Hello! My name is Pooja. I studied architecture in Bangalore and Urban Planning in Ahmedabad, and learnt a few months ago that I could begin to call myself an architect-urban planner and my former professors by their first names.
Until very recently, I was working full-time at an architecture firm in Bangalore, but I am currently between jobs. In the meantime, I freelance as an architect, or more frequently, as an interior designer. When projects come along, I work as a researcher for a start-up planning consultancy with some fellow alumni from planning school. I am also writing a paper-in-progress called "Poverty and Transport Accessibility in Bangalore: the need for a gendered perspective" which brings many of my interests together. I coach schoolchildren in Mathematics on the weekends, and really enjoy it. One child was very upset when I told her I would probably not be able to teach any more after this year. I would have rejoiced in her place, so although it puzzles me, I hope it's because the children enjoy it, too. Those on silk-list will know my father as Shiv, so Udhay has known me since I was little and I am lucky enough to have met many of you. I have been lurking on the list for two years, so I thought maybe I should finally de-lurk and say hello.
