Geetika Anand

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EDUCATION:
2008    MSc, Social Policy and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
2005    BPlan, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

 

 

Countries: India
States: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
Cities: Agra, Ahmedabad, Ashoknagar, Bangalore, Cuddapah, Damua, Delhi,  Jaipur, Katihar, Mysore, Nanded, Mumbai, Sarni, Sheopur, Udupi, Bhuj, Ranchi, Mulbagal, Nelamangala, Madurai, Shillong, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Almora, Nawalgarh, Kuchaman, Khetri, Sangrur, Faridkot, Jaipur, Jhabua, Madhepura, Mysore
Languages: English, Hindi

Geetika Anand has an MSc in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Trained as an urban and social planner, Geetika has over ten years of experience in the development sector spanning across Master Planning, planning legislation, housing, water and sanitation. She has worked with the government, development authorities, education institutions, NGOs, CBOs, private sector and civil society. Geetika has taught as a visiting faculty at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. The focus of her current research is on understanding built-form and its linkages with planning legislation and resource sustainability.

 

At IIHS, Geetika works across the academic, research and practice teams, and is a key member of the planning, housing, and water and sanitation projects. Her recent assignments include providing knowledge support to a national groundwater sanitation nexus programme (supported by Arghyam, a grant-maker in the water and sanitation sector); research on urban water and sanitation, and housing (co-author of chapters in the India Exclusion Report); studying development controls in Delhi; supporting geo-spatial analysis for the state of Odisha and selected cities; cases and short films on urban water and sanitation as a part of policy brief; baseline and end-line studies for a sanitation and livelihood intervention in Katihar, Bihar; policy brief for urban sanitation in Bihar; a sustainability analysis of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission; technical support to Bangalore Development Authority for Master Planning.

 

Her other assignments include research and public consultations for rural habitat policy; preparation of project profiles for rural tourism for the Government of Rajasthan; preparation of city development plans for four cities in Madhya Pradesh; writing sustainable rural habitat case studies for Lok Awaas Yatra organised by Development Alternatives; conducting and documenting ‘Community Led Total Sanitation Workshops’ for World Bank and UNICEF.

Research Projects at IIHS

2016-17Planning, ‘Violations’ and Urban Inclusion
2014–15Reframing Urban Inclusion
2013–14History and Evolution of Development Control Regulations in the Indian Context
2012Integrated Urban Water Management – Initiating the Next Wave
2012JNNURM – An Opportunity for Sustainable Urbanisation

 

Practice Projects at IIHS

2017 onwardsCoimbatore Greenprinting
2014 – 15Identifying Locations of High-Intensity Economic Agglomeration in Odisha
2014Sivaramakrishnan Committee for Identification of Capital for Andhra Pradesh
2014India Urban Policy Support Partnership
2013 – 14Research Support for MHT Sanitation Intervention in Katihar, Bihar
2012 – 14Knowledge Partnership for Preparation of Revised Master Plan of Bangalore – 2031

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IIHS

Urban Planning/Urban Development
Civil and Structural Engineering
Public Policy/ Social Policy & Administration

 

UPP

Re-imagining the World-Class City
Urban Infrastructure and Environmental Sustainability
Planning Indian Cities: Utilities and Futilities of the Master Plan
Planning workshops for activists
AMRUT training programmes

 

Previous Teaching Experience

2009–10School of Planning and Architecture, Development Planning; Urban Poverty and Informal Sector; Technical Report Writing

 

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Journal Articles

  • Sami, N., Lall, R., Anand, G., & Anand, S. (2022). Rethinking planning education for urban equality: Higher education as a site for change. Environment and Urbanization, 34(2), 413-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478221113623
  • Levy, C., Osuteye, E., & Anand, G. (2022). Urban inequality and covid-19: The crisis at the heart of the pandemic. Urbanisation, 7(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/24557471221117018
  • Wesely, J., Lall, R., Dutta, N., Anand, G., & Allen, A. (2022). How do we learn now? pluralising urban pedagogies in the COVID-19 pandemic. Urbanisation, 7(1), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/24557471221111889
  • Anand, G., Lall, R., Wesely, J., & Allen, A. (2021). One amongst many: Higher education institutions in an ecosystem of urban pedagogies. Education & Reality, 46 (4), Article e118080. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-6236118080
  • Simon, D., Arfvidsson, H., Anand, G., Bazaz, A., Fenna, G., Foster, K., . . . Moodley, N. (2016). Developing and Testing the Urban Sustainable Development Goal’s Targets and Indicators–A Five-city Study. Environment and Urbanization, 28(1), 49–63.
  • Anand, G. (2005). Jeevapoorna: Empowering Women Masons. Development Alternatives Newsletter, 15(10).

