Mansi Sahu ‘11 MSAUD
Mansi Sahu is the co-founder of Mumbai-based StudioPOD, a city planning, urban design, and architecture firm established in 2013. The firm specializes in large-scale mixed-use developments, community master plans, transit-oriented design, urban landscapes, and architecture. Mansi leads the sustainable urban design at StudioPOD in a diverse range of projects from retrofitting/redevelopment in existing cities, mixed-use urban areas, institutional campuses, waterfront developments, and eco-sensitive new developments.
Mansi’s focus lies in creating innovative, sustainable, community driven and dynamic urban places for people, while working extensively with the local communities, city governments, private developers, public agencies, and stakeholders. Mansi has a Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design from Columbia University, in the city of New York, USA and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Dr.D.Y.PatilCollege of Architecture, University of Mumbai, India.
StudioPOD most recently collaborated with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and Nucleus Office Parks to create One Green Mile, a one-mile stretch of street in Mumbai’s central business district and created safe pedestrian pathways and community spaces for residents. One Green Mile is recognized as one of the first public-private-partnership (PPP) upgrades in urban infrastructure in India. Learn more about Mansi’s important work on the project here.