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Sudeshna Kumar, PhD

Sudeshna Kumar, PhD

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  • About me

    Postdoctoral Researcher at bc3 Basque Centre for Climate Change | Urbanist | Tackling Urban Heat I Sustainability Assessment, Environmental Modelling, Climate Resilience & Adaptation | Alum of IIT Kharagpur

  • Education

    • Calcutta Girls' High School

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      High School English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science 90%

      Actividades y grupos:Participated in annual sports Recipient of the general proficiency certificate for ICSE and ISC Examinations.

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      2015 - 2021
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning Course work GPA - 8.75

    • Jadavpur University

      2008 - 2013
      Bachelor's Degree Architecture First class honours with CGPA 8.57

      Majors - Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Conservation, ClimatologyB.Arch Thesis - Handicraft MuseumSecured first class with honours, stood third in the Department of Architecture, Jadvapur University, 2013

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      2013 - 2015
      Master's Degree City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning CGPA 8.89

      Majors- Housing & Community Planning, Planning Theory & Process, Urban Design, Dynamics of Settlements Systems, Transportation Planning, Utilities & Services Planning, Regional Analysis & Planning, GIS and Remote Sensing in PlanningMCP Thesis- Integrating land use planning with transit policies along an eco-fragile zone• Secured highest marks in MCP Thesis, stood second in the PG program offered by the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur•… Mostrar más Majors- Housing & Community Planning, Planning Theory & Process, Urban Design, Dynamics of Settlements Systems, Transportation Planning, Utilities & Services Planning, Regional Analysis & Planning, GIS and Remote Sensing in PlanningMCP Thesis- Integrating land use planning with transit policies along an eco-fragile zone• Secured highest marks in MCP Thesis, stood second in the PG program offered by the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur• Recipient of the Best Planning Thesis, West Bengal Chapter of Institute of Town Planners India, 2015 Mostrar menos

  • Experience

    • Alex Jacob Architect

      Jun 2011 - Jan 2011
      Internship Trainee

      Training experience :- 4th year, 1st semester, B.ArchInterned for 6 months at Alex Jacob Architect, Bengaluru. Mostly worked on working drawings of residential and interior projects.Landscape documentation for NGMA , Bengaluru Arboretum under Behula Shah.Softwares used:AutoCadSketchupAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft Office

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      Jul 2013 - May 2021

      • Senior Research Fellow

        Jul 2018 - May 2021

      • Junior Research Fellow

        Jul 2015 - Sept 2018

      • Post graduate scholar at IIT Kharagpur

        Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

    • Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority

      May 2014 - Jun 2014
      Summer Intern

      Training experience :- 2nd year, 1st sem, MCPInterned for 2 months at Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority under the guidance of Ranjan Chattopadhya in Special Project Design Circle, Project Planning Unit. Was a member of the working team of the People’s Green City - Integrated Satellite Township near Hooghly District. Mostly worked on report, Maps and presentation.Softwares used:Google EarthAdobe PhotoshopAuto CadMicrosoft Office

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Jan 2016 - May 2017
      Practicum Student 2016-2017

      I was part of a collaborative practicum between DUSP MIT and IIT Kharagpur during 2016-17. We as a team worked upon redevelopment of ‘Khoai’, an ecologically fragile zone near Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. The foremost aim of the team’s research work was preparing ‘Khoai’ District Master plan, framing design guidelines and management strategies which included ecological preservation, economic regeneration and facilitating sustainable tourism.

    • Eawag

      Sept 2021 - Jan 2021
      EPP Fellow

      I am working on a City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) program integrating climate resilience perspectives for Indian megacities. I will have the opportunity to work in #SESP group. I will develop an assessment framework for climate-resilient urban sanitation.More about SESP: https://bit.ly/sandecsesp @EawagResearch

    • Eawag

      Mar 2022 - Jan 2022
      Research Associate

    • BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change

      Jul 2022 - now
      Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Data Science: R Basics

      HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
      View certificate certificate

    • Completed the course on Geospatial Technologies for Urban Planning

      Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organization

    • Satellite Data for Air Quality Environmental Justice and Equity Applications

      NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program
      Nov 2023

    • Earth Observations for Humanitarian Applications

      NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program
      Jun 2022

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      EPP Fellow Eawag Sep 2021 Awarded EPP Fellowship as part of Eawag-Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology’s EPP Program 2021, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      Awarded full travel grant as part of IIT Kharagpur’s Best International Conference Full Financial Assistantship for attending City Futures IV (EURA - UAA Conference), 2019 Dublin, Ireland - Jun 2019
    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      Awarded full travel grant as part of IIT Kharagpur’s Best International Conference Full Financial Assistantship for attending the 54th ISOCARP (The International Society of City and Regional Planners) Annual World Congress 2018 Bodo, Norway. - Oct 2018
    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      Awarded full travel grant as part of S.G. Rajgarhia Travel Fund, Alumni Affairs & International Affairs (AAIR), DUSP, MIT, US and Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, 2017, Boston, USA - May 2017
    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      Best Planning Thesis 2015, IIT/IIEST ITPI Jun 2016
    • Awarded to Sudeshna Kumar, PhD
      Jangipur Mega Food Park, Landscape Designing Competition , Won third prize Jangipur Mega Food park Jul 2012