Faculty Profile

ORCID Id: 0000-0001-8002-4819

Centre for Advanced Studies (Geography), Panjab University, Chandigarh

• Ph.D. Geography: Thesis on Growth and Socio-Spatial Structure of the Civil Area in Cantonment Towns: A Case Study of Jalandhar Cantonment (Punjab)
• M.Phil. Geography: Thesis on Dynamics of Rural Component of Chandigarh U.T. 1971-91
• M.A. Geography: Master’s Dissertation on Changes in Land Use and Cropping Pattern of Villages in the Vicinity of Chandigarh Union Territory: A Case Study of Village Sarangpur

Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh (Affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh)

• B.A. Geography Honours; other subjects - Public Administration, Psychology

Others

• UGC-NET (June 2012): Geography
• Executive Programme in Public Policy: Design and Implementation for Success, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (March 2023-June 2023)

• Associate Professor, Urban Studies, School of Global Affairs, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (23 August 2023 – Present)
• Assistant Professor, MTech Urban Development Management, Department of Sustainable Engineering, TERI School of Advanced Studies (Deemed-To-Be University), New Delhi (12 July 2013-22 August 2023)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology and Future Management Trends College, New Chandigarh, SAS Nagar, Punjab (16 July 2012-11 July 2013)
• Teaching Assistant, Centre for Advanced Studies (Geography), Panjab University, Chandigarh (September 2007-October 2007; September 2005-March 2006)

• Teaching at AUD (Urban Studies programme): Understanding the Urban, Governing the City, Cities and Climate Change, Urban-Rural Linkages
• Domain expertise: Urban Studies: policy, planning and governance; peri-urbanisation, infrastructure and livelihoods
• Research methods competency: Qualitative research, fieldwork
• Emerging interests and explorations: Tourism and heritage management, agricultural practices in the mountains, low carbon initiatives

• University Research Scholarship for Ph.D. in Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2003-08)
• University gold medal in M.Phil. Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2002)
• Merit Scholarship for M.Phil. in Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2000-01)
• National Scholarship for M.A. in Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1998-2000)
• University gold medal in B.A. Geography Honours, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1998)

