Dr Amit Kaur hails from Kolkata. She has completed her PhD in the domain of Housing and Community Planning from the Dept of Architecture & Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur in the year 2019. She holds two masters degree; M.Plan (Housing) from CEPT University, Ahmedabad and M.Sc (Geography) from Presidency College, Kolkata. She has done her Bachelors in Geography from Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata. Prior to joining TERI SAS, she worked as an Associate Professor at Dr D Y Patil School of Architecture, Pune. She has published journal papers, presented and attended conferences both at the national and international levels in the domain of Housing.
Publications:
• Kaur, A. (2020), Urmi Sengupta and Annapurna Shaw (eds): Trends and issues in housing in Asia coming of an age, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, ISSN No.: 1566-4910 (Print) 1573- 7772 (Online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09747-3. (Available Online).
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2019), An Evaluation of Middle Income Group Housing in Kolkata, India, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Vol.12, No.3, pp.487-503, ISSN No. 1753- 8270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-04-2018-0025.
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2019), A need for policy revision to reach the intended beneficiaries: a learning from middle-income group housing models in Kolkata, India, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol.34, No.4, pp.1087-1105. ISSN No.: 1566-4910 (Print) 1573- 7772 (Online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-019-09660-4.
• Kaur, A. and Gupta, S. (2015), Attributes Affecting Neighbourhood Level Satisfaction of Middle Income Group Housings- A review, International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research (IJETSR), Special Issue Volume 2, pp.30-40, ISSN No.: 2394-3386.
•Awarded the best paper award at the International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment "Dialogues on Smart Built Environment" held at the Department of Architecture and Planning, IIT Roorkee, February, 2017.
•Awarded the best poster award at the Liveable Habitat and Sustainable Urban Agenda International Symposium held at the Kolkata organised by the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, January, 2016.
•Awarded Shri Chaturbhai Patel GICEA (Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects)Gold Medal Award, 2013 for Masters in Planning (Housing), January 2014.
•Awarded the Late Miss Jayshree Laijawala Memorial Award for best graduating student in Housing at CEPT University, January, 2014.
•Awarded the Vastu Shilpa Foundation Award of Excellence for best thesis student in Housing at CEPT University, January, 2014.
•Received a Certificate of Merit for securing second rank at the M.Sc Annual examination from Presidency College, Kolkata, 2011.
