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Dr Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt, born in the year 1979, is serving as Chief Operations Officer at Facile Maven Pvt. Ltd after serving academics for 11 years as an Associate Professor at SMAID, CVM University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand and APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar and as assistant Professor SCET, Surat. He is a third-generation civil engineer in his family. He has received a Diploma in Civil Engineering from TEB, Gujarat from VBT Polytechnic, Umrakh. Later, he did a B. E. (Civil Engineering) & Master of Town & Regional Planning from SVNIT-Surat, with meritorious medals and honour. He also obtained MBA (Project Management) from Sikkim Manipal University (Distance mode in 2013). He had a special experience in teaching at PG Urban Planning level and extensive research expedition through dissertations.

He acquired urban planning experience on various assignments across the Gujarat state from 2007 to 2011. He has worked with and for UNDP-India for a national project on Disaster Management for the area of Vadodara City; The World Bank and organizations of the Central Government of India. He has been actively associated through extension to his volunteering with professional organizations such as The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), The Institute of Urban Transport India (IUT), The Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (ICEA), Surat and The Institution of Engineers-India (South Gujarat Local Centre) and so on. He is awarded on several occasions for the best contributions to these professional organizations.

He is serving as Hon. Secretary cum Treasurer at ISTE Gujarat Section and Hon. Treasurer at IUT (India) SVNIT Regional Chapter (Gujarat-Rajasthan). Being a proud donor, recognized internationally as Multiple PHF by Rotary International, he is the President of the Rotary Club of Vallabh Vidyanagar for Rotary Year 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Having H-Index as 7, he has so far published 85+ research articles in journals and conferences and technical volumes (available for reference on the ResearchGate website). He is serving as an Editor as well as paper referee in SCOPUS/SCI journals such as ICE Urban Planning-UK, Journal of Water and Climate, Current Science, GRD Journals, IJER and so on. He also extends his volunteer services to conference organizers as a paper reviewer. He has been honoured with Four Best Paper Awards at International Conferences in India and abroad so far and one award at National Convention. He has authored two chapters in an international collaborative-based books publication by Springer-Nature. He has guided 36 PG Urban Planning Dissertation research and 13 undergraduate civil engineering project groups. He has delivered more than 50 invited talks at several events. He has been declared as a WINNER (national level position among top-50) in MAPATHON-2020 organized jointly by IITB-ISRO-AICTE. He served the Gujarat Technological University as Master Trainer for Design Engineering and contributed through conducting a number of Faculty Development Program sessions at the Gujarat Technological University and also assisted in developing the coursework and curriculum of creative and enlightening course of the Design Engineering. He has been providing opportunities of learning Geospatial technologies the course-works offered for GNSS-Remote Sensing-GIS-Statistical Package for further exploration by aspirants for research activities and professional practices.

In the year 2021, He received doctoral award as PhD in Civil Engineering by exploring the relationship among local climate parameters and urban land-use planning at the Gujarat Technological University under the guidance of Dr Neerajkumar D. Sharma. He has been contributing Open Educational Resources through self-managed learning portal – www.bvbhatt.com.

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Employment (8)

Facile Maven Pvt. Ltd.: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2022-08-12 to present | Chief Operations Officer (Planning and Infrastructure)
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Faculty of Architecture & Planning - SMAID: Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, IN

2021-07-08 to 2022-08-09 | Associate Professor (Urban Planning)
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Arvindbhai Patel Institute of Environmental Design: Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, IN

2018-06-18 to 2021-05-31 | Associate Professor (Bhaikaka Centre for Human Settlements)
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Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2011-09-16 to 2018-03-10 | Assistant Professor & PG In-charge (ME-TCP) (Civil Engineering Department)
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TRIGO Consultants: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2009-07-01 to 2011-09-15 | Town Planner, Civil Engineer (Town Planning)
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UNDP India: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

2009-04-15 to 2009-06-30 | Project Officer (Disaster Management)
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WAPCOS (I) Limited: Gandhinagar, Gujarat, IN