• Karki, Gaurav Singh, Bali, Bhawna and Seth, Rajiv (2023). An Approach to Measuring Liveability of Peace-Location Military Stations in India. Urban India (Journal of the National Institute of Urban Affairs), Vol. 43 (I) (January-June 2023), pp. 1-20. ISSN 0970-9045
• Purswani, Simran and Bali, Bhawna (2023). Mediating Cultural Heritage Revival through Urban Transformation: A Case Study of Ayodhya City. Future is Urban: Livability, Resilience and Resource Conservation (Proceedings of the International Conference - ICFU 2021), Edited by Utpal Sharma, R Parthasarathy and Aparna. Chapter 19, pp. 179-187. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-37892-3, DOI: 10.4324/9781003342441
• Karki, Gaurav and Bali, Bhawna (2023). Army Military Settlements in India: A Case for Transformation into Smart and More Liveable Military Settlements. Future is Urban: Livability, Resilience and Resource Conservation (Proceedings of the International Conference - ICFU 2021), Edited by Utpal Sharma, R Parthasarathy and Aparna. Chapter 62, pp. 585-594. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-37892-3, DOI: 10.4324/9781003342441
• Kesarwani, Mohit, Bali, Bhawna, Neeti Neeti and Parmentier Benoit (2022). Pattern and Processes of Urbanisation in Newly Organised Jharkhand State Using Nighttime Light Data. Population Geography. Vol. 44 (2), pp. 31-46. ISSN 0256-5331
• Purswani, Simran and Bali, Bhawna (2022). An Assessment of Urban Green Spaces under the Smart Cities Mission: The Case of Qaiserbagh ABD Area of Lucknow City in Ripudaman Singh Ed. Re-envisioning Remote Sensing Applications: Urbanization, Disasters and Planning, CRC Press, pp. 49-68. ISBN 978-10-321-2457-5, DOI: 10.1201/9781003224624
• Bali, Bhawna and Bhatia, Neha (2022). Development, Prosperity and Aspirations: A Narrative from the Peri-Urban Areas of Noida. Journal of Land and Rural Studies. Jan 2022, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 54-74. ISSN 2321-0249 (Print), 2321-7464 (Online), DOI: 10.1177/23210249211051440
• Datey, Abhijit; Bali, Bhawna; Bhatia, Neha; Khamrang, Leishipem; Kim, Sohee (2021). A Gendered Lens for Building Climate Resilience: Narratives from Women in Informal Work in Leh, Ladakh. Gender, Work & Organization. Vol. 30 (1), pp. 158-176. ISSN 1468-0432 (Online), DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12667
• Bali, Bhawna (2021). Perspectives on the History, Administration and Present Status of Cantonment Towns as Special Function Urban Settlements in India in K. Surjit Singh Ed. Sustainable Habitat - Planning and Geography, Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research (ISPER), Panchkula, pp. 60-76. ISBN 978-81-927-0144-8
• Bali, Bhawna, Datey, Abhijit and Chawla, Nagina (2019). Spaces in Transition: Dynamics of Livelihoods in a Peri-Urban Village of Gurugram, Haryana (India). Proceedings of 3rd Asian Regional Conference, Volume 3: Peri-Urbanization: Sustainable Urban-Rural Futures (17-20 December 2019), School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, pp. 351-363. ISSN 2671-9061 (Online)
• Mazumdar, Papiya Guha; Tomar, Swati; Sehgal, Meena; Bali, Bhawna and Goel, Richa (2017). Health and Well-being, in P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti Ed. People, Planet, and Progress Beyond 2015, TERI Press, New Delhi, pp. 181-196. ISBN 978-81-799-3592-7
• Bali, Bhawna (2016). Policy Interventions for City Regeneration: City Development Planning Processes in Heritage Cities in India, DATUTOP Journal, Occasional Papers No. 34: Re-City: Future City-Combining Disciplines, Edited by Juho Rajaniemi, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, pp. 104-127. ISSN 0359-7105
• https://trepo.tuni.fi//bitstream/handle/10024/128451/DATUTOP_34.pdf?sequence=1
• Bali, Bhawna (2015). Residential Neighbourhood Characteristics in the Civil Area of Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab Geographer, Vol. 11, pp. 37-52. ISSN 0973-3485 http://www.punjabgeographer.org/journals/readmore/vol11/punjabgeographer-vol-11-3.pdf
• Bali, Bhawna (2014). Mirroring Change: Landuse in the Civil Area of Jalandhar Cantonment, in R.C. Chandna, K.D. Sharma and K. Surjit Singh Ed. Immortal Cities: Past and Future Concepts, Changing Morphology and Sustainability, Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research (ISPER), Panchkula, pp. 49-62. ISBN 978-81-927014-0-3
• Bali, Bhawna (2013). Doctoral Dissertation Abstract of PhD Thesis Growth and Socio-Spatial Structure of the Civil Area in Cantonment Towns: A Case Study of Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab, Punjab Geographer, Vol. 9, October 2013. pp. 149-152, ISSN 0973-3485 http://www.punjabgeographer.org/journals/readmore/vol9/punjabgeographer-vol-9-12.pdf
• Sharma, K.D., Deodhar, Pippa and Bali, Bhawna (2011). Dynamics of the Rural Segment around a Planned City and the Need for a Broader Framework: A Case Study of Chandigarh (U.T.), in Jutta K. Dikshit Ed. The Urban Fringe of Indian Cities: Professor Jaymala Diddee Felicitation Volume, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, pp. 124-142. ISBN 978-81-316-0403-8
• Bali, Bhawna (2010). Population Growth of Cantonment Towns in India, 1961-2001, Research Journal Social Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Vol. 18, No. 2, May-August 2010, pp. 151-169. ISSN 0251-348X

Course Content

• Bali, Bhawna (2022). Approaches in Addressing Urban Issues, Unit 12, Block 4 Sustainable Urban Development, School of Inter-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITS), IGNOU, New Delhi, pp. 263-294. EGyanKosh. https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/20/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Bali%2C+Bhawna

Popular Readings

• Delhi’s Standards Should Compare with Global Cities, The Sunday Standard, New Delhi, 16-23 April 2016, p. 6.
• Inclusive Smart Cities: Locating the Poor, Vulnerable, Business World, Smart Cities World 1st Anniversary Issue, March-April 2016, pp. 70-72. ISSN 2395-6178
• What Weather Says About Climate, Orbit Magazine, Vol. II, No. 1, April-June, Takshila Educational Society, New Delhi, pp. 19-20. ISSN 2321-5089

