Pick the path you're thinking about

Tap a type to narrow the list, then choose the path you want to see. You can change your mind any time.

Career paths

Government & public sector

7

Assistant Town Planner / Planning Officer (State)

Planner — TCPO / MoHUA / NCRPB (Central)

Planner — Metropolitan / Development Authority (DDA, MMRDA, HMDA, CIDCO)

Planner / Manager — Urban-Mission SPV & PMU (AMRUT 2.0, CITIIS 2.0)

Transport Planner — UMTA / Metro Rail / NHAI / State Transport

Environmental Planner — Pollution Control Board / EIA Cell

Planner — State Housing Board / Slum Redevelopment Authority

Private & consultancy

6

Planner / Senior Planner — Urban & Regional Planning Consultancy

Transport Planner / Modeller — Consultancy

Environmental / Sustainability / EIA Consultant

Infrastructure & PPP Advisory (Big-4 / Advisory Firms)

GIS / Urban-Data Analytics Lead

Real-Estate Development / Land Advisory / Research

Development & multilateral

4

UN-Habitat (and other UN agency) National / Consultant Roles

World Bank / ADB Urban & Infrastructure Roles

Bilateral-Agency Advisor (GIZ, JICA, FCDO, AFD)

Urban Think Tank / NGO (WRI India, NIUA, ICLEI, C40)

Higher studies, research & academia

4

PhD (India) — SPA / CEPT / IIT / Planning Schools

PhD Abroad (US / UK / EU / Australia)

Research Fellow — NIUA / Think Tanks / Funded Projects

Faculty — Assistant Professor → Professor (Planning Schools)

International practice

1

Planner Abroad (US / UK / EU / Australia / Gulf)

Adjacent pivots

3

Real-Estate Finance / REIT / PE Research

Urban Policy / Governance / Fellowships

Corporate ESG / Sustainability