Architecture and Regional Planning

Faculty

Abraham George

Arjun Mukerji

Arup Das

Debapratim Pandit

Haimanti Banerji

Jaydip Barman

Joy Sen

Prashant Anand

Priyanka Dey

Saikat Kumar Paul

Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya

Shreyas Pramod Bharule

Subrata Chattopadhyay

Sumana Gupta

Tarak Nath Mazumder

Haimanti Banerji

Professor

Architecture and Regional Planning

+91-3222-283228

haimanti@arp.iitkgp.ac.in

Awards and Accolades

Personal Webpage Bio Sketch

Responsibilities

Associate Dean, OUTREACH (CE&T/IOE)
Associate Dean, CE&T
Member, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Research Areas

Universal Design, Environmental Psychology, Urban Design, Town Planning and Settlement Planning, Ergonomics and Product Design, Housing and Neighbourhood Planning

All Publications

No Record Found.

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Declaration of Coochbehar as heritage town
Developing Policy Framework for Designing Trans-Generational Urban Communities and Cities
Development of Certificate Course on Inclusive City Framework (Self-Paced) under BASIIC programme
Development of Thematic Modules on Accessibility and Inclusion in Urban Development
Development of Training Modules on Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusion in Schools
Documentation of 6 projects in New Town under SAAR 2
Incubation Support for Bamboo Low Cost Housing
Revision of URDPFI Guidelines under BASIIC Programme at NIUA

Ph. D. Students

Abantika Mukherjee

Area of Research: Industrial Heritage

Ankur Karmakar

Area of Research: analytical prediction model for circular migration

Debanjali Saha

Area of Research: Rental Housing Model for Informal Settlements

Divyangna Neeraj

Area of Research: Impact of Pandemic on Residential Real estate

Kasturi Palit

Area of Research: Cultural Infrastructure

Nihal Singh Verma

Area of Research: Brown Field

Riddha Basu

Area of Research:

Umesh Kumar

Area of Research: Universal Design in Education

Book Chapter/Section

Smart Bus and Traffic Infrastructure, Bhubaneswar Palit K., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By 75+ Case Studies of Innovative Projects of Smart Cities Mission 72-82 (2023)
Socially Smart Bhubaneswar Gharat P. C., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By 75+ Case Studies of Innovative Projects of Smart Cities Mission 102-111 (2023)
Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), Bhubaneswar Gharat P. C., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By 75+ Case Studies of Innovative Projects of Smart Cities Mission 112-121 (2023)
Palace Rejuvenation: Gangtok Senapati A. K., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By 75+ Case Studies of Innovative Projects of Smart Cities Mission 60-70 (2023)
Pedestrianisation, Gangtok Mondol M., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By 75+ Case Studies of Innovative Projects of Smart Cities Mission 50-59 (2023)
A conceptual urban resilient framework to climate change for sustainable urbanism in developing countries: Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands Kumar S., Banerji H. , Ghosh S. By Sustainable Urbanism in Developing Countries - (2022)
ICT-Based Smart Solution to Assessment of Socio-economic Vulnerability and Necessary Interventions by Local Government Sarkar B., Bhaumik S., Banerji H., Sen J. By Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 294 433-457 (2022)
ICT-Based Smart Solution to Assessment of Socio-economic Vulnerability and Necessary Interventions by Local Government Sarkar B., Bhaumik S. , Banerji H. , Sen J. By Smart Cities and Smart Communities, Empowering Citizens through Intelligent Technologies 433-457 (2022)
Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands: A conceptual framework for building urban resilience to climate change for sustainable urbanism in developing countries Kumar S., Banerji H., Ghosh S. By Sustainable Urbanism in Developing Countries 343-364 (2022)
Steel Structural Systems - Construction methodology implementation and case studies Banerji H. By Alternative and Innovative Construction Systems for Housing 664-708 (2020)
Book edited by Virginia P. Sisiopiku and Ossama E. Ramadan and titled Urban Planning and Civil Engineering. Sarkar B., Banerji H., Sen J. By Patterns of Socio-economic Deprivation and its Impact on Quality of Life: Case of a Less Developed Region in West Bengal, India - (2015)