Invited Lectures

Speaker at Seminars, Conference Sessions

• ‘Negotiating Livelihoods in the High Altitudes: The Case of Tourism and Agriculture: in Leh (Ladakh U.T.)’, Jindal School of Art and Architecture, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat (6 Apr. 2023)
• Discussant at the Web Policy Talk on ‘The State of the Peri-Urban by Dr Kanchan Gandhi’, organised by Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, (online) (16 Nov. 2021)
• ‘Re-examining Select Urban Planning Policies for Post-Covid19 Cities’, Networking Session 15 on Post COVID-19: Integrating New Normal with SDG11, organised by ISPER at the Urbanice Malaysia 2020, Malaysia Urban Forum, (online) (28-30 Sept. 2020)
• Session Co-Chair and Member Technical Committee, International Conference on Future Cities, Department of Architecture and Planning, IIT-Roorkee (11-13 Dec. 2019)
• Speaker in Special Plenary 1 on Heritage Management Education, 3rd International Conference on Heritage Management Education and Practice: Ensuring Fair Access and Inclusion in Heritage Management Processes, Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University (6-8 Dec. 2019)
• Session Chair at the 3rd International Conference on Heritage Management Education and Practice: Ensuring Fair Access and Inclusion in Heritage Management Processes, Centre for Heritage Management Ahmedabad University (6-8 Dec. 2019)
• Keynote Speaker in Session on Sustainability, Second International Conference on Business, Economics and Sustainable Development (ICBESD 2019), TERI SAS in collaboration with the Government of India Rooftop Solar Assistance Program supported by the World Bank, TERI SAS, New Delhi (17 Jan. 2019)
• ‘People’s Participation for Plan Implementation’, Delhi Regional Chapter (DRC), ITPI (22 Nov. 2017)
• ‘Smart Cities: Inclusiveness and Issues of Urban Governance’, Smart Cities Workshop, Heidelberg Centre South Asia in association with ORF, SPA and IIA-HP Chapter, Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla (19 May 2017)
• ‘Policy Interventions for Sustainable Urban Development in India’, Capacity ‘Building for Sustainable Urban Development (SDG11)’, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi (23 Feb. 2017)
• ‘Heritage Cities in India: Some Policy Interventions’, Department of Architecture, Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda (26 Sept. 2016)
• ‘Building Inclusive Cities for Sustainable Urban Development’, ORF-PRIO Urban Conference on Future Scenarios for an Urbanizing India: Governance, Security and Environmental Change, Observer Research Foundation – Peace Research Institute Oslo, New Delhi (8 Feb. 2016)
• ‘Urban Development Challenges and Solutions for Smart Cities’, SPHEEHA Seminar on Smart Cities, Citizen Science and Eco-Habitat for Sustainable Development, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra (6 Dec. 2015)
• ‘Colonial Urban Development in India: Historical Process, Legacy of Urban Form and Issues of Sustainability’, Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Amity University, Lucknow (25 Sept. 2014)

