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Harshit S. Lakra

|Designation |Permanent Address |

|Assistant Professor |Kokar Khorahtoli |

|Department of Architecture and Planning |Ranchi , Jharkhand ,India |

|Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee |011-651-2531222 |

|Roorkee, Haridwar |harshit_lakra@ |

|hsl52@cornell.edu, hsl31fap@ iitr.ernet.in, | |

Education

❖ Cornell University, College of Architecture, Arts & Planning, Ithaca, New York

Masters in City & Regional Planning, August 2009

Major in Economic & Community Development

❖ Center for Environment Planning & Technology ( CEPT) School of Planning , Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning, April 2001

Major in Environmental Planning

❖ Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Department of Architecture & Planning, May 1999

Bachelors in Architecture

❖ St. Theresa’s Girls School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

High Secondary Board Exam, Madhya Pradesh Board, May 1994

❖ St. Theresa’s Girls School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Secondary Board Exam, Madhya Pradesh Board, May 1992

Scholarships and Awards

❖ Nominated for Tribal Achiever Award in Education Section by Ministry of Tribal Welfare, India: 2010

❖ Cornell Graduate School, Graduate Research Travel Award: 2008-2009

❖ Cornell, City and Regional Planning, Graduate Research Travel Award: 2008-2009

❖ Cornell Urban Scholarship Program (CUSP) Scholar: 2008

❖ Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) Fellow: 2006

❖ Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Scholar 1999 to 2001

Membership of professional Institutions and Societies:

|Name of the Professional Institute/ Society |Type of Membership |

|Member of American Planning Association |Student Member 2007 |

|Council of Architects (COA) |CA/2003/30862 |

|Indian Society of Geomatics(ISG) |L-421 |

|Indian Society of Technical Education(ISTE) |LM-44439 |

|Institute of Town Planners, India(ITPI) |2005-042/ATTP |

|International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) |Member ID:38656 |

|International Planning Student Organization (IPSO ) |Officer 2008 |

|Organization of Cornell Planners (OCP) |Member 2008 |

|Women’s Planning Forum (WPF) |Member 2008 |

|Minority Organization Architecture, Art and Planning (MOAAP) |Member 2008 |

|Cornell International Christian Fellowship (CICF) |President 2008 |

|SPARK, NGO, Jharkhand |Member 2006 |

|Adivasi Development Network (ADN) USA |Officer, 2009 |

|International Fellowship Programme, Ford Foundation |Alumni Member, 2009 |

|Jharkhand Water Forum |Founder Member, 2009 |

Credited Coursework in Post Graduate Programme

|Environment |:Environmental Science |Environmental Impact Assessment |

| |Technology for Cleaner Production and Energy Planning|Environmental Economics |

| | |Environmental Policy and Legislation |

|Planning Analysis |:Intro Methods of Planning Analysis |Transportation Planning |

| |Urban Infrastructure Planning |Urban Management |

| |Project Planning and Appraisal |Housing Marketing and Finance |

|Statistics |:Public Policy Analysis Management |Statistics for Social Science |

|Economics |:Intermediate Microeconomics |Environmental Economics |

|Advance Planning Tool |:Geographic Information System |Quant. Tech. for Policy Analysis Mgmt. |

|Community Development |:Community Development Seminar |Participatory Action Research |

Computer Skills

|Software |: MS Office, Auto Cad R2006, ArchiCad 9, Micro station, Oracle 8i, Adobe Premiere 6, Sonic Sound Foundry, Macromedia Flash |

| |MX, Macromedia Director MX,2004, Hyper Text Mark Language, Vensim Simulation Software, SPSS. |

|GIS Application |: ArcGIS, Arcinfo 8, Arcview 3.2a , Avenue, Map Objects, Visual Basic 6, MapObjects |

|Image Processing Software |: Cadoverlay, IRAS/B, Erdas Imagine 8.4, Adobe Photoshop 6 |

