Qualifications

• B.E.(Chemical Engineering) Roorkee University
• M.A. (Sociology), Agra University
• Ph.D. (Industrial Sociology) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Areas of Interest

• Urban Theory
• Urban Development and Planning
• Social Planning
• Urban Housing
• Urban Infrastructure
• Housing, Poverty, Resettlement and Rehabilitation
• Urbanisation Process.

Recent Research

• ‘An Impact Assessment of Initial Phase of R&R Implementations for the MUTP’, sponsored by MMRDA and the World Bank (completed on March 12, 2004).
• ‘Preparing the Kerala Power Sector Development Programme’ . Main Consultants: Crisil Advisory Services and Nexant. Financed by the Asian Development Bank, 2003. (International Social Expert)
• An R&R project related to the ‘ Socio-economic Survey of Post Affected Families’ (of 52 villages) for the CIDCO Project in Navi Mumbai Area, sponsored by CIDCO, 2003.
• ‘Preparation of a Reorganization Plan for the Gujarat Electricity Board’ , 2002. (Associated with the Crisil Advisory Services as a Social Expert [Domestic])
• ‘A Development Plan for Sangli-Miraz-Kupwad Municipal Corporation’ ( Maharashtra), 2002. (Associated as Social Planner [as a Team Member with Dalal Consultants, Bombay])
• Socio-economic Survey of Developed Nodes in Navi Bombay. Sponsored by CIDCO, 2001.
• Socio-economic Survey of PAPs under Anta Gas Power Project (Phase II). Sponsored by NTPC, 1999.
• Social Fabric Study of Mauritius Society (Phase I) . Sponsored by Mauritius Research Council, 1998. ( Team Member)
• A Census Enumeration of Hawkers on Lands of Bombay Municipal Corporation. Sponsored by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai, 1998.
• Preparation of Sub-regional Plan for Bangalore Region . Principal Consultants, GHK, U.K. (Project Sponsored by Bangalore Development Authority and funded by the ADB ( Manila), 1998. ( Team Member)

Recent/Significant Publications

• Resettlement & Rehabilitation: Involuntary Displacement: A Few Encounters, Economic and Political Weekly , March 1-7, 2003. (Co-Author)
• Industrial / Urban Classes: Conceptual and Methodological Issues , IASSI Quarterly, 21(2), 53-65, 2003.
• Indian Industry and Ethnicity: A Study of Two Organizations in Mumbai , Global Business Review, 3(1), 2002. (Co-Author)
• Housing Strategy for the Rapidly Growing Metropolis of Bengalore. I n R.S. Sandhu & S.S. Minhas (Eds.), Sustainable Human Settlements: The Asian Experience, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2001.
• Issues in Urban Development: A Case of Navi Bombay , Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2001. (Co-Editor)
• The Politics of Urban Space , Seminar, 491, July, 2000.
• Cities, Slums, and Government , Economic and Political Weekly, October 14, pp.3733-3735, 2000. (Co-Author)
• Indo-Swedish Perspectives on Affordable Housing , Bombay: TISS, 1994.

Additional Relevant Information

Participation in Conferences/Seminars/Symposia and Paper Presentations

• Participated in an International Symposium on “Affordable Housing” organised by the Centre for Contemporary Urban Research, Hamburg, Germany, September 16-20, 1987, and presented a paper on “Social Housing Scheme in Main Cities of Maharashtra ( India )”.
• Participated in an ‘International Research Conference on Housing’, held at University of Beijing, China, on September 21-24, 1994, and presented a paper on “A Hinterland Under Siege: The Controversial Development of Vasai-Virar Region of Bombay Metropolis ( India)”.
• Participated in a Workshop on ‘Social Fabric of Mauritius’, held at Mauritius on September 8-9, 1998. The Workshop deliberations became a part of the ‘Report on Social Fabric of Mauritius’ prepared along with other team members of TISS, Mumbai.
• Participated in an International Seminar on Seclusion in Third World Cities”, organised by International Research Committee on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, at Milan, Italy, October 25-27, 2003, and presented a paper on ‘Housing Market in Mumbai Metropolis and Its Irrelevance to Average Citizens’.
• Participated in an International Seminar on ‘ Segregation in Third World Cities’ at Milan (Italy), September 25-27, 2003; and presented a paper on ‘ Housing Market in Mumbai Metropolis and Its Irrelevance to Average Citizen’.
• Participated in the International Seminar on ‘Emerging Discourse on Culture and Development’ on February 21-23, 2005, Pant Institute of Social Sciences, Allahabad, and presented a paper on ‘Development and Culture: Pondering Over a Few Interfaces’.
• Participated in a Seminar on ‘Sustainable Urban Settlements: Issues and Strategies’, March 18-19, 2005, Department of Sociology, Gurunanakdev University, Amritsar. Co-presented a Paper on ‘Urban Development and Experience of Gr. Mumbai: A Swing from Adhocism to Grandeur’.

Committee Memberships

• Member of the Review Committee on Coastal Ecosystem Management in Bombay Region, appointed by Govt. of India, Dept. of Forests and Environment, 2000.
• Member of Committee Appointed by High Court Maharashtra about an Enquiry into R&R of PAPs Under Bombay-Pune Express Highway, 1999.