Journal

A Comparative Review of India and USA s Approach to Brownfield Redevelopment. Verma N. S., Banerji H. By Indian Journal of Environment Protection Vol 43 291-303 (2023)
Adequate and Inclusive Housing for All: a human right based approach. Banerji H., Chattopadhyay S. , Dhingra M. By Nirman Sarika Special Issue on World Habitat Day 12-15 (2022)
A Framework for Evaluating the Need for Universal Education for Differently Abled Children in India Kumar U., Banerji H. By International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews Volume 9 483-492 (2022)
Bayesian network modeling for economic-socio-cultural sustainability of neighborhood-level urban communities: Reflections from Kolkata, an Indian megacity Kumar S., Banerji H. By Sustainable Cities and Society 78 - (2022)
A Model to Leave No One Behind in Housing Improvement Programs - learning from Global and Local Cases Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. , Samanta P. , Palit K. By Nirman Sarika Special Issue on World Habitat Day 4-11 (2022)
A Comparison of European and Indian Approach of Brownfield Redevelopment Verma N. S., Banerji H. By ECS Transactions 107 - (2022)
Pandemic Preparedness: Developing a Resilient Model for the Affordable Housing Sector Neeraj D., Banerji H. By International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews 9 105-108 (2022)
Methodology for Framing Indicators for Assessing Economic-Socio-Cultural Sustainability of the Neighbourhood Level Urban Communities in Indian Megacities: Evidence from Kolkata Kumar S., Bhaumik S., Banerji H. By Social Indicators Research 154 511-544 (2021)
An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India Anilkumar S., Banerji H. By International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 12 24-39 (2021)
Migrants narratives on urban governance: a case from Kolkata, a city of the global south Chakrabarti A., Tiwari R., Banerji H. By Sustainability (Switzerland) 13 1-16 (2021)
Pentagram sustainability model framing of a holistic sustainability dimension model for assessment of Neighbourhood-Level Urban Communities (NLUCs) using a semi-automated systematic literature review Kumar S., Santara A., Banerji H. By International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 8 100-117 (2020)
Pentagram Sustainability Model: Framing of a holistic sustainability dimension model for assessment of Neighbourhood level Urban Communities (NLUCs) using a semi-automated systematic literature review Kumar S., Santra A. , Banerji H. By Journal of International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 8 100-117 (2020)
Domestic Electricity Demand through City Integrated PhotoVoltaic Systems for Composite Climate, in High Density States of India Case of Aligarh Agha S. I., Banerji H. , Bhattacharya S. P. By Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability 10 24-31 (2020)
Bhubaneswar in a Global Flux Saha N., Banerji H. By An International Journal of Urban and Extra Urban Studies 9 (4) 45-61 (2018)
Designing Safer Cities - Review of Environmental Crime Prevention Strategies Banerji. H, Alain A.C. Ekka By GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology (JET) Vol.3 No.4, 25-32 (2016)
An Attempt to Explore the Components of Empathic Architecture in Hospitals a Study Conducted in Indian Hospitals. Banerji H By Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, Volume: Issue 2015 No. 4. Theme: Empathic Architecture [ - (2016)
A Methodology to Define the Typology of Rural Urban Continuum Settlements in Kerala Firoz, M., Banerji, H. & Sen, J., By Journal of Regional development and Planning 3(1) 49-60 (2014)
Patterns of socio-economic deprivation and its impact on quality of life: Case of a less developed region in West Bengal, India Sarkar B., Banerji H., Sen J. By Athens Journal of Health Vol 1, Issue 4 271-286 (2014)
Differential perception of psycho ?stress by physically disabled people with impaired mobility (PDIM) Banerji, H. Barman J and Sengupta, B. K., By Journal of Disability and Society, UK - (2009)

