Ph.D. Student | Prime Minister’s Research Fellow
Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Research Interests:
Sustainable Architecture and Design, Humidity in Buildings, Energy Efficient Buildings, Thermal Comfort in Buildings
Ongoing Research:
Investigating the role of vernacular and conventional building materials in passively regulating indoor-humidity for occupant wellness. Click here to know more.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D., (2019 – Present), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (9.1/10 CGPA)
- Bachelor of Architecture, (2019) , Jadavpur University, Kolkata (9.1/10 CGPA)
Experience:
- Research Assistant (September 2018-November 2018), for the project “Mapping Ephemerality”, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Intern (June 2018- July 2018), Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Jharkhand
- Architectural Trainee (June 2017- November 2017), Arya Architects, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Academic Projects:
- Urban Sprawl along highways between 1990 – 2020 (Oct 2020- Jan 2021), A case study of Mangalore-Bangalore, and Mysore-Bangalore highway using QGIS and GRASS.
- Retrofitting urban public open spaces for sustainable communities (Feb 2020- Apr 2020), A Discussion on design strategies and impacts of four case studies.
- Arch. Thesis (December 2018-June 2019), M.I.T.T.I: Mines integrated with Tribal and Tourist Interaction, A proposal for sustainable use of Abandoned Open Cast Coal Mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
- Green Building Rating Systems (Aug 2015 -Oct 2015), Comparison of BREEAM, GRIHA and ECBC Ratings for Bamboo House (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
Technical Skills:
Building Information Modelling (Autodesk REVIT ), Building Energy Simulation (DesignBuilder), GIS Tool (ArcGIS, QGIS, GRASS), MATLAB