Anushka Shahdadpuri joined AHI as a Senior Analyst, where she is involved in advancing accessibility to low-income affordable housing. She believes adequate housing is a fundamental right is deeply rooted in her experiences growing up in a Sindhi refugee colony in Ulhasnagar, Mumbai. Witnessing urban socioeconomic inequities and the lack of access to essential housing services has driven her passion for establishing Aamchi, a grassroots community-based organization focused on promoting participatory housing redevelopment in India.
In the past, she has worked on multi-sectoral projects across South Asia, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America on issues of housing affordability, climate policy, and sustainable real estate, with significant contributions to public-private partnership initiatives and housing policy development. At AHI, she is currently focused on strategic growth advising and housing market assessments in Trinidad and Tobago, while also developing the Chrysalis Housing Impact Accelerator.
Anushka holds a Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, where her studies emphasized disaster risk reduction, international climate resilience, and the role of international multilateral and humanitarian organizations in mitigating climate Anthropocene. She also earned her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from India. Beyond work, she enjoys dancing Kathak, learning to swim, whipping up new recipes, lifting weights, and mapping out her next adventure.
