Deb Upadhyaya

Dr. Deb is a professionally trained architect, urban designer, and planner leading the delivery of exemplar large-scale and complex housing regeneration and garden communities in both the public and private sectors (UK and India) for over 20 years. A passionate advocate of sustainable urbanism, delivery of quality places, and value creation through collaboration/design-led innovation, he champions inclusion and diversity as the fundamental building blocks of delivering resilient built environments. He works as Director at AtkinsRéalis. In a voluntary capacity, he serves as a board director at The Academy of Urbanism, an external examiner at the Manchester School of Architecture, and a panel member for Sheffield, Essex, and Greater Cambridgeshire Design Panels. He coaches and mentors built environment professionals and pursues practice-led research on delivering ‘quality’ and ‘at pace’ in partnership with the built environment sector on ‘sustainable development goals, smart technologies, and climate change’. A Chartered Town Planner, Chartered Manager, Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design, and a Fellow at the RSA, he has a Doctorate in Philosophy on ‘Changing Paradigms of Evolving City Centres’ and an Executive MBA from the University of Sheffield.