Mr. Ravindra Ganvir, P.E., is the Deputy Chief Engineer for Washington D.C.’s District Department of Transportation (DDOT). In this position, he has the dual responsibilities of helping oversee the agency’s Infrastructure Project Management Administrations (IPMA) and leading its Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI) Program, which is creating a world-class waterfront in our Nation’s capital. With the AWI Program, Mr. Ganvir administers the planning, design, engineering, maintenance, and construction of some of the largest bridges, highways, streets, trails, and other multi-modal transportation projects in the District of Columbia’s history. In helping oversee the IPMA, he supervises DDOT’s Storm Water Management Program, Mega Projects/Special Projects, DC Plug Program, Green Infrastructure Team, Right-of-Way Team, Utilities Team, and the Materials Quality Control Division.
Mr. Ganvir has more than 39 years of experience in transportation and civil engineering, previously having worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Philadelphia District, the U.S. Installation Management Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and the Maryland Department of Transportation/State Highway Administration as the Assistant District Engineer of Construction and Project Development. He completed the two-year Advanced Leadership Program at the Maryland Department of Transportation. In addition, he attended the National Leadership Institute’s prestigious Leadership Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. More recently, he also attended the AASHTO National Transportation Leadership Institute at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has also represented the District of Columbia at the AASHTO’s Annual meetings.