Vineet Diwadkar is an urban planner and infrastructure specialist working at the intersection of sustainability, infrastructure and governance.

Vineet Diwadkar is Associate Vice President with AECOM’s Asset Advisory Services practice and Adjunct Faculty at Chulalongkorn University. Vineet works with communities, governments and multilateral organizations, infrastructure owners and operators, and researchers to deliver strategic planning and policy, cross-sector infrastructure and development, and to strengthen livelihoods through ecological and heritage conservation. Over the past 18 years, he has managed US$ 160+ million in programs and provided technical advisement for US$ 54 billion of investment in 13 countries.

At AECOM, Vineet guides award-winning strategy, capital investment planning and program delivery in housing and land development, climate change adaptation and resilience, development of technical regulations, renewable energy, advanced mobility, systems optimization, smart infrastructure systems and data governance. Recent projects include development and implementation of New York City’s Waterfront Code, preparation of the City of Detroit’s Strategic Plan for Technology & Data, and advisement on climate change resilience with UN-HABITAT.

Vineet is co-author of “50 Ways to Game a City: Loophole Planning in Contemporary Mumbai,” a forthcoming book of maps, drawings and writing considering the role of the slum in generating Mumbai’s contemporary urban form. He has collaborated with New York City government on the design of a Universal Basic Income pilot study, has advised local governments and foundations on conservation planning, and community groups on livelihoods protection.

Prior to joining AECOM, Vineet was a research associate with Harvard University’s Urban South Asia Group and Urban Theory Lab, designer and full-time faculty at the National Institute of Design, and designer with the Centre for Development Studies & Activities. His work has been covered by The New York Times, published in the Informal Market Worlds Reader, ICON magazine, and Revista Materia Arquitectura, and exhibited internationally. Vineet holds Master in Urban Planning and Master in Landscape Architecture degrees from Harvard University, where he received the Penny White Prize and Paul M. Heffernan Fellowship, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Tech.


Government Clients
Archaeological Survey of India
City of Cleveland
City of Detroit
City of Jersey City
Government of Andhra Pradesh
New York City Dept. of Buildings
New York City Dept. of Transportation
New York City Economic Development Corp.
New York City Housing Authority
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.
Royal Commission for AlUla
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Trade & Development Agency
Uttar Pradesh Dept. of Tourism
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Multilateral Clients
UN-HABITAT
World Bank Group (IBRD, IFC)

Technology & Energy Clients
Alphabet
Commonwealth Edison
Equinor Energy
Industry City (Jamestown LP / Belvedere Capital)
Morphosis Architects
Ørsted Energy
Philadelphia Electric Co.
Vineyard Offshore Wind / Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Research Partners
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Centre for Development Studies & Activities
Fachhochschule Hanover
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Harvard University South Asia Institute
Jain Family Institute
National Institute of Design, India
Terreform Center for Advanced Urban Research
Urban Design Research Institute
World Monuments Fund