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Rutul Joshi

Sr.Associate Professor
Programs
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About Rutul Joshi

Dr. Rutul Joshi is a Senior Associate Professor at CEPT University, serving as Program Chair of the Master of Urban Planning (MUP) and Head of the Doctoral Office. Since joining CEPT in 2006, he has shaped urban planning pedagogy, curriculum design, and academic governance across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs. His contributions include institutionalising the PG Foundation Semester, developing core courses in Urban Governance, History of Urban Planning, and planning theory, and leading PhD program reforms that strengthened rigour and national standing.
Dr. Joshi’s research focuses on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), sustainable urban mobility, and urban policy reform. His work on TOD-based Local Area Planning spans the full spectrum — from primary research and policy briefs to planning handbooks, training manuals, planning strategies and implementation and financing pathways. He has advised institutions including NIUA, VREF, C40 Cities, ITDP, ADB, and UK Aid on urban planning and mobility projects in India and East Africa. His work bridges scholarship and practice, informing national and international debates on climate-responsive and low-carbon urban development. He regularly contributes to academic journals as well as in the public media.
  • Spatial planning
  • Urban Transportation
  • Sustainable Mobility
  • Urban History
  • Transit oriented development
  • Development Plan — S‑2026
  • DRP — S‑2026
  • History of Urban Planning — S‑2026
  • History of Urban Planning — S‑2025
  • SS 3 — Urban Planning and Regulations — S‑2025
  • DRP — S‑2025
  • Beating the Urban Heat — S‑2025
  • Development Plan — S‑2025

Conference Proceedings

  1. Transport Governance of the ​‘International Best Practice’: Parallels between BRT Developments in Ahmedabad and Bogotá Daniel Oviedo Hernandez, Rutul Joshi CODATU International Conference, Istanbul

Book Chapter

  1. Street Space or Road Space? Contested Mobility in Ahmedabad Rutul Joshi Social Life of Streets (Bloomsbury)
  2. Cycling in Indian Cities — Between Everyday Cyclists and Affluent Cyclists Rutul Joshi, Jacob Baby Routledge Companion to Cycling (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group)
  3. The Structures of Mobility and Challenges of Low-Carbon Transitions in Indian Cities Rutul Joshi, Yogi Joseph, Vivek Chandran Low Carbon Mobility Transitions (Goodfellow’s Publishers, New Zealand)

Book

  1. Understanding the City Studio Handbook Rutul Joshi (Editor) CEPT University Press
  2. Understanding the Indian City: Concepts and Pedagogy Rutul Joshi (Editor) CEPT University Press
  3. HRIDAY Reflections: Critical Reflections on Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana Rutul Joshi (Editor), Jigna Desai, Gurmeet Rai CEPT University Press

Journal Article

  1. The aspirational shift of urban transport infrastructure: the emerging mobility transition in India Rutul Joshi, Arundhathi Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
  2. Invisible Cyclists and Disappearing Cycling: The Policy Challenges in India Rutul Joshi, Yogi Joseph Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies

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