Resource Person in Faculty Development Programmes and Workshops

• ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals’, for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development, 30th PTC (Part II) IRAS Training, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development (12 May 2023)
• ‘SDG Story from the States – Case Studies/Interactions with Forerunner States on their Roles and Status of SDGs’ and ‘Localising the SDGs - Role of State Governments in Implementation of SDGs’, One-Week Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for Group 'A' Officers in the Senior Audit/Accounts Cadre of IA&AD (Level-5), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (3 Mar. 2023)
• ‘SDG Story from the States – Case Studies/Interactions with Forerunner States on their Roles and Status of SDGs’ and ‘Localising the SDGs - Role of State Governments in Implementation of SDGs’, One-Week Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for Group 'A' Officers in the Senior Audit/Accounts Cadre of IA&AD (Level-5), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (23 Nov. 2022)
• ‘An overview of Sustainable Development Goals’, and ‘Localising the SDGs - Role of State Governments in Implementation of SDGs’, One-Week Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for Group 'A' Officers in the Senior Audit/Accounts Cadre of IA&AD (Level-5), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (15 Sept. 2022)
• ‘An overview of Sustainable Development Goals’, and ‘Localising the SDGs - Role of State Governments in Implementation of SDGs’, One-Week Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for Group 'A' Officers in the Senior Audit/Accounts Cadre of IA&AD (Level-5), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (3 Aug. 2022)
• ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals’, for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development, 29th PTC (Part II) IRAS Training, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development (1 Aug. 2022)
• ‘Rules Governing Sponsored Research Projects and Consultancy for Institutional Research and Development’, Annual FDP on Innovations, Challenges and Preparedness for the New Education System, Chandigarh Business School of Administration, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, Mohali, Punjab (22 Jul. 2022)
• ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy for Developing Learning Objectives’, National Online Faculty Development Program on Architectural Education Through Outcome-Based Learning, Council of Architecture Training and Research Centre, Bhopal and School of Architecture, Delhi Technical Campus, Greater Noida (4 Jul. 2022)
• ‘Population Problems and Sustainable Development’, Personal Contact Programme for Advanced Diploma in Health, Family Welfare and Population Education, University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh, (Online) (17 May 2022)
• ‘An Overview of Sustainable Development Goals’, and ‘Localising the SDGs - Role of State Governments in Implementation of SDGs’, One-Week Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for Group 'A' Officers in the Senior Audit/Accounts Cadre of IA&AD (Level-5), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (26 Mar. 2022)
• ‘Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals’, for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development, 28th PTC (Part II) IRAS Training, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (7 Dec. 2021)
• ‘Challenges to Sustainable Development and Policy Making’, for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development, 28th PTC (Part II) IRAS Training, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (6 Dec. 2021)
• ‘Principles and Concept of Sustainability’, for the Paper 104 Public Policy and Sustainable Development, 28th PTC (Part II) IRAS Training, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (2 Dec. 2021)
• ‘Fieldwork in Social Sciences’, Two-Weeks Refresher Course in Social Sciences and Humanities, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme, launched by the Ministry of Education (MoE) (12-26 Jul. 2021)
• ‘Basic Urban Services Provision in Peri-urban Areas: Experience of Gurugram’, 39th International Training Programme for ITEC/ SCAAP Overseas Professionals on Formal Solutions to Informal Settlements, Human Settlement Management Institute, HUDCO, New Delhi (5 Dec. 2018)
• ‘Sustainability Perspectives for Rural Settings: The Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin’, TERI–ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Training Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (28 Mar. 2018)
• ‘Major Techniques in Qualitative Research’, International Workshop on Legal Research Methods, National Law University, New Delhi (24 May 2017)
• ‘Curriculum Design: Interdisciplinary Programs’, Workshop on Program Leadership and Curriculum Design for the Royal University of Bhutan, TERI University, New Delhi (11 May 2017)
• ‘Sustainability Perspectives for Rural Settings: The Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin’, TERI–ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Training Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (10 Apr. 2017)
• ‘Network and Supervision for Student Engagement with Non-Academic Institutions’, Training on Building Research Capacity for the Royal University of Bhutan, TERI University, New Delhi (as a joint session) (6 Jul. 2016)
• ‘Supervision for Student Engagement with Non-Academic Institutions’, Training on Research Supervision Skills for the Royal University of Bhutan, TERI University, New Delhi (6 May 2016)
• ‘Sustainability Perspectives: Building Climate Resilient Cities’, TERI–ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Training Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (4 Apr. 2016)
• ‘Supervision for Student Engagement with Non-Academic Institutions’, Training on Research Supervision Skills for the Royal University of Bhutan, TERI University, New Delhi (27 Aug. 2015)
• ‘Sustainability Perspective for Urban Settings: Building Climate Resilient Cities’, TERI–ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Training Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (14 Apr. 2015)
• ‘Climate Change and Urbanization: Building Urban Resilience’, TERI–ITEC, (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India), TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (31 Oct. 2014)
• ‘Urban Resilience’, TERI–ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Training Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, TERI Retreat, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (3 Apr. 2014)
• ‘Resilient Cities’, BLISS Summer School, TERI University, New Delhi (11 Mar. 2014)

Conferences and Seminars (Oral Presentations)

