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

Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Mehta served as Associate Professor of Urban Planning (1990-1995) and Director of the School of Planning, CEPT (now called Faculty of Planning, CEPT University) from 1995 to 1997. Working with different organisations, he has also lived and worked as a planner in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and the United States. 

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