Saswat Bandyopadhyay
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Saswat Bandyopadhyay

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About Saswat Bandyopadhyay

Saswat Bandyopadhyay, is a Civil Engineer with advance qualifications in Urban Planning and Infrastructure Management. His ongoing doctoral research work focuses on Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability in India. He is presently a Professor and area chair of Infrastructure Planning programme at the CEPT University. Saswat Bandyopadhyay has over 22 years of experience in the Urban Development
Saswat Bandyopadhyay, is a Civil Engineer with advance qualifications in Urban Planning and Infrastructure Management. His ongoing doctoral research work focuses on Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability in India. He is presently a Professor and area chair of Infrastructure Planning programme at the CEPT University. Saswat Bandyopadhyay has over 22 years of experience in the Urban Development
  • Risk Informed Spatial Planning and Sustainable Urban Development
  • Climate Resilience Action Plan
  • Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Nature Based Solutions
  • City Infrastructure Planning

Conference

  1. ​“Unlocking Land for Safe, Resilient, and Inclusive Development: Land-led approaches to strengthening Rural-Urban linkages World Urban Forum, Baku
  2. An approach to develop city infrastructure pipeline for Indian Cities 74th National Town and Country Planners Conference, India
  3. Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Development National Urban Conclave and Mayoral Summit on Shaping the Future of Cities,
  4. Spatial Dynamics and Urban Society- Role of Digital data as Public Good International Land Use Symposium 2025, Dresden, Germany
  5. Spatial Justice and Planning- The case of Sabarmati Riverfront Development, Ahmedabad ​“Spatial Justice and Planning in the Era of the Anthropocene”
  6. City Infrastructure Planning and Prioritization ITB Bandung Conference
  7. Planning and Managing Economic Geographies National Conference Post Budget by GOI
  8. Sustainability and Climate Finance International Conference on City Pairing
  9. Water sensitive Urban Development in Indian Cities TREAD TALK, CPR
  10. Blue and Green Infrastructure Mapping IIFM, Dehradun
  11. Climate Financing for Green Infrastructure CDRI, New delhi
  12. Institutional Capacity development for Resilient Cities GNDU, Amritsar

Round Table

  1. ​“From Planning to Production: Accelerating Affordable Housing through Partnerships, Policy Innovation, and Finance,” World Urban Forum, Baky
  2. Comparative Regional Planning Experiences in India and Germany IOER and ARL Round table on Regional Planning in Germany

Symposium

  1. ​“Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Built Environment” World Urban Forum 13, Baku
  2. Advancing Climate resilient actions in Asian Cities ASEAN Governors and Mayors Forum (AGMF), 2025

Journal

  1. Issues and Challenges in Heritage Cities Management in India
  2. Role of E‑Learning in Urban Capacity Building
  3. Role of Indigenous Technologies in Swachch Bharat Mission
  4. Smart and Livable Cities
  5. Smart Cities Infrastructure
  6. Smart infrastructure and urban resilience
  7. Spatial Planning Framework in India
  8. Understanding Smart Cities

Conference Proceedings

  1. Exploring the relationship between the change of Land-use Land-cover (LULC) and Land Surface Temperature (LST) and its effect on local thermal environment in urban areas Rachita Lal and Saswat Bandyopadhyay NIUA Climate Cities Conclave

Book Chapter

  1. Chapter 40: Smart and Inclusive Local Economy: Case of Walled City of Ahmedabad Saswat Bandyopadhyay City Economies in the Global South Growth, Inclusion and Sustainability

Report

  1. GHLC Policy Brief on Gujarat State Urban Observatory Framework Saswat Bandyopadhyay Gujarat High Level Committee Policy Brief
  2. Resilient Cities Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Gargi Mishra, Siddh Doshi India’s Climate and Energy Frontiers (ICEF)
  3. Incentivizing Classification of Census Towns to Statutory Towns for the 16th Finance Commission of India Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Sejal Patel, Tushar Bose, The world Bank 16th Finance Commission

Journal Article

  1. Policy and institutional imperatives for India’s urban renaissance. Saswat Bandyopadhyay ORF Journal
  2. Role of Urban Observatories in Managing City Economic Regions Saswat Bandyopadhyay and Pratima Singh ITPI National Journal Volume 23 Number: 2

Book

  1. ​“City Infrastructure Planning Studio: A Pedagogical Handbook Saswat Bandyopadhyay and Gargi Mishra Cept University Press

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