• ‘Fostering Public Participation in Solid Waste Management: A Case Analysis of Waste Segregation Initiatives in West Delhi’, International Geographical Union Thematic Conference, Department of Geography, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh (with Rohini Singh) (24-25 Nov. 2022)
• ‘Army Military Settlements in India: A Case for Transformation into Smart and More Liveable Military Settlements’, International Conference on Future is Urban: Livability, Resilience and Resource Conservation (Virtual), Nirma University, Ahmedabad (with Gaurav Singh Karki) (16-18 Dec. 2021)
• ‘Mediating Cultural Heritage Revival through Urban Transformation: A Case Study of Ayodhya City’, International Conference on Future is Urban: Livability, Resilience and Resource Conservation (Virtual), Nirma University, Ahmedabad (with Simran Purswani) (16-18 Dec. 2021)
• ‘Spaces in Transition: Dynamics of Livelihoods in a Peri-Urban Village of Gurugram, Haryana (India)’, 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (17-20 Dec. 2019)
• ‘Urban-Rural Linkages: Issues and Challenges in Urban Services Provision in the Peri-Urban Areas of Gurgaon City, India’, Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, Great Britain (29 Aug. - 2 Sept. 2016)
• ‘Policy Interventions for City Regeneration: City Development Planning Processes in Heritage Cities in India’, 1st International City Regeneration Congress, Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland (3-4 Sept. 2015)
• ‘Spatio-Temporal Growth Analysis of the Civil Area of Jalandhar Cantonment: Perspectives Through Building Activities’, 5th ISPER and 2nd APG International Seminar on Rediscovering Traditions of Folk, Place and Work in Sustainable Settlement Planning, Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research (ISPER), Panchkula (28-30 Nov. 2014)
• ‘Mirroring Change: Streets and Landuse in the Civil Area of Jalandhar Cantonment’, 8th National Seminar on Immortal Cities: Past and Future Concepts, Changing Morphology and Sustainability’, Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research (ISPER), Panchkula (23-24 Apr. 2014)
• ‘Urban Landuse Dynamics in Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab’, 12th International Asian Urbanization Conference on Urban Dynamics, Environment and Health: Challenges for the Twenty First Century, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (28-30 Dec. 2013)
• ‘Trends in Population Attributes of Jalandhar Cantonment’, National Seminar on Demographic Dynamism in India with Special Focus on North-Western India, Department of Geography (UGC-CAS), Panjab University, Chandigarh (7-8 Feb. 2013)
• ‘Spatial Distribution of the Scheduled Caste Population in Cantonment Towns in India, 1961 and 2001’, National Seminar on Northwest India: Issues in Sustainability, Department of Geography (UGC-CAS), Panjab University, Chandigarh (23-24 Feb. 2012)
• ‘Growth of Population of Cantonment Towns in India, 1961-2001’, 32nd Indian Geography Congress, Department of Geography (UGC-CAS), Panjab University, Chandigarh (19-21 Nov. 2010)
• ‘Cantonment Towns in India: Some Population Attributes, 1961-2001’, National Seminar on Human Settlement Dynamics and Population, Economy, Environment Interface with Special Reference to Northwest India, Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (7-8 Feb. 2008)

Funded Research Projects

2022

• United Nations (UN) Habitat [International]: Co-PI: USD 22,000 / INR 11,87,700 Urban Pathways – Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services under the project Urban Living Lab Centre in India (Project Code 2022DSE01).
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) [International]: PI: INR 11,77,150 A Study on Impact of Tourism on Agricultural Practices in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (Project Code 2021DSE02).

2018-19

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) [International]: Co-PI: USD 30,000 / INR 14,16,460 Cities by Women: Uncovering the Relationship between Gender, Land-use and Livelihoods for Embedding Climate Change Resilience in Himalayan Cities (Project Code: 2018DEE03).

2018

• National Institute of Urban Affairs, MoHUA, GoI [National]: Co-PI: INR 5,27,850 Conducting Third Party Evaluation of State/UTs regarding Implementation of AMRUT Reforms (Project Code 2017DEE06).

2015-18

• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) [National]: PI: INR 2,00,000 Urban Services Provision in Peri-Urban Areas: Issues and Challenges for a Sustainable Habitat (Project Code: 2015TU06). This was a part of the HUDCO Chair at TERI SAS.

2013-15

• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) [National]: INR 3,00,000 Exploratory Research on City Development Planning Process in Heritage Cities (Project Code: 2012TU02). This was a part of the HUDCO Chair at TERI SAS.
• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) [National]: INR 2,00,000 Exploratory Research on Sustainable Urban Development in India (Project Code: 2012TU01). This was a part of the HUDCO Chair at TERI SAS.

