Purushottam Kesar
Associate Professor
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Associate Coordinator for Habitat Studies (PG Programme for UDD).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSc (Dual Degree) | Urban and Regional Planning, Innovative Regions | Radboud University, Netherlands and Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden | 2015 |
| MCP | City Planning | IIT-Kharagpur | 2009 |
| B.Arch | Architecture | NIT-Hamirpur | 2007 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 School of Architecture and Planning | Associate Professor | Teaching | 01/11/2019 - Till now |
| 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 School of Architecture and Planning | Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) | Teaching | 08/2018 - 10/2019 |
| 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 School of Architecture and Planning | Assistant Professor | Teaching | 07/2016 - 07/2018 |
| Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad (India) | Senior 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Associate | Senior 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Associate | 05/2009–11/2009 |
Spatial planning and Urban Governance perspectives in India
2014 Urban Planning and Policy Kesar, Purushottam
| https://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Studien/2014/MemorandumEnergien/DL_Kesar_SpatPlanUrb%20GovPerspIndia.pdf;jsessionid=44099ECABE350386834E0B5A81B9C890.live11292?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 |
The study is focussed on understanding the political and social positioning of the state of urban policy (and regulatory framework) in India and its states.
Review of Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay 2022: Streets in Motion, The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta, IJURR.
2023 Kesar P
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56949/1TZL7679
100 Smart Cities Mission. RaumPlanung, 217(3/4). pp 22-27
2022 Kesar P Ache P
Kesar, P. Chattopadhyay, S.
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Urban Sociology, Digital Geographies, Comparative Urbanism, Sustainable Transitions.
Area of Expertise
Qualitative 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Methods, Interpretive Policy Studies, Social Sustainability Transition
Area of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
Urban Futures, Urban Politics, Human Agency, Sustainable Transition Studies
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Member, ITPI - Institute of Town Planners India.
- Member, COA- Council of Architecture.
- Awarded, Erasmus Mundus programme Grant (Action -1), The Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), European Commission, Brussels, 2013-15, (EUR 48,000).
- Individual Bursary Grant, 2018. Agency: Indian Institute of Human Settlement, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. For attending IIHS Annual 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Conference.
- Individual Bursary Grant, 2017.Agency: Regional Studies Association, UK For attending RSA Annual Conference, Switzerland.
- Team member for conducting Service Level Benchmark for NCT Delhi, sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
- Part of Halcrow Design Team in Finalization of Dadri Noida Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNGIR), a 200 sq.km. Development Plan adopted by DMICDC,? Government of India.
- Part of LEA 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Asia team in conduct of Feasibility Studies for planning of Industrial Clusters adopted by DMICDC,? Government of India.
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Work Experience
| Organisation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Cities Collaborative, Nijmegen (Netherlands) | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Assistant | 07/2015- 06/2016 |
| Halcrow Consulting India (a CH2M Hill Company), Noida (India) | Assistant Urban Planner (Urban Planning and Land Development), | 07/2012–06/2013 |
| LEA Associates SA (A LEA 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Ltd. Company), New Delhi (India) | Planner (Urban and Regional Development) | 06/2010–06/2012 |
Smart City Programme India: Exploring the dialectical and discursive agency of urban futures
2019 Digital Geographies, Governmentality, Dialectics Kesar, Purushottam
| https://www.centre-for-bold-cities.nl/uploads/cfbc/attachments/BSCT%202019%20-%20Overview%20of%20symposium%20abstracts_0.pdf |
Beyond Smart Cities Today, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for BOLD Cities, September 18-19, 2019, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Smart Cities Programme, Schumpeterian Logic or Urban Entrepreneurialism? Reading the Governmentality of Urban Futures in India
2019 Digital Geographies, Smart Cities, Urban Entrepreneurialism Kesar, Purushottam
| https://iihs.co.in/research/conferences/urban-arc-2019/ |
City and the Region, IIHS Annual 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Conference, January 10-12, 2019, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bengaluru , India
The Governmentality of Urban and Smart Cities Programme in India
2018 Governmentality Kesar, Purushottam
| http://isec.ac.in/Programe%20Schedule%20-%20Concept%20note%20-%20Mega%20cities.pdf |
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Conference on the Challenges of Governance in Mega Cities, October 25-26, 2018, Centre for 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 in Urban Affairs, Institute for Social and Economic Change Bengaluru, India
Urban Visions- Between Contest and Collective Enterprise, Case of Indian Cities
2018 Urban Visions, Agonism Kesar, Purushottam
| https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/special-session-rsa-annual-conference-lugano-2018/ |
Regional Studies Association, Annual Conference, June 2-6, 2018, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
The “Dispositif” of Urban Vision Making, New Sites for Discursive Struggles: Case of Mumbai City
2017 Governmentality, Agonism Kesar, Purushottam
| https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-dublin-2017/ |
The Great Regional Awakening: New Directions RSA Annual Conference, June 4-7, 2017, Trinity College Dublin, Irelands
Review of Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay 2022: Streets in Motion, The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta, IJURR,
2023 Kesar P
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56949/1TZL7679
100 Smart Cities Mission. RaumPlanung, 217(3/4).
2022 Kesar P Ache P
pp 22-27
Mumbai Development Plan-2034: Is It The Right Vision For Maximum City?
Sep-2017
The short article discusses the newly introduced provisions of Mumbai’s Development Plan-2034 or DP-2034,
Why Karnataka’s Proposed Common Zoning Regulations Are More of a Problem than a Solution
Aug-2017
The opinion piece discusses the implications of the proposal to implement the Common Zoning Regulations (CZR) in the state of Karnataka
Startup India: Right Intention, Misplaced Efforts
Jan-2016
The op-ed reflects upon the Startup India programme, opportunities and challenges
Smart Cities Can Only Succeed With Smart Governance
Feb-2016
The editorial is a commentary on the Smart City Mission launched by Government of India and its positioning in the longer genealogy of flagship urban schemes