About Us
UrbAnatomy Lab is a New Delhi-based think tank and consulting practice focused on providing urban planning and design solutions to some of the most critical urban development issues being experienced by communities today in India and the Global South. ​These involve fortifying people, places and institutions against the disaster risk and secondary threats due to Climate Change.
Our work has involved adaptation and mitigation measures like area-based and pan-city strategies for decarbonising transportation and urban mobility in Indian cities; disaster risk management; restoration of natural resources; nature based solutions mapping; street and junction design; placemaking; community outreach; advocacy; and urban graphics and messaging around these issues.
As a multidisciplinary collaborative, we follow our design-test-iterate approach of making our cities more inclusive, safe, healthy and enjoyable. Our process often centers on the communities we serve being co-designers of their environments. Our team has as much academic experience as on-ground implementation and we continuously strive to optimise design to create thriving urban systems that are sustainable and efficient for both, people and the planet.
People
Parul Sharma
Founder and Director
Parul is a sustainable urban development strategist with over 15 years of experience in urban design, planning and architecture at award-winning firms in India and the United States. She has worked on solutions in integrated urban planning, climate resilience, GHG mitigation, urban mobility, and placemaking, at private, non-profit and multilateral organisations like the UN-Habitat. Parul divides her time consulting on projects, teaching at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and working on City Scanner, an urban mobility tech platform she is developing to provide smarter trip planning tools for improved cyclist and pedestrian experiences. Parul graduated from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, with a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design. She has a B.Arch degree from USAP, Indraprastha University, Delhi. Parul received the 2021 GSAPP Incubator Prize, and the Kinne Traveling Fellows Prize, from Columbia University, where she currently serves as a Board Member of the GSAPP Alumni Board. In her free time, she enjoys playing badminton, creating collages, and hanging out with her cat, Allegra.
