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    Souvanic Roy

    Academic Qualifications


    • PG Diploma in Housing and Urban Development (ICHUD), IHS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Diploma in Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (DUMTCC), IHS, Rotterdam, Erasmus University, Netherlands
    • PhD, BESU Shibpur
    • MURP, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
    • B.Arch, University of Calcutta

    Research Statement


    Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Housing, Livelihood and Community Planning, Heritage Conservation and Urban Development, Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Planning, Cost Effective and Alternative Technology in Architecture, Community Based Natural Resource Management

    Latest Publications


  • 1 Suchismita Chatterjee, Souvanic Roy, Rent Generation, Social Networks and Urban Transformation in Minority-dominant Neighbourhoods of Kolkata, LVIII NNo 52, Page 45-52, Economic & Political Weekly, 2023
  • 2 T. Chatterji, G. Gotz, P. Harrison, R. Moore, Souvanic Roy, Capacity in motion: comparative Covid -19 governance in India and South Africa, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2022.2154829, Territory, Politics, Governance, 2022
  • 3 Rituparna Pal, Souvanic Roy, Biswajit Thakur, Assessment of energy efficiency for traditional non-engineered and engineered residential buildings- A case for North-Eastern India, 61(2), 440-451, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
  • 4 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, Atanu Chatterjee, Global contagion and local response: the influence of centre–state relations and political culture in pandemic governance, 43:3, 192-211, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 2021
  • 5 M. Pramanik, S. Szabo, I. Pal, P. Udmale, J. O’Connor, M. Sanyal, Souvanic Roy, Z. Sebesvari, Twin Disasters: Tracking COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan’s Impacts on SDGs in the Indian Sundarbans, 63:4, 20-30, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2021
  • 6 Souvanic Roy, Tathagata Chatterji, The Pandemic and Reimagining of Urban through the Lens of Progressive State Responses, 49(3-4), 45-55, Social Scientist, 2021
  • 7 SubhaChakraborty, SatiprasadSahoo, DebaleenaMajumdar, Swati Saha, SouvanicRoy, Future Mangrove Suitability Assessment of Andaman to strengthen sustainable development, Volume 234, 597-614, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
  • 8 Nilanjan Sengupta, Souvanic Roy , Himadri Guha, Assessing embodied GHG emission reduction potential of cost-effective technologies for construction of residential buildings of Economically Weaker Section in India, volume 19, 139-156, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2018
  • 9 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, Envisioning a Humane Urban Policy for India, The Wire.in, 2018
  • 10 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, The National Urban Policy Is a Great Opportunity for Course-Correction, The Wire.in, 2018
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    Publications