 

Books/Book Chapters

  • Surie, A., Goswami, A., Arakali, A., Revi, A., Ravindranath, D., Bhan, G., Anand, G., Balakrishnan, K., Kapoor, N., Sami, N., Vasanth, P., Anand, S., Smitha, M. B., Viswanath, S., Baberwal, S., Mitra, S., Batikar, T., & John, V. (2023). Towards a new urban practice: The urban fellows programme 2016-2022. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195847303
  • Anand, G., Wankhade, K., Raman, R. K., Deb, A., & Vishnu, M. J. (2016). Tracing Exclusions in Urban Water Supply and Sanitation. In India Exclusion Report 2015 (pp. 67–106). New Delhi: Yoda Press.
  • Jana, A., Malladi, T., Anand, G., Bhan, G., Harish, S., Raju, M. J. S., & Rao, P. (2015). Housing. In A. Revi (Ed.), Urban India 2015: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Jana, A., Malladi, T., Anand, G., Wankhade, K., Vishnu, M.J., Raju, M. J. S., & Rao, P. (2015). Urban water supply and sanitation. In A. Revi (Ed.), Urban India 2015: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Jana, A., Malladi, T., Anand, G., Anand, S., Bazaz, A., Bhan, G. … Shah, S. (2015). In A. Revi (Ed.), Urban India 2015: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/urbindia.2015
  • Bhan, G., Anand, G., Arakali, A., Deb, A., & Harish, S. (2014). Urban Housing and Exclusion. In India Exclusion Report 2013–14 (pp. 77–107). Bangalore: Books for Change.
  • Revi, A., Idicheria, C., Jain, G., Anand, G., Sudhira, H. S., Seddon, J., … Srinivasan, S. (2011). Urban India 2011: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/9789350674512

 

Other Writing

  • Anand, G., & Bhan, G. (2017). Planning, “violations,” & urban inclusion: A study of Ranchi. Bangalore: Indo-Global Social Service Society, Yuva. https://doi.org/10.24943/iihsyuva.ranchi.2017
  • Anand, G. and Deb, A. (2017). Planning, ‘Violations’, and Urban inclusion: A Study of Bhubaneswar. YUVA and IIHS: New Delhi.
  • Anand, G. and Vishnu M.J. (2016). Urban India flushes toilet waste-directly or indirectly-into its water bodies. India Water Portal. Posted on 28 March 2016.
  • Anand, G., & Rao, P. (2016). Development control regulations and urban form: Exploring the linkages. IIHS Case No. 1-0020. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/1-0020
  • Revi, A., Jain, G., Bazaz, A., Anand, G., Chopra, R., Rahman, A., … Jana, A. (2015). Operationalising urban Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Bangalore. In Simon, D., & Arfvidsson, H. (Eds.), Pilot project to test potential targets and indicators for the urban sustainable development goal 11: Final report. Gothenburg: Mistra Urban Futures, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.
  • Wankhade, K. and Anand, G. (2014). Sustainable Water and Sanitation in India: Review of a National Programme. Briefing Paper. 37th WEDC International Conference Proceedings.
  • Bhan, G., Anand, G., & Harish, S. (2014). Policy approaches to affordable housing in urban India: Problems and possibilities (IIHS-RF paper on housing). Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/iihsrfpps3.2014
  • Wankhade, K., Anand, G., Vishnu, M. J., & Deb, A. (2013). MHT Katihar Karmika Project: Baseline report. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Anand, G. (2012). Integrated Urban Water Management: Initiating the Next Wave. IIHS–Arghyam: Bangalore.
  • Wankhade, K., & Anand G. (2012). JNNURM: An opportunity for sustainable urbanisation: secondary review analysis (IIHS working paper). Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https:// doi.org/10.24943/iihswps03.2012
  • Wankhade, K., Anand G., & Vishnu, M. J. (2012). JNNURM: An opportunity for sustainable urbanisation: Field study report (IIHS working paper). Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/iihswps02.2012

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  • Anand, G., Lall, R., Wesely, J., & Allen, A.  (2022, February). One amongst many: Higher education institutions in an ecosystem of urban knowledges. Paper presented at the Future of urban equality: Knowledge, partnerships and pathways in action. Knowledge in action for Urban Equity.
  • Anand, G., Lall, R., & Mehra, R. (2022, February). Learning for and from participation: Reflections from engaging with citizens on Master Plans in India​. Paper presented at the Future of urban equality: Knowledge, partnerships and pathways in action. Knowledge in action for Urban Equity.
  • Wankhade, K., & Anand, G. (2014, September). Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation in India: Review of a National Programme. Paper presented at the 37th WEDC International Conference on the sustainable water and sanitation services for all in a fast changing world, WEDC- Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam.