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Harshit Sosan Lakra
Assistant Professor
harshit.lakra[at]ar.iitr.ac.in
7417048090
Research Interests

Biosketch
Educational Details
Professional Background

Research
Projects
Publications
Patents
Books
Collaborations

Honours and Awards
Honors
Memberships

Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

Students
Supervisions
Associate Scholars

Miscellaneous
Events
Visits
Administrative Positions
Miscellaneous
Research Interests
Economic and Community Development (Neighborhood planning, Infrastructure development and management, International studies in planning, Culture and creative economy studies, Gender studies, Rehabilitation)., Environmental Planning and Management (Environmental psychology, Perception Modeling, Sustainable Development, Green and blue infrastructure, EIA), Indigenous Planning and Rural Development (Model Village Development, Vernacular Architecture), Urban Studies (Planning Legislation and Governance, Urban Resilience, Urban Mobility, Big Data and GIS)
BioSketch
Educational Details
Cornell University
2009
Master in Urban and Regional Planning , Economic and Community Development and International Studies in Planning
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2019
PhD, Architecture and Planning
Centre for Environmental and Planning , Ahmedabad
2001
Post Graduate Diploma , Environmental Planning
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
1999
B.Arch , Architecture
Honors And Awards
Honors
FORD Foundation
2009
Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) Fellow
Cornell, City and Regional Planning
2009
Graduate Research Travel Award
Cornell University , Graduate School
2009
Graduate Research Travel Award
Cornell University
2008
Cornell Urban Scholarship Program
Department of Tribal Welfare
2010
Nominated for Tribal Achiever Award in Education Section
MemberShips
American Planning Association
17 Aug 2007 - Present
Member
Council of Architects
01 Mar 2003 - Present
Member
Indian Society of Geomatics(ISG)
01 Dec 2004 - Present
Member
Indian Society of Technical Education(ISTE)
01 Dec 2004 - Present
Member
Institute of Town Planners, India(ITPI)
01 Dec 2004 - Present
Member
International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)
01 Dec 2004 - Present
Member
International Planning Student Organization (IPSO )
01 Dec 2004 - Present
Member
Organization of Cornell Planners (OCP)
17 Aug 2007 - 01 Aug 2009
Member
Women’s Planning Forum (WPF) Cornell University
17 Aug 2007 - 01 Aug 2009
Member
Minority Organization Architecture, Art and Planning (MOAAP), Cornell University
17 Aug 2007 - 01 Aug 2009
Member
Cornell International Christian Fellowship (CICF)
17 Aug 2007 - 01 Aug 2009
Member and President
SPARK, NGO, Jharkhand
01 Jan 2004 - 01 Nov 2012
Member
Adivasi Development Network (ADN) USA and Jharkhand
01 Apr 2009 - Present
Secretary
International Fellowship Programme, Ford Foundation
01 Apr 2006 - Present
Member
Jharkhand Water Forum
01 Jan 2010 - 01 Nov 2012
Member
Students
SuperVisions
Transformation of Census Towns in Uttarakhand: Policies and Prospects
24 Jul 2014 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Dinesh Singh
Municipal Finance
08 Jul 2016 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sobhith Mathew Jose
Gender Sensitive Urban Spaces
14 Jul 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Arshi Parashar
Flood Resilience House Design
12 Jul 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Ajanta Goswami, Scholar: Shalu Mathuria
Urban Flood Resilience
01 Jan 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Naveen Prashar
Urban Regeneration
16 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ujjal Halder
Water Bodies/ Kund Study
17 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ambika Prasad Gupta
Spatial inequality and livelihood processes
01 Jan 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anjali Pathak
Integrated watershed and Landuse Management
01 Jan 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Venkata Ramana
Heritage Corridors
01 Jul 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Bushra Alarbeed
Studying the Urban growth dynamics of Indian cities
01 Aug 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: NAUFAL AHMED MH
Seismic Assessment of Dry Stone Construction
14 Aug 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Raman Kant
Human Development Index
01 Aug 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: ANKUSH
Public Health and Urban Planning
14 Aug 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Avinash Kaur
Miscellaneous
Visits
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016-07-01
World Planning Schools Congress
Sitges, Spain
2018-11-05
Urban Transition 2018
Administrative Positions
MURP Coordinator
02 Dec 2019 - Present
Architecture and Planning, IIT Roorkee