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EDUCATION:
2003    LLM, Harvard Law School Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2002    LLB, University of Delhi, Delhi
1999    BA, Sociology (Hons), University of Delhi, Delhi

 

 

 

Countries: India, USA and UK
States: Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka
Cities: Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Ahmedabad et cetera, London, New Haven, Shimla, Washington D.C.,
Languages: English, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi

Amlanjyoti Goswami is Head – Legal and Regulation at IIHS. At IIHS he oversees the process of building appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks and enabling institutional sector development for key sectors in India including urban development, land and housing, municipal institutions, livelihood issues and higher education. He has been responsible for advising on key higher education sector reform legislation and developing a roadmap for institutional reform; assisting in the redrafting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (DMC) Act; inputs towards revision of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (KTCP) Act; cultural and creative economy issues; as well as providing policy inputs to the Planning Commission on the XII Plan.

 

He co-leads the development of the Law and Governance concentration for the proposed IIHS Masters in Urban Practice (MUP) programme. Amlan works on law, policy and governance, including research in land acquisition, decentralisation and knowledge epistemologies. His recent research and teaching work is on the political economy of urban land and land regulation, as well as the legal and regulatory framework that governs urban development.

 

Amlan has a decade of international and domestic regulatory, policy and legal experience having consulted with the World Bank in Washington DC; worked in the Banking and Finance team of India’s largest legal practice Amarchand Mangaldas; practiced at the Supreme Court of India in the chambers of Harish Salve on constitutional, environmental law and contract law. At the Yale School of Environment & Forestry, he also assisted on a book on Global Environmental Governance with former Dean and UNDP Administrator, James Gus Speth.

 

Amlan was subsequently with the National Knowledge Commission set up by the Prime Minister of India and headed by Sam Pitroda where he drafted comprehensive reports on ‘Entrepreneurship in India’ and ‘Innovation in India’ apart from working on recommendations pertaining to higher education, legal education, IPR and traditional knowledge.

Research Projects at IIHS

2014 India Urban Policy Support  Partnership

 

Practice Projects at IIHS

2017 Concept Note on Assessment of Delhi Land Administration
2016-17 Land Records Modernisation Initiatives in Maharashtra
 2014- current  Land Records Modernisation & E-Governance Initiatives

 

IIHS

Law & legal Studies/Law
Public Policy/ Social Policy & Administration
Urban Planning/Urban Development

 

UPP

Programme for Working Professionals in Urban Development (PWP–UD)
Re-imagining the World-Class City
Urban Property Records

Journal Articles

  • Goswami A. and Bhan G., (2017). Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Yojana, 61, 15-18.
  • Revi, A., Satterthwaite, D, Mathur, O., Mehrotra, R., Bazaz, A., Goswami, A., … Shetty, P. (2016). Introducing Urbanisation. Urbanisation, 1(1), vii-xiii.
  • Goswami, A., & Jha, D. (2016). Your Title is Not Ready Yet: Rajasthan’s Land Titling Legislation. Economic & Political Weekly, 51(34), 26-29.
  • Goswami, A. (2016). Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Law, Politics and the Elusive Search for Balance. Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 4(1), 3-22.

 

Books/Book Chapters

  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., & Lushington, K. (2020). Approaches and methods of land title legislation in India. In Bhagat-Ganguly, V. (Ed.), The land question in Neoliberal India: Socio-legal and judicial interpretations (pp. 27-50). Routledge.
  • Goswami, A. (2019). River wedding. Mumbai: Paperwall Media & Publishing Pvt.Ltd.
  • Bhan, G., Goswami, A., & Revi, A. (2018). The intent to reside: Residence in the auto-constructed city, In G. Bhan, S. Srinivas, & V. Watson, (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Planning in the Global South (pp. 255-263). New York: Routledge.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Sasidharan, S., & Mitra, S., Sharma, A., & Das, D. (2017). Land records modernisation in India: An institutional, legal & policy review. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Sasidharan, S., Mitra, S., Sharma, A., & Das, D. (2017). Land records modernisation: Gujarat report. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Sasidharan, S., Mitra, S., Sharma, A., & Das, D. (2017). Land records modernisation: Himachal Pradesh report. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Sasidharan, S., Mitra, S., Sharma, A., & Das, D. (2017). Land records modernisation: Haryana report. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Sasidharan, S., Mitra, S., Sharma, A., & Das, D. (2017). Land records modernisation: Bihar report: Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Goswami, A., Jha, D., Mitra, S., & Lushington, K. (2016). Land and sustainable development goals. In Urban policy dialogues: Operationalising SDGs. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/updsdg2016_4
  • Goswami, A. (2015). Where the street has no name: Reflections on legality and spatiality of vending. In C. Lemanski & C. Marx (Eds.), The city in urban poverty (pp. 183-204). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bhan, G., Goswami, A., & Revi, A. (2014). The intent to reside: Spatial illegality, inclusive planning and urban social security. In O. P. Mathur (Ed.), Inclusive urban planning: State of the urban poor report 2013 (pp. 83-94). New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Goswami, A., (2013). Higher education law and privately funded university education in India: Towards a vision? In India infrastructure report, 2012: Private sector in education (pp. 185-198). New Delhi: Routledge.
  • Revi, A., Goswami, A., & Anand, S. (2013). India’s cultural and creative economy: New imaginations and emerging practices. In UNESCO’s creative economy report 2013: Widening local development pathways (pp. 68-79). Paris: UNESCO.
  • 2011 ‘Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future (Pawan Agarwal), in Contemporary Education Dialogue

