Barjor Mehta to take over from Bimal Patel as CEPT University President

Barjor Mehta, an architect and urban planner, is World Bank’s Lead Urban Specialist for East Asia and the Pacific Region based in Singapore.

By: Express News Service

Ahmedabad | Updated: May 9, 2023 04:22 AM IST

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Barjor Mehta. (Photo source: CEPT university website)

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CEPT University Ahmedabad Monday announced the appointment of Barjor Mehta, an alumnus and former director of the School of Planning, as its president and acting director.

Mehta, whose appointment is effective January 20, 2024, will be at the helm of affairs at the university for five years. He has taken over from Bimal Patel who has held the position for two terms since 2012.

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Currently, Mehta holds the position of Lead Urban Specialist at the World Bank and is also a member of CEPT University’s Board of Management. In the interim, Bimal Patel will continue as the president and acting director.

“CEPT University has been blessed with professionals contributing to its success and it has always been led by professionals from the beginning. With B V Doshi, then Hasmukh Patel, followed by Dr R N Vakil and since 2012, Dr Bimal Patel,” stated Sanjay Lalbhai, chairperson of CEPT governing body. “As a successful professional with global experience in urban planning and development, I am confident that Mehta will carry forward the legacy and lead the institute to newer horizons,” he added.

The much-awaited announcement on Bimal’s replacement comes almost a year after a search committee was constituted three months before Patel’s second five-year term ended on June 30, 2022.

Barjor Mehta, an architect and urban planner, is World Bank’s Lead Urban Specialist for East Asia and the Pacific Region based in Singapore. Prior to this, he was based in World Bank’s country offices in China (2016-2020), India (2012-2016), and Tanzania (2009–2012). Between 2002 and 2009, he was in Washington DC where he worked on urban development initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa, South Asia as well as Middle-East and North Africa.

Before joining the World Bank, Mehta had served as an associate professor of urban planning (1990-1995) and as the director of the School of Planning, CEPT (now called Faculty of Planning, CEPT University) from 1995 to 1997.

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He holds a Diploma in Architecture from the School of Architecture, CEPT, and a Masters in Human Settlements Planning from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.