2007-09-03 to 2009-03-31 | Town Planner (Town Planning)
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TRIGO Consultatnts: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2004-06-01 to 2005-05-31 | Civil Engineer (Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Gujarat Technological University: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IN

2016-01 to 2021-06-30 | Philosophy of Doctor (Civil Engineering) (PhD Section)
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Sikkim Manipal University Directorate of Distance Education: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

2011-12 to 2013-12 | Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2005-07 to 2007-08 | Master in Town & Reginoal Planning (Civil Engineering Department)
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Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2001-07 to 2004-06 | Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Civil Engineering Department)
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Professional activities (16)

Indian Society for Technical Education: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

2015 to present | Life Member (State Office)
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Rotary International: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2005 to present | Annual
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Arvindbhai Patel Institute of Environmental Design: Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, IN

2020 | Special Appreciation Award (Urban Planning)
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Indian Society for Technical Education: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

2019 | Best Section Management Committee Member (ISTE Gujarat Section)
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Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2017 | Special Appreciation for Nirmaan 2017 (Civil Engineering Department)
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Rotary District 3060: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2017 | Nation Builder Award 2017 (Rotary Club of Surat)
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Indian Society for Technical Education: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

2017 | Best Section Management Committee Member (ISTE Gujarat Section)
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Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2015 | Special Appreciation (SCET Institute)
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Indian Society for Technical Education: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

2015 | Best Section Management Committee Member (ISTE Gujarat Section)
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Gujarat Technological University: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IN

2015 | Pedagogical Innovation Award PIA-2015 (GTU Innovation Council)
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Rotary District 3060: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2013 | Best Club Secretary (Larger Clubs) 2012-13 (Rotary District)
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Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2007 | Merit Gold Medal for PG Program (Urban Planning)
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Institution of Engineers (India): Surat, Gujarat, IN

2005 | Merit Gold Medal for Outstanding performance in UG (IE(I) South Gujarat Local Center)
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Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2004 | Merit Silver Medal for securing #2 in university (Civil Engineering)
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Institute of Civil Engineers & Architects: Surat, Gujarat, IN

2004 | Merit Silver Medal (ICEA)
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Vidyabharti Trust: Umrakh, Bardoli, Gujarat, IN

2001 | Merit Gold Medal for Securing #1 in institute & #5 in Gujarat State (Civil Engineering)
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Works (8)

Amidst the governance challenges in environmental management and sustainable urbanization in Surat

Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
2020 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85064861839

Contributors: Bhatt, B.V.; Kumar, S.; Sharma, N.D.
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Spatio-temporal analysis of urbanization in surat region

International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85081414268

Part of ISBN:

22778616

Contributors: Bhatt, B.V.; Sharma, N.D.
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Smarter Economic Opportunities for Surat Metropolitan Region

Smart Metropolitan Regional Development
2018-06-01 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9789811085871
Part of ISSN: 2198-2546
Contributors: Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt; Leena Garg; Krupesh A. Chauhan
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Need assessment and intersection redesign using NMT approach for an urban arterial road of Surat 

Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)
2014 | Journal article
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0321161434447-5

Contributors: Lukhi, Siddharthkumar Shambhubhai.; Bhatt, Bhasker Vijaykumar.
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RCM Approach for Population Projection: Surat case

2014 | Journal article
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0321161434447-2

Contributors: Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt
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Road Crashes and losses in Surat city and Umra

International Journal of Civil Engineering & Technology (IJCIET)
2014 | Journal article
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0321161434447-4

Contributors: Bhasker Vijaykumer Bhatt
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WSM Application for analysis residential work distance: A case of NZ of Surat

International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering & Technology (IJARET)
2014 | Journal article
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0321161434447-3

Contributors: Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt
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A Study on Parking Needs at Intersections – Case of Surat T. P. Schemes

IJER
2014-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt; Fenil Rajeshkumar Gandhi
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