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Shirish B Patel, born 1932, is an Indian 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.

Career

Shirish Patel founded Shirish Patel & Associates (SPA), a structural and project management firm, in the year 1960. He was also involved in setting up the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Shirish was the principal designer for Kemp’s Corner Flyover, 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 also one of the three original authors of a plan to develop New Bombay across the harbour , using ownership of land acquired by Government to finance the infrastructure and construction of the new city. The government accepted the proposal for New Bombay and set up City and Industrial Development Corporation (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)

Patel has been a writer and speaker in the media on the topic of urban density.

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