Urban Policy &
Regional Studies
At a Glance
he Urban Policy & Regional Studies highlights the pressing challenges associated with Indian urbanization, including infrastructural inadequacies, sustainable housing and transport, governance deficits, financial instability, weak local capacity, informality, inequality, and the urgent need for climate resilience and adaptation.
Ongoing Programs
- Creative Projects
- Cohort Size: 36
UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship
The fellowship emphasizes a hands-on learning approach, offering participants the opportunity to engage with key issues affecting urban environments, from infrastructure development to social equity and environmental sustainability.
Starts: 3 Oct 2024
Urban Policy and City Planning
This program aims to bring together professionals from academia, civic society, and the commercial and entrepreneurial sectors to provide a solid interdisciplinary introduction to the fundamental concepts of urban theory and planning and relate them to the challenges faced by Indian cities.
Cohort 3: Coming Soon
Our Experts
Dr Rumi Aijaz
Senior Fellow and Head, Urban Policy Research Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi
Ar Romi Khosla
Distinguished Architect, Researcher and Writer; Director, Romi Khosla Design Studios
Dr Deepak Sanan
Former IAS Officer and Ex-Additional Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh; Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR); Senior Advisor, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
Prof Shyamala Mani
Senior Advisor, WASH and Waste Management, CEH, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI); Former Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Mr Sameer Unhale
Joint Commissioner, Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra; Urban Practitioner; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Prof Chetan Vaidya
Independent Urban Advisor; Former Director, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi; Independent Director, GIFT City
Mr Tikender Singh Panwar
Senior Fellow, IMPRI; Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla
Mr Sandeep Chachra
Executive Director, ActionAid Association, India, and Ex Co-Chair, World Urban Campaign, UN-HABITAT; Advisor, IMPRI
I would like to extend my gratitude to the organizers of this training session. The speakers at this training were just so exceptional and their passion and energy levels were above my expectations. This training was very interactive and engaging and we could learn so many great things. Over all this is very inspiring knowledge session which I have never attended before in my span of three decades of service.
It was overall a great learning experience for a student who aspires to start a policy career and the timing of the programme matched with current ecological problems. The additional awareness acquired from programme helped in understanding those.
It was a great course, learned a lot, and continues to remain applicable and effective for any individual pursuing urban policy. Thoroughly enjoyed learning.
FAQs
The prospect for internship/ placement follows the standard practice. The enrollment in our event does not guarnatees the placement opportunity.
IMPRI provides an opportunity to the participants to get their articles published at our blog. However, the selection and publications follows the due process of editorial review and subject to plagiarism checks and approval. There is no compulsary publication offered.
We offer the flexibility of payments in installments alongwith scholarships to ensure no one is left behind in the pursuit of learning and evolving.
We give an e-certificate of completion to each of our participant, shared via email. There is no provision of physical certificates.
IMPRI offers a comprehensive guidelines document curated by experts selection of reading list and program time structure to help you navigate through the learning journey. The document is shared via email.
We aim to provide flexible learning with no limitations. The session recordings will be shared with participants and accessible for 15 days. There are no mandatory attendance requirements.