Chintan Daftardar is a Program Head with the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India. He contributes across various public transport initiatives, mobility strategies, electrification of public transport, transport financing, institutional structure, capacity building initiatives, research and policies.

He is working in field of transport planning since 2010. His area of expertise is in public transportation ecosystem design, planning, operations and sustainable mobility policies. He has contributed towards Bus Rapid Transit projects in Ahmedabad, Surat, Hubli-Dharwad and Indore, bus route rationalization for Delhi, Surat, Hubli Dharwad and Jabalpur, bus operations planning, bus procurement strategies, formalization of para-transit, public bicycle sharing, integrated fare strategies, city mobility plans, transport decarbonization strategies, electric mobility, electric buses, and national electric bus policy including PM-eBus Sewa Scheme.

He holds a master’s degree in City Planning from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and bachelor’s degree in Architecture from National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He also, hold a degree for masters of arts in Economics. He has also been faculty for transport planning in CEPT University and transport economics in Anant University. He has also served as a faculty and mentor in various national and international capacity building workshops for government representatives and stakeholders.