R Iswarya

Consultant – Urban Practitioners' Programme | iswaryar at iihs dot ac dot in
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EDUCATION:
2014    Master of City Planning (MCP) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
2012    BArch Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
2021    PGD, Disaster Management Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Delhi NCR, India

 

 

Countries: India
States: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Cities: Mumbai, Manipal, Chennai
Languages: English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu

Iswarya R is a capacity building professional in the urban development sector. At the IIHS Urban Practitioners’ Programme, she is involved in curating and facilitating individual capacity building programmes for government officials, mentoring fellows, and developing capacity building frameworks for public institutions. Iswarya works on the themes of liveable cities, urban transport and mobility, disaster risk and resilience, impact of planning policies, and SDGs. She is an Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional (IGBC–AP).

 

Iswarya holds a master’s degree in city planning from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and earned her bachelor’s architecture degree from VNIT Nagpur. She has presented on healthy cities, policies and sustainable tourism development at international conferences.

Teaching

  • Urban Transportation and Mobility, Transport, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
  • Exposure visits to Hyderabad, Chennai, Urban management, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
  • National Urban Missions, Governance, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
  • Infrastructure and Services, Transport, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS

 

Training

  • Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Workshops on Energy Efficient Habitat for Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (pilot), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Programmes for MoRTH, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Research Methods, Data Visualization and Policy Analysis for Advisors (AIGGPA), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • India Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellowship, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Land Use Planning (GIZ), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Data Visualisation and Sustainable Development Goals (GIZ), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Integrated Capacity Building Programme (ICBP), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Development Forum (CDF), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Development Suite, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Workshops on Energy Efficient Habitat for Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (pilot), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Programmes for MoRTH, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Research Methods, Data Visualization and Policy Analysis for Advisors (AIGGPA), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • India Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellowship, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Land Use Planning (GIZ), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Data Visualisation and Sustainable Development Goals (GIZ), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Integrated Capacity Building Programme (ICBP), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Development Forum (CDF), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
  • Capacity Development Suite, Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS

Significant

  • Ramachandran, I. (2023, October). Need for an interdisciplinary approach in public sector capacity development for socio-economic recovery and development: Case of India’s public governance structure. Paper presented at the EROPA Ha Noi Conference 2023 : The role of public governance in socio-economic recovery and development towards the sustainable development goals. National Convention Center.
  • 2015 – Contemporary Urban Issues Conference, Istanbul
  • 2013 – Conference on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Beijing
  • Bengaluru Metro Rail Project: Consultancy Assignment to Support Integrated and Sustainable Urban Development along Mass Rapid Transit Corridors in Bengaluru City
  • Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project (CDRRP)
  • Disaster Resilience Leadership (Phase I & II)
  • Recovery with Dignity (RwD)