KEY SPEAKERS



The following Key Speakers have agreed to write and present papers in this international conference.

Name of the Speaker
Designation and Affiliation
Place
Topic
Plenary Session-I: Indian Urban Missions: City Planning and Development
Dr. Pushpa Arabindoo
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Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, UCL Urban Lab
London
Do we need a plan for the Indian city? An urban studies perspective
Prof. Jagan Shah
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Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs
New Delhi
Indian Urban Missions: Leveraging planning to achieve sustainability
Mr. Sanjay Joshi
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Principal Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank
New Delhi
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Plenary Session-II: Town Planning Profession and Education
Prof. Daniel K. B. Inkoom
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Chair, Steering Committee, Association of African Schools
Ghana
Education for Practice: The New Urban Agenda, Planning Education and the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS).
Dr. Sanjeev Vidyarthi
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Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago
Taking Stock at Sixty-five: State of Indian Professional Planning Fraternity in 2017
Prof. Dr. Ashok Kumar
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Professor of Physical Planning, School of Planning and Architecture
New Delhi
Inclusive City Planning Education
Track-I: Sustainable City and Regional Development
Sub-Theme: Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals
Dr. Eduardo Moreno
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UN-HABITAT – NOF, Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi
Monitoring the Present and Future of Cities: The City Prosperity Initiative
Ms. Rajasree Ray
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Economic Advisor, Dept. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
New Delhi
Indian cities climbing the ladder of sustainable development: can we make it a success story?
Ms. Mia Amalia
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Head of Urban Sub-Directorate Urban Directorate, Housing and Settlements Ministry of National Development Planning
Indonesia
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Sub-Theme: Climate Change, Risk and Resilient City
Shri Kamal Kishore
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Member, National Disaster Management Authority
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Prof. Sudhakar Yedla
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Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Mumbai
Retrofitting Transport-Infrastructure Projects for Climate Adaptation - Incremental Cost Analysis of Non-Motorized Modes
Prof. Pradipta Banerji
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Head, Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
Mumbai
Disaster Resilience in Urban Scenario
Track-II: Planning for Inclusive Growth
Sub-Theme: Spatial Inclusive Economic Growth
Prof. Luis M. A. Bettencourt
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The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, The University of Chicago
Chicago
New Empirically - Driven Approaches to Inclusive Human Development in Cities
Prof. Arup Mitra
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Professor, Institute of Economic Growth
New Delhi
Cities and Towns in India: Judging the Quality of Urbanisation
Dr. Ravi Raman
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Member, Kerala State Planning Board
Kerala
Urban Processes and an Inclusive State: Quite Another Kerala Model?
Sub-Theme: Spatial Inclusion, and Exclusions
Dr. Suzanne Speak
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Degree Programme Director, MSc International Spatial Planning, New Castle University, UK
New Castle
Exclusionary Cities and Everyday Lives of Women
Dr. M. K. Ramesh
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Professor of Law, Chair Professor (Urban Poor and the Law), National Law School India University
Bengaluru
Planning for Inclusive Growth: Musings on Indian Legal Order
Dr. Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay
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Director, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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Track-III: Universal Access
Sub-Theme: Mobility, and Physical and Social Infrastructure
Prof. James L. Wescoat
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Aga Khan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Universal Access
Prof. Abir Mullick
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Provost, Navarachana University
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Ms. Shreya Gadepalli
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Director-South Asia, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Chennai
BRT in Indian Cities
Sub-Theme: Housing
Prof. Vinayak Bharne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Southern California, Los Ageles
U.S.
The Architecture of Density: Residential Typology, Neighborhood Making & Urban Form
Mr. Gregor Herda
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Regional Housing Advisor, UN-Habitat
New Delhi
A New National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy? Points to consider
Prof. Dr. P. S. N. Rao
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Chairman, Delhi Urban Art Commission
New Delhi
Universal Access to Housing in Indian Cities
Track-IV: Technology, Innovation and Equity
Sub-Theme: Built Environment and Corridor Development
Dr. Aseem Inam
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Chair in Urban Design,
Cardiff University
U.K.
Reclaiming Urban Practice for India:  What Can Design Teach Us?
Dr. Kavita Iyengar
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Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Sub-Theme: Citizenship and Governance
Dr. M. Satish Kumar
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Geography, History of Geography, Labor Economics, Queen's University
Belfast
What's Right for the City or Right to the City: Criticality of Citizenship and Governance
Ms. Sheela Patel
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Director Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC)
Mumbai
Invisible informality in cities: Planning that is blind folded
Dr. Ruth Kattumuri
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Co-Director, LSE India Observatory, UK
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