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AMIT CHATTERJEE

Visva-Bharati University, School of Planning and Architecture

ORCID iD 0000-0002-8204-6082
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Dr. Amit Chatterjee has over twenty years of experience in teaching, research, and industry. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, India. Dr. Chatterjee earned his master’s degree in planning from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi. His research interests include sustainable urban and regional development, climate change risk and resilience, regional planning, urban water management, geography, remote sensing, GIS, improving quality of life and livability in cities.
Throughout his career, Dr. Chatterjee has worked in various capacities on major planning projects, including the Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone, the Dholera town planning scheme, city development plans for twin cities, highway projects under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and slum-free city initiatives under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) across multiple Indian cities.
He has successfully completed numerous collaborative research and consultancy projects, such as those on Urban Co-benefits in partnership with UNU-IAS, Japan; the Urban Missions in India and their linkages to UN Sustainable Development Goals (GIZ); the Politics of Care during the pandemic (UCL's Global Engagement Funds); Urban Biodiversity (UNU-IAS, Japan); and the National Rurban Mission (Ministry of Rural Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh). Additionally, he has worked on the Development Plan for the Saugor Cantonment Area in collaboration with the Saugor Cantonment Board and the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. His research also focuses on restoring and conserving wetlands near urban areas by utilizing traditional knowledge and citizen science, as part of a Joint Research Project supported by ICSSR, India, and JSPS, Japan.
Dr. Chatterjee is a member of several professional organizations, including the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI), the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT), India, and the National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI).
Four students have been awarded doctoral degrees under his supervision, and currently, six doctoral students are working with him on topics related to coastal agriculture, urban green spaces, and low-carbon mobility. He is also supervising two post-doctoral fellow who holds an ICSSR fellowship.
He has authored a book titled ‘Satellite Towns in Neo-Metropolitan Development in India: Lessons from Selected Cities’, published by Springer, and edited ‘Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Restoration’, published by Routledge, UK. Dr. Amit has received recognition for his contributions to the Sustainable Cities Project in India from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and reviewer of IPCC draft report on cities and climate change.
He has presented research papers at conferences such as ISOCARP, the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), and the African Urban Conference (AUC). His research articles have been published in various outlets, including Routledge, Springer, and ISOCARP. He has applied sustainability studies and explored social and environmental aspects in different regions, including Japan, India, and the UK.

Employment

  • Visva-Bharati University Associate Professor
    2022 - Present
  • School of Planning and Architecture Assistant Professor
    2011 - 2021

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