  • 1 Suchismita Chatterjee, Souvanic Roy, Rent Generation, Social Networks and Urban Transformation in Minority-dominant Neighbourhoods of Kolkata, LVIII NNo 52, Page 45-52, Economic & Political Weekly, 2023
  • 2 T. Chatterji, G. Gotz, P. Harrison, R. Moore, Souvanic Roy, Capacity in motion: comparative Covid -19 governance in India and South Africa, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2022.2154829, Territory, Politics, Governance, 2022
  • 3 Rituparna Pal, Souvanic Roy, Biswajit Thakur, Assessment of energy efficiency for traditional non-engineered and engineered residential buildings- A case for North-Eastern India, 61(2), 440-451, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
  • 4 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, Atanu Chatterjee, Global contagion and local response: the influence of centre–state relations and political culture in pandemic governance, 43:3, 192-211, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 2021
  • 5 M. Pramanik, S. Szabo, I. Pal, P. Udmale, J. O’Connor, M. Sanyal, Souvanic Roy, Z. Sebesvari, Twin Disasters: Tracking COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan’s Impacts on SDGs in the Indian Sundarbans, 63:4, 20-30, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2021
  • 6 Souvanic Roy, Tathagata Chatterji, The Pandemic and Reimagining of Urban through the Lens of Progressive State Responses, 49(3-4), 45-55, Social Scientist, 2021
  • 7 SubhaChakraborty, SatiprasadSahoo, DebaleenaMajumdar, Swati Saha, SouvanicRoy, Future Mangrove Suitability Assessment of Andaman to strengthen sustainable development, Volume 234, 597-614, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
  • 8 Nilanjan Sengupta, Souvanic Roy , Himadri Guha, Assessing embodied GHG emission reduction potential of cost-effective technologies for construction of residential buildings of Economically Weaker Section in India, volume 19, 139-156, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2018
  • 9 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, Envisioning a Humane Urban Policy for India, The Wire.in, 2018
  • 10 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, The National Urban Policy Is a Great Opportunity for Course-Correction, The Wire.in, 2018
  • 11 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, How Indian Cities are Squeezing the People out of Public Spaces:, The Wire.in, 2018
  • 12 Souvanic Roy, Tathagata Chatterji, Post-industrial Urban Transformation in a Transitional Metropolis: Implications for Housing Rights and Environmental Justice in Industrial Slum Tenements in Urban Core, Research Monograph on "Cities, Rural Migrants and Urban Poor: Issues of Violence & Social Justice: The Ordinary City and Exploration of an Urban Future " by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2017
    • 13 Subrata Kr. Paul, Souvanic Roy, Tourism based Heritage Conservation in Murshidabad: An Appraisal, Journal of Heritage Tourism, Taylor and Francis, 2016
  • 14 Sukanya Ghosh, Souvanic Roy, Manas Kr. Sanyal, Applicability of Soft System Methodology in Problem Analysing in the Field of Affordable Housing, 17(1), 51-62, Shelter, 2016
  • 15 Souvanic Roy, The Smart City Paradigm in India: Issues and Challenges of Sustainability and Inclusiveness, 44(5-6), 29-48, Social Scientist, 2016
    • 16 Souvanic Roy, Tathagata Chatterjee, From Margin to Mainstream: Informal Street Vendors and Local Politics in Kolkata, India, L'Espace Politique (Online),29/2016-2, 2016
  • 17 Sukanya Ghosh, Souvanic Roy, Manas Kr. Sanyal, Soft System Methodology as a Tool to Understand Issues of Governmental Affordable Housing Programme of India: A Case Study Approach, 97(3), 343-354, Journal of Institute of Engineers of India, 2016
  • 18 Souvanic Roy, Smart Cities-India’s New Urban Agenda? Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Urban Quest South Asia”, 27-39, South Asia Urban Forum, Colombo,Sri Lanka, 2015
  • 19 Souvanic Roy, Smart City: Utopia and Reality, The Statesman 13th and 14th July,2015, 2015
  • 20 Souvanic Roy, Manas Kr. Sanyal, Sustainable Slum Improvement Models: Ban Mankong in Thailand and PRODEL in Nicaragua, 7(12), 23-28, TerraGreen, 2015
