October 2005 – Present

Department of Architecture and Planning,

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, JH

Current Designation:

Associate Professor          

Previous Professional Engagements:  

February 2003 - October 2005

       Worked as a Freelance Architect at Ranchi

July 1999 - May 2001

       Organisation:

Chadda & Asociates

Architects, Urban Planners, Interior Designers, Civil Engineers, Gazetted Valuers

Mahatma Gandhi Road (Main Road),

Ranchi-834001

       Post

Junior Architect

       Projects worked on:

Details

Worked on the concept plan and preliminary working drawing of various projects, like:

Master plan of Yogada Ashram Campus at Ranchi, Senior Secondary School at Lohardaga, Mission campus, Hindustan Times Press complex at Ranchi, Hospital Projects- IVF Center at Morahbadi, Cancer Hospital at Itki Road, Guru Nanak Hospital Ranchi, many other residential and commercial projects.

January 2009 – April 2010

       Organisation:

Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal

       Post

Teaching Assistant

Editor of the Spring Issue of journal ABACUS, Volume 2, No 1, focusing on Planning and Sustainability (a special issue) ABACUS, an Internationally Refereed Bi-Annual Journal of Architecture, Conservation and Urban Studies’, published by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Member of Editorial Board, ABACUS, an Internationally Refereed Bi-Annual Journal of Architecture, Conservation and Urban Studies’, published by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Member of working committee for Publication Division of Newsletter, Jharkhand Regional Chapter, Institute of Town Planners India.

Invited as an expert speaker (in online mode) for One Day Online Orientation Program on Outcome Based Syllabus Design' organised by Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad, Telangana, on 31st March 2022.  

Invited as an expert and external examiner to conduct Jury of Thesis and interactive session in online mode, with the M. Arch students for the course Urban Design Studio III, conducted at Architecture Department, MIT, Aurangabad on 22^nd and 23^rd June 2021.

Invited as an expert and external examiner to conduct Jury of Stage I Thesis and interactive session in online mode, with the M. Arch students for the course Urban Design Studio III, conducted at Architecture Department, MIT, Aurangabad on 20^th and 22^nd June 2021.

Invited as an expert and external examiner to conduct Jury and for an interactive session in online mode, with the M. Arch students for the course Urban Design Studio III, conducted at Architecture Department, MIT, Aurangabad on 9^th January 2021.

Invited as an external jury member for Architectural Design Studio-Semester VII of Pillai College of Architecture, Mumbai on 10^th December 2020.  

Invited as an expert in AICTE sponsored QIP short term course on ‘Structural Equation Modelling and its application in Architecture and Planning” organized by Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, from June 17-21, 2019.

Resource person in a training program for City Managers, on 25^th September 2015 organised by Urban Management Cell, Shree Krishna Institute of Public Administration, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Resource person for a course in Disaster Management for college teachers organized by UGC Staff Academic College, Ranchi University.

Resource person in a training program on Weather, Climate, Meteorological Hazards & Disasters over Jharkhand Region, organized by Centre of Excellence in Climatology (Dept. of Applied Mathematics, BIT Mesra, Ranchi & Dept. of Agriculture Meteorology & Physics, Birsa Agriculture University, Kanke, Ranchi from 27^th June- 29^th June 2013.

Trainer in a two-day workshop on “Awareness Building Program for School Teachers Regarding the Latest Issues of Concern”, organized by the Department of Architecture on behalf of TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program), from 21^st September, 2007 – 22^nd September, 2007.

Trainer in a Short-Term Training program sponsored by TEQIP, on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Sound Forge and Flash from 7^th – 19^th May 2007 at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, (Training was for the non-teaching staff of BIT Mesra.)

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Covid 19 and City Resilience’ organized on 02^nd November 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Urban Planning Innovations in India’ organized on 02^nd November 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development (C-HED) Kochi Municipal Corporation, Kerala, India organized on 4th October 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Innovative Urban Financing in India (with focus on municipal bonds)’ organized on 11^th September 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Innovative Municipal Resource Mobilisation’ organized on 4th September 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Municipal Governance in India’ organized on 2^nd September 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Demystifying Urban Ranking Indices in India’ organized on 28^th August 2021, by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Coordinator of Lecture presented by Prof. Chetan V. Vaidya on the topic ‘Understanding Smart City Mission India’ organized on 26^th August 2021, by Department of Architecture, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

Program coordinator of a Two-day Workshop cum Training Program on ‘Design of Inclusive Streets’ on 6^th & 7^th of November 2017, jointly organized by Department of Architecture and Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi and Urban Works Institute-ITDP India Program

Organizing Secretary of a 2-Day “Capacity Building and Training workshop on Universal Accessibility” on 4^th & 5^th April 2012 jointly organized by Dept. Of Architecture, BIT Mesra, Ranchi and Samarthyam, National Centre for Accessible Environments, New Delhi

‘All India Seminar in Architectural Engineering - The Co-ordination of 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.

‘Workshop on Modern Buildings and Sustainable Building Practices in Jharkhand’ January 9-10, 2006, at Capitol Hill, Ranchi organized by Building Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand and Department of Architecture, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

Proposed Research Title

Year

Tourism Destination Competitiveness of Heritage Management

ongoing (started MO_2021)

Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect of Urban District Centers

ongoing (started MO_2021)

Systematic Landscaping in Abandoned Coal Mine Areas

ongoing (started MO_2020)

Sustainable Approach Towards Environmental Planning and Management of Peri Urban Areas

ongoing (started MO_2020)

S.No.

Title of Project

Funding Agency/

Organization

Duration

Grant mobilized

(Rs. lakhs)

Principal Investigator/ Co- Principal Investigator

(PI/ Co-PI)

Status

(Ongoing/

Completed); Outcome

from

to

1

Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan for Neori and Kandra Gram Panchayat, Ranchi District, Jharkhand

Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GOI

June 2020

December 2020

Rs. 5,00,000/-

Co- Principal Investigator

Completed;

Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan

2

Developing a Toolkit for assessing housing needs for scheduled tribes in urban areas.

BIT Mesra, Ranchi

June 2019

June 2021

Rs. 2,00,000/-

Principal Investigator

Ongoing

3

National Mission Project on Education through ICT Subject: Vernacular Architecture (Pilot Phase)

MHRD, GoI

2010

2012

Rs. 5,16,000/-

Co-Principal Investigator

Completed;

Learning materials, e-content

4

Study of Energy Consumption Trends, Demand and Supply Trends in all Bldg. Types in India

UTRC, USA

2007

8000 USD

Co-Principal Investigator

Completed; Report

5

Performance of Urban Local Bodies and Non-Government Organizations in Urban Environmental Management.

BIT Mesra, Ranchi

2006

2007

Rs. 5000/- per month for the Project Period

Co-Principal Investigator

Completed;

Posters and publications in conference proceedings

6

Study for Pro-Poor Habitat Services in Ranchi

Mahila Housing Trust, SEWA

April, 2013

July, 2013

-

External assistance for preparing the questionnaire and report.

Completed; Report