Career Details

Research Associate. Compound13 Lab/ University of the West of Scotland, Mumbai. March 2022 – May 2023

Teaching Fellow. The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), UCL, London, England, United Kingdom. September 2017 - August 2018

International Student Support Officer (ISSO). Department of Architecture, the University of Sheffield. July 2016 - June 2017

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). Department of Urban Studies, the University of Sheffield. April 2015 - March 2019

Research Associate. School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, India April. 2012 - Sept 2014

Analyst: Public Policies and Reform. IFC Consulting Services, New Delhi, India. October 2011 - March 2012

Senior Associate. Centre for Civil Society (CCS) New Delhi. April 2011- September 2011

Associate. Feedback INFRA, Gurugram, India. July 2007 - September 2009

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, Urban Studies and Planning (2014-2020). The University of Sheffield, UK

Master of Arts – MA, International Development: Public Policy and Management (2009-2010). The University of Manchester, UK

Master of Technology – M. Tech, Urban and Regional Planning (2005-2007). CEPT University, India

Bachelor of Architecture – B. Arch, Architecture (1999-2004). M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur, India

Additional Information

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA – Reg. no. PR150383, date 26/07/2018)

Associate Member of the Institute of Town Planners of India since 2009 (AITP – Reg. no. ITPI-2009/142)

Associate member of Council of Architecture, India (CA/2012/57922)

Current Research

The current research titled 'Digital Climate Futures – A Decolonial and Justice Perspective on Digitalised Climate Change Adaptation' empirically investigates digital climate change adaptation initiatives via a global mapping of discourses and practices and a case study in rural India.

The research aims to advance critical adaptation studies, digital justice, and digital/environmental humanities and builds an ambitious dissemination plan targeting wider audiences.

The project has five main objectives wherein I directly contribute to achieving objectives no. 3, 4, and 5.

1. Develop a novel analytical framework to conceptualise the justice implications of digital climate adaptation
2. Map existing digital platforms for climate services globally
3. Investigate how users and communities engage with, co-design, employ, and resist such applications through a case study in rural India;
4. Investigate how digital adaptation contributes to reshaping knowledge and power relations at the local level.
5. Producing a toolkit for decolonial digital practices in climate adaptation useful for both academics and practitioners