Pankaj Joshi is a conservation architect and presently serves on the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee, a visiting professor at the Academy of Architecture and Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai and consultant to the Heritage Conservation Society of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The joint convener of the Mumbai Study Group, an interdisciplinary forum, at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai and a member trustee of SAVE forum, an environment action group in North Mumbai.

Shirin Bharucha is a lawyer who worked with the Tata Group for several years. She is involved with a number of Trusts, which work for the city's urban renewal. She was part of the team, which restored the Oval Maidan, the Horniman Circle Garden and the Kala Ghoda Art District (www.kalaghodassociation.org). She is currently the Managing Trustee at the UDRI.

Rahul Mehrotra studied architecture at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology in Ahmedabad and then obtained a Master of Architecture in Urban Design degree with the distinction from Harvard University in 1987. In private practice in Bombay since 1990, his works include a wide range from planning, urban design and conservation to architecture and interiors. Among other books written by him, he has also co-authored a book titled Conserving an Image Centre - The Fort Precinct in Bombay, based on this study and recommendation the State Government declared the Fort area a Conservation Precinct in 1995. Mehrotra has taught at the National Singapore University (1998), the University of Michigan (2000-2007), and currently teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology..

Anuj Bhagwati is a Director of A.T.E. (www.ateindia.com), a Bombay based engineering group. The group also runs a small trust focusing on rural development in Gujarat. Anuj is also involved with a few NGOs such as UDRI, Kala Ghoda Association (www.kalaghodassociation.org) and Praja (www.praja.org).

Specialisng in the history of Bombay, Sharada Dwivedi has co-authored with Rahul Mehrotra several books on the city including Bombay, the Cities Within, Banganga: Sacred Tank, Fort Walks and A City’s Legacy: The Indian Navy’s Heritage in Bombay. Among her other books are Lives of the Indian Princes, The Automobiles of the Maharajas, and Almond Eyes Lotus Feet. She is active with several conservation projects and has served as a Member of the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee.

Nayana Kathpalia volunteered with INTACH New Delhi for 8 years and on relocation to Mumbai in 1995, has been active with NGOs such as OCRA, OVAL Trust, UDRI and NAGAR, all of who are working for the civic and urban renewal of Mumbai.

Jamsheed Kanga retired from the IAS after working in various senior positions with Governments Of Maharashtra and India, including Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai and Secretary to the Depts of Industry and Revenue. He chaired the committee, which formulated heritage regulations, now being adopted through out the country. He has been active in urban affairs as a founder member of the Bombay First.

Kamu Iyer is an Architect Graduated in architecture from Sir J. J. School of Art in 1957. He studied with G. B. Mhatre and worked briefly in his office. In practice since 1960 with Architects’ Combine, he has built extensively in Bombay and all over India. He is a visiting lecture in Design at various schools.

Prasad Shetty graduated as an architect from the University of Mumbai and has done his Masters in Urban Management from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. He was a fellow at the Kamla Raheja Institute of Architecture, Mumbai (1998-99) where he was also a core Faculty and Coordinator of the KRVIA Design Cell (1999–2002). He was also a fellow with the Sarai, New Media Initiatives, New Delhi (2005). He was an Urban Managment Consultant to the Town Administration of Mendefera, Eritrea for preparation of the Comprehensive Plan for the Town.

Rahul Gore Studied architecture at Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad and his Masters Program in Urban Design at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He started _OPOLIS, a young design practice doing urban design, architectural and interior design work, along with Sonal Sancheti in the year 2001. He was a part of the award winning Indian team that won acclaim at the International Urban Design Competition for the Design of Sustainable Cities hosted by Japan at the World Gas Conference in June 2003.

Kapil Gupta Studied architecture at the J J School of Architecture and his Masters Program at the Architectural Association, London. He started Contemporary Urban, a young design practice doing urban design, architectural and interior design work in the year 2001.

Abha Narain Lambah is a trained conservation architect; she has served on the Governing Council of various citizen’s groups such as the Kala Ghoda Association, Horniman Circle Association and Heritage Mile Association. A columnist on heritage issues for the Indian Express and MARG Magazine she has also served as a Member of the MHCC.

Trustees

Shirin Bharucha

Rahul Mehrotra

Charles Correa studied Architecture at the University of Michigan and MIT. In private practice in Bombay since 1958, his work covers a wide range, from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram, to the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, and the State Assembly for Madhya Pradesh – as well as townships and public housing projects in Delhi housing projects in Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and other cities in India. From 1970-75, he was Chief Architect for ‘New Bombay’ an urban growth centre of 2 million people. In 1985, The Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed him Chairman of the National Commission on Urbanism.

Cyrus Guzder is an urban activist playing an active role in the conservation of heritage buildings and precincts of Mumbai and numerous environmental issues. He is trustee of the Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) and Governor of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Heritage Society. He also serves as a trustee at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu (formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India).

Deepak Parekh is Chairman of HDFC, India's premier housing finance institution. A chartered accountant by profession, Mr. Parekh is on the board of several leading corporations across diverse sectors, including Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals and Siemens India Ltd. He also serves on various government appointed committees and advisory panels. In addition to receiving the national "Padma Bhushan" award in 2006, Mr. Parekh was awarded the "Best Non Executive Director 2006" by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance, "The Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003, "JRD Corporate Leadership Award" in 1997, and the "Businessman of the Year" by Business India in 1996.

Nana Chudasama is World Chairman of the India-based social service organization, Giants International. As Sheriff of Mumbai in 1989, he started the "I Love Mumbai" campaign with the slogan "Clean Mumbai, Green Mumbai." He still serves as president of "I Love Mumbai." He also is president of the Center for the Prevention of Drub Abuse and AIDS, chairman of the National Kidney Foundation and Common Man's Forum. Mr. Chudasama was conferred the title Padma Shree by the President of India in 2005, for the contribution towards the welfare of society as a committed social worker.

Team

Supriya Varadhan is the Director of Research and the Resource Centre. She is an architect and an environmentalist with a background in Sustainability Management. She has worked a consultant on Clean Development Mechanism projects, on a European Union project on city-networking for urban projects in Auroville. She has also worked in business sustainability at a management research institute in London.

Ian Nazareth is an architect from Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai. He is interested in urban planning and seeks solutions to issues plaguing the city of Mumbai. He is a part of the research team at UDRI on the Fort Management Plan for Architectural Control and the Transportation & Traffic Management component.

Isaac Mathewis an architect from the Pillai’s college of Architecture. He is involved with the organisation in an attempt to understand the planning and development issues of the city that is Mumbai. He is involved in the core team of UDRI’s flagship research projects. .

Rosaline Vaz is the office secretary at the Institute. She is a B.Com graduate from the Karnataka University and a qualified secretary with more than twenty years of work experience. She handles all secretarial and parts of general administration and accounts responsibilities at the UDRI office.

Sushama More is a trained librarian handling information resources at the Resource Centre. Her responsibilities include acquisition, classification, cataloging and development of structured access to the Research and Resource Centre database. Information resources include books, reports, films, photographs, magazines, journals, maps, CDs and collection of news clippings on Mumbai's development issues.

Rajkumar Vaid is the office assistant and an essential part of the day-to-day operations at the UDRI office.