• Sudhir P Badami is a Civil Engineer from IIT Bombay with a post graduate degree in Structural Engineering.
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• He has been in the field of Engineering Consultancy from 1974, and his foray into independent practice in the 1990s, has lead him into some techno-social activism and writing.
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• .He has been studying urban issues in general with special interest in Transportation, Environment (Noise in particular), Disaster Mitigation and Management. He has to his credit few published articles touching areas of Civil Engineering, Transportation, Affordable Housing, Flooding in Mumbai, Rain Water Harvesting for Mumbai, Governance Reform for Mumbai, Accessibility to the Disabled in Built Environment and Noise Pollution.
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• He has been a recipient of Distinguished Service Award instituted by IIT Bombay  in its inaugural year in 1999. http://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/dist_service_1999.htm
• He was also in the organising Committee of Structural Engineering Convention SEC-2000 held at IIT Bombay.
• He is cofounder of Web based forum "Structural Engineer's Forum in India (SEFI)" http://www.sefindia.org.
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• He is on the Board of Directors of IIT Bombay Alumni Association. http://iitbombay.org/alum/alumni/alumni.html
• He has been on the Editorial Board of IIT Technik, a quarterly magazine of IIT Bombay Alumni Association.
• He was one of the key organisers of the IIT Bombay Class of 71 Silver Jubilee Celebrations.
• He had been sustainfully organising the IIT Bombay Alumni Mumbai Monthly Meet which has held over 9 years uninterrupted monthly meets.
• He had pioneered networking  IIT Bombay Alumni.
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• He is member of the Infrastructure Sub Committee of Citizen's Action Group formed by Government of Maharashtra and Bombay First. He is also a member on the Committee on Mumbai Transformation Project of Government of Maharashtra on Transport Infrastructure and Master Planning.
• He has also actively participated in the Maharashtra Election Watch 2004.
• He participated in organising first Noise Seminar in 2004. His website has been of great value to citizens desirous of protecting themselves from noise. http://personal.vsnl.com/aspirations
• He is associated with organisations such as Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai Study Group, Mumbai People's Action Committee, Rashtreeya Matadata Manch, Action for Good Governance in India AGNI, National Solid Waste Association of India, Indian Geotechnical Society and Loksatta.
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• He worked in various capacities as Civil/Structural Design Engineer and Project Manager at M/s Humphreys & Glasgow Consultants Pvt. Ltd., (Now Jacob Engineering), M/s Shirish Patel & Associates Consultants Pvt. Ltd., M/s Kinetic Technologies India Ltd. and M/s Davy Powergas India Ltd. (Now Acer-Kwaerner-Powergas Ltd.
• Foray into independent consulting lead him to activism and writing.
• He is a practicing Engineering Consultant based in Mumbai. He makes presentations on areas of techno-social relevance besides writing articles.

Presentations made:

• Transportation issues of Mumbai - background papers for Seminar - under preparation
• NSWAI 17 Oct 2005 "Calamity related Health Implications due to Solid Waste" at SNDT Juhu Campus
• Rashtreeya Matadata Manch 14 September 2005 "Who Does What for Mumbai" at Sion
• Rashtreeya Matadata Manch 8 May 2005 "Efficient Economical Transportation & Affordable Housing: Key to Mumbai Makeover" at Palekar Hospital, Parel.
• Citizens of Thane 2004  "Noise, a Health Hazard and Noise Rules" Town Hall, Thane
• IITB AA 26 July 2003 "An Overview on Mumbai"  at Institution of Engineers, Haji Ali
• UDRI 18 Oct 2002 "Urban Transport Priorities and HCBS" at Coomarswamy Hall, Museum, Mumbai.
• Kamala Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architechture 31 July 2002 "Commuting in Comfort Only a Dream or a Real Possibility?" at Institute Seminar Hall
• IITB AA 10 June 2001 "Patent or Perish" at Conference Hall, IITB Guest House,
• IITB AA May 1997 "Organising a Silver Jubilee Reunion - Class of 1971" at Institution of Engineers