Professional Experience

|Department of Architecture Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, JH |April 2004- November 2012 |

|Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer ) | |

|Initiating Research scholars promotion for institute and region as a nominated representative for USIEF. |

|Coordinate ST/SC matter for institute as a nominated member of ST/ Sc cell. |

|Initiated and coordinated product design solutions and training system to reinforce employment opportunities for the indigenous communities in the urban setup of |

|Ranchi. |

|Accomplished urban design solutions with the group of architecture students to support informal economic activities in the urban core. Design received appreciation and|

|approval of Urban Design Secretary for implementation. |

|Initiated & conducted series of e-learning workshops for the staff from neighboring colleges. |

|Coordinated Human Settlement Analysis course work using Remote Sensing techniques & created digital database for the institute with the group of graduate students. |

|Undertook research work to evaluate the performance of Urban Local Bodies and Non Government Organizations in managing urban environment with the focus on drinking |

|water facilities in Slums of Ranchi. |

|Assist in the formation of Undergraduate Students’ Environmental Action Group & established in-house Resource Center. |

|Compile & co- edit journal ABACUS, an Internationally Refereed Bi-Annual Journal of Architecture Conservation and Urban Studies’, published by the Institute. |

|Global Consultancy Marga Incorporated, Park Avenue, New York, USA |May 2008- July 2008 |

|Graduate Research Scholar | |

|Responsible for conducting interviews with officers of Health Department of the State to identifying community approach to deal with obesity in United states. |

|Responsible for preparing technical report for Bush Clinton Katrina Fund for Southern part of America. |

|Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, New York, USA |August 2007- July 2009 |

|Research Assistant | |

|Responsible for assisting Professor Porus Olpadawala in collecting and developing research material for publications from news paper articles and journals. |

|Responsible for assisting Professor Stephan Schmidt site inventory of Urban parks in New York City for his GIS project, ‘Security Factors in Urban Parks in New York |

|City’. |

|Responsible for covering lecture series colloquium 2007-2008 and publishing videos on school web for School of Architecture, Arts and Planning. |

|Responsible for GPS site inventory of hiking trail for Rescue project of Fire Department through GIS Cell Water Supply Department Tompkins County. |

|Department of Architecture & Planning Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, MP |Mar 2003- Mar 2004 |

|Lecturer | |

|Co-assisted in Planning Techniques, GIS & Remote Sensing Courses for the graduate students. |

|Coordinated Architectural Design, Urban Design, Architectural Graphics, Professional Practice & Energy Efficient Design course work for undergraduate students. |

|Assisted in establishing Material Museum for the undergraduate students. |

|Monitored and maintained Remote Sensing & GIS lab. |

|Guided undergraduate students for National Design Competition. |

|Developed model primary school design for urban poor. |

|Geographic Information Systems Cell Genesys International Corporate Limited, Mumbai, MH |Apr 2001- Feb 2003 |

| Senior Executive | |

|Assisted in creating in-house staff training system & imparting theoretical & practical training |

|Developed GIS application for site identification and prioritization, Land suitability analysis, Real estate Management, Route Planner, Census data viewer plus |

|analyzer and Business application. |

|Digitized land-cover map, parcel map and contour map using remotely sensed data. |

|Evolved Management Information System for tracking & assessing employee’s skill set and identifying the improvement areas. |

|Prepared business development plan to identify potential market to expand company’s business |

|Coordinated proposal and pilot project for various GIS applications |

|Prepared GIS application user manual for different applications developed by the company. |

|Mumbai Project Office Infrastructure Professional Enterprise, Green Park Ext, New Delhi |Dec 2001 - Feb 2003 |

|Project Coordinator (Part time) | |

|Coordinated redevelopment project of dilapidated municipal staff quarters in Mumbai city. |

|Communicated with municipal officers, slum residents, and head office staff in Delhi |

|Assisted in preparing management & financial proposal |

|Coordinated inventory of all twenty seven sites |

Papers in Refereed Journals

|S.No. |Author(s) |Year |Title |Complete Reference of Journal |

|1 |Harshit Lakra, Ajit Roshan Tete |2010 |Indigenous Habitat |Vol 5 No 1 - special issue on HOUSING - published in |

| | | | |2010 |

|2 |Harshit Lakra, Sashi kant Pandey, |2008 |Fact Sheet Human Development Index |Abacus Vol. 3. No 2 Monsoon 2008 (Page I-VI) |

| |Ritu Agrawal, Smriti Mishra, , | | | |

|3 |Harshit Lakra, Smriti Mishra, Ritu |2007 |Fact Sheet Slums a Step Above Homelessness |Abacus Vol. 2. No 1 Spring 2007 (Page 23) |

| |Agrawal , | | | |

|4 |Harshit Lakra, Smriti Mishra, Ritu |2007 |Project news for NBJK, The Success Story of |Abacus, Vol 2 , No 1, Spring 2007 (Page 67 ) |

| |Agrawal , | |Clean Jharkhand Project | |

|5 |Lakra Harshit |2003 | News column: General Agreement on Tariff and |Council of Architecture , 2003 |

| | | |Trade | |

|6 |Gharat Kedar, Lakra Harshit, |2003 |GIS Based Application for Sales and Marketing’ |ISG Newsletter March 2003, Volume 9, Number 1. |

Papers presented in Conference

|S.No |Author(s) |Year |Title |Name and Place of Conference |

|1 |Lakra Harshit |2012 |Vernacular Architecture Education |Accepted : ISVS -6 International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements-2012|

| | | |Defining, Professional Scope and Creating | |

| | | |Inclination |Contemporary Vernaculars: Places and process and Manifestations, April |

| | | | |19-21, 2012, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus |

|2 |Lakra Harshit |2011 |Higher Education Institutions, Local Labor|Tribal and Development |

| | | |and Regional Economic Competitiveness |National Workshop by Rashtriya Manav Sanghrahliya and Sidhu Kanu |

| | | | |University , Hazaribagh 15th -16 November 2011. |

|3 |Lakra Harshit |2010 |‘Environment, Development and Tribal |Environment lecture series |

| | | |Community’ |Tarang Uday , |

| | | | |Theological Center, Kanke on 7th Sept 2010. ( oral presentation ) |

|4 |Lakra Harshit, Tete A. |2010 |Developing Model for Empowering Domestic |58th National Town Country Planners Congress on Inclusive Planning for |

| |Roshan, Agarwal Ritu, Mishra | |Laborers in Jharkhand |Empowering Urban Poor, Nagpur |

| |Smriti, Pandey Shashikant | | | |

|5 |Lakra harshit, Tete Roshan, |2009 |‘State and NGO relationship in Jharkhand’ |Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous |

| |Ekka Rashmi | | |Issues, organized by United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues|

| | | | |(UNPFII) from 18 - 29 May, 2009 at United Nations Headquarters, New |

| | | | |York. |

|6 |Lakra Harshit |2008 |State of Higher Education Institution |Cornell Urban Scholar Program |

| | | |Bush Clinton Clinton Katrina Fund |30th July 2008 |

| | | | |Cornell University Extension Center New York. (oral presentation ) |

|7 |Mishra, S., Ritu Agrawal, |2007 |“Performance Measurement of NGO’s and | 9th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA|

| |Lakra Harshit, Richa Sharma. | |ULB’s Initiatives in Urban Environment |2007), August 27th -29th, 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka. [Accepted for oral|

| | | |Management: Case Study of Slums of |presentation] |

| | | |Ranchi.” | |

|8 |Lakra Harshit, Mishra Smriti,|2007 |Socio-Physical Environmental Assessment of|6th Annual International Conference and Exhibition on GIS Technology |

| |Agarwal Ritu | |Slums, A Remote Sensing and GIS |and Applications Map Asia 2007 14-16 August, 2007 Kuala Lumpur |

| | | |Application Case Study of Slums, Ranchi, |Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |

| | | |Jharkhand | |

|9 |Lakra Harshit |2007 |Participated |East Zone Planning Conference of Institute of Town Planners, India at |

| | | | |BIT Mesra Ranchi, on 4th August 2007. |

|10 |Mishra, S., Ritu Agrawal, |2007 |“Performance Measurement of NGO’s and |ANZEE Conference entitled “Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for |

| |Harshit Lakra. | |ULB’s Initiatives in Urban Environment |Change,” July 3rd- 6th, 2007, Queensland, Australia. [Accepted for |

| | | |Management: Case Study of Slums of |oral presentation] |

| | | |Ranchi.” | |

|11 |Lakra, H., Smriti Mishra, |2007 |“Women Empowerment Indicators- Critical | ANZEE Conference entitled “Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for |

| |Ritu Agrawal. | |Appraisal for the State of Jharkhand.” |Change,” July 3rd- 6th, 2007, Queensland, Australia. [Accepted for |

| | | | |oral presentation] |

|12 |Agrawal, R., Smriti Mishra, |2007 |Physical Planning in achieving Sustainable|ANZEE Conference entitled “Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for |

| |Harshit Lakra, and B. | |Development: Students Perspective and |Change,” July 3rd- 6th, 2007, Queensland, Australia. [Accepted for |

| |Arch-2006 Batch students | |Approach for Ranchi Beautification |oral presentation] |

| | | |Project.” | |

|13 |Lakra Harshit |2007 |Participated |One day workshop on “Model Building Byelaws for Safety Against Natural |

| | | | |Hazards” on 12th March, 2007, organized by Building Materials and |

| | | | |Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), Ministry of Housing and Urban |

| | | | |Poverty Alleviation, Department of Urban Development, Government of |

| | | | |Jharkhand |

|14 | Mishra, S., Harshit Lakra, |2006 |‘Urban Environmental Management, |In 9th Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological |

| |Ritu Agrawal. | |performance Measurement of NGO’s and ULB’s|Economics on Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-Being, December |

| | | |initiatives, Case study of Slums of |15th -18th, 2006 , New Delhi, India. [Poster presentation] |

| | | |Jharkhand’ | |

|15 |Lakra Harshit, Mishra Smriti,|2006 |“Women Empowerment Indicators: Critical |In 9th Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological |

| |Agarwal Ritu, | |Appraisal for the State of Jharkhand.” |Economics on Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-Being, December |

| | | | |15th -18th, 2006 , New Delhi, India. [Poster presentation] |

|16 |Lakra Harshit |2006 |Participated |International Conference on ‘Advisory Services in Environmental |

| | | | |Management ‘ organized by Urban Development Department of Jharkhand on |

| | | | |19th July 2006 , at Capitol Hill , Ranchi |

|17 |Lakra Harshit |2006 |Participated |‘Stake Holder Workshop on City Development Plan of Ranchi’ organized |

| | | | |by Meinhardt Singapore Pvt. Ltd., Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi |

| | | | |during 26-27 June 2006. |

|18 |Lakra Harshit |2006 |Participated |International Conference on ‘The Role of Socio-Economic & Spatial |

| | | | |Planning in National Development ‘ 14,15 April 2006, New Delhi, India ,|

| | | | |organized by FBE, Faculty of Built Environment , University of New |

| | | | |South Wales , School of Architecture & Planning , Delhi, HUDCO, Centre |

| | | | |for Environmental Planning and Technology, CEPT, Ahmedabad , Australian|

| | | | |Habitat Studies. |

|19 |Lakra Harshit, Mishra Smriti,|2006 |‘Indicator Identification for Energy |All India Seminar in Architectural Engineering’, The Co-ordination of |

| |Agarwal Ritu, | |Efficient Urban Growth’ |Various Engineering Wings in Architectural Planning for Building |

| | | | |Construction’, 8-9 March 2006 , organized by the Institute of |

| | | | |Engineers (India ) in association with Department of Architecture, BIT |

| | | | |Mesra, Ranchi. [Oral presentation] |

|20 |Choudhary Suniti, Lakra |2006, |Bamboo: Natural Resource Utilization and |National Conference on’ Recent Advances in Environmental Biotechnology |

| |Harshit | |Conservation’ |for Bio-diversity Management’ February 11-12, 2006, organized by Inter |

| |Mishra Smriti, Agarwal Ritu, | | |Disciplinary Forum, Ranchi College in Collaboration with CVS. [Oral |

| | | | |presentation] |

|21 |Lakra Harshit, Mishra Smriti,|2006. |‘Green Buildings : An Approach Towards |Workshop on Modern Buildings and Sustainable Building Practices in |

| |Agarwal Ritu, | |Sustainable Development’ |Jharkhand’ organized by Building Construction Department Government of |

| | | | |Jharkhand, 9-10 January, 2006. [Oral presentation] |

|22 |Lakra Harshit, |2005 |‘National Resources Management in Jamunia |National Seminar on GIS and Geo-informatics conducted by Society of |

| | | |Watershed’ |Remote Sensing, hosted by Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi. |

| | | | |[Oral presentation] |

|23 |Lakra Harshit, |2005 |Rural Employment; Perspective and |Paper presented in 25th ISRS Annual Convention and National Symposium |

| |Kullu Nishi Jaya, | |Achievement Critical Appraisal of |in “Emergence of Geoinformatics for Development : Trends & |

| |Zehra Perveen | |Jharkhand State |Opportunities” from December 6-9, 2005 Ranchi Jharkhand, India |

|24 |Lakra Harshit |2005 |‘Sports Architecture ‘ |National Seminar on Physical Education, Sept 05 Birla Institute of |

| | | | |Technology, Mesra Ranchi. [Oral presentation] |

|25 |Lakra Harshit |2005 |Participated |International Conference on Art and Architecture of Eastern India from |

