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PRESENTATION BY

AJAY R. AGRAWALMANAGING DIRECTOR

COMPANY PROFILE

ABOUT THE COMPANY APARC is established with an aim to undertake

Planning and Research oriented assignments in different development sectors. The Directors of APARC have a proprietary concern in the name of Atharva Architects that implemented more than 200 projects (Under special MOU with PRUDA, AIILSG) since 2004.

APARC provides services in Urban and Regional Planning with enhanced technical support. It facilitates projects providing extensive resources, end to end services and solutions, constant field and office support. With cohesive environment, exchange of ideas and long terms relationships with clients, together it achieves stimulating innovative solutions.

ABOUT THE COMPANY Our mission, simply stated, is to deliver

exceptional planning and design services through creative blending of human need and environmental stewardship. APARC has executed some Large to very large scale Projects through mobile based applications and development of Web Based Server for Management Information System (MIS).

TEAM APARC Team APARC consists of multidisciplinary young

and experienced experts comprising of Urban and Regional Planners, Management Graduates, Environmental Planners, Municipal Finance Experts, Socio-Economic Experts, Engineers and an Experienced Survey Team supported by innovative IT team giving it a competitive edge.

Team APARC has played wide-ranging roles as reform implementing agency, consultant, PMC, TPI agency, Policy advisor, Project Management and Training Unit (PMTU). It has efficiently provided coordination and back office support to various departments.

TEAM APARC Mr. Ajay Agrawal, Managing Director

(Urban Planner and a Law Graduate)Mr. Agrawal, is an Urban Planner, a Law Graduate and an Architect. He is involved in undertaking projects related to Urban and Regional Planning since last 18 years. With his experience and versatility in the sector, he has successfully executed more than 100 projects in the said field. Under his proprietary – Atharva Architects, he executed most of the projects undertaken by PRUDA.

Mr. P. K. Ghosh (Retd. IAS) – DirectorAn officer with long experience in the field of urban administration including planning in different cities of the country. He is actively associated with Urban Planning and issues relating to Urban Planning after retirement, also experienced in administration of Heritage Regulations and Management Practices.

TEAM APARC Mr. Utpal Padia (Retd. Dy. Municipal Commissioner,

Ahmedabad Municipal Corp.) – Director Dr. Gauri Trivedi (Retd. IAS) - Project Advisor Dr. Swati Kothary Project Advisor (Environmental

Planner) Mr. Akshay Anand Assistant Director (Projects) (Dip.

In Rural Management) Mr. Harsh Padhya Sr. Project Manager

(Environmental Planner) CA Trushar Shah (Chartered Accountant) – Project

Advisor Mr. Ketan Patel IT Expert

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Large Scale Surveys Impact Assessment/ Evaluation Infrastructure Planning Environmental Planning Training and Capacity Building Software Application Development and

Database Management GIS Based Services

OUR SERVICES LARGE SCALE SURVEY BASED PROJECTS (URBAN AND

RURAL) IMPACT EVALUATION STUDY THIRD PARTY INSPECTION DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS CITY SANITATION PLAN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STREET VENDING PLAN ACCOUNTING REFORM PROJECTS PROPERTY TAX REFORM PROJECTS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS RESEARCH STUDIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

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KEY PROJECTS EXECUTED BY APARC IN GUJARAT

Toilet Demand Survey for Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) guidelines.

Survey and Assessment of Groundwater Utilities: South, North & Central Gujarat covering 12,500 villages and approximately 2,78,000 utilities (Handpumps, Tubewells, Mini pipes and Village wells.

Preparing Slum Profile, Household Profile and Livelihood Profile conduscting Slum Surveys, Household Surveys and Livelihood Surveys (USHA Scheme) and online data entry in 43 towns of Gujarat. Undertaking Street Vendor Survey in the City of Ahmedabad capturing Biometric and other information of 67,000 Street Vendors

Implementation of Area Based Property Tax Assessment System 159 ULBs of Gujarat State that included survey and data entry of approximately 28 Lakh properties and software development.

Preparation of Rules and Scheme for Gujarat under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014

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KEY PROJECTS EXECUTED BY APARC IN GUJARAT

Implementation of Area Based Property Tax Assessment System 159 ULBs of Gujarat State that included survey and data entry of approximately 28 Lakh properties and software development.

To act as a Project Management and Training Unit (PMTU) for implementation and handholding for 162 ULBs of Gujarat