Name	Sh. Baskar Sellaiya
Designation	Assistant Town & Country Planner
Present Posting	Metropolitan and Union Territories Division
Contact No	+91 87450 64606 - +91 8940409340
Email Address	baskar.tcpo@gmail.com - baskar.s@gov.in

 

Educational Qualification:

• Pursuing PhD in Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai,(Tamil Nadu)
• Post-Graduation (M.Plan., Town Planning) from School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, Chennai (2010),(Tamil Nadu)
• Post-Graduation (M.A., Economics) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli (2007),(Tamil Nadu)
• Graduation (B.A., Economics) from Nehru Memorial College, Bharathidasan University (2005),(Tamil Nadu)

Since 2015, He is working in Metropolitan and Union Territories Division and assignments related:

• Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns (UIDSST) around 7 Megacities
• Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (RADPFI) Guidelines
• Third Party Audit (in collaboration with NIUA) on the procedures and reforms undertaken by Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) in their Online Building Permissions Systems (OBPS)
• AMRUT - reforms on State/UTs Review of Building By-Laws and  Online Building Permission System (OBPS) for all AMRUT Towns and all Urban Local Bodies
• Pilot on Formulation of Local Area Plan (LAP) and Town Planning Schemes (TPS) selected - 25 Cities, 
• River Centric Urban Planning Guidelines
• Special project on implementation of Online Building Permission System (OBPS)  for North Eastern States, UT Administration of Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep  and 
• Online Municipal Services (OMS) for North Eastern States, UT Administration of Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. 
• Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India,  NITI Aayog , September 2021
• Updating database on State/UT Master Plan, School of Planning and Architecture and other Planning Schools Enrollment/Placement Cell, Recruitment Rules for entry level post in State/UT Town & Planning Department/ Urban Local Body/ Urban Development Authority.

Previous Experiences:

• Research Assistant in the Department of Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, 2010-11
• Planner Associate in Regional Town Planning Office, Ernakulam, Govt. of Kerala, 2011-12
• Teaching  Research Associate in Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, 2014-15

Awards:

• Anna Centenary Research Fellowship - 2012 from Anna University. 

Professional Membership:

• Associate Member in the Institute of Town Planners India (A.I.T.P.)   No. 2013-204.
• Life Member in Indian Society of Remote Sensing - Membership ID - L-4981

Training:

    National: 

• “Basic Management System (BMS)” - Institute of Secretarial Training and Management, New Delhi - during DEC-2016 to FEB-2017
• “Remote Sensing and GIS applications for Urban and Regional Studies” - Indian Institute of Remote Sensing - during SEP -2017
• Specialized Training on “Urban Improvement through Local Area Planning”, initiative of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Organized by CEPT University - during JUNE 2018
• Capacity Building Programmeon AMRUT Sub-scheme “Pilot on Formulation of Local Area Plan (LAP) and Town Planning Scheme (TPS) for selected 25 cities”–Organized by CEPT, University, Ahmedabad - during AUG 2019
• Technical Training on “Software Development on Online Building Permission System (OBPS)”,North East States, Organized by TCPO/NIUA/ and e-Government Foundation at Bengaluru - during JAN 2020

    International: 

• “Capacity Building in the field of Urban Planning and Governance” at Singapore Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Singapore and executed by Centre for Livable Cities in Singapore - during NOV – DEC 2016.
• Knowledge Co-Creation Program on “The Land Readjustment Method for Urban Development” –Organized by Japan Investment Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan - during MAY to JULY 2017
• Study Tour for JICA Training Program on “Land Readjustment in Thailand”, Organized by Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), National Housing Authority, Govt. of Thailand during JULY - 2017