i-Converge: Changing Dimensions of the Built Environment

Anjali Krishan Sharma is Professor of Architecture & Sustainable Urbanism and Director, with thirty-nine years of versatile experience: Academia, Practice and Real estate sector in India. Graduation and doctoral study from School of Planning and Architecture; New Delhi acknowledged as ‘Institute of National Importance’ by government of India. Member of RIBA and SFHEA: Senior Fellow with Advance-HE(UK). Founder member of multi-disciplinary research group: Asian Universities Network Forum on Advances in Research; Japan. Awarded an Indo-Dutch fellowship to research entitled Housing Typologies in public sector housings and won first prize in a National Housing Design idea competition (CIDCO, Mumbai) including the award of the project. Keynote speaker, panellist and member of advisory committee for scientific committee for International Conferences. Advised at Boards of studies, Academic council, Convener and Resource Expert for Council of Architecture. Contributed for Indian Heritage Cities Network program, UNESCO; New Delhi; authored and collaborated for Chapters, papers and book published by Springer entitled “Traditional Urbanism Response to Climate Change - walled City of Jaipur”. Keen interest in built environs in alignment with contemporary issues especially for Sustainable Urban development and Climate change through interdisciplinary approach.Aanchal Sharma is an architect with experience in professional practice, research and academic teaching. Has obtained PhD from IIT Roorkee, India. At her current position as an Associate Professor at DIT University, Dehradun, she is actively involved in academic teaching, graduate research and research projects involving green buildings.Shraddha Bahukhandi is Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Design. She has received her Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Her interests focus upon the development of vulnerable hill settlements, risk-resilient planning approach and inclusive planning in urban dimension. Her book on “Planning strategies for the development of new capital town in hills: A case of Gairsain, Uttarakhand” has been published by LAP, Germany.

• 1. Smart city planning in India – A case of Dehradun city 2. Zero waste management approaches and strategies for DIT university Dehradun campus 3. Interrelationship of Climate Change and Urbanization 4. Urban development challenges for medium-sized towns in hill regions of India 5. Habitable neighborhoods: A case of Vadodara city 6. Impact of windows on the psychological well-being of students: A case of Hamirpur 7. Connecting people–public transportation via intermediate public transportation: case of autorickshaw sector in Surat city 8. Challenges of incorporating building services in historic structures: Case of Havelis of Jaipur walled city 9. Application of design thinking process for urban street design. (Selected Streets of Pune City.) 10. Building resilient built environment post-COVID-19: An analysis of UN national voluntary reviews of USA, India, and Brazil 11. Shopping experience in Indian urban street market: A case of Mangalore 12. Heritage protection in Nepal: Challenges and new paragons 13. Understanding influential factors while designing for social sustainability in urban parks 14. Assessment techniques and indicator identification for revitalizing temple town of Thrissur, India 15. Balancing the greys and the greens: The case of Khar, Mumbai 16. Schematic design and analysis of underground food stock storage structure for armed forces in mountainous regions of India 17. Environmental impacts of funeral pyre ceremony: Scenario in Uttarakhand, India 18. Urban morphological changes in Rohtak city 19. Perspectives of the term ‘density’ in urban planning and development 20. Analysis of sustainable building materials, their possibilities and challenges 21. Machine learning algorithms for predicting viral transmission probability in naturally ventilated office rooms 22. Integrated water resource management in hill towns: A case study of Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.