1. PhD (submitted) in Architecture & Planning; Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India
2. PG Diploma in Urban Planning and Development, 2024; IGNOU, New Delhi
3. Master of Technology (Geospatial Engineering for urban applications), 2019–2021; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
4. Bachelor of Architecture, 2013–2018; National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, India
Urban heat island studies, Remote sensing and GIS, Urban climate studies, Land surface dynamics, Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) planning, Outdoor thermal comfort, Urban morphology, Sustainable Urban Planning, Land management
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Publications (List of papers published in SCI Journals)
1. Enhancing the city-level thermal environment through the strategic utilization of urban green spaces employing geospatial techniques, International Journal of Biometeorology, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02733-2
2. Assessment of critical thermal characteristics and land surface dynamics of an Indian metropolitan city, Journal of Water & Climate Change, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2024.370
3. Blue space resilient urban planning to enhance severely distressed thermal environment, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103804
4. Vulnerability assessment of a highly populated megacity to ambient thermal stress, Sustainability, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083395
5. A systematic review on urban blue-green infrastructure in the south Asian region: recent advancements, applications, and challenges, Water Science & Technology, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.014
6. Optimal approaches in global warming mitigation and adaptation strategies at city scale, Discover Sustainability 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00497-8
7. Intra-city disparities in urban green space proximity and its association with infrastructures and demography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101724
8. Thermal hazards in urban spaces: A review of climate-resilient planning and design to reduce the heat stress, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102296
Article:
1. GIS for Governance in Town Planning and Land Management, Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, November 2021, Available at: https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/pdf/jiia/2021/Nov_2021.pdf
Conferences:
1. Climate resilient city planning using urban green-blue space resources to improve the thermal environment At the Urban Transitions Conference 2024, held in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, from 5th to 7th November 2024
2. A systematic review on urban blue-green infrastructure in the Indian subcontinent, Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD) 8th edition, Presented at University of Florence, Italy, 24th–26th Oct, 2023
3. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: A Case of Patna City in Bihar, National Conference Proceedings on Urban Interventions: Environmental, Social and Economic, NIT Raipur, 2nd–3rd Aug 2022, published Paper Available at: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Ewb2sUAAAAAJ&hl=en
Book chapters:
1. Improving Accessibility to Urban Blue-Green Spaces: A Case of Howrah, India, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_15
2. The Potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_10
3. Geomatics Approaches for Traffic Congestion Study, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_11