  • 21 Bhabani P. Mukhopadhyay, Souvanic Roy, Susanta Chaudhuri, Soumen Mitra, Influence of Geological Parameters on Landslide Vulnerability Zonation in Darjeeling Town in Eastern Himalayas, Volume 4 Number 2, 27-46, Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM), 2012
  • 1 Souvanic Roy, Climate Proofing of Indian Cities: Need for Paradigm Shift in Urban Development, 34-46, Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Livable Habitat and Sustainable Infrastructure: A Key to Smart Growth” published by IIT, Kharagpur, 2016
  • 2 Souvanic Roy, Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation Experience of Megacities in Asia, 37-48, Proceedings of the “Asian University Network Forum on Advances in Research” published by Aichi Gakuin University, Japan, 2015
  • 1 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy & Atanu Chatterjee, Sub-national Political Culture and Covid-19 Pandemic: Governance Response Towards Life & Livelihood Vulnerabilities of Urban Poor in India, Local Government and the Covid-19 Pandemic A Global Perspective (ed) Carlos Nunes SilvaChapter 28, 713-738, , 2022
  • 2 Soumen Mitra, Souvanic Roy, Subrata Kr. Paul, Rehabilitative Planning Strategy for Transformative Changes of Vulnerable Communities in Indian Sundarban., Social Transformations in India, Myanmar, and Thailand (eds) Yamahata, C., Seekins, D.M., Takeda, M.Volume 1, 259-278, , 2021
  • 3 Subrata Kr. Paul, Souvanic Roy, Soumen Mitra, Urban Dynamics, Socioeconomic Transformation and Built Heritage in a Historic Town of India: An Appraisal, Social Transformations in India, Myanmar, and Thailand (eds) Yamahata, C., Seekins, D.M., Takeda, M.Volume 1, 115-136, , 2021
  • 4 Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy, Gentrification and Post-industrial Spatial Restructuring in Calcutta, India, Gentrification around the World Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology (eds) J.Krase, J. DeSenaVolume II, 269-288, , 2020
  • 5 Souvanic Roy, Tathagata Chatterji, The smart city policy of India and its governance implications, Smart Cities in Asia Governing Development in the Era of Hyper- Connectivity (eds) Yu-Min Joo, Teck-Boon TanChapter 7, 108-126, , 2020
  • 6 Subrata Kr. Paul, Abhinanda Chatterjee, Souvanic Roy, Issues and Challenges for Transit-Oriented Development in the Scenario of a Developing Country: The Case of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India, Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment: A Focus on the Global SouthChapter 4, 65-90, , 2020
  • 7 Souvanic Roy, Development Efforts towards Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis, Rights and Security in India, Myanmar, and Thailand (eds) Yamahata, C., Sudo, S., Matsugi, T.Volume 1, 31-46, , 2020
  • 8 Souvanic Roy, Soumen Mitra, Sudip Kr. Roy, Manas Kr. Sanyal, Landuse and Infrastructure Development Strategy for Planned Transformation of Bally- Howrah-Uluberia Planning Area, Urban Development in Howrah: Socio-Economic Perspectives”, Primus Books, New Delhi312-348, , 2015
  • 9 Souvanic Roy, Architectural Design, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, Bloomsbury Publishing (ISBN 9781472521576)49-56, , 2015
  • 10 Souvanic Roy and Soumen Mitra, Eco-development and Biodiversity Conservation- A Study of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, “Insights from the Field: Studies in Participatory Forest Management in India”, published by Winrock International India , New Delhi221-242, , 2011
  • 11 Souvanic Roy, Ecological Sustainability and Metropolitan Development: The Calcutta Experience, “Waste Recycling and Resource Management in the Developing World” published by International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland293-302, , 2000
  • 12 Souvanic Roy, Santhal Architecture, Published by Folk and Tribal Cultural Centre, Govt. of West Bengal, Calcutta, 1998
  • 13 Souvanic Roy, Evaluation of Shelter Strategies for Urban Poor: Case Study Metropolitan Calcutta, “Housing Development and Management” published by Centre for Built Environment, Calcutta, India137-141, , 1996

