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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Arindam Biswas


aarindam.biswas@gmail.com & arndmfap@iitr.ac.in

Personal
Present Address:
Assistant Professor,
Department of Architecture & Planning,
Associated Faculty – Centre for Transportation Systems
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India;
Tel: +91 13 32284785
Academic Qualification
2010 - 2013: PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan
2007 – 2009: Master of City Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
2000 – 2005: Bachelor of Architecture Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Certificate & Diploma
2013: Certificate Program on International Environmental Leadership (Asian Program for Incubation of
Environmental Leadership, APIEL), University of Tokyo, Japan.
Awards and Achievements
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1. 2016: Best Paper Award; Exploring the Smart City Paradigm in the Context of Urban India; 7 October
2016; IBC New Delhi.
2. 2016: Best Poster Award; A Planning & Architectural Intervention with Work-Living Solution For
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Migrants/Refugees In Cities, DWIH Conference: CityScape; 29 September – 1 October 2016; German
House of Research & Innovation, New Delhi.
3. Professor in charge for UN-Habitat Partner University program, July 2016.
4. 2015: DAAD-IIT Research Exchange Fellowship, Government of Germany.
5. 2010: MEXT Scholarship to study PhD at University of Tokyo, Government of Japan.
6. 2007: MHRD Scholarship to study Master degree at IIT Kharagpur, Government of India.
Professional Experiences
1. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India; March 2014 onwards.
2. Architect–Planner, Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Erstwhile Consulting Engineering Service (India)
Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata; June 2009 – September 2010.
3. Architect, United Credit Belani Properties Ltd., Kolkata, India; November 2006 –July 2007.
4. Architect, Interdesign, Kolkata, India; July2005 –October 2006.
Trainings and Internships
1. Trainee Urban Planner, Lea Associate South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (LASA), New Delhi, May 2008 – June
2008.
2. Trainee Architect, Interdesign, Kolkata, India, August 2003-December 2003.

Sponsored Research:

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Sl. Sponsoring Amount Year of
Project Name Role
No. Agency (in Lacs) commencement

Action Research Methods for Urban


Improvement and Slum Upgrading:
1 Transferring Laboratory Research into MHRD (GoI) 136.38 PI 2017 (3 years)
Participatory Live-Work Strategies in
Mumbai and Delhi
Smart Performance Roadmap for Airport Co-
2 DST (GoI) 120.00 2016 (3 Years)
Terminal Buildings in India PI

Framework to Manage Construction and


4 Governance of Smart City Building in NBCC (GoI) 24.10 PI 2016 (3 Years)
India

Preparation a comprehensive policy MHRD (GoI) -


Co-
6 document for Sustainable Habitat in IMPRINT India 5.00 2015
PI
India initiative

Measuring Inclusiveness of Indian


Metropolitan Cities and Establish
7 Inclusive Growth Index for Indian Cities IIT Roorkee 10.00 PI 2014 (3 years)
within the Diversified Governance
Framework

Consultancy Project:
Sl. Sponsoring Amount Year of
Project Name Role
No. Agency (in Lacs) commencement

Comprehensive Capacity Building


Ministry of Urban
1 Program for AMRUT and Smart 36.00 PI 2016 (1 year)
Development (GoI)
City Mission Cities

Invited Lectures, Seminars & Workshops


1. Invited Speaker titled “Regional development and planning theory in contemporary world” for QIP
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Program on “Urban dynamics and planning techniques”, IIT Roorkee, 29 June 2017.
2. Invited Speaker titled “Storm water management trends and Indian scenario” for GIAN Program on
“Urban storm water management: Science, policy and engineering training for smart cities”, IIT Roorkee,
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28 February 2017.
3. Invited Key Note Speaker, “Why infrastructure remain less responsive to solve urban India’s problem”;
International Symposium on Challenges of Urbanisation & Planning in China and India, University of
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Calcutta, 2 January, 2017.
4. Invited lecture at Speaker Series, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of
Michigan Ann Arbor, October 26, 2016
5. Overcoming Urban Challenges in the Era of Globalization, Department of Political Science and Public
Administration, Central Michigan University, October 17-18, 2016
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6. DWIH Conference: CityScapes; German House for Research & Innovation, New Delhi; 29 September
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– 1 October 2016.
7. Workshop on Sustainable and Efficient Structures in Smart Cities; IIT Roorkee-NBCC Joint R&D
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Centre; Greater Noida Extension Centre, IIT Roorkee; 17 September 2016.

