Editor

Debolina Kundu, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi dkundu@niua.org

Managing Editor

Pragya Sharma, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi bkar@niua.org

Associate Editor

Sayak Dutta, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi psharma@niua.org

Editorial Advisor

Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi

Editorial Board

Abdul Shaban, Deputy Director (TISS Tuljapur Campus) and Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Amita Bhide, Professor and Dean, School of Habitat Studies,  Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Anil Kumar Roy, Associate Professor, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Annapurna Shaw, Professor (Retd), Public Policy and Management Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Kolkata

Himanshu, Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Jandhyala BG. Tilak, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi; Former Professor and Vice Chancellor, NUEPA, New Delhi

Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Professor, Centre for Research in Urban Affairs, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangaluru

Lekha S. Chakraborty, Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Mahalaya Chatterjee, Professor, Centre for Urban Economic Studies, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkatta

Neetha N., Professor, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi

Pulin B. Nayak, Professor (Retd), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi

Rumi Aijaz, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

S.K. Sasikumar, Senior Fellow, V.V.Giri National labour Institute, NOIDA

S.K. Thorat, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Managing Trustee, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi

Sewa Ram, Professor, Department of Transport Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Shrawan Acharya, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Soumendu Chatterjee, Professor and Head, Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata

Srinivas Goli, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Director - Technical Support & Capacity Development (Interim)Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Urmi Sengupta, Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

V.N. Alok, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

• Urban India solicits original manuscripts which are not published previously or currently under consideration elsewhere. Contributions to conferences and workshops are welcome, as long as they are not published in the same form in conference proceedings or on the internet.
• The journal publishes articles under categories of research articles, perspectives and book reviews.
• The journal does not charge any submission/publication fee.
• Authors will be notified of decisions regarding acceptance, rejection, or revision of articles only after both the internal and the external peer review processes are completed. The internal review will take 6-8 weeks and the peer review additional 8 to 12 weeks.
• Only manuscripts of sufficient quality and meet the aims and scope of the journal will be reviewed.
• Manuscripts should be addressed to - The Editor, Dr. Debolina Kundu, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi   editorurbanindia@niua.org  .
• Please mention "Manuscript for Submission" in the subject line.

Editor, Urban India
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Urban India is a bi-annual journal published in June and December every year.We solicit unpublished articles on a regular basis The themes and topics covered in the journal include urbanization, urban development, governance, housing and infrastructure, inclusion, municipal finance, climate change and other issues related to urban development pertaining to India.

The articles submitted between March to August will be considered for publication in subsequent January issue and articles submitted between September to subsequent February will be considered for June issue.

Authors interested in contributing articles may refer to the guidelines for submitting manuscript 

The manuscript should be emailed in one single word document to the Editor at editorurbanindia@niua.org

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Urban India is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal which publishes original and high-quality research. The journal invites applications from eligible scholars and researchers who are experts in any of the fields in which the journal publishes articles and are willing to contribute to enhance the journal quality by providing their valuable reviewer comments. 

Interested reviewers can send their CVs to journals@niua.org clearly stating their areas of expertise. Reviewers will be awarded a Certificate to acknowledge their contribution. 

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• Qualification: The applicant must hold a doctoral degree or a faculty position in any university, or a research fellow or equivalent at any research institute
• Publications: The applicant must have published at least three academic papers in peer-reviewed journals.
• Area of expertise: The applicant must have good knowledge and research experience in any of the areas related to urbanization, urban development, urban governance, housing and infrastructure, inclusion, migration, municipal finance, environment, climate change, transport, application of GIS and remote sensing in urban areas or any other issues related to the urban sector.
• Command of English language: The applicant must have a strong command of English language with verbal and written fluency.

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• Substantial similarities between submitted manuscripts and other published works of which the reviewer is aware, or any other suspected ethical misconduct to be reported to the editor.
• Provide 'follow up’ advice to the editor, if requested.

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