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 Dr. Rumi Aijaz
Senior Fellow
Joined ORF
September 2007
Expertise
Urbanisation, urban development, urban and regional planning, urban infrastructure and services, urban management and governance, social development
Background
Over 15 years of research experience; Ph. D. (urban governance) and master of planning (regional planning), SPA; master of arts (geography, population studies), JNU; bachelor of arts (geography), DU; post-doctoral visiting fellowship, LSE; associate member of Institute of Town Planners, India.
Works published on: water supply, capacity building, local government, decentralisation, public-private-community partnerships, legislative reforms, infrastructure financing, impact analysis, women's empowerment and governance, human development profile, multimedia information highway, small scale industries, Himalayan ecology and physical environment, socio-economic development in urban villages. Presentations / talks delivered at: University of Delhi (DU), Calcutta University, Institute for Financial Management and Research Chennai, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) New Delhi, Birkbeck College London.
Works published in: Habitat International Journal [Elsevier, The Netherlands]; Journal of Asian and African Studies [Sage Publications Ltd., USA]; Journal of the Institute of Town Planners, India; Urban India [NIUA Journal]; Space [SPA Journal]; The Pioneer [newspaper]. Works reported online by: Eldis / id21 Sussex University; GTZ - URBANET Germany; LSE UK; Wageningen UR The Netherlands; Birkbeck College London; German Institute of Global and Area Studies; International Political Science Association Montreal; Scholars Portal Ontario; University of Ottawa; Centre for Studies on Federalism Italy; Planning Commission of India; Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances; Madhya Pradesh Government; Indian Council of Social Science Research.
Presently
Responsible for developing the urban policy research initiative of the Observer Research Foundation.
E-mail ID: rumiaijaz@orfonline.org
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