Prathima Manohar

Prathima Manohar, Founder & CEO, The Urban Vision

Prathima Manohar is an entrepreneur with a focus on sustainable living and eco-tourism. Prathima chairs the think-do-tank on Liveable Cities, The Urban Vision. Prathima is a co-owner of a  portfolio of leisure hospitality resorts in  coastal Karnataka in India. As an urbanist, she has worked on issues such as urban innovation, liveability, placemaking, affordable housing, participatory planning and green cities. As part of her tourism business portfolio, she is setting up a Centre for micro enterprise aimed at training rural women entrepreneurs in sustainable living and wellbeing.

Prathima holds a bachelors degree in Architecture. She was awarded Stanford University’s prestigious Draper Hills Fellowship bestowed to rising international stars who work on issues related to Democracy and Development in 2011. She has been a Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Fellow where she studied ICT for Good Governance, Gov 2.0 as well as entrepreneurship, Adaptive Leadership and Strategic Planning.

She has been a contributing columnist on architecture, urban development and design with India’s Leading News daily – The Times of India. She has been a contributing TV Journalist with France24 and TF1 where she did news reports and several documentaries on Indian economy, Developmental and Cultural issues. She has also written for the opinion pages of the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and has reviewed for the Architecture Record.

In 2017, she was listed as top 50 Most Impactful Global Social Innovators  at World CSR Day. She was awarded  by the iGen Design Forum 2016 as the top 50 Next Generation Architects driving innovations in Indian Urbanscape. She was among Global Honourees of 2009 CONSIUSA’s “Young Leaders Program” which recognizes emerging leaders under the age of 40, who have distinguished themselves and have demonstrated leadership qualities and potential in various careers.

About: The Urban Vision is a think-do-tank which was instituted to inspire next generation urbanization. The organization focuses on solutions driven research; advocates & consults on best practices in policy and design; facilitates public dialogue on policy choices. The Urban Vision’s   “Placemaking” program aims to  catalyze lively, entertaining & exciting public places. The organisation’s signature program is an annual Urban Leaders retreat for India’s elite in construction, real estate and urban planning.

Here is a  link to our work – http://bit.ly/TUVPlacemaking2019