EDUCATION:
2019 PGD, Liberal Studies, Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University, Sonepat
2018 MSc, Development and Planning, Presidency University, Kolkata
2016 BSc, Loreto College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Countries: India
States: West Bengal, Delhi-NCR, Uttarakhand, Orissa, Karnataka
Cities: Kolkata, Sonepat, Chamoli, Puri, Bangalore
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali
Priya is interested in understanding people and the way their actions affect the environment and those around them. Her interest also lies in understanding the potential of urban spaces to becomeinclusive and diverse, and learning inclusive urban design and planning . Her post-graduation dissertation focused on understanding the extent of pseudo urbanisation in eastern wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. During her academics, she has done extensive fieldwork and projects that aimed at understanding inclusivity, sustainability and development.
At IIHS, she assists the KNOW Project, specifically with the Learner Trajectory research stream, supporting desk research, fieldwork logistics, data collection, analysis and dissemination.