Delhi in 1990. Urmila, in her practice since 1995 in Mumbai where she chose to settle down, has donned many hats as an adviser, team member, researcher, policy maker, collaborator, designer and teacher.

Her works range from small interventions at the individual or even the city level to large campuses, city advisories forest parks and so on. Her work for the Front Garden of the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai has been awarded by an Honourable Mention at the 2010 UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Some of her other works include developing a Manual for Landscaping of National Highways for NHAI. As part of a team she has worked on International Projects as well. Currently she is working on developing an Interpretive Forest Park in Nashik and initiatives in greening rural housing policy.

She has been equally active in ISOLA the national society of Landscape Architects in India being the founding Chairperson of ISOLA Mumbai and is presently founding and heading the Masters Programme in Landscape Architecture.

As a teacher at the undergraduate level of Architecture for the past 21 odd years she has been responsible for evolving the curriculum and teaching methodology to suit contemporary needs. She has also served as a University paper setter and examiner and also on various educational committees.