Understanding urban geographies is key to evaluating how cities come to be where they are, while allowing policymakers to plan for the future of cities across India. Understanding growing urban dynamics of the country and placing cities and towns in a larger geographical context, is something that the NIUA excels in. With technologies like geographical information systems (GIS), it has become easier than ever to employ methods from this discipline to inform decisions related to zoning, urban planning, as well as transit and transportation planning, which can be a key to NIUAs contribution to the growth of urban centres in India.... The linkages of these urban areas and economic activity and wide-ranging effects on spatial growth, availability of employment opportunities and livability in urban ecosystems are areas where NIUA is going to focus under this centre. By studying issues through an economic lens, the NIUA will support urban discourse in a vast variety of fields: reducing ghettoisation, promoting economic growth, effectively creating industrial clusters, creating cost effective public housing, among many other pressing issues.Read more
The proposed Centre will serve the following functions:
- Diagnostic studies of emerging urban patterns and corridors in India
- Repository of urban data sets and create data tools for evidence based decision making
- Provide insights on the linkages between economic growth and urbanisation
- Create capacities to identify growth strategies at the City land region level
- Develop the culture of evidence-backed research at various levels
- Strengthen government-industry-academia collaboration
Debjani Ghosh Associate Professor
Debolina Kundu Professor
Nabamalika Joardar Head - Innovation Unit
Pravin Bhardwaj Expert-Solid & Liquid Waste Management
Sarath Babu M G Lead (Technology, Data Solutions and Innovation)
Md Asif Raza Program Officer
Priyanka Mehra Research Associate
Anna Brittas Research Associate
Swastika Chakravorty Research Associate
Krishna Surjyadas Research Associate
Pragya Sharma Project Manager
Pragya Sharma Project Manager
Amansingh Rajput Program Fellow
Priya Upadhyay Sr. Program Associate (Standards)
Abhisikha Das Program Associate
Amansingh Rajput Program Fellow
Ananta Kukreja Program Fellow
Ankur Negi Program Fellow
Joydip Datta Program Fellow
Juhi Sah Program Associate
Manueldiego Fernandez Program Fellow
Monica Thakur Program Associate
Priya Upadhyay Sr. Program Associate (Standards)
Radha Karmarker Program Fellow
Rohitash Debsharma Associate – Data & Platform
Saivarsha Ajavarapu Program Fellow
Srinidhi Ravishankar Program Associate
Subarna Sadhu Program Fellow
Syed Mohammad Program Fellow
Vaibhav Sharma Program Fellow
Yogada Sandeepjoshi Program Assistant
Anna Brittas Research Associate
Abbas Hnaqvi Program Coordinator
Samridhi Pandey Research Associate(SEDA)
Rohitash Debsharma Associate – Data & Platform
Sreenandini Banerjee Program Manager
Nandini Bhattacharya Program Fellow
University of Stuttgart
Unicef
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs