A public platform for research, policy and advocacy centred around the urban.
Public lectures/ Seminars/ Panel Discussion
Our public lectures and seminars cover an eclectic range of themes, with planners, authors, academics, and artists sharing their work with students.
INNOVATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND PRACTICES IN LAND-TITLING: LEARNING FROM JAGA MISSION ODISHA.
Date: May 14, 2021Time: 4:00 pm
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The Inside Story of JAGA Mission, Odisha. Inaugural Session of of New Lecture Series. Land, Housing and Property Rights: Tracing Policy Shifts and Emerging Issues in India and the Global South
Date: Mar 15, 2021Time: 4:00 pm
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From Janta Colony to Janta Colony Bombay Housing (1950 – 1983) with Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran, and Simpreet Singh
Date: Feb 10, 2016Event Link
A panacea or a myth? Market-based provision of affordable rental housing in Mumbai, India by Faizan Jawed Siddiqui, doctoral student at MIT
Date: Dec 09, 2016Event Link
‘Understanding Homeland/s and Identities: A Study of Barkas in Hyderabad’ by Dr. Anushyama Mukherjee, Research Assistant, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Date: Jul 17, 2017Event Link
‘City of Waters: Uncertainty and the Future Urban’ with Nikhil Anand, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Date: Jul 24, 2017Event Link
Lisa Björkman discusses her book ‘Pipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai’
Date: Jan 02, 2018Event Link
‘Colombo: The making of a world class city’ with Iromi Perera, Colombo based independent researcher and activist
Date: Dec 11, 2017Event Link
“Alice in Wonderland? Some critical reflections on the work of Unnayan and of a life of initiatives and experiments in social action and self-realisation” by Jai Sen
Date: Jan 29, 2018Event Link
‘Difficult’ Pollutant; Framing Vulnerability through an Uncertain Ontology by Mr. Arif Hayat Nairang.
Date: Jan 08, 2018Event Link
‘Hearing their voices: Labor representation in the garment industry in South Asia’ by Dr. Sanchita Banerjee Saxena, Executive Director of the Institute for South Asia Studies (Institute), University of California at Berkeley
Date: Jul 30, 2018Event Link
‘How is India Planning (or not) its Human Settlements?’ By Sanjeev Vidyarthi, Associate Professor, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Chicago
Date: Jun 17, 2016Event Link
Promoting “science city” to “smart city”: But what of inclusive cities?
Date: Nov 19, 2018Event Link
E-lecture on planning milestones in the city of Mumbai in the past 50 years with Dr. Vidyadhar Pathak, Dean, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University.
Date: Aug 19, 2016Event Link
Public lecture critically evaluating the transition to CNG for Delhi’s bus fleet by Prof. Madhav Badami
Date: Dec 18, 2019Event Link
‘Digital Labour Platforms: tracing technological shifts in the informal economy’ with Aditi Surie
Date: Nov 29, 2019Event Link
“What is going on in the Brazilian Urban Agenda?” with Dr. Pedro Novais
Date: Aug 23, 2019Event Link
