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Mr. Debashish Das (2007-08)
Mr Debashish Das (born on 28th March,1979) is an Architect
and Urban Planner. He did Bachelor of Architecture from
Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, and Masters in
Urban Planning from School of Planning and Architecture,
New Delhi. He joined the Department of Architecture of
Jadavpur University in Kolkata, as full-time Lecturer
since July, 2005.He has also completed an international
training on “Integrated Urban Planning” from
BTH University, Sweden. His areas of research are Sustainable
Urban Planning and Low Carbon City design. He is pursuing
his PhD in Low carbon city design from Jadavpur University,
Kolkata. He has also completed a research work on “Urban
Renewal in Kumartuli, approaches for preservation and
rejuvenation of an old historic settlement in Kolkatta,
applying the principles of Town Planning of Sir Patrick
Geddes” , sponsored by Sanskriti Foundation, New
Delhi, India, Aug,2007
Mirambika Free Progress School (2011- 2012)
Mirambika Free Progress School, Aurobindo Marg , New Delhi
was awarded a Project under the Geddes Scholarship to
sensitize children towards modern and ancient town structures.
The project involved the students to do activities based
on Geddes’ principle of town planning. Their activities
involved visit and research in local areas of Delhi, visit
to Bahraich District in UP, putting up exhibition and
bringing out a School Calendar with their comparative
study of cities.
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (2012-13)
The Heritage Club atSardar Patel Vidyalaya.(2012-13) New
Delhi was awarded the Geddes Scholarship and it proposed
to unravel the dialectics between the traditional syncretic
culture of Delhi and the urban culture of Delhi that is
fast transforming it into a “world class city”.
The Project aimed at :
- Providing an opportunity to young adults to explore
and observe their own landscape to understand the dialectical
and complex relationship between physical and social
environment.
- Enabling them to use their collective energies to
dig into its diverse, syncretic past and also look at
how and how much of it has changed, evolved and developed.
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