As a critical Geographer and Urban Planner, I've dedicated my career to understanding the intricate relationship between humans and their environment. My research further deepened my expertise in regional transformations and sustainability. Currently, as the Post-graduate as the program lead of IAIDP at Srishti Manipal Institute and the Principal Investigator of the Centre for Reimagining Transitions, I'm committed to fostering a new generation of design professionals equipped to address complex challenges at neighborhood level. My research focuses on the intersection of sustainability, inequality, and design thinking, with a particular emphasis on place-based approaches.

Sustainable development, sustainable transitions, decolonization, socio-economic development & wellbeing, inequality studies, environmental issues and climate change, and public policy and governance, cultural heritage conservation, design thinking.

• Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Dept., of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2013.
• Master degree in Geography (Regional Planning as Special Paper), University of Calcutta, India, 2005.
• Bachelor degree in Geography (Cartography as special paper with Economics and Political Science), University of Calcutta, India, 2003.

Current Practice at Srishti:

• Program lead of MDes-IAIDP program
• Principal Investigator of the Centre for Reimagining Transitions
• Facilitator for the units (MDes): Creative Leadership in Information Dynamics, Emerging narratives from information ecosystems, and technical writing research methodology courses across the levels.
• PhD. Supervisor, Capstone mentor for MDes students, and Tutor for Undergrad students.

• Faculty member at Information Arts and Information Design Practices (IAIDP), Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Bengaluru Campus (2019 – present).
• Expert Consultant at Japan International Corporation Agency, India (JICA, 2019).
• Postdoctoral Research Consultant at Urban Transformations Lab, Department of Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2018).
• Postdoctoral Research Consultant at World Smart Sustainable City Organization (WeGO), South Korea (2017).
• Program Officer at Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bengaluru, India (2015).
• Post-doctoral Fellow (2012 – 2014) Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation, and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
• Teaching Assistant (2009 – m 2011) Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Bengaluru, India.
• Geography Lecturer in Sarsuna College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (August 2006 to July 2008).
• Geography Lecturer in Kishore Bhaarati Nivedita College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (April 2006 to July 2006).

Awards and recognition

• Awarded a travel grant from DAAD, Germany to facilitate workshop at Berlin, Germany, 2024.
• Recognized as Visiting Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany, 2024.
• Awarded Five Years Junior and Senior Doctoral Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test – December 2007.
• Awarded scholarship for achieving 1st class in Masters from Education Directorate Government of West Bengal, 2006.

• Facilitator of the Workshop: “Imaginaries of inside-out place making: sensing, designing and transforming spaces with humans and the non-human world for sustainable and climate resilient futures”, at IOER Conference 2024 Space & Transformation: Living in Harmony with Nature, Dresden, Germany, 2024.
• Facilitator of the Workshop: “Imaginaries of inside-out place making: sensing, designing and transforming spaces with humans and the non-human world for sustainable and climate resilient futures”, at Conference of the Centres for Climate and Environment: "Imaginaries of Climate Futures - Cross Regional Insights to get from Knowledge to Action" by DAAD, Berlin, Germany, 2024.
• Invited expert panelist for: “Policy, investment and activism for systemic transformation: Potential and barriers of Transformative Innovation Policy and Deep Transitions in Global South contexts", 20th Globelics International Conference, Kerala,2023.
• Speaker at Karnataka State Pollution Control Board: India involved strategic policy advocacy for climate change adaptation and mitigation for urban and rural areas, Bangalore, 2015.