TRI | India Rural Colloquy 2023

Ms. Rama Pandey

Ms. Rama Pandey

Associate Professor and Head of Landscape department of SPA

Leading many project around Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (RADFI) around developing Spatial GPDPs. Dr. Rama is an architect and environmental planner by training. Her Doctoral research is on ‘Framework for Evaluating Livability Performance of Residential Built Environment’. Currently, Associate Professor and Head of Landscape department of School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal. She is also heading the National Centre for Spatial Development spatial Rural Development Planning (NCSRDP). She has experience of working in academics and industry in the field of Architecture and Planning for over two and a half decades. Industry experience includes both commercials as well as large-scale residential projects. In academics, research interest is primarily focused on: Climate informed settlement planning; Mainstreaming ecosystem services in planning; Socio-ecological and climate change resilience; and Livability of the residential built environment. She has contributed as an environmental planner in SPA Bhopal’s Multinational and National projects in Climate resilience, Regional Planning, and Rural Spatial Planning.