Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

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Dr. Tiwari Pavan Kumar

Joined Institute on : 17-Jun-2019

  • Architecture and Planning
  • B.Arch (NIT-Hamirpur), M.Plan (SPA-New Delhi), PhD (CEPT University).
Contact Address

DII/2, BIT Mesra Campus, Mesra, Ranchi - 835215.

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  • Phone Residence - NA
  • Email - pavan@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 10 Years

Research : 2 Years

Research Areas

Urban Environment, Urban Water and Sanitation, Colonial Urban Planning, Sustainable Architecture.

 

Number of PG thesis guided: 10

Number of Ug thesis guided: 19

Award and Honours

Recipient of CEPT Doctoral Scholarship in 2016.

Recipient of GATE Scholarship from 2012-2014 at SPA-Delhi.

Recipient of Institute UG Scholarship from 2007-2010 at NIT-Hamirpur.

Publications

Antriksh Khadgata, Tiwari Pavan Kumar, Apurv Ashish. The relevance of Manasara planning model in walled cities of India: An assessment review of Rajasthan. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research. 2023, Vol 5, Issue 3. DOI: 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.3866

Vivek Garg, Bimal Chandra Roy, Tiwari Pavan Kumar. Assessing the sustainability challenges of affordable housing in Pithampur’s mining and industrial areas using the Delphi method. World Review of Science, Technology, and Sustainable Development. Inderscience Publishers (Accepted for Publication on 10/12/25)

Member of Professional Bodies

Council of Architetcure, New Delhi.

Institute of Town Planners, India. 

Indian Society for Technical Education.

Current Sponsored Projects

As Principal Investigator:

Project Title: Developing Low-Carbon Decentralised Wastewater Management Strategies for Ranchi Municipality.

Sponsoring Agency: Jharkhand Council on Science, Technology & Innovation (JCSTI) 

Budget: 3 Lakhs

Duration: 2 Years

 

As Co-Principal Investigator:

Project Title: Enhanced Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan (GPSDP) for Kandra and Neori Panchayat, Jharkhand.

Sponsoring Agency: Ministry Of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), GOI.

Budget: 10 Lakh

Duration: April 2024 - Dec 2025

 

Project Title: Smart cities and Academia towards Action& Research (SAAR) Compendium 2.O., Ranchi Smart City Corporation Limited.

Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

Budget: 3 Lakhs

Duration: March 2023 – Dec 2025

 

Project Title: Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan (GPSDP) for Kandra and Neori Panchayat, Jharkhand.

Sponsoring Agency: Ministry Of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), GOI.

Budget: 5 Lakh

Duration: June 2020- March 2021

Text and Reference Books

Book Chapter:

Tiwari Pavan Kumar, Bimal Chandra Roy. Foucauldian Genealogy as Qualitative Research Method. 2025. In Book Qualitative Research Methods for Dissertation Research, Editor: Robin Throne. IGI Global. ISBN: 9798369330692 (Scopus Indexed).

Varsha Vinod, Tiwari Pavan Kumar, Ritu Agrawal. Assessment techniques and indicator identification for revitalizing temple town of Thrissur, India. i-Converge: Changing Dimensions of the Built Environment, 2023. Routledge, Pages 124-131. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003450221

Introducing Wild Life in Urban Ecosystems. Chapter 1. An Introduction to urban Environment, Copal Publishing Group. ISBN-10: 9383419547

Ram Kumar, Shishir Anurag Xalxo, Abhishek Kumar, Dr. Bimal Chandra Roy, Dr. Tiwari Pavan Kumar. Nature-Based and Community-Led Strategies for Enhancing Climate Resilience of Getalsud Lake, Ranchi. In Dr. Kavita Dehalwar & Shashikant Nishant Sharma Edited Book Deltas Resilience: Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development in India. Springer, Cham, 11 March 2026, ebook ISSN: 978-3-032-07240-5

 

Abhishek Kumar, Shishir Anurag Xalxo, Ram Kumar, Dr. Bimal Chandra Roy, Dr. Tiwari Pavan Kumar. Restoring The Harmu River Through Nature-Based Solutions: A Framework for Delta Resilience in Secondary Urban Contexts. In Dr. Kavita Dehalwar & Shashikant Nishant Sharma Edited Book Deltas Resilience: Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development in India. Springer, Cham, 11 March 2026, ebook ISSN: 978-3-032-07240-5