Conferences

Evaluating walkability and analysing pedestrian connectivity in downtown Kolkata: A comparative study Palit K., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. By Urban Affairs Association Conference - (2023)
Mainstreaming inclusion in Indian cities through robust monitoring and evaluation framework Bansal K., Banerji H. , Chattopadhyay S. , Samanta P. By 10th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD - (2022)
Critical Review or current Rental Housing Interventions in India and their Dimensions Saha D., Banerji H. By International Conference on Housing Challenges, Policies and Strategies of 21st Century - (2022)
Impact of Smart Cities Mission on smaller cities specific focus on Hill Town Banerji H., Saha D. By Symposium on Urban Development of NE states Smart City Revolutions and Innovations in Urban Transport - (2022)
Inclusive City Framework Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. By National Conclave on Gender and Disability Inclusion in Indian Cities - (2022)
Psychographic Segmentation of Residents of Neighbourhood Level Urban Communities Pertaining to Sustainability Dimensions in Devising Planning Strategies: A Computational Social Science Approach Kumar S., Banerji H. By RLCP 327-330 (2021)
Inclusive City Framework Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. By NIUA I National Workshop on Mainstreaming Disability Inclusion to transform Urban Futures - (2021)
Integrating Transit Policies with Land Use for Sustainable Development along an Eco-Fragile Zone of a Metropolitan City - Evidence of East Kolkata Wetlands Kumar S., Banerji H. , Sengupta B. K. By International Conference on Resilient and Livable City Planning 316-322 (2021)
Selecting the optimal list of indicators for an integrated framework for assessing Economic-Social-Cultural sustainability of neighbourhood level urban communities using variable selection and regularization methods: A machine learning approach Kumar S., Banerji H. By CUPUM 2021 - (2021)
A machine learning approach for selection of indicators for economic-socio-cultural sustainability assessment of neighborhood-level urban communities in Indian megacities Kumar S., Banerji H. By The 17th International Conference on CUPUM - Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management - (2021)
ON-SITE ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR LIVEABILITY OF EMERGING HOUSING SYSTEMS IN INDIAN CONTEXT Basu R., Banerji H. , Chattopadhyay S. By International Conference on Resilient and Livable City Planning 280-283 (2021)
ON-SITE ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR LIVEABILITY OF EMERGING HOUSING SYSTEMS IN INDIAN CONTEXT Basu R., Banerji H. , Chattopadhyay S. By International Conference on Resilient and Livable City Planning 280-283 (2021)
Heritage Economics, Legal Tools, and Management Mechanisms for Historic Precincts and Areas Banerji H. By Resilient and Sustainable Development of Historic Precincts and Areas: Focus West Bengal - (2020)
Everyone s Right to the City: Understanding Trans-generational Cities. Banerji H., Sarkar B. By 49th Conference of Urban Affairs Association - (2019)
Exploring the Operational Role of Arts and Culture in Societal transformation and Economic development in Urban Context: A Case study of Santiniketan Kumar S., Banerji H. , Bhaduri E. By City Future IV - (2019)
Scrap housing: A low-cost sustainable approach towards in situ slum rehabilitation and redevelopment in kolkata Vyas H., Banerji H. By Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering 212-221 (2019)
Scrap Housing: A low-cost sustainable approach towards in situ slum rehabilitation and redevelopment in Kolkata Banerji H., Vyas H. By 7th International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering, Singapore - (2019)
Narration On Claiming The Right To The City And Its Reflections From A Realistic Perspective: A Case of Kolkata, India Banerji H., Chakraborty A. By 49thUrban Affairs Association Conference - (2019)
Pentagram Sustainability Model: Framing of a holistic sustainability dimension model for assessment of Neighbourhood level Urban Communities (NLUCs) using a semi-automated systematic literature review Kumar S., Santara A. , Banerji H. By CUPUM 2019 - (2019)
Integrating Transit Policies With Landuse For Sustainable Development Along An Eco-fragile Zone: Case Study Of Kolkata Kumar S., Banerji H. By City Futures IV - (2019)
A low-cost sustainable approach towards in situ slum rehabilitation and redevelopment in Kolkata Vyas H., Banerji H. By 7th International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering - (2019)
Field Studies in India I: East Kolkata Wetlands Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. , Okey B. , Ghosh S. By AAG Annual meeting - (2018)
Field Studies in India II: Impacts of Changing Environmental Conditions on Tea Gardens of Darjeeling Banerji H., Ghosh S. , Okey B. , Chattopadhyay S. By AAG Annual Meeting - (2018)
Bhubaneswar in the Global Flux Banerji H., Saha N. By Spaces and Flows: Eighth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies and the Spaces - (2018)
Analysis of transformation of urban planning practice by mapping changes in economic, social, cultural and built environment of the Neighborhood Level Urban Communities (NLUC): Case study of Kolkata, India Banerji H., Kumar S. By ISOCARP 2018 - (2018)
Plug- Ins in Emerging Technology to Combat Problems of Termite and Organic Growth in Buildings Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. By National Seminar on Emerging Building Materials and Construction Technologies 213-221 (2018)
Field Studies in India I: Study of China Town, Kolkata Ghosh S., Banerji H. , Chattopadhyay S. , Okey B. W. By AAG Annual Meeting - (2017)
Field Studies in India I: Study of Rajarghat Slum, Kolkata Okey B. W., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Ghosh S. By AAG Annual Meeting - (2017)
Assessment of Socio-economic Vulnerability Using Select Indicators Sarkar B., Banerji H. By 52nd ISOCARP Congress - (2016)

Symposium

Socially Smart Bhubaneshwar Gharat P. C., Chattopadhyay S. , Banerji H. , Mukerji A. By National Youth Conclave - (2023)
Co- Editor of the ISSN Publication Banerji H., Chattopadhyay S. By Livable Habitat and Sustainable urban Agenda - (2016)

Monograph

Inclusive City Framework Banerji H., Chattopadhyay S. By - (2021)
CREATION OF A UNIVERSALLY STIMULATING AND RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN HOSPITALS - A CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH MODEL Banerji H. By - (2019)
Customizing Mass Housing-Adaptive & Flexible Grammar for Tropical Wet and Dry Climatic Zones of West Bengal and Odisha under the Technology Submission of PMAY-U Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. , Gupta S. , Bhattacharya S. P. By - (2019)
Reading Material for History of Human Settlements Sen J., Sengupta B. K., Banerji H. By - (2004)

Report

A Handbook on Customizing Mass Housing - Adaptive and Flexible Grammar for Tropical Wet and Dey Climatic Zones of West Bengal and Odisha Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. , Bhattacharya S. P., Gupta S. By - (2019)

Edited Volume

Livable Habitat and Sustainable Urban Agenda Chattopadhyay S., Banerji H. By Livable Habitat and Sustainable Urban Agenda - (2018)

Globalization can lead to inclusive growth in developing countries - myth or reality, Banerji H By International Scientific Conference Economic and Social Development, - (2013)
Growth of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises: A Creative Economic Base to Achieve Less-vulnerable Livelihood in Developing Nations. Sarkar B., Banerji H., Sen J., By International Conference on Architecture and Engineering in Urban Development organized by International Centre for Research and Development (ICRD), - (2013)