Jagan Shah is Senior Infrastructure Adviser in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK Government, where he guides the technical assistance for India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline and support to the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, co-chaired by India and UK. He has served as Director of the National Institute of Urban Affairs, the premier urban thinktank of the Indian government (2013-19), Director of the Sushant School of Architecture (2010-12) and Chief Executive of Urban Space Consultants (2007-10). His work includes significant roles in the policy and implementation of India’s Smart Cities and heritage cities missions (2014-19), the Master Plan for Delhi (2006-7 and 2018-19) and Transit-Oriented Development plans for the Delhi-Meerut and Delhi-Panipat Regional Rapid Transit Systems (2009-12). From 1998 to 2006, Shah taught at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. He is trained in architectural design, history and theory and his writings have been widely published. Since 2016, he has been a Trustee of Clean Air Asia, an international NGO based in Manila.