EDUCATION:
2023 BPlan, Urban Design, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Charan V
External Consultant | charan.v at iihs dot ac dot in
Countries: India
States: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat
Cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Vadodara
Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi
Charan Vijayan earned his bachelor’s degree in urban design from the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University. He works on research, practice, and capacity-building projects at the intersection of inclusive mobility, urban economics, and people-oriented development. At IIHS, he mainly works with the Urban Practitioners Programme on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Zonal Regulations, Multi-Modal Integration (MMI), and Non-Motorised Transit. He also assists the Urban Informatics Lab in conducting quantitative pilot surveys, qualitative interviews across different economic clusters, and data analysis.
Prior to IIHS, he interned with Urban Design Collective and worked on projects such as the TIDCO Navalur Lake rejuvenation and the Mega Streets project in Chennai. His interests include systems thinking, urban data, and public policy-making. Charan also enjoys playing chess, badminton, and watching Tarantino movies.