    • Patents


    # Patents Year

    Projects


    • UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub Collaborative Research Project sponsored by UKRI-RCUK and coordinated by Newcastle University UK, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Proposal for Development of Bantala Greenfield City- Karmadiganta sponsored by Sector VI Industrial Township Authority Govt. of West Bengal under the 15th Finance Commission Performance based Challenge Fund for Incubation of New Cities by Govt. of India, Consultancy
      Ongoing
    • Assessment of Projects in Smart City Programme at New Town Rajarhat, Kolkata sponsored by National Institute of Urban Affairs ( NIUA) Govt of India under the SAAR Initiative, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Role of Indigeneous Communities in Planning and Management of Protected Areas in Canada sponsored by Shastri Indo Canadian Institute, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Analysis of Village Clusters With Special Reference to Houses Built under the HUDCO Scheme of Assistance to Cyclone Affected Areas of Hasnabad, North 24 Pargana, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Riverfront Development Plan in the Central Business District of Kolkata sponsored by Development Consultants Ltd. Kolkata, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Conservation and Redevelopment of Crawford Market, Mumbai sponsored by Development Consultants Ltd. Kolkata, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Planning Strategy for a Heritage Town: Study of Murshidabad under In-house Research Scheme of Jadavpur University, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Green Building for Guest House and Ancillary Infrastructure at Digha for Students Health Home, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Study of Tenure Issues and Pilot Action Plan for Improving Tenure Security for the Urban Poor in Metropolitan Kolkata sponsored by DFID, UK, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Planning and Management of Protected Areas in Thailand sponsored by Ford Foundation and coordinated by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Thailand, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Comparative Study of Protected Area Governance in Southeast Asian Countries sponsored by Ford Foundation coordinated by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Thailand, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Carrying Capacity Assessment and Strategic Plan for Bally Municipal Area sponsored by DFID, UK, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Proposed New Town at Domjur, Howrah, for Howrah Improvement Trust, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Draft Development Plan for Bally Municipal Area sponsored by DFID, UK, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Howrah Development and Rejuvenation Plan for Howrah Improvement Trust sponsored by DFID, UK, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Kolkata City Development Plan for Kolkata Municipal Corporation sponsored by DFID, UK, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Eco- Development and Biodiversity Conservation: Case Study Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal sponsored by Winrock International India, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Development of Decision Support System for Urban Planning in Darjeeling Hills, West Bengal sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Integrated Cluster Action Plan for Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission in Hooghly District, West Bengal sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of West Bengal, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Slum Free City Plan of Action (SFCPoA) at Korba under Rajiv Awas Yojana ( RAY), Govt. of India sponsored by Stesalit Ltd., Consultancy
      Completed
    • Master Plan for ISI, Tejpur Centre for Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Smart City Development Plan for Haldia sponsored by Haldia Municipality, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Policy and Design Proposal for Heritage Walk in the Historic Core of Serampore sponsored by National Museum of Denmark, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Listing, Assessment and Grading of Heritage Buildings in Serampore’s Historic Core sponsored by National Museum of Denmark, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Integrated Conservation and Development Plan for the Historic Core of Danish Serampore, West Bengal sponsored by National Museum of Denmark, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Comparative Appraisal of Thermal Performance of Traditional (Assam or Ikra Type) and Emerging Housing Typologies and Upgradation of Traditional Prototypes for Improved Thermal Behaviour in Different Sub-Climatic Zones of Northeastern India, Sponsored
      Completed

    Awards


    • Gold Medal for first position in postgraduation in SPA, New Delhi, Year: 1988
    • Gold Medal for best postgraduate thesis in SPA, New Delhi, Year: 1988
    • Ford Asia Follow-up Fellowship by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Year: 2003
    • Ford Asia Fellowship by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Year: 2003
    • Nuffic Fellowship by Netherlands Fellowship Programme, Year: 2014
    • Shastri Indo Canadian Fellowship by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI), Year: 2016

    Research Groups


    Rituparna Pal
    Ph. D.
    rituparnapaul51@gmail.com

    Sukanya Ghosh
    Ph. D.
    8294636494
    sukanya_bhu@yahoo.co.in

    Research:
    Appraisal of III-defined Issues in Governmental Affordable Housing Programme for Urban Poor through Application of Soft System Methodology: Case Studies in Slums of India

    Abhinandita Kundu
    Ph. D.
    2021app003.abhinandita@students.iiests.ac.in

    Atul Chauhan
    Ph. D.
    2021app002.atul@students.iiests.ac.in

    Created: 23 November 2019