Pratima Joshi

Shelter Associates, spearheaded by architect Pratima Joshi, has transformed slum settlements across Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Navi Mumbai, and Kolhapur with its pioneering mapping solutions.

This team of architects is making sure the urban poor get better homes with sanitation. Not only do they provide them with better dwellings within the city, they also create more income generation opportunities for the women living in the slums. Here is how they are rehabilitating slum dwellers and redesigning their living spaces.

With a background in architecture and urban planning, Pratima Joshi returned to Pune to notice an immense gap in the delivery of basic services in slums, from sanitation to proper ventilation, electricity and water. Read how she is addressing this gap using intelligent data.