Our Research Center
INUM was formed to promote research on three focus areas-
1. Change in urban form in Indian cities
2. Typo-morphological approach to the analysis of urban form
3. Assessment of urban form using modern technology (Drones, GIS, ....)
The Team
Advisory Committee
​
Prof. Dr. PSN Rao
Professor, Department of Housing, Dean (P&D)
Former Director of SPA New Delhi
​
Prof. Dr. Anil Dewan
Professor, Department of Architecture, Dean (FW)
SPA New Delhi
​
Prof. Dr. Mayank Mathur
Professor, Department of Physical Planning, Dean (SA)
SPA New Delhi
Prof. Dr. Mahavir
Former Dean and Professor of Planning (Retd.)
SPA New Delhi
​
Co-ordinator of INUM
​
Dr. Arathy Gopal
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture
SPA New Delhi
​
For the 2023 Launching Programme, knowledge partners/ speakers were from major public institutions/ organisations pan India including-
Prof. Dr. Kailasa Rao, Director SPA Bhopal
Dr. Mohammed Firoz, Head Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut
Dr. Pramod Kumar, Dean A & GD(HUSG), IIRS, Dehradun
​
Dr. Arindam Biswas, Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee
Mr. Monis Khan, Town and Country Planner, TCPO
Sh. Sangeeth S Pillai, Assistant Professor, MNIT Jaipur
Sh. Sayon Pramanik, Assistant Professor, NIT Raipur
Ms. Swati Grover, Visting Faculty at SPA ND and GIS consultant
Sh. Shubham Mishra, Urban Planner and Visting Faculty at SPA ND
Mr. Samkith Bagmar, Manager- Drone solutions, ESRI India
Sh. Ashwin Goswami, Consultant for flying drones
​
​
​
The programme in 2022 was co-ordinated by-
Dr. Arathy Gopal
​
​
The programme in 2023 was co-ordinated by-
Dr. Arathy Gopal, Sh. Krishna Prakash and Sh. Thomas Krishna Pegu
​
​
The programme in 2024 is being planned
Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao
Professor, Department of Housing, Dean (P&D), Former Director,
SPA New Delhi
Prof. Dr. Anil Dewan
Professor, Department of Architecture, Dean (FW), SPA New Delhi
Prof. Dr. Mayank Mathur
Professor, Department of Physical Planning, Dean (SA)
SPA New Delhi