 

Other Writing

  • Lushington, K., & Goswami, A. (2015). Metropolitan governance in India: Legal-institutional challenges and prospects (IIHS-RF paper on metropolitan governance). Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9789387315112
  • Goswami, A. (2015). Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement: Law and Politics (IIHS–RF Paper on Land Acquisition). Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • 2014- current Multiple policy advisories on land records and land governance
  • 2014-15 Note on Land Acquisition and jurisdictional issues for Andhra Pradesh Capital Committee
  • 2014-15 Note on Right to Housing for the Law Commission of India
  • 2014 Committee constituted by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to review the NCTE Act
  • 2013 Creative Economy Report (UNESCO) 2013, excerpts and case studies (with Shriya Anand and Aromar Revi)
  • 2013 Balakrishnan, K., Bhan, G., Parikh, A., Goswami, A., Sundaresan, J., Sudhira, H. S., … Wankhade, K. (2013). The masters of urban practice: Curriculum framework version 5.0. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/mupv5.2013
  • 2012 Goswami, A. (2012, February 3). ‘Grey Truths’.The Telegraph.Retrieved from http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120203/jsp/opinion /story_ 15082854.jsp
  • 2011 Goswami, A. (2011, November 30) The plot thickens. The Financial Express. Retrieved from http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/column-the-plot-thickens/882510
  • 2011 Note on service delivery in informal settlements for Committee of Experts to form the New Municipal Act for Delhi
  • 2010 Balakrishnan, K., Bhan, G., Parikh, A., Goswami, A., Sundaresan, J., Revi, A., & Wankhade, K. (2010). The masters of urban practice: Draft curriculum framework version 4.0. New Delhi: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • 2010 Wankhade, K., Bhan, G., Parikh, A., Balakrishnan, K., Goswami, A., & Revi, A. (2010). The masters of urban practice: Draft curriculum framework version 3.0. New Delhi: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/mupv3.2010
  • 2010 Wankhade, K., Bhan, G., Parikh, A., Goswami, A., & Revi, A. (2010). The masters of urban practice: Draft curriculum framework version 2.0. New Delhi: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • 2010-12 Advice to Planning Commission on multiple aspects for 12th Five Year Narayana Murthy Committee constituted on Community Engagement in Higher Education
  • 2010 Policy Advisory on Higher Education Sector Development and Reform (to Prime Minister and Planning Commission)
  • 2008 Goswami, A., Dalmia, N., & Pradhan, M. (2008). Entrepreneurship in India. New Delhi: National Knowledge Commission, Government of India.
  • 2007 Kolaskar, A., Anand, S., & Goswami, A. (2007). Innovation in India. New Delhi: National Knowledge Commission, Government of India.
  • 2006-09 Assistance on other reports of the National Knowledge Commission
  • Multiple state reports as part of Land Records Modernisation Project (IIHS Practice, Omidyar Network) Karnataka, Haryana, Institutional-Legal Report

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  • 2017 Land Records and RTI, conference organised by the Central Information Commission.
  • 2016 Conference on Liberal Arts and Sciences in University Education ( Jindal Global University)
  • 2014 Conference on Liberal Arts and Sciences in University Education (Yale University, IIHS, Ashoka University, Raman Research Institute) – Participation in panel
  • 2013 Rethinking Universities in India: Intermediaries for Socially Inclusive Development, JNU (IDRC, CRDI, ICSSR) – Participation in panel
  • 2012 ‘New Questions on Land in India, Yale University, New Haven– Participation in panel on land acquisition
  • 2012 Universities and Intermediaries for Inclusive Innovation and Development (UNIID), IDRC, Colombo– Participation in panel
  • 2011 Goswami, A. (2011, November). Land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement: Law and politics. Paper presented at the India Urban Conference 2011: Evidence & Experience, Infosys Training Centre, Mysore.
  • 2007 Asia Society, Singapore, Address on democracy and development– Participation in international debate, representative from India