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AVINASH SHRIVASTAVA Cell: (979) 571‐2879 • 4801 Gus Eckert Lane, Apartment 126, San Antonio, TX – 78240 •
ar.avinash.shrivastava@gmail.com
SUMMARY Architecture and planning industry professional seeking full‐time employment, with six years of experience in community development and neighborhood planning, sustainable urbanism and multimodal systems planning, urban design and architecture, public and industry outreach. PROFICIENCY Community planning Spatial and land use Transportation Multimodal Systems Environmental Urban Design Architecture Applied ArcGIS Software
: Community & economic development, community resiliency, mitigation & recovery planning : Zoning, land use practices, demographic, socioeconomic, alternative scenario analysis : Transportation & land‐use linkage, demand management, traffic forecasting & modeling, TIA : Sustainable & non‐motorized transportation planning, transit operations & feasibility, TOD : Environmental & sustainability analysis, NEPA, EIS & EA, sustainable transportation design : Urban form analysis, downtown revitalization, redevelopment, neighborhood planning, FBC : Master planning, site planning & design, mixed‐use, built environment, placemaking : Advance spatial & network analysis, geo‐statistical & 3D analysis : ArcGIS, SPSS, AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, 3ds MAX, Photoshop, InDesign, Google Sketch Up
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, public outreach and presentation skills Strong management skills, capability to work effectively with diverse teams, handle wide array of projects and tasks Project conceptualization and analytical skills, capability to collect and comprehend data, map and embody ideas graphically
SCHOLASTIC Master of Urban Planning (MUP) Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, TX Bachelor of Architecture Nagpur University (RTMNU), INDIA
GPA: 3.45 GPA: 3.50
Dec 10 Jun 05
RELEVANT COURSEWORK Urban Planning & policy‐making : Applied planning, plan implementation, planning methods, law & legislation in planning Multimodal Systems Planning : Transportation in city planning, design for sustainable transportation, transportation systems analysis, urban public transportation planning, site planning & traffic impact analysis Applied ArcGIS : Applications in GIS, advanced GIS in landscape architecture & urban planning AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS 2011 Student Project Award, TXAPA Conference, Austin – Downtown Sealy Revitalization Plan 2010 Student Project Award, TXAPA Conference, San Antonio – Disaster Population Estimates for Galveston Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning, Policy and Design – TAMU Professional License – Registered Architect with Council of Architecture, INDIA Member – American Planning Association
Oct 11 Oct 10 Dec 10 2008 – Present 2008 – Present
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE International Student Representative – Association of Student Planners, TAMU President – Architecture Association, RTMNU, INDIA Design Trophy Coordinator – National Association of Students of Architecture Conventions, RTMNU, INDIA Design Team Lead – Revitalization of Historic Downtown, Sealy, TX
Aug 09 – May 10 2003 – 04 2003 – 05 Aug 09 – Dec 09
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (Urban Planning and Design)
Aug08 – Dec 10
Urban Planner (Intern) Genre of Design, New Delhi, INDIA Aug 10 – Dec 10 ‐ Reviewed, evaluated, and successfully revised county level general plans, for Regional Plan Goa 2021, through public inputs. ‐ Conceptualized and developed master plan, thoroughfare and street plan for residential township. (150 Acres; $22.8 M)
Graduate Assistant Dept. of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, TAMU Aug 08 – May 10 ‐ Adeptly enhanced industry outreach by developing marketing strategies. Elevated brand recognition of the MUP program. ‐ Augmented diversity in MUP program by correlating with students of different ethnic backgrounds. ‐ Networked proficiently with industry professionals to fetch projects and funding to the MUP program.