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'''Shirish B. Patel''' (1932 – 20 December 2024) was an Indian ] and the founder of Shirish Patel & Associates (SPA),<ref></ref> a company which designs, manages and inspects structural engineering projects. Patel was a writer and speaker in the media on the topic of ] and ].<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
'''Shirish B Patel''' ...
Date of birth:1932
Nationality: Indian
Languages known: English, Marathi, Hindi


Patel also helped to form the Indian Institute for Human Settlements.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> He was also a founding member of the Housing Development Finance Corporation.<ref></ref>
Shirish B Patel is a Civil Engineer with interests that extend to the: engineering design of public works, notably dams, bridges, and marine structures; urban planning, and urban affairs; planning of factories, and other complexes that benefit from an inter-disciplinary approach; solar energy research and software development.


== Biography ==
He is the Chairman Emeritus of (SPA) founded in 1960. It is now almost entirely owned by SPA Education Foundation, a ] ] Company, which spends the dividends it receives from the consultancy company on ] and rural health care in backward areas. Now numbering about 100, the entire staff has a profit-share in the company.
Patel was born on 7 March 1932.{{Acn|date=December 2024}} He obtained a degree in engineering from ] before returning to India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Scroll |date=20 December 2024 |title=Shirish Patel, urban planner and civil engineer, dies at 92 |url=https://scroll.in/latest/1077027/shirish-patel-urban-planner-and-civil-engineer-dies-at-92 |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> He started his career working on infrastructure projects including the ] on the ] river, a work that he did for a French engineering firm, and the ] in Maharashtra.<ref name=":0" />


Patel founded his engineering firm in 1960.<ref name=":0" />
== Early Life and Education ==


=== Work on Navi Mumbai ===
Shirish is a Mechanical Sciences Tripos Parts I & II, M A (Hons) 1 from (1951-1954).
Patel and two other authors, ] and Praveena Mehta, created a plan in 1965 to create a new city across the harbour from Bombay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1557&order_by=title&showdescription=1 |title=Mumbai |accessdate=28 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131135602/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1557&order_by=title&showdescription=1 |archivedate=31 January 2010 }}</ref><ref></ref> When the project was accepted by the government, Patel was appointed the Technical Director of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra, the state government outfit charged with implementing the project. Patel co-ordinated the implementation of the plan in its initial years between 1970 and 1974 as head of the planning team.<ref></ref><ref></ref>


=== Other Projects ===
== Some Recent Lectures and Publications ==
Patel was the main designer of the Kemp’s Corner Flyover, the first in India, using new construction technology which had not been tried in ] before.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
*Fourth ICI-Dr M Ramaiah Endowment Lecture on Quality in Concrete Construction 21 November 2000
*Keynote Address, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Seminar on Slums, 24 January 2006
*Opening Address, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Habitat School,


As well as planning and designing, Patel and his company were often called upon to perform infrastructure inspections,<ref></ref> data collection and analysis,<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141026160029/http://www.morungexpress.com/Perspective/93284.html |date=26 October 2014 }}</ref> and other consulting work.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
* Patel, S. and Revi, A. (Eds.) , Routledge, New Delhi and London, 2010
* Economic & Political Weekly featured an article “” in their June 2010 edition
* He has submitted a paper recently on “Urban Layouts” to “]” that is being actively considered for publication (March 2011).


== Research ==
== Affiliations and employment ==
Patel also wrote several research papers on various topics related to housing and urban planning. Some of his papers are:


