Shirish B. Patel

(Redirected from Shirish B Patel) Indian civil engineer (1932–2024)

Shirish B. Patel
Born	1932 (1932)
Died	20 December 2024 (aged 92)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Civil engineer
Known for	Kemp's Corner Flyover

Shirish B. Patel (1932 – 20 December 2024) was an Indian civil engineer and the founder of Shirish Patel & Associates (SPA), a company which designs, manages and inspects structural engineering projects. Patel was a writer and speaker in the media on the topic of urban planning and urban density.

Patel also helped to form the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. He was also a founding member of the Housing Development Finance Corporation.

Career

Patel founded his engineering firm in 1960. He was the main designer of the Kemp’s Corner Flyover, the first in India, using new construction technology which had not been tried in India before.

Patel and two other authors, Charles Correa and Praveena Mehta, created a plan in 1965 to create a new city across the harbour from Bombay. When the project was accepted by the government, Patel was appointed the Technical Director of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra, the state government outfit charged with implementing the project. Patel co-ordinated the implementation of the plan in its initial years between 1970 and 1974 as head of the planning team.

As well as planning and designing, Patel and his company were often called upon to perform infrastructure inspections, data collection and analysis, and other consulting work.

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