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8. International Symposium on Livable Habitat and Sustainable Infrastructure: A Key to Smart Growth,
Hyatt Regency Kolkata, Organised by IIT Kharagpur, 1-2 January 2016.
9. Workshop on Imagining labour in urban settings: Perspectives from the Global South, Graduate
Programme Urban Infrastructures in Transition: The Case of African Cities (URBANgrad), TU Darmstadt,
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Germany, 3 July 2015.
10. Aiming for Healthy Building: Appropriate Design, Detailing & Construction Techniques to Prevent
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Weather Effects in Buildings; BEG&C, Indian Army; Roorkee, 24 April 2015.
11. Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development Opportunities, Workshop on
Sustainable Urban Planning for Smart Cities in Karnataka, Urban Development Department,
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Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, 17 April 2015.
12. Future Trend of Urbanisation: An Ideal Scenario, I-DOT 2015, Lovely School of Architecture & Design,
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Phagwara, 4 April 2015.
13. Assessing Inclusiveness in Indian Urban Policies and Programs, Course on Inclusive Planning &
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Affordable Housing, QIP Centre, IIT Roorkee, 5 June 2014.
14. Evolution and Principles of Inclusive Growth, Course on Inclusive Planning & Affordable Housing, QIP
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Centre, IIT Roorkee, 2 June 2014.
Invited Jury
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1. Jury for Final review for B. Arch, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, 30 May 2017.
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2. Jury for Final review for B. Arch, DCRUST Murthal, 4 May 2017.
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3. Jury for Final review of Mundus Urbano Master’s Program 2014-2016, TU Darmstadt, Germany, 30
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June & 1 July 2015.
Participation and Mentor in Workshop/Seminar
1. ‘Recommendations for an improved urban planning curricula’ in select national planning
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schools in India, South Asia Urban Knowledge Hub Project, Sponsored by ADB, NIUA – New Delhi, 22
May 2017
2. Smart Cities and Informed Urbanisation Workshop, the University of New South Wales & NITI Aayog,
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India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 27 April, 2017
3. International Symposium on Challenges of Urbanisation & Planning in China and India, University of
Calcutta, 2-3 January, 2017
4. PPP & Procurement Training Workshop for top 33 Smart Cities, India Habitat Centre, Ministry of Urban
Development; June 1-2 2016.
5. Faculty Mentor for Urban Design Challenge, Make in India Week, Organised by Government of India and
CII, at IIT Bombay and Bandra Kurla Complex, February 2016.
6. Faculty Mentor for Open Innovation Challenge for Building Smart Cities in India Organised By University
of California Berkeley, at Andhra University Vishakapatnam, 3-4 January 2016.
7. Studio Co-ordinator, International Studio on “Public space and space making at human scale" at
Chandigarh and Greater Noida with IIT Roorkee and TU Darmstadt, November 2 - November 8, 2015.
8. Studio Co-ordinator, International Studio on “Urban risk and resilience” with IIT Roorkee, NTNU Norway
and SPA Delhi, October 28 - November 1, 2015.
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9. Workshop on Cognitive Science, TU Darmstadt Hall of ULB Campus Stadtmitte, Germany, 2 July 2015.
Organisation of Research Enclave/Conference/Symposium/Workshop
1. Organising Secretary, International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (SBE-II), February 3-5
2017, IIT Roorkee.

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2. Coordinator, ‘Housing for all: An urban district and area based approach towards sustainability’. Global
Initiative of Academic Network for Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Rudolph-Cleff, TU Darmstadt; Ministry of
Human Resource Development (Government of India); November 4-10, 2016, IIT Roorkee.
3. Organising Secretary, National Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (SBE-1), April 10-12
2016, IIT Roorkee.
4. Co-convenor, IMPRINT India – Sustainable Habitat Domain, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India, May 2015 onwards.
5. Workshop on Sustainable Habitat, October 15 2016, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India.
Books
1. Seta, F., Biswas, A., Sen, J., & Khare, A. (Eds.). (2017). From Poverty Inequality to Smart City.
Singapore : Springer, DOI- 10.1007/978-981-10-2141-1.
2. Seta, F., Biswas, A., Sen, J., & Khare, A. (Eds.). (2017). Understanding Built Environment. Singapore:
Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2138-1.
Technical Reports
1. Biswas, A., & Dev, M. (2016). Country Report on national and regional planning framework and analysis
of planning and development of NCR Delhi and Modinagar, India. Institute for Urban and Environmental
Development (UED, Japan). Tokyo: Institute for Urban and Environmental Development.
Refereed Journal
1. Biswas, A. (2017). Analysis of urban policy by capability approach: Case of Chennai and Kolkata in
India (under review).
2. Biswas, A. (2017). Why Indian cities are so chaotic? Decoding from the expressions of Chandigarh
(Under review).
3. Biswas, A. (2017). Measuring Inclusive Growth by Capability Approach (Communicated).
4. Biswas, A., Kidokoro, T., & Seta, F. (2017). Metropolitan Governance with Local Decentralization: Case
of Chennai and Kolkata Metropolitan Region of India (Communicated).
5. Biswas, A., Kidokoro, T., & Seta , F. (2017). Analysis of Indian urban policies to identify their potential of
achieving inclusive urban growth. Urban Research & Practice , 10 (2), 198-227, DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2016.1205653.
6. Biswas, A. (2016). Insight on the Evolution and Distinction of Inclusive Growth. Development in Practice,
26 (4), 503-516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2016.1167169.
7. Biswas, A. (2015). Smart City as the Engine of Sustainable Growth. Journal of Indian Building
Congress , 22 (1), 53-58.
8. Talabathula , M. R., & Biswas, A. (2015). Exploring the Smart City Paradigm in the Context of Urban
India. Journal of Indian Building Congress , 22 (1), 63-72.
9. Biswas, A. (2008). Research Techniques in Housing. Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects.
10. Biswas, A. (2005). A Bio-Climatic College Campus in a Hot Humid Zone. Journal of the Indian Institute
of Architects. New Delhi: IIA.
Selected Papers from Reviewed Conference Proceedings
1. Biswas, A., & Pawar, P. A. (2017). Evaluation of people’s well-being at an integrated watershed
management area in Maharashtra state of India (accepted). XVI Biennial Conference of International
Association for the Study of the Commons, Utrecht.
2. Biswas, A., & Chaudhary, R. (2016). A Planning & Architectural Intervention with Work-Living Solution
For Migrants/Refugees In Cities. DWIH Conference: CityScape. New Delhi: German House of Research
& Innovation .

