Building a Career in Urban Policy and City Governance | Vanishree Herlekar

In this video, Yash Agarwal, Founder PPI, speaks to Vanishree (Vani) Herlekar, Founder, City Collab; about urban policy and city governance in India. Vani gives us an overview of the space, speaks about the spectrum of career opportunities available here and about the skills you need to build a thriving career in urban governance!

0:14 Introduction to the session and the speaker
7:38 Urban planning and sustainability in India as well as a discussion on the top 3 areas where we could urgently improve in wrt urban policy
13:11 Why does city planning matter?
16:25 How can one deal with political influence in city planning?
19:00 How does a career in urban policy look like?
23:07 What are the skills needed to build a thriving career in the space and what are some places/organizations that hire urban policy professionals?
26:49 Is a masters degree indispensable for building a career in this space? What programs can one undertake?
29:51 Discussion on the Smart cities project
32:44 Comparison of city planning in Chandigarh and Gurugram and what policy lessons can we learn from both

About City Collab and the speaker:
City Collab is a venture that supports high impact organizations focused on improving quality of life in cities, engage effectively with their stakeholders, build support for their agendas and make real change happen on ground.
Vani is an urban development and communications professional with over 15 years of experience working internationally and in India in the urban planning, policy and development space. She has extensively worked on framing evidence based communication & advocacy and facilitating collaborative processes around urban issues. You can read more about her here: https://in.linkedin.com/in/vherlekar

About PPI:
Public Policy India (PPI) is an independent, fast-growing, knowledge platform in the field of public policy. We offer policy enthusiasts a safe space to discuss policy, careers within the space and consistently share knowledge enhancing databases with our community of 45k+ policy enthusiasts. You can take a look at our exclusive collection here: https://publicpolicyindia.com/

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