Most current resume with a completed PhD.

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Resumé
MANRAJ GULIANI
16624 Laurelbrook Way • Cerritos, CA-90703
(614) 596-6457 • mguliani.crp@gmail.com
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________________
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning May 2015
Master of Science in City and Regional Planning March 2011
Indian Institute ofTechnology, Roorkee,India
Master of Technology in Urban and Rural Planning June 2005
Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India
Bachelor of Architecture June 2003
TECHNICAL SKILLS_________________________________________________________________________
Land-Use Planning Softwares: AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microstation v8i
General Use: Microsoft Office
Geographic Information Systems: ArcGIS
3-D and graphics Softwares:Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, CATIA, Adobe Creative Suite, Google
Sketch-up
Data Visualization: Tableau
Storm-water Management Softwares: PCSWMM, Vensim, CDM
Statistical, Data Processing & Data Management:SAS, SYSTAT, MS Excel
Optimization Software:GAMS
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS___________________________________________________________________
The Energy and ResourcesInstitute, NewDelhi, India
Research Associate/ Area Convener July 2005- Jan 2007
Key Areas of Work:
 Identify opportunities by attending conferences,networking and RFPs; respond to them by writing
proposals and follow-ups with contacts.
 Carry out Risk/Impact Assessments including EIAs.
 Analyze and propose new Environmental Accounting techniques and areas of implementation.
 Understanding the legal, financial and organizational framework of public bodies and proposing
improvements or creation of new bodies.
 Facilitate stakeholder meetings and workshops; manage and resolve conflicts.
 Develop and undertake surveys, capacity building programs using new strategies and tools
 Development of GIS database
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________
Knowlton School ofArchitecture,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
PhD Candidate Jan 2011- May 2015
Dissertation: “Interregional Commodity and Virtual Water Trades: Impact of Changing Climate and Water
Supply”;
Advisor: Professor Jean-MichelGuldmann.
 Obtained, organized and used the Commodity Flow Surveys (CFS) data for three survey years from
1997-2007 to study the movement of all 42 commodity groups across all 51 origin and 51 destination
states in an input-output framework using a combination of MS Excel and Java Programming.
 Estimated the missing data points in the three survey years by using a combination of SAS-based
regression and GAMS-based optimization techniques and integrating data information from the three
different CFS datasets of Values, Tons and Ton-Miles.

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 Calculated a water coefficient for the production of a dollar value of each of the 42 commodities.
 Analyzed the current virtual water trades and built various scenarios of possible changes for horizon year
2060 in these trades due to changes in climate and its resulting effect on water availability, using
forecasting techniques for projecting population, demand and production capacity.
Indian Institute ofTechnology, Roorkee,India
Graduate Student: Master's of Urban and Rural Planning Aug 2003- June 2005
Key Projects:
 A literature study on "Technique used for management in Planning: Decision Support System."
 Study on the ‘Economic analysis of Resources- with special reference to energy resource.’
 Prepared a paper on the ‘Role of GIS in Urban and Regional Planning’
TEACHING POSITIONS_______________________________________________________________________
Knowlton School ofArchitecture,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan 2008- March 2012
Course Taught: Physical Elements of Design with Jason Sudy & Chris Hermann as Instructors. (every Winter
Quarter)
 Graduate level core course. (Enrollment: 50)
 Responsible for conducting labs focused on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D and PCSWMM. Assisted
with project development based on zoning codes,NEPA and SEPA requirements.
Course Taught: Applications of Quantitative Methods in Urban Planning with Prof. HazelMorrow-Jones as
Instructor. (Fall 2008)
 Graduate level core course. (Enrollment: 40)
 Was responsible for administration of the quizzes and class lectures involving discussions and
assignments on probability, t-value, quantitative methods, regression and optimization.
AWARDS/ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS_______________________________________________
 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Scholar (2003-2005): Scholarship to support Tuition for
Master's degree and additional stipend for living expenses.
 6th position in the University in Architecture: Certificate of Merit.
PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________________________
CHAPTER IN BOOK:Pandey,S., & Singhal, S., Jaswal,P., Guliani, M. (2006). Urban Environment, in
India Infrastructure Report 2006, A.Rastogi(ed.), pp 208-231, Oxford University Press
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
 Najamuddin & Guliani, M. (2006). Role of Rural Organizations in Rural Development, ITPI
Journal, 3(4), pp 49-54.
 Chatterjee S., Guliani, M., Poptani, K.,Gandhi, S. (2004). Solid Waste Management in Rural
Areas, Journal of Indian Building Congress,Upgradation of Housing and Amenities in Rural Areas.
 Gandhi, S., Poptani, K., Guliani, M., Chatterjee S. (2004). Strategies for Rural Energy Planning,
Journal of Indian Building Congress, Upgradation of Housing and Amenities in Rural Areas.
BACKGROUND PAPER: Sarkar, S.K., Guliani, M.,Dhingra, C., Gandhi, S. (2008). Enabling private
participation in infrastructure services, Conference on Regulatory performance in India: achievements,
constraints, and future action.
PRESENTATIONS:
 World Urban Forum 3: Integrating Global Concerns in Urban Management in Asia, Vancouver,
Canada,June 2006. Presentation: Air Pollution and Urban Transport: A Major Global Concern- the
Indian Perspective
 Governing Emerging Megacities-Challenges and Perspectives, organized by InWEnt, Frankfurt,
Germany, Dec 2006. Presentation: Urban Infrastructure and its Ecological Demands and
Constraints- an Indian Perspective