About Manasvi

After helping to launch the Connected Communities Practice at Intersection, an Alphabet-backed technology and media company, Manasvi co-founded UrbanSense with Neysa in 2019 to help bridge the gap between urbanists, technologists, and policymakers who are working to solve our cities’ most pressing challenges.

Manasvi began her career as a consultant in the Advisory Services group at WSP, a global infrastructure firm, where she helped transportation agencies and mayors tackle some of the biggest challenges facing public and private developers today, including changing economic conditions, evolving government priorities, aging assets, and emerging technologies. 

With a background that spans mobility, infrastructure, and urban planning, Manasvi has created and implemented strategic plans for city agencies and designed go-to-market strategies for smart and connected city solutions.  She has developed Digital Master Plans for over 40 million square feet of mixed-use real estate, airports, and retail environments. At UrbanSense, Manasvi continues to align community needs with public and private stakeholder interests to identify new services and solutions that improve the quality of life in cities.

Manasvi is a Coro Fellow and a Lecturer at Yale, where she teaches a seminar on the future of cities.  In 2014, Next City named Manasvi a Vanguard, one of 40 urban leaders across the United States working to improve cities.  She holds a BA from Yale University and an MSc in City Design from the London School of Economics & Political Science.