Research

THRUST AREAS  AT A GLANCE

Building Science and Technology

Sustainability and Green Architecture

Conservation and Heritage Management

Sustainable Urban Development

Landscape Architecture

Urban Design

Circular Economy

Urban Regeneration

Waste Management

Universal Design

 Building  Retrofit

A. Sponsored Research and Consultancy  Projects

  1. Upgradation of Birsa Munda Airport Ranchi.
  2. Landscaping work of A.N. Sinha Institute for the new B.I.T. Extension Centre at Patna.
  3. Design of proposed Engineering College at Chaibasa, Jharkhand.
  4. Preparation of Conservation cum Development Plan of Sutiambe, Jharkhand.
  5. Design of proposed Cultural Heritage Center for Excellence at Ranchi, Jharkhand.
  6. Preparation of City Development Plan for Gumla.
  7. Checking of Bill of Quantities and Schedule of Rates for Buddha Smriti Park at Patna.
  8. Project titled “Study of Energy consumption trends, Demand and Supply trends in all building types in India”, completed in March 2008, funded by UTRC, USA.
  9. Design of the proposed Redevelopment of Megalith site at Hazaribagh for NTPC.
  10. National Mission Project on Education through ICT: Developing suitable pedagogical methods for courses on Architectural Sociology and Structural Systems for various classes, intellectual calibers and research in e-learning : a project of MHRD.
  11. Redevelopment of Pahari Mandir Temple Complex, Project of Govt. of Jharkhand.
  12. Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan, for Neori and Kandra GP Jharkhand

B.  Doctoral Research

a. Completed Research

Sl. No.

Name

Ph.D. Topic

1. Dr. Manjari Chakraborty Restructuring of Undergraduate Education of Architecture in India– Realities and Reforms
2. Dr. Rachna Khare Designing Inclusive Educational Spaces for Autism
3. Dr. N.R. Mandal Participatory Delivery of Built Spaces for Development of Social Infrastructure
4. Dr. S. P. Bhatacharya Modelling  on Behaviour of Building Structure due to Seismic Excitation: An Architectural Foretell
5. Dr. Bimal Chandra Roy Industrial Development Strategy for Resource Based state with reference to Jharkhand
6. Dr. Janmejoy Gupta Passive Design Strategies for rural mud dwellings in Jharkhand considering architectural design parameters for thermal comfort.
7. Dr. Anamika Nandan Symbiotic Housing- An architectural approach towards a new environmentally conscious design
8. Dr.. Rajan C. Sinha Development of Housing quality assessment toolkit in Indian context
9. Dr. Gaurav Chandra Redefining Water Sustainability Index for an Institutional Building in North India
10. Dr.Sudha Panda Assessment of the Social Sustainable Development in Urban Odisha with a composite Index
11. Dr.Sumantra Misra Determination of Architectural styles in post-independent India
12. Dr.Monalipa Dash Impact of urban fabric on microclimate, redefining building development regulation on climatic context.
13. Dr.Md Danish Assessing the Economic Sustainability of UNESCO World Heritage Sites-a case of Red Fort Complex, New Delhi
14.
Dr.Umesh Chandra Mishra
Social Acceptability of Affordable Housing Designs in Resettlement Colonies in Planned Cities of Northern India
15 Dr. Shama Parween An Integrated Model on Urban Water Supply Systems, Planning & Management
b. Submitted Research
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c. Ongoing Research

Sl.No.

Name

Ph.D. Topic

1.

Anuj Kumar Toppo

Impact of Tribal Land on Socio-Economic Development in Jharkhand

2.

Rizwan Kazmi

Circular Design Aspects Related to Building Materials in Residential Buildings in India.

3.

Mitali Madhusmita

Maximizing Economic Generation Through Carrying Capacity Assessment in Historic Urban Core.

4.

Saman Ambreen

Assessing Housing and Neighbourhood Quality.

5.

Vivek Garg

Strategy to Enhance Sustainability in Affordable Housing.

6.

Debasmita Basu

Systematic Landscaping of Abandoned Coal Mine Area.

7.

Parthiba Chakraborty

Sustainable Approach Towards Environmrntal Planning and Management of Peri-Urban Areas.

8.

Sonam Singh

Framing a Model for Sustainable Transportation in Future Indian Cities Smart.

9.

Aditi

Competitiveness Index Modelling for Perspective Development and Integrated Upliftment Focusing on Heritage Towns

10.

Shadab Hassan Khan

Revival of a small-scale industrial cluster of a region through regional planning and rural infrastructure development

11.

Ritu Agrawal

Planning for health vulnerability in slums

12.

Apurv Ashish

Mitigating urban heat island effect

13.

Nishat Afsan

Affordable housing choice and its suitability mapping in urban area for improving neighborhood quality of life

14

Varsha Vinod

Assessment of Economic Values of Small Heritage Towns and promotion of Local Entrepreneurship Development.

15

Jinal Boricha

Developing Analytical Framework for a Placemaking in Indian Urban Streets

16

Anupriya Verma

Framework for sustainable planning of transportation networks in peri-urban belt of Indian Smart City

17

Sohan Lal Saharan

Impact of urban legislations on city development- a case of Chandigarh

 

 

Project Title

Funding Agency

1.

Heritage Consultation of Heritage Bye-Laws of Centrally Protected

Monuments and Protected Areas-reg

Nation Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture

2.

Rehabilitation of Project Affected Families at ECLRajmahal Project, Godda Area at Taljhari

Village,

Godda, Jharkhand

Eastern Coalfields Limited

3.

Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence

AICTE

4.

Spatial development plan for Neori and Kandra GP Jharkhand

Ministry of

Panchayati Raj, Govt of India

5 Compilation of three (03) selected case studies of projects under ‘Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR) Compendium Ranchi Smart City Corporation Ltd
6 Interrelationship between socio-economic development, social innovation and entrepreneurship development: an empirical study on small heritage town The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
7 Recycling of coal mine overburden to reuse as a value -added building material to promote a circular economy

Coal India Limited, MoC, India

 

 
UGC SAP-I PROJECT 

Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan, for Neori GP Jharkhand

Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan, for Kandra GP Jharkhand