Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for a Resilient Future

Professor of Architecture & Sustainable Urbanism and Director, with forty years of versatile experience: Academia, Practice and Real estate sector in India. Graduation and doctoral study from School of Planning and Architecture; New Delhi acknowledged as ‘Institute of National Importance’ by government of India. Member of RIBA and SFHEA: Senior Fellow with Advance-HE(UK). Founder member of multi-disciplinary research group: Asian Universities Network Forum on Advances in Research; Japan. Awarded an Indo-Dutch fellowship to research entitled Housing Typologies in public sector housings and won first prize in a National Housing Design idea competition (CIDCO, Mumbai) including the award of the project. Keynote speaker, panellist and member of advisory committee for scientific committee for International Conferences. Advised at Boards of studies, Academic council, Convener and Resource Expert for Council of Architecture. Contributed for Indian Heritage Cities Network program, UNESCO; New Delhi; authored and collaborated for Chapters and papers and a book published by Springer entitled “Traditional Urbanism Response to Climate Change - walled City of Jaipur’. Keen interest in built environs in alignment with contemporary issues especially for Sustainable Urban development and Climate change through interdisciplinary approach.

• Advances in Urban Building Energy Modelling.- Understanding Local Level Perception of Risk Dynamics A Study of Gurugram's Urban Villages in Pursuit of Community Resilience.- Evaluating Land Use and Land Cover Transformations in Patna City, India, Through the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Methods.- Climate resilience as the future trend of city planning, Case of Indian cities.- Evolution of Islamic Architecture.- Reinterpretation of Ghats Exploring Cultural Narratives and Enhancing Thriving Urban Spaces.