Gargi Mishra
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Gargi Mishra

Assistant Professor
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About Gargi Mishra

Gargi Mishra is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, where she teaches in the Master of Planning (M.Plan — Urban Infrastructure) and Bachelor of Urban Design (BUD) programs. She previously served as an Urban Fellow with the Kerala Urban Policy Commission, contributing to the formulation of Kerala’s Urban Policy 2025.
Gargi holds a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) from CEPT University and a Bachelor’s degree in Planning (B.Plan) from the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal. She is currently in the advanced stages of her PhD at CEPT University, supported by the Indo – Dutch Water4Change initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Her doctoral research examines land – water relationships in Indian cities through the lens of spatial planning and Urban Political Ecology. Her teaching pedagogy aims to connect land use, infrastructure, ecology, and governance in shaping resilient cities. Her research interests and related publications span water-sensitive planning, climate resilience, infrastructure planning, participatory resource management, and heritage management.
  • Urban Planning / Physical Planning
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
  • Water Resource Management and Water Sensitive Planning
  • Infrastructure Planning
  • Urban Research Methods
  • Climate Resilience

Journal

  1. CEPT Research Symposium 2025 | CEPT University, Ahmedabad  CEPT Research Symposium
  2. International Research Symposium on Urban Villages, 2022 | NIUA, New Delhi International Research Symposium on Urban Villages
  3. Urban Arc 2021: Urban Imaginaries: Past, Present and Future | IIHS, Bengaluru Urban Arc 2021: Urban Imaginaries: Past, Present and Future

Conference

  1. 1st IWA NSS Conference 2023 | Johannesburg, South Africa 
  2. Vadnagar International Conference for Promoting Archaeological Heritage & Culture, 2022 | Gandhinagar  Vadnagar International Conference for Promoting Archaeological Heritage & Culture
  3. International Conference on ​‘Future is Urban’, 2021 | Nirma University, Ahmedabad International Conference on ​‘Future is Urban’, 2021
  4. 5th PlanoCosmo International Conference on Infrastructure for all, 2020 | Bandung, Indonesia 5th PlanoCosmo International Conference on Infrastructure for all
  5. International Conference on Heritage Management and Practices, 2018 | Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad International Conference on Heritage Management and Practices

Journal Article

  1. The Dying Water Heritage of Sarkhej Roza. Gargi Mishra, Prasenjit Shukla, Mona Iyer Journal of Heritage Management

Book Chapter

  1. Zoning and Land Use. In R. Joshi, Understanding an Indian City — Conceptual and Pedagogic Foundations Gargi Mishra, Sameer Kumar Understanding an Indian City — Conceptual and Pedagogic Foundations
  2. Smart Planning and Management of Urban Water Systems: Case of Bhuj, India. In T. M. Kumar (Ed.) Mona Iyer, Siddh Doshi, Gargi Mishra, Sameer Kumar Smart Master Planning of Cities — Case Studies on Domain Innovations.
  3. A City Infrastructure Investment Pipeline for Climate-Resilient Urban Development. In D. Desai, & N. Dawda, Policy and Institutional Imperatives for India’s Urban Renaissance (pp. 127 – 135). New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation. Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Gargi Mishra A City Infrastructure Investment Pipeline for Climate-Resilient Urban Development

Conference Proceedings

  1. Deconstructing water sensitivity: experiences from global cities. Badung: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Gargi Mishra, Gina Acharya, Mona Iyer, Siddh Doshi Badung: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.
  2. Making Indian Cities Water-Sensitive: A Critical Review of Frameworks. In S. Kolathayar, A. Mondal, & S. C. Chian (Eds.), Climate Change and Water Security. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 178, pp. 277 – 290). Singapore: Springer. Sameer Kumar, Siddh Doshi, Gargi Mishra, Mona Iyer Climate Change and Water Security.

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