| Name: |
Prof. Himanshu Harshadray Parikh |
| Address: |
60, Perne Road, |
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Cambridge – CB1 3RT, |
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UK. |
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Tel: 01223-246578 |
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Email: mailhpce@gmail.com |
| Education: |
Cambridge University |
| 1969 to 1972: |
Bachelor’s degree (Honours), Cantab, in Engineering Sciences (with Economics, Operational Research and Industrial Psychology). |
| 1981: |
Master’s degree (Honours), Cantab., in Engineering Sciences. |
| Professional Qualifications and Positions: |
- Chartered Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (C.Eng., MICE)).
- Fellow, Indian Association of Structural Engineers.
- Adjunct Professor, School of Planning, CEPT, Ahmedabad.
- Ex. Member of Planning Commission Working Group on Urban Poverty.
- Ex. Member of Governing Body, TIFAC, Ministry of Science and Technology, India.
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Cambridge University.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK.
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| Papers: |
“Construction on Unstable Slopes.” |
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“Environment and Sanitation in UBSP Slums.” |
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“Slum Networking – A Community Based Sanitation and Environmental Improvement Programme.” |
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“Using Slums to Drain Cities”, Keynote Paper at International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage, Sydney, 1999. |
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“Flexural & Deflection Characteristics of Suspended Kassia Stone Slabs.” |
| Awards: |
1985 |
Fazlur Khan International Travel Fellowship, SOM Foundation USA, for excellence in Structural Engineering. |
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1993 |
Winner of United Nations World Habitat Award. |
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1996 |
“Slum Networking” selected Best Practice at HABITAT II, Istambul. |
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1998 |
“Slum Networking” selected Global Best Practice by UNCHS – Dubai. |
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1998 |
Citation by Government of India. |
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1998 |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture. |
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2006 |
“Ahmedabad Slum Networking” receives UNCHS Award – Dubai. |
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2008 |
Ashoka Changemaker Award. |
| Career Details: |
| 1971 |
Trainee Engineer in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. |
| 1972 |
Site Engineer, John Mowlem Co., Gateshead, U.K. |
| 1972 to 1979 |
Senior Engineer, Peter Dann & Partners, Cambridge, U.K. |
| 1979 to 1982 |
Chief Engineer, Peter Dann & Partners, Bristol, U.K. |
| 2003 to 2005 |
India Director, Buro Happold, UK. |
| 1982 to Present |
Structural engineering, planning and infrastructure design Practice. |