| | | | |8th -11 Feb, 2005 organized by Department of Architecture Birla |

| | | | |Institute of Technology Mesra in collaboration with International |

| | | | |center for Study of Bengal, Art, Dhaka and National Archives Dhaka. |

|26 |Ahmed Seemi, Lakra Harshit |2003 |Ecological Aspects of Appropriate |19th National Convention of Architectural Engineers’ on ‘Planning for |

| | | |Techniques in Building Construction for |Sustainable Built Environment’ 1-2 Nov 2003, MANIT, Bhopal. |

| | | |Different Geographical Regions’ | |

Books / Journal published

|S.No. |Name/Title |Year |Title of Publisher |Author |

|1 |Abacus |2007 |Birla Institute of Technology |Editor : Harshit Lakra, Smriti Mishra, |

| |Planning and Sustainability | | | |

| |Spring 2007, Volume 2 Number 1 | | | |

Workshop and Conference Organized

❖ Coordinating ongoing project workshop on Rural Shelter Design from December 2011- April 2012, at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra.

❖ Organized ‘ Street Design and Transportation Planning’ by Nitin Warrior and Vanishree from Institute of Transpiration and Development Policy, Ahmadabad, on 29 Feb 2012 at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

❖ Organized ‘ Rural Technology Exhibition’ in collaboration with Rocketry Department, Central Court, Main Building,

BIT Mesra, on 4-5 November 2011.

❖ Organized ‘Introduction to Architectural Thesis by ‘Ar. S. Chakraborty Architect Planner CMPDI, on 30th July 2011, at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

❖ Organized ‘ECO-III Training the Trainers’ by Dr Ardeshir Mahdavi. Director. Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology. Vienna University of Technology. Funded by USAID And Department of Architecture Birla Institute of Technology, 11th July -14th July 2011.

❖ Organized seminar by Ar. Madhav DevBhakta, on 1st April 2011, Lecture Hall at Department of Architecture

BIT Mesra.

❖ Organized ‘Product Design Exhibition’ by students of architecture on 21 April 2011 at BIT Mesra Ranchi.

❖ Organized Creative Workshop on ‘Set Designing’ By Prof. Ajay Malkani from Marwari College, Ranchi on 11th April 2011.

❖ Organized Field Trip to’ Science City’ , Chirondi, Ranchi for the creative workshop students of BIT on 8th April 2011.

❖ Organized Creative Workshop on ‘Painting’ By Artist Shweta Tiwari, Ranchi on 4th April 2011 at BIT Mesra.

❖ Organized ‘Eco-garden’ Workshop for 1st Year Student of Architecture with Mr. Mrinal Pathak on 1 April 2011 at BIT Mesra.

❖ Coordinated Special lecture by Architect Arghya Manjumdar from Aakriti Consultants Kolkata on ‘Architecture of the New Era’ on 12 March, 2011 at BIT Mesra.

❖ Organized Creative Workshop on “Paint the Wall’ by local artist Shashi Shekhar on 11 March 2011 Department of Architecture BIT Mesra.

❖ Coordinated Workshop and Lecture Series by Ms. Claudia Roselli, Urban Designer and Artist, Italy on New way of Planning the City: Across Art and Participatory Actions; Case study: Kirkhee Village, New Delhi and Walkscapes- Walking as an Aesthetic Practice [based in the book of Careri titled "Walkscapes", An Evolution of the Theory of Situationist Derivation] on 7th and 8th March, 2011.

❖ Organized Creative Workshop on Photography by international artist Gautam from France on 7th Feb 2011.

❖ Organized ‘Hands on Workshop on Pottery Painting and Flower Making’ by Vandana Kispotta Artist Jharcraft , Ranchi at Community Kids Library in Kokar funded by Adivasi Development Network, USA, Ranchi on 31st January 2011.

❖ Organized event on ‘Tribal Performing Art’ on 4-5th December 2010 at Don Bosco school, funded by Adivasi Development Network, USA, DonBosco School and Nilai Education Trust.

❖ Organized and was resource person for ‘Tribal Architecture’ for Don Bosco Schools students and neighborhood children at Community Kids Library on 30 October 2010.

❖ Organized and was involved as resource person for ‘Leadership and Cohort Building Workshop’ for Economically Week Tribal Students organized by Adivasi Development Network, USA at St. Vincent de Paul Kokar, Ranchi on 29th August 2010.

