We are hiring summer interns across urban policy and design. These internships are full-time engagements for candidates interested in contributing to long-term urban reform and practice.  What to Expect  As an intern at Jana Urban Space, you will work across urban design, planning, and policy. You can expect to:  Examine how cities plan, design, and manage roads and public spaces  Understand...Read More

Our convening, Nature-based Solutions for Bengaluru: Rebuilding Drainage Systems, brought together senior government officials, practitioners, academics, and civil society representatives to reimagine stormwater drains as part of Bengaluru’s larger urban water system, while examining governance, financing, and institutional pathways for scale. Top publications covering the story include: The Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Times news network, Samyuktha...Read More

Srikanth Viswanathan, Executive Director, Jana Urban Space Foundation, and Surjyapata Ray Chowdhary, Advanced Associate – Urban Design, argue for a National Mission for Urban Roads to address the structural failures that continue to undermine road quality in Indian cities. The article examines how fragmented governance, weak utility coordination, and short-term contracting practices have resulted in unsafe, inefficient,...Read More

The Outer Ring Road has long been Bengaluru’s most scrutinized corridor. Stretching between Central Silk Board and KR Puram, it carries over 9.5 lakh daily commuters, with more than 3 lakh vehicles on the road at peak hours, according to the Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA). The association also estimates that this stretch contributes...Read More

Our proposal for the Walkable Bengaluru Mission has been featured across four leading media outlets: The HinduThe News Indian ExpressDeccan HeraldPrajavani This highlights a critical moment for Bengaluru. For too long, our streets have been designed mainly for vehicles, leading to broken footpaths, unsafe crossings, and poor first- and last-mile connections. The success of Tender SURE roads in the...Read More

Bengaluru’s stormwater drainage system is under stress from rapid urban growth, encroachments, and infrastructure that no longer matches the city’s hydrological realities. In a recent opinion piece in Deccan Herald, our Advanced Associate – Urban Design, Surjyatapa Ray, argues that the existing box-drain approach has repeatedly failed to deliver reliable performance during monsoon events, flooding streets...Read More

"The design has to be developed based on the context of each individual street, its opportunities and challenges."Read More

City-highway transition zones, transport hubs and market infrastructure to link rural-urban India, affordable housing implementation, land title reforms and urban water.Read More

The vision for KR Market redevelopment project is “to transform the market into a sustainable economic magnet, with a distinct identity and a memorable customer experience”.Read More

"India's goal to become slum-free requires us to turn slums into neighbourhoods."Read More