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• Development Finance (Current)
• Development Theory (Current)
• Housing Market and Finance
• Environmental Law and Policy |
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• Urban Policy – Housing, Land, Employment
• Human Development
• Gender Studies
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| Profile |
| Prof. Darshini Mahadevia is Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and PhD from CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Has been Visiting Scholar at School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal and Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UCLA; has been Asian Scholarship Foundation fellow at Tsinghua University, Beijing and Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin. Had and has research collaboration with McGill University, ISS The Hague and IDS Sussex and with NGOs in India such as SEWA, Saath. Has delivered lectures on urban issues in India, at various international and national events. Consultant to NGos and UN organizations such as UNDP, IOM. Has 9 books and booklets, 60 articles in journals and books and 22 articles in newspapers to her credit. |
| Recent Significant Projects / Publications |
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Mahadevia, Darshini (ed.) (2008): Inside the Transforming Urban Asia - Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi. |
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Mahadevia, Darshini and Jeanne Wolfe (eds) (2008): Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi. |
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Hirway, Indira and Darshini Mahadevia (2005): Gujarat Human Development Report, 2004, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad |
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Mahadevia, Darshini (2003) Globalisation, Urban Reforms and Metropolitan Response: India, Manak Publishers, Delhi |
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Kundu, Amitabh and Darshini Mahadevia (eds.) (2002), Poverty and Vulnerability in a Globalising Metropolis: Ahmedabad, Manak Publishers, Delhi |
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Mahadevia, Darshini (2006): “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Delivery in India and China”, China and the World Economy, Volume 14, No. 2, March-April, pp. 105-20. |
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Mahadevia, Darshini (2007): “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Delivery in China”, Economic and Political Weekly, 42 (11), pp. 964-972. |
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Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “Sustainable Urban Development in India: An Inclusive Perspective”, Development in Practice, Vol. 11 (2 & 3), pp. 242-259. |
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Founding Trustee and Visiting Faculty, Centre for Development Alternatives (CFDA), Research Centre, Ahmedabad. |
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Trustee and Chairperson, Samerth, NGO working in Gujarat, Ahmedabad |
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Addressed Hari and Madhu Varshney annual thematic conference on South Asia in 2006 |
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A visit to Central South University, China, Sociology Department from April 27-May 1, 2008 and a talk on "Urbanization: India and China” on April 28, 2008. |
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Comparing and Contrasting Urbanisation Experience of India and China, a lecture at Institute of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, June 5, 2008. |
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