Pushpa is an academic-practitioner specialising in sustainable urban development with a focus on infrastructure. This expertise stems from a combination of academic research and practice-based consultancy around issues of energy transitions and green infrastructure such as Nature-based Solutions. Pushpa's most recent experience has been for the European Commission's European Urban Initiative's Urban Innovations programme including the New European Bauhaus projects where Pushpa served as an expert assessor on urban regeneration schemes proposed by local authorities across the EU.