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3. Biswas, A. (2016). A Capability Based Approach in Identifying Housing Affordability for Urban Poor in
India. Proceedings of 3rd Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, (pp. 328-339),
http://www.phrc.psu.edu/assets/docs/Publications/2016RBDCCPapers/Biswas-2016-RBDCC.pdf.
4. Mukherjee, M., Roy, U., Biswas, A., Arora, K., De, B., & Srivastava, A. (2016). Changing Paradigms of
Affordable Housing in Independent India. Proceedings of 3rd Residential Building Design and
Construction Conference, (pp. 410-428),
http://www.phrc.psu.edu/assets/docs/Publications/2016RBDCCPapers/Mukherjee-2016-RBDCC.pdf.
5. Biswas, A., Kidokoro, T., & Seta , F. (2013). Evolution of Indian Urban Policy From Pro-Poor Growth
Principles to Inclusive Growth. Proceedings International Conference on Information and Social
Science. Nagoya.
6. Biswas, A., Hoshiko, T., & Kyoung Jin, A. (2013). Incubation of Environmental Leadership Skills through
Education & Training by Analysing Water Resource Management of Bangkok, Thailand. Proceedings of
SDS 2013 – Sustainable Development Symposium. Naples: University of Naples.
7. Biswas, A., & Kidokoro, T. (2012). Towards Inclusive Development from Dispersed Regional Economic
Growth & Inequality: Possibilities and Trends of Indian Urbanization. Proceedings of PlanoCosmo
International Conference, (pp. 17-31 (IIA)). Bandung.
8. Biswas, A., Kidokoro, T., & Onishi (2012), T. An Insight of Metropolitan Planning and Governance in
India. Proceedings of the 10th Conference of Asian City Planning (pp. 1-9): ACP.
9. Biswas, A., Boonyaroj, V., Denpetkul, T., Zhirong, H., Kobayashi, H., Kyoungjin, A., et al. (2011).
Improving Quality of Life of Bangkok’s Citizen through sustainable water use and management. 9th
International symposium on south-east Asian water environment, (pp. 103-108).
10. Biswas, A., & Kidokoro, T. (2011). The role of Urban Governance for Sustainable Development in India.
Proceedings of 11th APSA International Congress (pp. 358-364). APSA.
11. Biswas, A. (2010). The Spatial Evolution of Sustainability in Urban Growth: Measurement, Analysis and
Approach for South - East Region of Kolkata, India. 9th Conference on Asian City Planning (pp. 7-14).
Tokyo: ACP.
12. Biswas, A., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2008). Slum Improvement through Legal Framework in India. 36th
IAHS World Congress on Housing . Kolkata.
13. Biswas, A., Gupta, R., & Das, S. (2006). Rangabelia-Hope in the deltas. 4th World water forum. Mexico
city.
14. Gupta, R., & Biswas, A. (2005). An Experiment in Sustainable Construction, Case Study - Madhusthaly
School, India. Sustainable building construction in South-East Asia. Kuala Lumpur.
15. Biswas, A., & Gupta, R. (2004). Sustainable Micro Water Resource Management in Urban Areas -The
Gariahat Shopping Mall - A Case in Point. 14th World water week - SIWI. Stockholm.

16. Gupta, R., & Biswas, A. (2004). Alternative Water Resource Management in Urban Areas. APHW.
Singapore.
Occasional reviewer of Journals
1. World Development, Elsevier (2015);
2. Development in Practice, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, (2015, 2016);
3. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Emerald Group Publishing (2016);
4. Journal of Architectural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering (2015);
Reviewer of Conference
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1. 13 International Congress of Asian Planning School Association, University of Technology Malaysia,
May 2015.

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