❖ Organized and was involved as resource person for ‘International Day for World Indigenous People’ on 8th August 2010 in collaboration with St. Xavier School Doranda, Ranchi.

❖ Coordinated Work culture and ethics workshop for international students participating in Global Clinic Program from Harvey Mudd College at BIT, Mesra from 17 May to 17 June 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop by Mr. M. Mukuti, Architect Planner CMPDI, at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra on 20 March 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop by Mr. S. Chakraborty, Architect Planner CMPDI, at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra on 13 March 2010.

❖ Coordinated series of workshop on Tribal Art and Tribal Society’ at Community Kids Library, Kokar, Ranchi Jharkhand on 27th Feb 2010, 6th Mar 2010, 13th Mar 2010.

❖ Coordinated seminar by Mr. D. R. Dhariwal, President, Birla White at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra on 26th February 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop by Nandlal Nayak, Internationally renowned Folk Artist, Film Maker and Music Director at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra on 20th February 2010.

❖ Coordinated series of workshop on ‘Inculcating Reading Habits’ for school children and Community Kids Library on 10 Jan 2010, 6 Feb 2010, 14 Feb 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop by Architect Santosh Shekar from Incredible Art, Jharkhand at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra on 6th February 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop by Mr. Ajay Singh from Superior Global Infrasturcture Consultancy Pvt. Ltd New Delhi at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra on 27th January 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop for Indigenous Non-government Organization in Jhakhand on ‘Challenges of Tribal Led NGOs in the State’ Funded by Adivasi Development Network in Ranchi on 9th Jan 2010.

❖ Coordinated workshop and lecture by Professor Emeritus Anupam Banerji from School of Architecture, Waterloo University, Canada on 4-5th December, 2009 at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi.

❖ Coordinated special lecture on ‘Sustainable Panama’ by Sarah Pressprich graduate from Cornell University, NY, at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology and School of Planning, Bhopal on 14th September, 2009.

❖ Coordinated seminar for V and VI semester student of architecture on ‘Architectural Writing and Presentation Skills’ from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Monsoon 2009.

❖ Coordinated one day writing workshop by Sarah Pressprich graduate from Cornell University, NY, at Xavier School, Ranchi for school students and teachers on 2nd September, 2009.

❖ Coordinated ‘Brown Bag’ a platform to share Professor ongoing projects in Oct’ 2008 in Cornell University funded by International Planning Student Organization.

❖ Coordinated ‘Workshop of Urban Life’ in September 2008 in Cornell University funded by International Planning Student Organization.

❖ Coordinated ‘International Student Orientation’ in August 2008 in Cornell University funded by International Planning Student Organization.

❖ Coordinated ‘Lost Dog event’ in August 2008 in Cornell University part funded by International Planning Student Organization.

❖ Two days workshop ‘ On Content Development in e- learning’ organized by Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi under Technical Education Quality Improvement Porgram on April 3-4, 2006.

❖ Workshop on’ Cost Effective Housing in Rural Area’ in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, 2003.

❖ Technical Presentation by ACC group, Sain Gobain & Asian Paints in Maula Azad National Institute of Technology, 2003

❖ 19th National Convention of Architectural Engineers ‘ on Planning for Sustainable Built Environment’ 1-2nd Nov 2003, MANIT, Bhopal

Training and Workshop Participated

❖ Quality Improvement Program Summer Faculty Research Fellowship at IIT Delhi from 16th May to 16 July 2012, in the Department of Instrumental Design and Development Centre under professor Sudhir Kumar Atreya.

❖ Participated in Sustainable Urban Transport and Integrated Urban Planning organized by Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), OAK Foundation, and Ranchi Municipal Corporation at BNR Chankya 17 May 2012.

❖ Participated in two days Regional Workshop on ‘Partnership Building’ at Bhubaneswar on 5-6th April 2012, by United States –India Education Foundation (USIEF).

❖ Participated in two days National Seminar on State of Secondary Education in the Tribal Zone on Central and Eastern India, from 24th and 25th January 2012.

❖ Participated in three days Mission KYaat ( Know Yourself as a Teacher ) workshop held during 28th -30Th April 2011 at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra , Ranchi, sponsored by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

❖ Underwent three days on job training fall 2007 for videographer at Cornell University for Arts, Architecture and Planning School.

