Shaleen Singhal is a Professor at TERI School of Advanced Studies. He had been a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at the Yale University in 2018 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom. Prof. Singhal also works with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), India as Head of the Indian Collaborative for Applied Sustainability Solutions (ICASS) being established with support from the Tata Trusts to strengthen the Science-Policy-Practice Interface in India. He has around 27 years of research, consulting, teaching, and academic administration experience in India and the UK. Prof. Singhal is a founding member of the International Universities Climate Alliance; board member of the ProSPER.Net alliance in the Asia-Pacific region; and member of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project Council US. He had led establishment of the Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies and had secured grants for several multi-disciplinary research and consultancy assignments focusing on India and other developing countries. Prof. Singhal’s research thematics include public policy and planning, energy and climate change, sustainable smart cities, sustainable consumption and production (SCP), urbanisation and city competitiveness. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the TNC US funded Knowledge and Training Programme for promoting Natural Climate Solutions and Ecosystem Approach across states in India; and had been the PI of the EU-UNEP funded Switch Asia initiative on SCP; and the Indian Lead Collaborator of the Indian European multi-level climate governance research networking programme. Prof. Singhal had been facilitating launch of new programmes and centres.

His PhD from Ulster of University, UK (now Ulster University) received the Global Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2009 and the Best Thesis in Built Environment, University of Ulster, Faculty Award 2009. He worked as a lecturer in Sustainability Design at the School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster. Inter-disciplinary research by him and his PhD scholars, examines the challenges and solutions for cities. Through support from UNEP and EU, he had pioneered in structuring first-of-its-kind masters’ course on SCP with emerging economies perspective for civil servants and professionals. Prof. Singhal contributes as an external Ph.D. examiner, doctoral research committee member, advisory panel and guest faculty at leading schools focused on built environment in India. He provides intellectual leadership and advances the frontiers of research through partnerships with leading institutions globally.

Publications:

• Singhal, S., & Jain, S. 2020. Smart sustainable cities. In N. Ciecierska-Holmes, K. Jörgensen, L. L. Ollier, & D. Raghunandan (Eds.), Environmental policy in India. New York: Routledge.
• Singhal, S. and Kumar, M. 2020. Ecological environment, competitiveness in emerging economies: a case of urban India. In Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City, edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, ISBN: 9781839107474, 264 pp.
• Jain, S. Singhal, S. Jain, N. K. and Bhaskar, K. 2020. Construction and demolition waste recycling: Investigating the role of theory of planned behavior, institutional pressures and environmental consciousness. Journal of Cleaner Production, 121405.
• Kumar, P. Arora, A. and Singhal, S. 2017. Public Transit User Captivity in Delhi: A Case Study of Metro Rail and Bus Users in Nehru Place Business District. Transportation in Development Economies, 3:22, Springer International Publishing.
• Dhakal, S. Shrestha, A. Singhal, S. Moloney, S. Vaughter, P. Darnsawasdi, R. Kim, S. M. Pharino, C. and Haryono, E. 2017. Policy Brief on Transformation towards Climate Compatible Cities. UNU-IAS Policy Brief.
• Singhal, S. Mcgreal, S. and Berry, J. 2013. An evaluative model for city competitiveness: application to UK cities. Land Use Policy 30, pp. 214-222.
• Singhal, S. Mcgreal, S. and Berry, J. 2012. Application of a hierarchical model for city competitiveness in cities of India. Cities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.05.012.
• Singhal, S. Newell, G. and Nguyen, K. 2011. The significance and performance of infrastructure in India. Journal of Property Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, 15 – 34.
• Singhal, S. Berry, J. and Mcgreal, S. 2009. A framework for assessing regeneration, business strategies and urban competitiveness. Local Economy, Vol. 24 (2).
• Pachauri, R.K. Singhal, S. Kandra, H.S. 2004. Environment. In India 2025: Social, Economic and Political stability. Ed. R. K. Sinha, CPR, New Delhi.
• Singhal, S. and Kapur, A. 2002. Industrial Estate Planning and Management in India - an Integrated Approach Towards Industrial Ecology. Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, 2002.