Soumen Mitra

Academic Qualifications

PhD, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (2015)
MTRP, Bengal Engineering College (DU), Shibpur (2001)
B. Arch, Bengal Engineering College (DU), Shibpur (1999)

Research Statement

Tourism Planning and Decision Making
Planning in Ecologically Fragile Areas
Public Transport Planning and Development in Social Context
History, Vernacular Architecture and Built Heritage

1 Sriya Mitra, Souvanic Roy, Soumen Mitra, Identification of Parameters influencing Urban Growth and Urban Flooding in a rapidly expanding Low-Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) city: A Delphi Analysis, International Conference on Urban Resilience and Sustainable Architecture at NIT Patna, 2025

2 Indranil Madal, Sabyasachi Mondal, Pritam Saha, Soumen Mitra, Platooning Tendency and Subsequent Air Quality on Roads Passing Through Urban Fringes with Significant E-Rickshaw Fractions, 1-22, Transportation Research Record, 2025

3 Ipsita Shee, Sanjib Nag, Soumen Mitra, Investigating Transformations Of Public Places In Planned Urban Developments: Inter-relationship between Related Parameters & Sub-Parameters, 18, 107-124, International Journal of Urban Planning, 2025

4 Kinkar Bhattacharjee, Soumen Mitra, Pritam Saha, Reliability Assessment of Himalayan Trekking Indicators through Cronbach's Alpha, 10, 965-981, Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 2025

5 Soumen Mitra, The Dynamics of Youth Activism in Contemporary India: Catalysts and Challenges, 13th EuroSEAS Conference at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2024

6 Maria Rose Francis, Keya Mitra, Soumen Mitra, Integrating Community Participation in Flood Mitigation Planning: Case Study at Kochi, Kerala, India, 51st Urban Affairs Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, 2023

7 Pamela Barua, Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Soumen Mitra, Passengers perception on safety and comfort in paratransit: a case of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India, 1st Vision Zero Summit : A National Conference on Road Safety organised by MANIT, Bhopal in association with Transport Department and PTRI, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2023

8 Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Soumen Mitra, Do Abutting Land Uses Impact Street Pollution in Context of Green Urban Mobility? — A Case of Adjacent Municipal Area of Kolkata City, 6th Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS): International Conference on Urban Green Transitions: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges to be hosted online by the School of Human Settlements at XIM U,, 2022

9 Trisha Barui, Soumen Mitra, Are E-Rickshaws a boon for the operators? - An investigation in a neighbourhood of Howrah City, 6th Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS): International Conference on Urban Green Transitions: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges to be hosted online by the School of Human Settlements at XIM U, 2022

10 Sudeshna Haldar, Soumen Mitra, Insightful Evaluation of Non-graded Heritage Buildings using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Tools: Case of a Two Hundred Year Old Institutional Campus, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 2022

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Research Areas

History and Theory of Architecture
Environmental Planning
Tourism Planning
Public Transport Planning

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Environmental Planning 2 Statistical Methods and Planning Techniques 3 Planning Project I

UG Courses

1 Evolution of Architecture IV 2 Vernacular Architecture 3 Architectural Design Studio I 4 Interior Design Practice 5 Evolution of Architecture II

Publications

1 Indranil Madal, Sabyasachi Mondal, Pritam Saha, Soumen Mitra, Platooning Tendency and Subsequent Air Quality on Roads Passing Through Urban Fringes with Significant E-Rickshaw Fractions, 1-22, Transportation Research Record, 2025 2 Ipsita Shee, Sanjib Nag, Soumen Mitra, Investigating Transformations Of Public Places In Planned Urban Developments: Inter-relationship between Related Parameters & Sub-Parameters, 18, 107-124, International Journal of Urban Planning, 2025

3 Kinkar Bhattacharjee, Soumen Mitra, Pritam Saha, Reliability Assessment of Himalayan Trekking Indicators through Cronbach's Alpha, 10, 965-981, Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 2025

4 Sudeshna Haldar, Soumen Mitra, Insightful Evaluation of Non-graded Heritage Buildings using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Tools: Case of a Two Hundred Year Old Institutional Campus, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 2022

5 Soumen Mitra, Souvanic Roy, B. P. Mukhopadhyay, Susanta Chaudhuri, D.B. Bhattacharya, A Multi-Criteria based Methodology for Mapping of Landslide Rick Zones for Urban Planning Guidelines: Case Study Darjeeling Town, Eastern Himalayas, India, 36 (2), 76-101, Urban India, 2016

6 Mitra, S., Guha Niyogi, J., Guha Niyogi, A., Methodology for Deciding Route-Specific Appropriate Transit Modes based on Stakeholders’ Utility Values: Applicability in Indian Cities, 39(2), 60-75, Indian Journal of Transport Management, 2015

7 Mitra, S. and Guha Niyogi, J., Assessing Critical Trip Lengths of Commuters for Selecting Transit over Personal Modes - Case Application: Medium Sized Indian Cities, 37(3), 175-194, Indian Journal of Transport Management, 2013

8 Mukhopadhyay B.P., Roy S., Chaudhuri S., Mitra S., Influence of Geological Parameters on Landslide Vulnerability Zonation of Darjeeling Town, in Eastern Himalayas, 4(2), 145-164, Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM), 2012