Funded Capacity Building Programmes

2018

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI: PI Training of Senior and Mid-Level Officials of ULBs, Parastatals and Smart City SPVs on Urban Missions of the Government of India for the Officials of the Government of Goa under the Capacity Building for Urban Development (CBUD) programme, 16-18 April 2018 at IPSCDL, Panaji, Goa (Project Code: 2017DEE11).

2016

• USAID: PI Summer School for capacity building of Urban Local Body officials, State Urban Development Authorities, researchers, faculty and students on “Changing Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour for Overall Public Health Risk Reduction: Towards a Swachh Bharat”, 17-19 August 2016 at Hotel The Stadel, Salt Lake, Kolkata (Project Code: 2014QP09).
• Royal University of Bhutan: Co-PI Training Programme on Building Research Capacity for the Faculty of Royal University of Bhutan, 4-7 July 2016 at TERI SAS, New Delhi.
• Royal University of Bhutan: PI Training Programme on Research Supervision Skills for the Faculty of Royal University of Bhutan, 3- 6 May 2016 at TERI SAS, New Delhi (Project Code: 2015QP10).
• TERI SAS, New Delhi: PI Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods for Inter-Disciplinary Research organized for faculty and research scholars, 7-8 April 2016 at TERI SAS, New Delhi (Project Code: 2015QP09).

2015

• USAID: Co-PI Summer School for capacity building of Urban Local Body officials, State Urban Development Authorities, researchers, faculty and students on “Towards a Swachh Bharat: Managing Risks and Challenges in Urban WASH Service Delivery”, 3-7 August 2015 at TERI SAS, New Delhi.

2014

• HUDCO: Team Member Seminar on Creating Leadership for Sustainable Development organized for undergraduate students of architecture and planning colleges in Delhi NCR, 3-4 February 2014 at TERI SAS, New Delhi.

2013

• HUDCO: Team Member Seminar on Creating Leadership for Sustainable Development organized for undergraduate students of architecture and planning colleges in Delhi NCR, 12th September 2013 at TERI SAS, New Delhi.
• HUDCO: Team Member Management Development Programme on Concerns for Sustainability in Urban Planning organized for officials of the National Capital Region Planning Board, 23 August 2013 at TERI, New Delhi.

Professional Capacity Building Programmes Attended

• Faculty Development Programme on Universal Human Values organised by the AICTE, New Delhi (8-12 Nov. 2021)
• Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Pedagogical Techniques organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (30 Jun. - 6 Jul. 2021)
• Faculty Development Programme on Academic Writing organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (1 Week) (18-24 Feb. 2021)
• Faculty Induction Programme for Faculties in Universities / Colleges / Institutes of Higher Education organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (4 Weeks) (11 Jan. - 09 Feb. 2021)
• Webinar on How to Shape a Curriculum on and for Sustainable Mountain Development conducted by Dr Anne Zimmermann and Dr Karl Herweg, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland (17 Oct. 2019)
• 5 Days workshop on Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Research using Atlas.ti organised by Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram (19-23 Aug. 2019)
• 21 Days Capacity-Building in Geospatial Technologies, Department of Science and Technology, GoI sponsored Training Programme organised by Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, New Delhi (1-21 Dec. 2016)
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Level - I conducted by Development Alternatives World Headquarters, New Delhi (22-23 Jan. 2015)
• GIS Training Program on Introduction to ArcGIS 9 conducted by ESRI India at Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (4-8 May 2009)
• SPSS Faculty Development Program organized by SPSS South Asia and Statistics Department, Panjab university, Chandigarh (21-22 Aug. 2008)
• Three Days Workshop on Research Methodology organised by Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, Panjab University, Chandigarh (21-23 Feb. 2005)
• Research Methodology with a focus on Designing and Implementing Research Proposal in Social Sciences organised by Indian Council of Social Science Research, North-Western Regional Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh (5-10 Apr. 2004)
• Orientation Course on Research Methodology organised by Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, Panjab University, Chandigarh (25-26 Feb. 2004)

Academic Membership and Engagements

Member Executive Committee, Association of Population Geographers of India

Reviewer for:

• Population Geography (Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India)
• Punjab Geographer (Journal of the Association of Punjab Geographers and KSS ISPER, India)

Co-Lead in the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)-ICIMOD Thematic Working Group on Mountain Tourism and Cultural Heritage (since 2019)

Life member, Association of Population Geographers India

Life member, Association of Punjab Geographers