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Prof. Anjan Sen

Also known as: New Economic Geographer, Regional Planner

University of Delhi, Tele Atlas India Pvt. Ltd., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, School of Planning and Architecture, Hamdard Education Society, Jawaharlal Nehru University

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2942-6323
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Prof. Anjan Sen is an economic geographer and a regional planner, who joined the department in 2005. He has a PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi (IIT-D). He also has two master's degrees - Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Regional Planning from School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), both at New Delhi. His teaching and research specializations are in the realm of 'new' economic geographies, and development theories and regional policies. He is currently investigating contemporary and inter-disciplinary themes like informal economies, place marketing and city branding, creative and cultural economies, and place making and place-led-development. This is visible in the papers taught (MA), research guidance (MPhil and PhD), projects undertaken, publications, and paper presentations in a series of notable international conferences - IGU (Moscow, 2015), ECSAS (Warsaw, 2016), IGC (Beijing, 2016), NGM (Stockholm, 2017), RGS-IBG (Cardiff, 2018), and AAG (Washington DC, 2019 and San Francisco, 2026).

Employment

  • University of Delhi Professor
    2020 - Present
  • University of Delhi Associate Professor / Sr. Reader
    2017 - 2020
  • University of Delhi Assistant Professor S3 / Reader
    2014 - 2017
  • University of Delhi Assistant Professor S2 / Sr. Lecturer
    2009 - 2014
  • University of Delhi Assistant Professor S1 / Lecturer
    2005 - 2009
  • Tele Atlas India Pvt. Ltd. Senior MIS Lead
    2000 - 2005
  • Hamdard Education Society Academic Associate
    1997 - 2000

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    1993 - 1997
  • School of Planning and Architecture Master of Planning in Regional Planning
    1992 - 1994
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University Master of Arts (MA) in Geography
    1990 - 1992
  • Kirori Mal College Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honours in Geography
    1987 - 1990

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (26)