Training

• City Management awarded by the Administrative Training Institute, Government of West Bengal and certified by the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India

• Urban Transport & Traffic Management, awarded by the Institute of Urban Transport, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi

• Human Development Index and District Planning awarded by the College of Agricultural Banking, Reserve Bank of India, Pune

• Training Need Analysis and Design of Training awarded by Assam Administrative Staff College, Government of Assam, Guwahati and certified by Department of Personnel  & Training, Government of India

Positions Held

• Professor in the Department of Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal with effect from July 2012 till date

• Urban Management Consultant, A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies (ANSISS), Patna, Bihar,(2010-12)

• Municipal Finance and Livelihood Development Specialist, Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), Lucknow University, Lucknow,(2009-10)

• HUDCO Chair Professor, Centre for Urban Management, Assam Administrative Staff College (AASC), Guwahati, Assam, (2002-2009)

• Senior Lecture in Regional & Urban Economics, N.C. University College, Badarpur, Assam, (1998-2002)

• Assistant / Deputy Director, Directorate of Town & Country Planning (DTCP), Urban Development Department, Government of Assam, (1987-1998)

Research Interests

• Regional Planning & Development Analysis; Urban Economics; Municipal Governance & Finance; Application of Econometric & Statistical Methods in Urban & Regional Planning

Research / Consultancy Experience

At SPA, Bhopal

• Shelter for All under the Design Innovation Center (DIC); Ministry of Education, Govt of India 

• Review and Preparation of Urban Development Plan for Samdrupjongkhar Thromde; Royal Government of Bhutan

• Service Delivery Improvement Plan Report for Sixteen Urban Local Bodies of Madhya Pradesh;   Public Affairs Committee, Bengaluru under DfID

• Climate Informed Environmental Planning for Smart Cities of Madhya Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh Clean Development Mechanism Agency (MPCDMA)

• Development of Saugor Cantonment Board Development Plan; Saugor Cantonment Board

•  Integrated Cluster Development Plan under National Rurban Mission, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh

• Undertaking Strategic Plan for Sustainable Tribal Settlements and Livelihoods in India; Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Government of India

• GIS-Based Master Plan for Cluster II and Gairsain Planning Area in Uttarakhand; Government of Uttarakhand

• Preparation of Regional Plan for Thanjavur Region; Director of Town and Country Planning, Government of Tamil Nadu

At ANSISS, Patna

• Urbanisation of Bihar; Government of Bihar

At RCUES, Lucknow

• Land based Municipal Finance; Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

At AASC, Guwahati

• Urban Institutional Reform; Third State Finance Commission of Assam

At DTCP, Assam

• State Urban Strategy; Government of Assam

• Status of Women and Children in Urban Assam; UNICEF

Publication 

• Travel Satisfaction of Bus Rapid Transit Users in A Developing Country: The Case of Bhopal City, India, Transportation Research Record; 2024, Vol. 2678(9) 869–885, Sage

• Internalizing the Externalities of Urban Private Transport – A Case of Gurugram, National Capital Region, India, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10 (2022) 1885–1897, Elsevier

• Impact of Subsidies to Private Vehicles on Public Bus Transport Operation - A Case of Ahmadabad, India, Transportation Research Procedi, 82 (2025) 1260–1279, Elsevier

• Spatio-Functional Determinants of Small Towns: A Case Study of Selected Indian Small Towns, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, RURDS 2016, John Wiley and Sons

• Delineating the Growth Boundary of Indian Cities: Projection of the Urban Footprints, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 15(1) 76–91, 2024, Sage

Conference & Presentations 

• Delineating The Urban – Case For Bhopal City, India presented at the 14th Asian Urbanization Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, January, 2018

• The Dynamics of Rurbanisation – A Case of Bhopal District in India presented at the 52nd ISOCARP Congress held in Durban, South Africa in September, 2016

• Planning for Inclusive Cities at Asian University Network Forum on Advances in Research at Aichi Gakuin University, Japan in November, 2015

• Inclusive Cities – The Agenda Before in the National Seminar at Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies’ Osmania University, 22 February, 2013

• Urban Bihar – Drafting an Agenda in the National Seminar at A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, 5-6 November, 2011

Institutional Service at SPA, Bhopal and Others

•   Head of Department, Department of Planning 2012 – 2016

•   Dean (Research and Development), 2016 -17

•  Dean (Academics) 2018-19 and 2024

•   Head of Department, Department of Transport Planning, 2019 – 2020

•   Head of Department, Department of Urban and Regional Planning 2022 – 2023

•    Chief Vigilance Officer, 2014 – 2021

•    Member Senate 2012 till date

•    Member, Board of Governors (3 terms)

•     Member of Interview Board, Scrutiny Committee, Disciplinary Committee, and various other committees from time to time

•     Member of Doctoral Committees at SPA, New Delhi and Vijayawada

•     Reviewer of number of journals published by Sage, Springer, Routledge, Elsevier and Springer

Skills

• Policy analysis for urban governance and municipal management

• Preparation of urban, regional, and village plans 

• Analysis of municipal finance

• Analysis of urban poverty and migration

• Analysis of the urban informal sector

• Formulation, execution, and evaluation of urban development programmes

• Economic / Environmental Cost benefit analysis of projects

• Conducting training needs analysis, training evaluation, and design of training for urban institutions 

• Preparation of training modules for urban sector training

• Quantitative research in regional & urban economics / planning

• Service delivery improvement plan

• Economic analysis of urban water supply, housing, and urban transport