Sarika Thukral, Senior Urban Planner

Sarika Thukral

Senior Urban Planner

PARSONS OVERSEAS LIMITED

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, M.Plan (Urban Planning)
Experience
22 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months

Senior Urban Planner at PARSONS OVERSEAS LIMITED
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2006

• Conceptual zoning, develop project area program and land use typology for large scale mixed use developments with industrial, tourism, business and housing focus
• Evaluation, compliance and comparison of applicable local, regional and international planning standards
• Benchmarking regional and international studies and secondary research
• Community facility analysis to establish education, religious, healthcare, lifestyle and open space hierarchy and its relation to catchment distance and population
• Develop land use schedules and assumptions, generate plot development guidelines to compose project massing
• Coordination with project team, compilation of project stage reports and review sustainability initiatives
• Prepare presentations, organize team discussions, attend client meetings, liaise with project clients and approving authorities
• Assist on project proposal tasks to evaluate the scope of works early on for team resourcing and time management

Architect-Planner at AL EMAD REAL ESTATE CO. & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • July 2006 to November 2006

• Design development and construction details on villas and hotel expansion projects
• Client meetings for material selection and procurement

Consultant Architect-Planner at SANJAY GUPTA & ASSOCIATES
  • India
  • December 2005 to June 2006

• Design development within town planning regulations for single family units
• Bank layouts and interior finishings enhancing functional work environment

Senior Architect-Planner at WILBURSMITH ASSOCIATES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • India - Bengaluru
  • October 2004 to November 2005

• Project visioning and conceptual zoning of urban regeneration and industrial projects along with feasibility studies, implementation scenarios, phasing management and strengthen physical and social infrastructure
• Prepare master plan layout schemes, land use typology mix and design development
• Regular site visits, preparing presentations and attend meetings

Architect at HABITAT DESIGN
  • India - Delhi
  • January 2002 to July 2002

• Conceptual schemes on eco restoration project
• Design proposal and working drawings on school project emphasizing indoor-outdoor relationship

Architect at HCDC DESIGNS
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2001 to December 2001

• Layout design, design development, working drawings, construction and interior details of hotel, villas and restoration projects

Lecturer in Architecture at SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • India
  • July 2000 to June 2001

• Imparting basic techniques inherent to Design, Drawing, Arts & Graphics and History of Architecture to first and second year students
• Coordinating tour-study program to Rajasthan (India) with emphasis on desert architecture and vernacular shelter typologies via visual media and measured drawings

Trainee Architect at KULDIP SINGH & ASSOCIATES
  • India - Delhi
  • June 1998 to December 1998

• Assistance on working drawings, construction details and dimensional coordination on district centre and fruit & vegetable market project
• Site visits to understand design coordination
• Prepared training report on a completed project to highlight the design aspects and its execution, to evaluate user interface with hierarchy of spaces

Education

Master's degree, M.Plan (Urban Planning)
  • at SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE (Deemed University)
  • May 2004

• Graduate Aptitude Test Examination (GATE) Scholarship holder, 2002 • First Class with Distinction

Bachelor's degree, B.Arch (Architecture)
  • at DEENBANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak)
  • May 2000

• University Scholarship holder through the five-year under-grad' course; • Awarded best thesis Year 2000: UMANG, A Centre for Recreation and Leisure, New Delhi

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Analysis
InDesign
MS Office tools
Planning
AUTOCAD
MS Office
Adobe InDesign
Computer literate; Analytical abilities

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE INDIA
  • REGISTERED ARCHITECT (CA/2001/28219)
  • October 2001
INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS INDIA
  • ASSOCIATE MEMBER # 2007-088
  • May 2007

Training and Certifications

Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning (World Bank e-Learning course) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Environmental Planning & Management (Professional Certificate Course at CEPT University India) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Valid Until:
June 2016
Applying the Pearl Building Rating System (Training)
Training Institute:
Urban Planning Council Abu Dhabi
Date Attended:
March 2011
Duration:
14 hours
US Green Building Council LEED AP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Traveling, Street Photography