OUR MANAGEMENT
Meet the team
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Management
Sravanthi Rallabandi
Founder & Managing DirectorMs. Sravanthi Rallabandi is an Urban Planner with over 10 years of diverse experience across built environment sector, including a range of involvements in development plans and master plans. She has also actively worked in implementation of various national missions for urban development such as National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP), Rajeev Awas Yojana (RAY) and National Policy on Urban Street Vendors (NPUSV).
Apart from the built environment, her areas of interest include climate change vulnerability and adaptation and energy efficiency. She has contributed to various research studies conducted by Asia Pacific Network (APN), World Bank and ADMIRE – program funded by UNEP-DTU in Climate Change Adaptation sector.
Her key competencies lie in land use analysis, population projections, socio - economic analysis, thematic analysis, stakeholder consultations, planning and policies and effective use of GIS. She works on empirical studies involving interaction with local governments, field surveys and community engagement.
In the recent past, Sravanthi is very actively contributing to the field of Municipal Solid Waste Management with strategic collaborations with reputed organisations like All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), Regional Center for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES) and Waste Management and Research Centre (WMRC). Her expertise led to her participation in quite a few projects and initiatives in the sector. She has been very successful in identifying revenue opportunities for the Urban local bodies in Maharashtra in managing dry waste. With such rich experience, Sravanthi is now an upcoming speaker and also a panelist in various conferences and events. Her inputs and talks have invigorated the audience coming from Urban Local Bodies, fellow planning and executing organizations etc., to name a few.
Sravanthi holds a Master of Arts degree from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Planning degree from School of Planning and Architecture (now JNAFU), JNTU, Hyderabad.
Read moreVenkatram Rallabandi
ChairmanMr. Venkatram Rallabandi has over 30 years of experience in Oil and Gas Industry, with an illustrious career in the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Reliance Oil & Gas. He holds a postgraduate degree in Nuclear Physics
from Andhra University.He was also involved in research in Nuclear Physics at IIT, Mumbai, immediately following the post-graduation.With a wealth of experience and a dedicated interest in environment sector, our Chairman, Mr. Venkatram gives Imbyzmo Consulting the edge in project management and governance. He also shows keen interest to contribute in the areas of renewable energy, sustainability and climate change; the developments of which he closely follows.
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Our Associates
Makarand Salunke
UrbanistMakarand's interest lies in understanding the (smart and futuristic) city systems and the relation between governance and planning. He believes in strengthening the knowledge and practices by learning from international networks. His professional experience involves working with various disciplines on themes of Transit Oriented Development, Urban Planning, Integrating hard and soft mobility, Process management for large scale infrastructure projects.
The projects he has worked on have shaped him, to deal with communicating with stakeholders, detailing out designs using system engineering and has deepened his curiosity in the ongoing discourse in, "Infrastructure Design and City Development”.
Read moreDhanshree Zende
WASH ExpertMs. Dhanshree Zende is a sustainable Urban Development professional with diversified experience in research & analysis, policy advocacy, project management, monitoring & evaluation and dissemination of knowledge output. She brings nearly 8 years of comprehensive knowledge in both, urban & rural water and sanitation sector, right from conceptualization, pre-feasibility studies for utilities, benchmarking reforms, policy formulation, process improvements, capacity building measures, etc.
She has played a key role in crystallising the issues and challenges facing the urban water and sanitation sector in India’s most progressive State – Maharashtra through the Prime Minister's flagship program, Swachhta Bharat Abhiyan. She has extensively worked with Urban Local Bodies in developing and implementing open defecation free, city sanitation and fecal sludge & septage management plans, etc.
On top of her career experience, she possess a degree in Climate Change & Sustainable development from Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology.
Read moreRajesh Acharya
GIS Expert | Cartographer | Creative DesignerMr. Rajesh Acharya is a GIS (Geographic Information System) expert, with over 10 years of experience. Apart from this, he is also a creative designer with 14 years of experience and a cartographer.
As a GIS expert and cartographer, he has worked with several government clients, as well as private clients on City Development Plans, Surveys, Cartography Mapping, etc. As a creative designer, he has worked on multiple projects that span the width of the globe. He has been lauded for his exquisite yet thoughtful designs by both domestic and international clients.
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