Shikha is a senior strategic urban planner and designer with over 15 years’ experience working across complex policy, planning scheme reform, activity centre planning, and urban design. Her career spans Victorian local and state government contexts, where she has operated within multi‑layered statutory and governance environments, with a consistent focus on long‑term public‑value outcomes.

Her work centres on translating long‑term strategic intent into deliverable, governance‑ready programs, particularly in settings where land use planning, urban design, climate resilience, water systems, and infrastructure investment intersect. She has extensive experience navigating high‑stakes authorising environments, aligning cross‑sector stakeholders, and stewarding outcomes through politically and technically complex decision‑making processes.

Shikha brings a systems‑thinking approach grounded in practical implementation, with a strong commitment to ethical stewardship, social licence, and the integration of environmental and cultural knowledge into planning and investment decisions. Her work is driven by a focus on creating enduring public value through coordinated, place‑responsive outcomes.

She holds qualifications in architecture, urban planning, and environmental studies from institutions in India and Australia, and is a full member of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA).

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