- Education
- 2021
Dr. sc. ETH Zürich (Distinction, nominated for the ETH Medal)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Dissertation - Delhi without borders:
A critique of everyday life under extended urbanisation
Fields - Urban Studies, Political ecology, Sociology, Research Methods - 2013
MAS Urban Design
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Dissertation - My House, My City! Mass Housing and Social Change in Brazil - 2009
Bachelor of Architecture
D.C. Patel School of Architecture, A.P.I.E.D., Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
Dissertation - Retracing Le Corbusier’s footsteps on Architecture, Cultural Centre at Mohali, Chandigarh - Career
- 2022
Research Methods in Landscape and Urban Studies: Towards sensory, creative, and imaginative methodologies. Master-Bachelor students at ETH Zürich Doctoral Students at ETH Zürich and relevant Swiss Academies
- 2022
Agrarian Questions under Extended Urbanisation Urban Theory Seminar for Doctoral and Master-Bachelor students at ETH Zürich
- 2022
Urban Sociology II Survey course in Urban Sociology for Master-Bachelor students at ETH Zürich
- 2022
Sessions on Territory Public Lecture Series at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich
- since 2021
Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich
Lecturer and Senior Postdoctoral fellow in Urban Sociology, and Coordinator of the Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) Doctoral School - 2021
Research Methods in Urban Research Master-Bachelor students at ETH Zürich
- 2018 — 2020
Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich
Lecture and Scientific Assistant in Housing and Urban Studies,
ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE - 2018 — 2020
Global Housing Challenges Survey course on housing for MAS Housing, & Master-Bachelor students at ETH Zürich
- 2018 — 2020
Research Methods on Public Space Research
- 2017 — 2018
Introduction to Social Design The Design Village, NOIDA, India
- 2017
Sushant School of Architecture Lecturer ‘Reading the City’ Seminar
- 2016 — 2018
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Studio Instructor & Lecturer on Digital Skills for Participatory Planning - 2016 — 2018
Reading the City Research Seminar for Master Students at the School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi
- 2014
LSE Cities & Alfred Herrhausen Society
Research lead & Curator, Urban Age Award Delhi (Researched on grassroots initiatives in the Greater Delhi Region) - Awards
- 2021
Does The Blue Sky Lie?: Testimonies of Air’s Toxicities Art Grant. KHOJ International Artists Association
- 2020 — 2021
Swiss National Science Foundation Mobility Grant
- 2019 — 2020
Peripheries and Crossovers: Art as social Practice Art Grant, KHOJ International Artists Association
- 2017 — 2020
Swiss Excellence Scholarship for doctoral studies
- 2017
UNLEASH fellow, Denmark for UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 2009
Gaurav Chinha Award for outstanding achievements and contributions by the Sardar Patel University
- 2009
Prof. Kurla Varkey forum at CEPT University, Ahmedabad