Naidhruv Singh

Naidhruv is an economist and manager at NineSquared with expertise in economic impact and contribution assessments, economic appraisals, demand forecasting, and commercial and public sector advisory. He has advised a wide range of clients, both in the private and public sector on an array of issues related to economic feasibility, benefits realization, and regulatory and policy impact assessment.

Naidhruv has experience in a range of sectors, having provided services to clients in the freight and transport, water, health, and sport industries. Naidhruv’s strengths lie in offering clients robust analysis and solutions that enable them to make evidence-based business decisions.

Select Project Experience:

• Queensland Train Manufacturing Program: Local Content Legacy Benefits Assessment – Naidhruv is the project manager and economist on the NineSquared team engaged by Department of Transport and Main Roads to conduct an economic impact assessment of establishing local supply chain, employment and manufacturing legacy benefits through the delivery of the QTMP
• Economist Services: Active Transport Links – Naidhruv is the project manager and lead economist on the NineSquared team engaged by Transport for NSW to conduct an economic appraisal of the Oxford Street East Cycleway.
• Victorian Cruise Shipping Strategy – Naidhruv is the project manager on the NineSquared team engaged by Ports Victoria to develop Victoria’s cruise shipping strategy.
• Heavy Vehicle National Law: C-RIS & D-RIS – Naidhruv was the lead economist on the NineSquared team engaged by the National Transport Commission to develop a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for reforms to the new Heavy Vehicle National Law.
• Water Plan Socio-economic Assessments – Naidhruv was the project manager on the NineSquared team engaged by Queensland’s Department of Regional Development Manufacturing and Water to draft the socio-economic updates for multiple state Water Plans, and catchment Ministerial Performance Reports.
• Review of National Local Content Policy – Naidhruv was part of the NineSquared team engaged by the Australasian Railway Association to undertake a review of current state-based local content policies, and to analyse the benefits to government and industry of establishing a National Local Content Policy for the Australian rail industry.
• Mallee Freight Investigation and Action Plan – Naidhruv was the project manager for the NineSquared team engaged by Regional Development Victoria to investigate emerging commodities and least cost and sustainable freight pathways for the broader Mallee region.
• Voluntary Performance Monitoring Framework: Consulting and Support – Naidhruv was part of the NineSquared team engaged by Freight Victoria to provide dedicated expertise and ongoing support to the department in the oversight of the VPMF during 2021-2022.