TV & Radio Appearance:

• Aajtak - Skybus Oct 2005
• NDTV - 3 Oct 2005 Noise
• Akashvani - Noise - in Marathi 3 September 2005
• STAR - Mumbai to Shanghai 2005
• NDTV - Satyendra Dubey issue 2004
• Aajtak - Noise Ganesh 2003

Some of his articles:
 

• Published article in Chamber Patrika of Maharshtra Chamber of Industries, Commerce and Agriculture, "Safety Aspects in Construction Industry" December 2005 issue; 2 printed pages, 1300 words (pdf file available)

• "Let us get rolling by 2010" Written on 10 Nov 2005; sent to Asian Age, ToI, IE, DNA, HT, Loksatta and MT on 10 Nov 2005. 2 A4 size typed pages 685 words.

• "Managing Disaster with Alternate Transportation Facilities" 6 A4 size typed pages 2200 words. This article has been sent to EPW on 8 Oct 2005 (Ref.: EM 909/05).

• Published Article in Economic & Political Weekly "Case for a Bus Rapid Transit System in Mumbai" 8 October 2005. 4 pages of the magazine, 3400 Words (html file available)

• "Encroachments on Open Public Spaces" Written on 6 Oct 2005; sent to DNA 6 Oct 2005. 4 A4 sized typed pages 1300 words.

• Published Article in "Business India" "Alternative Transport Facilities" Issue dated 26 September 2005 1 printed page, 650 words (pdf file available)

• "On Flooding of 26 July 2005" Written on 24 August 2005; 6 A4 sized typed pages 2450 words. This article has been sent to Frontline and The Week on 8 Oct 2005.

• Published Article in Marathi weekly "Vivek" "Transportation Arrangement that would be operational even during emergency situations" "Aapatyakaleen paristhiteet dekheel kaam karu shakanari vahatook vyavastha"  Issue dated 14 August 2005 3 printed pages, 2200 words (pdf file available)

• Published Article in Hindustan Times "Is it not time to look at Skybus more seriously?" 8 August 2005 3 A4 size typed pages 800 words (1 page jpge file available)

• Published article on "Affordable Housing" in Indian Express  15 Feb 2005 1 page jpge file available

• Published Article in Indian Concrete Journal "From Concept to Test Track Construction". September 2004 8 pages of the magazine, 4500 Words (pdf file available)

• Published Article in Economic & Political Weekly "Commuting in Mumbai, 2008 - Room for Optimism" 3 April 2004. 3 pages of the magazine, 1000 Words (pdf file available)

• Published Article in The City "Mobility for Differently Enabled Persons in Mumbai" Vol II Number 2 (Aug-Sept 2003), A Bombay First Publication, 3 printed pages, 1600 Words (original file available)

• "Rain Water Harvesting For Mumbai" Written for The City, A Bombay First Publication, August 2003

• Published Article in The City "Noise: A Silent Killer" Vol II Number 2 (Aug-Sept 2003), A Bombay First Publication, 4 printed pages, 2200 Words (original file available)

• "A Note on: Haji Ali to Wilson College Viaduct over Pedder Road"  26 June 2002

• "Commuting in Comfort Definitely A Possibility" My first article on Skybus 24 Feb 2002

• "A Critique On IITB New Hostels 12  & 13" - Jan 2002

• quotes in Loksatta, Tarun Bharat, Outlook, Sucheta Dalal's Column, Rahul Wadke

• River Inter-linking - some views

Preferred mode of communication is the email or mobile phone or by POST:

Email IDs: badami@vsnl.com , badami@iitbombay.org , sudhirbadami@gmail.com

Mobile: +91 98216 85072
Phone: +91 22 2363 4645

Sudhir Badami
Grd Flr, Gilbert Building
1 Babulnath 2nd Cross Lane
Mumbai 400 007
India
 

The URL of his website is  http://personal.vsnl.com/aspirations