❖ Participated in one day workshop on’ Model Building Byelaws for Safety Against Natural Hazards’ organized by BMTPC, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Department of Urban Development, Government of Jharkhand, 12th March, 2007.

❖ Undergone one week training on ‘Research Skill and Academic Reading and Writing Skill’ and ‘Social Justice Issues’ conducted and sponsored by FORD Foundation, during 5th -9th February 07 at New Delhi USEFI.

❖ Undergone one month training on ‘English Language Proficiency’ and ‘Quantitative Analysis’ conducted and sponsored by FORD Foundation, during 24th October -25th November 06 at New Delhi USEFI.

❖ Undergone one week training on Leadership and Cohort Building conducted and sponsored by FORD Foundation, during 18th to 22nd September 06 at New Delhi USEFI.

❖ Participated in ‘Stake Holder Workshop on City Development Plan of Ranchi’ organized by Meinhardt Singapore Pvt. Ltd., Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi during 26-27 June 2006.

❖ Undergone ArchiCad Software training for three days conducted by ArchiCad company in the Department of Architecture, BIT Mesra Ranchi, June 06.

❖ Undergone one month training on Microsoft office from NIIT Ranchi 2006 funded by Ford Foundation.

❖ Undergone special training on ‘Teacher Training on E-learning’ from 30th May 2005 to 29th June 2005, Sponsored by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, Organized by DOEACC Center, Kolkata.

❖ Short term training programme sponsored by ISTE / AICTE on ‘Architectural Design Pedagogy’ at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi during 6-17th December, 2004.

❖ Short term training programme on ‘Rethinking our Cities’ Contemporary Urban Design and Planning Practices, from 29th September to 11th October 2003, sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, Organised by Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi.

❖ Underwent ‘Induction Training Program’ of duration one week held during April –Oct 2003 in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P.

❖ One day training program on Leadership Building conducted by Genesys International Corporation Mumbai , Summer 2002.

Sponsored Projects Undertaken

|Period |Sponsoring Organization |Title of Project |Amount of Grant |Co-Investigators (if any) |

|September 2009-|MHRD, Government of India |National Mission Project on |Rs 2.1 Lac ( Phase I) |Anuj Toppo |

|ongoing | |Education through ICT | | |

| | |Subject: Vernacular | | |

| | |Architecture | | |

|September 2009-|MHRD, Government of India |National Mission Project on |Rs 2.1 Lac ( Phase I) |Shashi Kant Pandey |

|ongoing | |Education through ICT | | |

| | |Subject: Building Economics | | |

|2006-2010 |Birla Institute of Technology |Urban Environmental Management,|Rupees per month 5000.00 |Shashikant Pandey, Smriti Mishra, Ritu |

| | |Performance Measurement of | |Agarwal |

| | |NGO’s and ULB’s initiatives, | | |

| | |Case study of Slums of Ranchi. | | |

|May 2008- July |Cornell Urban Scholars Program,|Bush Clinton Katrina Fund |5000 USD |- |

|208 |Cornell University | | | |

Names and Addresses of Referees

❖ Name : Professor David Lewis

Address: Director (Retd.), Cornell Institute of Public Affair

City and Regional Planning

College of Architecture, Art and Planning

129 Sibley Dome

Cornell University

Ithaca NY 14853

Email: dbl2@cornell.edu

Phone No: (607) 255-0177

❖ Name : Prof. Ajay Khare, PhD (Leicester, UK), MArch.(York, UK), M. Arch. (SPA N.Delhi), FIIA

Director, School of Planning and Architecture (MHRD, Govt. of India), Bhopal, India.

Address: Transit Campus: MANIT Sports Complex, MANIT Bhopal-462051

Fax +91-755-2710908 Ph. +91-755-2670910 -Ext. 210(O), +91-94250-19780 (M)

e-mail: director@spabhopal.ac.in and khare_ajay@

website: spabhopal.ac.in

❖ Name: Dr Alka Bharat

Address: Head of the Department

Department of Architecture and Planning

MANIT , Bhopal 462051

Email: alka_bharat@ Phone No: 0755-2670327, 2670328 extension 1477

Fax: 0755-2670562

❖ Name: Dr Manjari Chakraborty

Address: Head of the Department

Department of Architecture

BIT Mesra , Ranchi 835215

Email: profmanjari@

Phone No: 09162894967, 09431175057

Office: 0651-2275588

Fax: 0651-2275401

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