* {{cite journal |last1=Patel |first1=Shirish B. |date=1996 |title=Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: Possible if done differently |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=31 |issue=18 |pages= 1047-1050 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4404081 |issn=0012-9976}}
* Shirish worked with Worked with Coyne & Bellier 2, (1955-1956) on ] , ]
* Patel, S. B. (2005). Housing policies for Mumbai. Economic and Political Weekly, 3669-3676.
* Shirish worked as a civil engineer with ] in charge of planning, design and supervision of all temporary works, including cable crane foundations. (1956-1958)
* Phatak, V. K., & Patel, S. B. (2005). Would decentralisation have made a difference?. Economic and Political Weekly, 3902-3905.
* As Chief Civil Engineer of ], Mumbai he was in charge of planning, design and construction supervision of two new chemical factories (1958-1960)
* Patel, S. B. (2011). Analyzing urban layouts–can high density be achieved with good living conditions?. Environment and Urbanization, 23(2), 583-595.
* Founded Shirish Patel & Associates (SPA) which grew to become one of India’s leading structural and project management firms specialising in the construction of multi-storeyed buildings, bridges, elevated railway track, railway stations, hydraulic & marine structures, hotels and industrial structures (1960-present)
* Tandel, V., Patel, S., Gandhi, S., Pethe, A., & Agarwal, K. (2016). Decline of rental housing in India: the case of Mumbai. Environment and Urbanization, 28(1), 259-274.
* Shirish was the principal designer for , Bombay; the first flyover in India, built in 6 months. The design was altered to a cast-in-situ pre-stressed multi-cell box girder supported on concrete hinges, used for the first time in India. (1965)
* Shirish was one of the three original authors of a plan to develop across the harbour, using ownership of land acquired by Government to finance the infrastructure and construction of the new city (1965).
* He the principal designer for a complex of several 27-storeyed buildings at Petit Hall, Bombay. The upper 24 stories were fully precast with large-panel RCC walls and slabs. To test the adequacy of the precast system, a 3-storey high full-scale mock-up using large panels and joints as proposed in the final construction was first built. Using prestressing cables, it was eccentrically loaded to simulated the weight of 21 stories above and moments due to wind, and pulled horizontally with the anticipated wind shear. (1966-1970)
* Government accepted the proposal for New Bombay and set up ](CIDCO) in 1970. Shirish co-ordinated and led the work of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of economists, sociologists, transportation and city planners, architects and engineers, as well as the construction team for New Bombay (1970-1974)
* Shirish set up two not-for-profit Trusts, Land Institute (LI) and Land Research Institute (LRI). These undertook training of matriculates in simple civil engineering skills to improve agriculture, applying these to work of land-shaping and lift irrigation. The project lasted 6 years. (1975-1980)
* Shirish along with ] as architect conceived the basic structural form of the Larsen and Toubro’, ECC Administration Building, Chennai which won an Award from (FIP) in 1994. No other company in India has yet won this award. Dr V V Nori was the detailed engineering designer. (1978-1980)
* Was an active member of the design team for the L&T Hydraulic Excavator Factory, Bangalore, an almost fully precast factory building. In particular, was responsible for the “beer-bottle” finish on the precast panel walls, and for the concept of the water tower in stacked compartments like a tiffin carrier. (1981-1982)
* He was an active member of the design team for ]. The team developed the solution of constructing the structural steel stressed-skin roof on the ground, and then lifting it into position using ordinary truck jacks mounted on top of each column. (1980-1981)
* Prepared the Development Plan for the southern 4,000 hectares of the Vasai-Virar region, with Rahul Mehrotra collaborating. In particular, prepared a scheme for making the project self-financing. (1992)
* Designed the structure supporting the sun-screen at the Indian Habitat Centre , New Delhi. Originally a delicate assembly of small-section solid square bars, in keeping with the airy quality of the architectural design, it was replaced by a system using pipes which looks bulkier but provides a 30% reduction in cost. (1992)
* Shirish was the principal designer for the layout and concept of Juinagar RCC Foot-bridge, Navi Mumbai which won first prizes from the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers and the Maharashtra Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. (1998)


He also innovated on an efficient cooker with researchers including ] at the Institute of Chemical Technology.
== Current engagements ==

* Setting up the
* Honorary Professor at the
* Writing on urban affairs and engaging with the government on Urban policy

== Boards and Scientific Memberships ==
* Founder Director of Housing Development Finance Corporation, (1977-to date)
* Served for thirteen years as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (1983-1996)., which is responsible for planning the metropolitan region around Bombay
* Member of the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee, (1996-1999 & 2005-2008)
* Member of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Heritage Conservation Committee, (2003-continuing)
* Founder Chairman of the Indian Federation Against Software Theft (InFAST, 1992). During his tenure as chairperson legislation was passed that makes it a criminal offence to use illegal software for gain.
* Membership of numerous Govt of Maharashtra/ Govt of India committees e.g. Mumbai flooding etc.

== Patents and Inventions ==

Shirish designed and supervised an origin-destination survey of bus passengers called the Bus routing study, Mumbai. Based on the findings and a mathematical model developed to simulate bus travel, he wrote a program to optimise the bus routing system in the city and invention of new routes. Without increasing the bus fleet, the new routing system would cut passenger waiting times in bus queues by a third. (1968)

An improved, convenient-to-use and more efficient solar cooker was invented by Shirish and about 1,000 pieces sold without subsidy, on a no-profit no-loss basis. The project was shelved when Government decided to heavily subsidise kerosene and cooking gas. It was subsequently revived at the request of Women for Sustainable Development, Nairobi, Kenya.

Further work in collaboration with the Institute of Chemical Technology has resulted in the development of a cooking system that saves 75% of the fuel that would otherwise be consumed in conventional-style cooking. A manufacturer has recently taken up large-scale production of what is called the EcoCooker. (1980-to date).

