Sanjeev Kumar Lohia

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SANJEEV KUMAR LOHIA

Belongs to IRSE-1986 batch with more than 35 years of experience in the transport, urban development and real estate sectors especially in Urban, Rail and bus based transportation systems from policy to projects planning, development and implementation, institution building, innovative solutions, structuring concession agreements, systems standardisation, capacity building. Conceptualised, developed and adopted the “Form Based Codes (FBC)” for the first time in India for commercial development in Railway land, developing manuals/ guide books for entire gamut of station development including commercial development, operationalising National TOD policy, building plan approvals for commercial assets under section 11 of Railway Act\' 1989, Environment management guidelines and working policy for railway heritage assets. Also led the development of Guidebook on Form Based Codes for entire country which was launched by Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Development on 9.10.23. Conceptualised and finalised specifications for National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) in 2009 which is now being implemented in all Rupay Debit Cards. Till Nov\'21 headed the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) leading the world’s largest Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and programme and has to his credit concept to commissioning of first station development in India on and first station development including construction to commissioning of 318 rooms five star hotel on top of tracks on EPC. Has been a pioneer in partnering with State Govts for joint development of Railway stations, establishing IRSDC as a deemed special planning authority for development in Railway land. While at MoUD, Govt of India transformed the urban transport scene across India through formulation and implementation of National Urban Transport Policy, Metro Policy, metro projects, First ever Urban Bus Specifications (UBS-I and UBS-II) in India, Bus Modernization programs, conceptualising and spearheading urban transport reforms, creating technical capacity within ministry and outside through institutions like IUT, UTTIPEC, UMTAs, centres of excellence, development of various toolkits, guidelines and standardisation. He served as Director in various metro rail corporations in India. A Chevening Scholar from Kings College London, B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D from IIT Delhi, a guest faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad, Centre for Environment Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad and School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.