Satya Arikutharam

Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India31 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in urban mobility policy and legislation.
Led successful initiatives for transport planning in India.
Established a high-quality technical center for infrastructure projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Public Policy expert with a strong focus on Urban Mobility and Infrastructure development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyPublic PolicyTransport PlanningRail TransportNew Business DevelopmentLeadershipPppHighway Engineering

Other Skills

AdvocacyAnalysisAnalytical SkillsBridgeBusiness AnalysisBusiness TransformationCivil EngineeringCommercial ManagementCommunity EngagementConstruction ManagementContract ManagementCost ManagementDesign ManagementDrainageFacilities Management

About

Satya has versatile skills in - policy, planning, technical studies, business appraisal, project management and general management - gained from international project experience in highways, railways, metros, water & environment, power, and mining sectors. He has demonstrated strength in translating strategic goals to operating plans and successfully delivering them. Satya set up and managed a high quality Technical Centre at Bangalore for the erstwhile Parsons Brinckerhoff. Recently, he led the Policy team at Directorate of Urban Land Transport in Karnataka and played a key role in the drafting of BMLTA Bill (now enacted) and Active Mobility Bill. As an Independent consultant, pro bono initiated a societal conversation in Bengaluru that led to the creation of two SaaS based autorickshaw ride hailing applications.

Experience

Independent consultant

Independent Consultant

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Providing expert advisory services to private/public sector clients, advocacy groups, development institutes, and think tanks on transport planning and policies, urban mobility, project feasibility studies, business cases, transit- oriented development policies, institutional reforms, capacity building, and transformative legislations in urban mobility.
Completed activities: (1) Successfully lobbied for the enactment of the BMLTA Bill, which is now an Act. (2) Namma Yatri Catalyst - Conceptualised a working model, discussed with Drivers, and as a beckn open collective volunteer facilitated constructive conversations with the Tech provider leading to the successful launch of Namma Yatri. (3) helped autorickshaw driver community to develop MetroMitra services to provide professional mobility services with agency, choice and dignity in the decentralised digital urban mobility ecosystem. Solution is currently mothballed.
Current activities: Actively lobbying for enactment of the Active Mobility Bill and for urban governance reforms. Advisor to 2 innovative start-ups Nagara Meter Auto and Naviget.

Business Strategy

Directorate of urban land transport

Chief Technical Advisor

Dec 2020 – Sep 2021 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Reported to the ex officio Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner, DULT. Provided expertise and advisory inputs to shape transformative urban mobility policies and enabling regulatory framework. Headed the Policy, Research, Innovation and Data-enablement team. Notable activities included: provided key inputs and finalised the draft Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) Bill, draft Active Mobility Bill, formulated the TOD policy for Bengaluru, led the Alternative Mobility Technical Group and updated the guidelines for the Public Bicycle System and Shared Micro-mobility System.

Public Policy

Atkins

Associate Director

Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 · 6 yrs · London, United Kingdom

Rail planning and policy advice, rail franchising, project management, transport strategy development, transport scheme feasibility, economic and financial appraisal.

Rail Transport

Independent consultant

Independent Consultant

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · India

Practice Areas: Offshore Strategy, Digital solutions/strategy for better infrastructure, Transport
Planning and Policy, General Management, Program Management, and Change
Management

New Business DevelopmentOffshore Project Management

Parsons brinckerhoff india pvt.ltd

Director - Technical Centre

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

Set up and led the high quality Technical Centre to serve the international power, mining and infrastructure sectors.

Leadership

Atkins

Business Manager

Jan 1998 – Jan 2011 · 13 yrs · London/Bangalore

Joined Atkins as a Consultant in 1998 and served in various roles both at India and UK. In the last held role of Business Manager, led the Bangalore Water & Environment division and developed the team to benchmarked standards.

LeadershipTransportation PlanningRail TransportSustainable TransportTransport EconomicsPublic Transport Planning

Bmrtl

Assistant Manager

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

Developed wide-ranging skills in this strategic role of a key state government sponsored project - Elevated Light Rail Transit System (ELRTS) for Bangalore.

Analytical SkillsRequirements AnalysisPPP

Kirloskar consultants

Senior Engineer

Jan 1996 – Jan 1996 · 0 mo · Vadodara/Chennai

Responsible for field surveys and preparation of detailed cost estimate based on robust market analysis for India's first private toll road between Baroda and Halol.

Highway Engineering