Adwait Joshi

Infrastructure finance and planning analyst with experience building financial models, benefit-cost frameworks, capital planning tools, and scenario analyses for public infrastructure investments.

Applies

Excel, Python, quantitative analysis, and cross-functional research to evaluate cash flows, funding needs, project economics, risk, and long-term investment priorities.

Economic & Infrastructure Finance Analyst - New York State Department of State, Office of Planning, Development & Community Infrastructure - Albany, NY

(2025-10 - 2026-06)

• Built benefit-cost analysis frameworks and capital planning tools to evaluate project economics, avoided losses, lifecycle costs, and investment priorities for infrastructure and resilience initiatives.
• Initiated a benefit-cost study of undersea transmission cable burial, comparing lifecycle costs, avoided disruption losses, and resilience benefits to support infrastructure investment analysis.
• Developed quantitative risk and prioritization models incorporating hazard exposure, infrastructure criticality, avoided-loss assumptions, and lifecycle costs to compare capital needs.
• Analyzed FEMA, Census/ACS, BEA, BLS, and state datasets to support project evaluation, funding analysis, socioeconomic research, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Built a Python and Streamlit dashboard integrating demographic, hazard, infrastructure, and economic data to streamline risk screening and project prioritization across jurisdictions.
• Prepared technical guidance and decision-support materials for local applicants and state reviewers applying FEMA's Benefit-Cost Analysis Toolkit and lifecycle-cost assumptions.

Transportation Analyst & Community Outreach Coordinator - Kamel Ride Inc. - Remote

(2025-08 - 2025-10)

• Supported early-stage market analysis using origin-destination, commuter-corridor, GIS, and travel-survey data to inform growth planning for a regional mobility platform.

Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant - Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning - Ithaca, NY

(2023-08 - 2025-05)

• Evaluated 50+ graduate applications against policy, planning, academic, and professional criteria; presented program information to 300+ prospective students across two events.

Urban Planning & Policy Intern - Slum Dwellers International Kenya - Nairobi, Kenya

(2024-05 - 2024-08)

• Developed financial models for a $30M infrastructure upgrading proposal, testing capital costs, land-use assumptions, implementation scenarios, and funding requirements.
• Integrated input from 60+ community stakeholders and 20 NGOs into evidence-based redevelopment recommendations and financing considerations aligned with community and funder priorities.
• Led site and infrastructure analysis integrating housing, public space, and flood resilience for an initiative serving 500,000 residents; produced 6+ GIS briefs and maps.
• Trained 10+ staff in Excel modeling, ArcGIS, and Python data visualization to strengthen planning, reporting, and grant-management workflows.

Architect - SS DesignEx - Delhi, India

(2021-08 - 2023-08)

• Directed planning, budgeting, and delivery for seven projects in coordination with clients, engineers, contractors, city officials, and permitting bodies.
• Produced 75+ construction and approval documents using AutoCAD, Revit, and Adobe tools, translating project requirements into coordinated execution materials.

Master of Regional Planning - Regional Planning - Cornell University (2023-08 - 2025-05)

Fellowship Certificate - Infrastructure Policy, Management & Finance - Cornell University (2023-10 - 2025-05)

Bachelor of Architecture - Architecture - Savitribai Phule Pune University (2016-01 - 2021-01)

Bachelor of Arts - History and Education - University of Mumbai - Institute of Open and Distance Learning (2018-01 - 2021-01)