Sukrit Nagpal

Senior Associate - Academics & Research | snagpal at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:

2014    MA, Development, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
2012    BA (H), Political Science, Delhi University, Delhi

 

 

 

 

Countries: India
States: Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
Cities: Delhi, Ajmer, Jhansi, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Bangalore, Indore
Languages: English, Hindi

Sukrit Nagpal holds a master’s in Development from Azim Premji University and was part of the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme (UFP). Sukrit is a researcher and practitioner with a focus on issues of urban housing, sanitation and informal work.

 

Prior to IIHS, Sukrit led the land rights vertical at SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association) Bharat. The vertical piloted a programme to improve awareness and access to infrastructure services, tenure security and housing finance for informal women workers across a spectrum of informal settlements in Delhi and Patna. At SEWA, he also anchored policy research and advocacy, and worked closely on the Delhi Master Plan 2041.

 

He began his career working at Catalyst Management Services (CMS) undertaking evaluations and research in multiple Indian cities predominantly on the themes of education, sanitation and health. He then worked at Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) capacitating urban communities to plan and monitor basic infrastructure services in their settlements through participatory research methodologies.

Journal Articles

  • Bandyopadhyay., Kaustuv, K., & Nagpal, S. (2022). Knowledge and participation: Empowering Indian urban poor for accessing public services. International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 19(1), 44-57.

 

Other Writing