Chandan Chawla is an urban planner with 15 years of experience in urban reforms and participatory planning.

She has implemented several projects on performance bench-marking, service improvement planning, water supply and sanitation, municipal governance and institutional reforms in Indian context. Chandan has consulted for larger number of international agencies, local governments and leading civil society organisations in India. She studied architecture at under-graduate level and urban development planning at post-graduate level.