2015–23Landscape Architect & Project Manager
Design Cell
WorkNov 2021 – Jul 2023Mumbai
Ran 5+ projects at once, from a 100-acre IT park to the Lucknow Airport pitch, and built the firm's first website.
Junior Architect
Varna Shashidhar Landscape Architects
WorkNov 2020 – Oct 2021Bengaluru
Parks, schools and homes, from planting strategy to presentation drawings.
That Sinking Feeling
Pilot project, R-Ward
Research2019Mumbai
Monsoon flooding in Mumbai's R-Ward, featured in Mid-Day.
Bachelor of Architecture
School of Environment and Architecture
Education2015 – 2020Mumbai
Graduated with distinction.
ShanghaiCN
2016–17Student exchange
Tongji University
Education2016 – 2017
International workshop on public urban space and collective city-making.
[Toolkit]
Skills & tools
Learning at Penn
Focus
- Landscape urbanism
- Climate resilience
- Resilience planning
- Smart cities
- Blue-green infrastructure
Spatial analysis & GIS
- ArcGIS
- QGIS
- Spatial mapping
- Geospatial analysis
- Mapbox
- Remote sensing
- LiDAR
Data & infrastructure
- Python
- R and RStudio
- SQL
- Statistics
- Quarto
- Machine learning
- Big data
AI & prototyping
- Vibe coding
- AI prototyping
- AI for web development
- Claude and Claude Code
- Figma with AI
- Generative video
Climate & policy
- Climate risk
- Climate finance
- Environmental modelling
- Policy analysis
- Transport planning
Urban design skillsDrawing, design, collaboration, people
Drawing & modelling
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- Rhino 3D
- Adobe Creative SuitePhotoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fresco
Design & planning
- Master planning
- Streetscape and public realm
- Nature-based solutions
- Planting strategy
Collaboration
- Figma
- Miro
- Basecamp
- Box
- Canva
Working with people
- Project management
- Client pitches
- Community engagement
- Participatory planning
- Brand identity