Susmita Pansare studied B.Arch at Vidya Pratishthan’s School of Architecture, Baramati (SP Pune University) and M. Plan at Parul Institute of Architecture and Research, Vadodara. She did her urban planning internship at Pune Metropolitian Region Development Authority. She worked as an Architect at Unitecture Design Solutions and as an Assistant Professor at Department of Planning, MIT-SOA, MIT-ADT University, Loni Kalbhor before joining HCP in 2023. Significant projects she has worked on are Mula, Mutha & Mula-Mutha River Rejuvenation Project and Pawana-Indrayani River Rejuvenation Project.