Kshitij Asthana — CTO
Kay has 19 years of progressive post-graduate work experience in water / environmental engineering and urban development / public infrastructure projects, in the sectors of wastewater, water, marine outfalls, environmental impact assessments with monitoring programme, water quality, pavements, NEWater and waste-to-energy plants, and nature-based solutions/WSUD. His academic background is in civil and environmental engineering coupled with business administration. He is a professionally qualified individual registered with the Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management (UK), as a Chartered Water & Environment Manager as well as a Chartered Environmentalist AND with the Institution of Engineers (Singapore) as a Chartered Engineer (Environmental & Water) and (Infrastructure). He is also registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineers (India) and is a Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines Associate with Envision Sustainability Professional (USA). As part of his career, he has worked in technical and managerial roles from concept to planning, design with management, with maintenance handing over. With a strong business and programme focus, he understands project needs, addresses stakeholder requirements, as well as enables institutional clearances and procedures. These in turn have developed strong relation building skills with clients and authorities as well as public representatives across various levels and departments, resulting in promoting sustainable and holistic growth. Some of these are the Public Utilities Board of Singapore, JTC Corporation, Sanofi, SOXAL, National Parks, Sinohydro amongst others. Currently, he is on secondment to JV team deployed to work on the S$ 1.5+ billion Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) being developed for the National Environment Agency in Singapore. He is also supporting projects in a Project Manager cum Superintending Officer's Representative role for infrastructure and service delivery aspect. These projects are to construct new and improve existing infrastructural services for public sector/statutory boards as well as private sector clients. Kay works with colleagues from procurement and program finance to develop estimates for project, preparing and evaluating tenders/quotations as well as coordination with field staff for effective project delivery. He is familiar with project/bid assessments and quality aspects with focus on safety and well-being. He is active with SWA's Young Water Professional program and enjoys sharing knowledge through presentations & talks.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Environmental Engineer specializing in water management and urban development.
Location: Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Experience: 23 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Project Management
- Water Management
Career Highlights
- 19 years of experience in water and environmental engineering.
- Chartered Engineer with multiple prestigious institutions.
- Led major projects enhancing Singapore's waste management.
Work Experience
AECOM
Technical Director (2 yrs 3 mos)
AECOM Singapore Pte Ltd
Associate Director (Water & Urban Development) (4 yrs 11 mos)
Associate (Water and Urban Development) (2 yrs 11 mos)
AECOM SINGAPORE PTE LTD
Senior Engineer (Water and Urban Development) (1 yr)
Beca
Senior Engineer (Water & Environment) (1 yr 9 mos)
CPG Consultants Pte Ltd
Senior Environmental Engineer (5 mos)
CPG Consultants Pte. Ltd.
Environmental Engineer (4 yrs 5 mos)
Georgia Tech
Graduate Student (1 yr 11 mos)
College Of Engineering Pune
Under-graduate Student (4 yrs)
Education
MS at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at S P Jain School of Global Management
B. Engg. at Government College of Engineering And Research,Pune
HSC at SM Choksey Jr. Coll., Pune
SSC at St. Vincents High School
at St. Xaviers High School, Kolhapur