9 Mitra S., Guha Niyogi J., A Quick Assessment Technique to Determine Profitability in Private City-Bus-Services - Case Study Kolkata-Howrah Urban Area, India, 2(4), 383-389, International Journal of Research in Management and Technology, ISSN: 2249-9563, 2012

10 Mamun A., Mitra S., A Methodology for Assessing Tourism Potential: Case Study Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India, 2(9), 1-8, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication, 2012

11 Roy, S., Mitra, S., Sanyal, M.K., ‘Aila’ – the cyclone disaster in Sunderban and the possibilities of rehabilitative planning for affected communities, Working Paper Series 31, Series IV – Securing Rights of Forced Displacees through Global Obligations, Universal Declarations and Local Means, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan, 2011

12 Mitra, S., Paul, S K., Roy, S., Fusion Elements in Provincial Style of Islamic Architecture in Medieval Bengal, 6(1), ABACUS, 2011

2 Soumen Mitra, The Dynamics of Youth Activism in Contemporary India: Catalysts and Challenges, 13th EuroSEAS Conference at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2024

3 Maria Rose Francis, Keya Mitra, Soumen Mitra, Integrating Community Participation in Flood Mitigation Planning: Case Study at Kochi, Kerala, India, 51st Urban Affairs Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, 2023

4 Pamela Barua, Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Soumen Mitra, Passengers perception on safety and comfort in paratransit: a case of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India, 1st Vision Zero Summit : A National Conference on Road Safety organised by MANIT, Bhopal in association with Transport Department and PTRI, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2023

5 Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Soumen Mitra, Do Abutting Land Uses Impact Street Pollution in Context of Green Urban Mobility? — A Case of Adjacent Municipal Area of Kolkata City, 6th Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS): International Conference on Urban Green Transitions: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges to be hosted online by the School of Human Settlements at XIM U,, 2022

6 Trisha Barui, Soumen Mitra, Are E-Rickshaws a boon for the operators? - An investigation in a neighbourhood of Howrah City, 6th Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS): International Conference on Urban Green Transitions: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges to be hosted online by the School of Human Settlements at XIM U, 2022

7 Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Soumen Mitra, Planning for Green Urban Mobility : a case of North Dum Dum Municipality, West Bengal, India, International Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility: Opportunities and Challenges in Developing Countries organized by ITPI, West Bengal Regional Chapter, 2021

8 Alam, N., Saha, S., Mitra, S., Changing courses of river Ganga and associated rural vulnerability in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, International Seminar and 48th Regional Science Conference, Tripura, 2017

9 Chowdhuri, S., Mitra, S., Roy, S., User’s Perception of Increasing Operations of Electric Rickshaw (Toto) Service Case of Uttarpara, India,, CODATU XVII, Hyderabad (Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo), 2017

10 Mitra, S., Roy, S., Paul, S.K., Rehabilitative Planning Strategy for Sustainable Development of Vulnerable Communities in Indian Sunderban, AUNFAIR 2016, conducted by Asian University Network Forum on Advance in Research, Japan, Program booklet 12-14, 2016

11 Bhattacharya, D.B. & Mitra, S., Making Siliguri a walkable city, 2737-2744, Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences 96, 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals 2013, 2013

12 Roy, S., Paul, S.K. & Mitra, S., Tenure Security and Quality of Life in Urban Slums: Case Studies in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, 36th World Congress on Housing Science titled “ National Housing Programs: New Visions”, IAHS, Florida1 and IIT, Kharagpur (Abstracted published in printed volumes with full papers in CD bearing ISBN No.81-902768-7-5), 2008

1 Kinkar Bhattacharjee, Aritra Ganguly, Keya Mitra, Soumen Mitra, Investigating Quality of Life and Resilience : A Case Study on Tourism Service Providers in Meghalaya, Taylor and Francis GroupEdition I, , 2025

2 Nasibul Alam, Soumen Mitra, Swati Saha, Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Pressure in Socio-Economic Transformation of Agro-based Riverine Communities of Lower Gangetic Floodplain, India, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand163-193, , 2025

3 Pranoy Kr. Mondal, Trisha Barui, Soumen Mitra, Souvanic Roy, Smart cycle stand and app based bicycle sharing system at New Town (Rajarhat), Kolkata, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India and National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2023

4 Mitra, S. and Sadhukhan, M.C., Spatial Growth of Religious Architecture: Case of Indian Temples, Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment - A Focus on the Global South, Springer Nature Switzerland401-425, , 2020

5 Mitra, S., Roy, S., Roy, S.K., Sanyal, M.K., Land Use and Infrastructure Development Strategy for Planned Transformation of Bally-Howrah-Uluberia Planning Area, Urban Development in Howrah: Socio-Economic Perspectives, Part IV, PRIMUS Books Publishers [ISBN: 978-93- 84082-39-0]304-312, , 2015

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Institute of Urban Transport, India

Indian Institute of Architects

Institute of Town Planners, India

Council of Architecture, India

Responsibilities

Projects

Comparative Appraisal of Thermal Performance of Traditional (Assam/Ikra Type) and Emerging Housing Typologies and Upgradation of Traditional Prototypes for Improved Thermal Behaviour in Different Sub-Climatic Zones of North-eastern India, Sponsored
Ongoing
Development of Operational Strategies for E-Rickshaws for Improving Air Quality on Roads in Urban Areas of West Bengal, Sponsored
Ongoing