Shirish invented and patented Roof Skylights as a brighter, cheaper and easier-to-maintain substitute for Northlights. They have been extensively used since in SPA’s factory designs. Indian Patent No 168718 of 18 August 1989.

== Awards and Fellowships ==

* Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India
* Fellow, Institute of Civil Engineers
* Fellow, American Concrete Institute

== Professional Affiliations ==

* Member, Consulting Engineers Association (India)
* Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
* Member, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
* Ex-Member, Association for Computer Machinery
* Associate Member, International Association for Shell & Spatial Structures


== Death ==
Patel died on 20 December 2024, at the age of 92.<ref></ref>


== References == == References ==
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Indian civil engineer (1932–2024)

Shirish B. Patel
Born(1932-03-07)7 March 1932
Died (aged 92)
NationalityIndian
OccupationCivil engineer
Known forKemp's Corner Flyover

Shirish B. Patel (1932 – 20 December 2024) was an Indian civil engineer and the founder of Shirish Patel & Associates (SPA), a company which designs, manages and inspects structural engineering projects. Patel was a writer and speaker in the media on the topic of urban planning and urban density.

Patel also helped to form the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. He was also a founding member of the Housing Development Finance Corporation.

Biography

Patel was born on 7 March 1932. He obtained a degree in engineering from University of Cambridge before returning to India. He started his career working on infrastructure projects including the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi river, a work that he did for a French engineering firm, and the Koyna Dam in Maharashtra.

Patel founded his engineering firm in 1960.

Work on Navi Mumbai

Patel and two other authors, Charles Correa and Praveena Mehta, created a plan in 1965 to create a new city across the harbour from Bombay. When the project was accepted by the government, Patel was appointed the Technical Director of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra, the state government outfit charged with implementing the project. Patel co-ordinated the implementation of the plan in its initial years between 1970 and 1974 as head of the planning team.

Other Projects

Patel was the main designer of the Kemp’s Corner Flyover, the first in India, using new construction technology which had not been tried in India before.

As well as planning and designing, Patel and his company were often called upon to perform infrastructure inspections, data collection and analysis, and other consulting work.

Research

Patel also wrote several research papers on various topics related to housing and urban planning. Some of his papers are:

  • Patel, Shirish B. (1996). "Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: Possible if done differently". Economic and Political Weekly. 31 (18): 1047–1050. ISSN 0012-9976.
  • Patel, S. B. (2005). Housing policies for Mumbai. Economic and Political Weekly, 3669-3676.
  • Phatak, V. K., & Patel, S. B. (2005). Would decentralisation have made a difference?. Economic and Political Weekly, 3902-3905.
  • Patel, S. B. (2011). Analyzing urban layouts–can high density be achieved with good living conditions?. Environment and Urbanization, 23(2), 583-595.
  • Tandel, V., Patel, S., Gandhi, S., Pethe, A., & Agarwal, K. (2016). Decline of rental housing in India: the case of Mumbai. Environment and Urbanization, 28(1), 259-274.

He also innovated on an efficient cooker with researchers including Jyeshtharaj Joshi at the Institute of Chemical Technology.

Death

Patel died on 20 December 2024, at the age of 92.

References

  1. Cracks noticed on metro pillars connecting Noida - Rediff.com India News
  2. More on Mumbai Floor Area Regulations | PlaNYourCity
  3. As maximum as it gets – The Hindu
  4. Let crowd density of a place decide FSI: Experts | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
  5. Nilekanis gift Rs 50 crore for school on environment – The Times of India
  6. Nandan, Rohini Nilekani gift IIHS Rs 50 cr - Indian Express
  7. IIHS Appoints Former SEBI Head C. B. Bhave as its Executive Chairperson | INDIA CSR
  8. Keshub Mahindra, Shirish B. Patel resigns from HDFC board
  9. ^ Staff, Scroll (20 December 2024). "Shirish Patel, urban planner and civil engineer, dies at 92". Scroll.in. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  10. "Mumbai". Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  11. Development Glitch
  12. History – NMMC
  13. Investigating the redevelopment of India’s most famous informal settlement, Dharavi | View | Architectural Review
  14. Crawford Market to Sion in 25 minutes?
  15. 'Jam' at Pedder Rd flyover meet - The Times of India
  16. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to be blamed for Airport Express line shutdown : North, News - India Today
  17. The Morung Express: Nagaland Latest & Breaking News, Northeast & India News - Make Way for High Rises: Who Benefits from Slum Demolitions in Mumbai? Archived 26 October 2014 at archive.today
  18. IIHS Appoints Former SEBI Head C. B. Bhave as its Executive Chairperson | INDIA CSR
  19. ASB Bengaluru - Recent News & Events
  20. Shirish Patel, urban planner and civil engineer, dies at 92

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