Faculty
Amit Kaur
Assistant ProfessorDr. Amit Kaur is a social scientist-planner by profession. Having completed her Ph.D. from the IIT Kharagpur in the domain of Housing and Community Planning, she specializes her research in the field of Housing Planning & Policy, Quantitative Methods in Planning, GIS and its applications in Planning, Smart Cities and Sustainable and resilient communities. Presently she is working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has been associated with different academic institutions including TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi and Dr D Y Patil School of Architecture, Pune where she has mentored students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Being awarded the Institute Post Doctoral Research Fellowship at IIT Delhi, she has also worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher prior to joining CEPT. Her teaching interests spans across teaching courses related to Urban Planning, Housing Finance, Housing Policy, Real Estate, Project Management, GIS and its applications in Planning, Research Methodology & Applications of Quantitative Techniques in Planning. She has also guided around 10 Master's Dissertation & Thesis from M Arch Environment Architecture at DYPSOA and M Tech UDM at TERI SAS. She also serves as a reviewer for International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (Emerald Publishing) and Journal of Housing and Built Environment (Springer Publishing).
Education
| Degree | Institution | Field | Year of Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Doctoral Research | School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi | Smart Cities | 2025 |
| PhD | Dept of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur | Housing & Community Planning | 2019 |
| M.Plan | CEPT University | Housing | 2013 |
| M.Sc | Presidency College, Calcutta University | Geography | 2011 |
| B.Sc | Shri Shikshayatan College, Calcutta University | Geography Honours | 2009 |
Areas of Expertise
Housing Planning & Policy~Quantitative Methods in Planning~GIS and its applications~Smart Cities~Sustainable and resilient communities
Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise
• Kaur, A. (2020), Urmi Sengupta and Annapurna Shaw (eds): Trends and issues in housing in Asia coming of an age, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, ISSN No.: 1566-4910 (Print) 1573- 7772 (Online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09747-3. (Available Online).
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2019), An Evaluation of Middle Income Group Housing in Kolkata, India, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Vol.12, No.3, pp.487-503, ISSN No. 1753- 8270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-04-2018-0025.
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2019), A need for policy revision to reach the intended beneficiaries: a learning from middle-income group housing models in Kolkata, India, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol.34, No.4, pp.1087-1105. ISSN No.: 1566-4910 (Print) 1573- 7772 (Online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-019-09660-4.
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2015), Attributes Affecting Neighbourhood Level Satisfaction of Middle Income Group Housings- A review, International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research (IJETSR), Special Issue Volume 2, pp.30-40, ISSN No.: 2394-3386.
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2017), A Comparative study of satisfaction level for Middle-Income Group Residents of Government housings and Public-Private Partnership housings, Proceedings of Joint Conference ISOCARP-OAPA - 53rd ISOCARP Congress on Smart Communities held at USA, Produced and published by ISOCARP ISBN No.: 978-94-90354- 51-0.
Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise
Presented 4 papers in different national and international conferences including
•Urban Innovations Conference held at SPA Bhopal, Bhopal, March 2024.
•ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) 53rd Annual Congress held at Oregon Convention Centre, Portland, USA, October 2017.
•International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment "Dialogues on Smart Built Environment " held at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, February 2017.
•ESM-15 International Conference on Innovative Research in Engineering, Science and Management held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India, September 2015.
Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships, Grant-in Aids
Fellowships:
- Institute Post Doctoral Research Fellowship at IIT Delhi.
- MHRD Scholarship for PhD at IIT Kharagpur.
Prizes:
- Awarded the best paper award at the International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment "Dialogues on Smart Built Environment" held at the Department of Architecture and Planning, IIT Roorkee, February, 2017.
- Awarded the best poster award at the Liveable Habitat and Sustainable Urban Agenda International Symposium held at the Kolkata organised by the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, January, 2016.
- Awarded Shri Chaturbhai Patel GICEA (Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects)Gold Medal Award, 2013 for Masters in Planning (Housing), January 2014.
- Awarded the Late Miss Jayshree Laijawala Memorial Award for best graduating student in Housing at CEPT University, January, 2014.
- Awarded the Vastu Shilpa Foundation Award of Excellence for best thesis student in Housingat CEPT University, January, 2014.
- Received a Certificate of Merit for securing second rank at the M.Sc Annual examinationfrom Presidency College, Kolkata, 2011.