I am Chahat Shah, an urban infrastructure and governance leader with 14 years across government and Big 4 advisory, and a Harvard MPA. I help governments design, finance, procure, and deliver urban transformation at scale.
My work spans both sides of the table. Inside government, at GIFT City and as a Chief Minister's Good Governance Fellow, I learned how decisions are really made and landed. As a Director at Deloitte and Vice President at EY, I learned to move fast and earn trust with senior leaders under pressure. That dual fluency is what I bring to every engagement.
Designed an affordable-housing finance model adopted into India's PMAY 2.0 National Mission Guidelines, scaling toward housing for 10 million families.
Led the transformation of solid-waste management across Chhattisgarh, processing 1,600 tonnes a day and creating 9,500 green jobs, contributing to the state being named India's cleanest.
Delivered the feasibility study that supported India's winning bid to host the Commonwealth Games 2030, coordinating more than 30 stakeholders across government departments.
“Judge a person not by his bragging but by his achievements. Chahat is a humble man, but do not let that fool you. He is focused on creating real value for society through his work. I got the privilege of interviewing him for an article and was really impressed by his commitment to make real change through the projects that he has been involved in.”Fredrik Haren · The Creativity Explorer · Global keynote speaker & author of “The World of Creativity” · was Chahat's mentor
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Summer Fellow at the City of Las Vegas, serving as embedded delivery-unit advisor to the Office of the Mayor on its multi-agency Downtown Homelessness Intervention. I am developing a real-time, AI-enabled delivery dashboard that gives the Mayor's office live visibility into implementation outcomes, risks, and bottlenecks across participating agencies, translating operational data into a decision-ready results platform.
Director at Deloitte India (on sabbatical leave), and a 2026 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School (MPA, Edward S. Mason Fellow). Most recently, I researched the application of AI and data science in US municipal governance at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, producing strategic frameworks adopted by city decision-makers. I am exploring senior roles where governments and institutions deliver urban transformation at scale.