Venugopal AV

Program Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India9 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led national initiatives for urban transformation.
  • Successfully shaped policies for healthier streets.
  • Coordinated projects impacting over 100 cities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Urban Development and Architectural Design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project CoordinationStrategic PlanningStrategic CommunicationsImplementation Monitoring

Other Skills

Policy WritingActive mobility researchTeam LeadershipDesign ResearchResearch SkillsProposal WritingDesign ReviewTeam ManagementUrban DesignSketchUpAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft OfficeRevitAdobe IllustratorAdobe Indesign

About

Program Manager | Healthy Streets & Partnerships at ITDP India ENFJ who thrives on collaboration to transform urban spaces. I work with cities across Tamil Nadu and nationally to create people-friendly streets and effective parking systems. My work includes: · Scaling City Projects: Helped conceptualize Chennai’s large-scale “Mega Streets Project,” and scaling the parking management and street design works · Leading National Challenges: Coordinated the India Cycles4Change and Streets4People initiatives, guiding over 100 Indian cities to create safer, healthier streets. · Shaping Policy: Provided technical support for city policies on walking, cycling, and parking, with 15 cities adopting formal Healthy Street Policies. · Capturing & Sharing Knowledge: Led the publication documenting 50 street transformation journeys across India to inspire wider change & other data centric city level research cities. · Driving Behavior Change: Strategized campaigns across 40+ cities to promote walking and cycling, including scaling “Open Streets” initiatives. At heart, I’m passionate about bringing stakeholders together to build better systems and public spaces for all.

Experience

9 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Itdp - india

4 roles

Program Manager - Healthy Streets & Partnerships

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Deputy Manager - Healthy Streets & Partnerships

Jan 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Senior Research Associate Urban Development

Promoted

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Co-lead for the National Healthy Street Initiatives: India Cycles4Change & Streets4People Challenges anchored by Smart Cities Mission MoHUA. Lead the coordination with over 100 cities across India to initiate transformation through institutional reforms, campaigns & onground implementation.
  • Lead the Streets4People Challenge Technocal team to frame the design competition that was hosted by 41 cities across India.
  • Co-lead for the Urbanlogue webinar series
  • Co-lead for strategising & initiating the Chennai Mega Streets Project : Project formulation, RFP framing & coordination
  • Framing the Chennai Parking Policy
  • Framing project proposals for fundraising
Strategic CommunicationsStrategic PlanningPolicy WritingActive mobility researchProject CoordinationTeam Leadership+1

Research Associate Urban Development

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr

  • Design reviews and overseeing Implementation of Pedestrian Plaza Project in Chennai
  • Development and rollout of communications strategy for Chennai street projects
  • Strategy & Implementation of Tactical Urbanism pilots in Chennai & Ranchi
  • Conceptualization of project proposals for funding
Research SkillsStrategic CommunicationsProposal WritingImplementation monitoringDesign Review

Un sustainable development solutions network – youth

United Nations Local Pathways Fellow 2020

Feb 2020Feb 2021 · 1 yr

  • The Local Pathways Fellowship was launched by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth). It seeks to provide young leaders with the tools, a platform and a guiding framework for action, and connect them with leading urban development experts and practitioners. The Fellowship is designed to enable young fellows to understand the process of “localizing” SDG 11 in the cities they represent.

Foodora

Delivery Driver

Feb 2018Nov 2018 · 9 mos · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

  • The part time experience, working as a delivery rider, brought in valuable insights into the functioning of multiple industries, study of the conflicts in societies to migrant jobs and also a change in perspective of life in general. To perceive things being in different shoes, hearing stories and experiences along the journeys, developing and enhancing skills of management, communication and determination, these 10 months of experience has been a great teacher and I felt it is worth mentioning.
  • The link below highlights some interactions with journalists during the work.

Idea league

Idea League Challenge Programme

Oct 2017Mar 2018 · 5 mos · Zurich - Milan - Aachen - Gothenberg - Delft

  • The Challenge programme is:
  • A program of extra-curricular activities targeted for interested in future leadership roles, both in the public and private sector and therefore interested in issues at the intersection of technology and society. Specifically: leadership, politics, entrepreneurship, policy making.
  • Offered by five universities RWTH Aachen, Politecnico di Milano, Chalmers University, ETH Zurich

Toastmasters international

President L&T ECC Toastmasters

Jul 2015Dec 2015 · 5 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • The team was able to achieve the prestigious Golden gavel plus award for the L&T ECC Toastmasters Club for the year's performance.

Larsen & toubro

Senior Architect

Jun 2014Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Chennai Area

  • Roles & Responsibilities :
  • 1. Designing architectural drawings for high-rise Office and Residential spaces. It included preparing design proposals for tender submissions and competitions as well as in preparing drawings for operating projects.
  • 2. Expand business operations by acquiring projects through tender bidding for projects.
  • 3. Maintain construction compliance with foreign governments and manage Client - Vendor contractual negotiations
  • 4. Manage approvals from Client and Government authorities, resource allocations, service coordination with other departments in the office and preparing project timelines.
  • 5. Prepare and negotiate cost estimates, budgets, and work timetables
  • 6. Preparing standardized architectural drawings for documentation purpose.
  • 7. Development of 3D visuals and walkthroughs.
  • 8. Managing architect trainees in the team.
  • Noted Achievements :
  • Fortunate to have been actively involved in the four member design team from the early stages of client interaction, design development from sketch design of masterplan and buildings for the 195 million dollar Ford Global Technology and Business Center in Chennai .
  • The project won the tender proposal and is currently under construction. Phase 1 to be completed by 2019 Mid. Find the links below.
  • Major projects in operating phase handled:
  • a. The Ford Global Technology and Business Center, Chennai
  • b. Cognizant IT Park, Hyderabad
  • c. Cognizant IT Park, Kochi
  • d. Cognizant IT Park, Shollingallanur
  • Major projects in tender phase handled:
  • a. Gift City MLCP
  • b. Diamond Bourse Gujarat
  • c. Jharkhand Bhavan
  • d. Delhi convention Center
  • e. International Spiritual Center
  • f. Vijayawada IT Park

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Architect Trainee

May 2012Oct 2012 · 5 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

  • Worked with the urban design and planning team on the projects of 1.Himatnagar Canalfront Development and 2. Shamlaji Riverbank Development
  • Duties included visualizing and understanding detail drawings, involvement in design development and development of drawings by hand and softwares.

Education

Politecnico di Milano

Msc. Urban Planning & Policy Design

National Institute of Technology Calicut

Bachelor of Architecture - BArch

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