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Surjyatapa Ray Choudhury
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Surjyatapa is a Researcher and Urban Design Practitioner who incorporates systems thinking, sustainable design and construction, and socially inclusive architecture into her work. . She is currently associated with Jana Urban Space Foundation,Bengaluru, where her responsibilities include drafting policy and knowledge products, advocacy, government engagement, and conducting research at the intersection of public space design, gender equity, climate sensitivity, and social inclusivity.
Previously, Surjyatapa worked as an Urban Designer at Nikken Sekkei, Tokyo, and as an Architect at HCPDPM, Ahmedabad. She is a recipient of the Norman Foster Foundation 2019 On Cities Fellowship.
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Speaker at The Goa Project | How YOU design cities. | 2024.04.07 |
CATE 2023 conference presentation | Roadmap to implementation of thermal comfort policies in affordable housing. | 2023.12.15 |
Workshop on Causal Mapping | The systems approach in solving wicked urban problems | Cameroon Hackathon 2022 | 2022.03.27 |
Journal Publication | A systems theoretic process analysis (STPA) approach for analyzing the governance structure of fecal sludge management in Japan | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science | 2022.03.10 |
Golden Lion Award, UAE Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2021 | Digital Fabrication team for on-site construction | 2021.09.07 |
CAADRIA conference presentation | PUCCA 5.0 - A framework for a digital system to aid informal self-construction | 2021.03.31 |
Nudge Foundation Equal Cities Challenge | Shortlisted entry | 2020.05.20 |
Norman Foster Foundation | On Cities Scholarship | 2019.05.25 |
Nihon Chouzai -School of Engineering University of Tokyo (SEUT) scholarship | 2018.09.21 |
Jasso Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship | 2018.09.21 |
Kailash Sodhi Scholarship | Best Thesis on Low Cost/ Mass Housing | 2016.10.06 |
Louis I. Kahn Trophy for documentation of Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir | 2014.01.11 |
Paryatan Bhawan | Tourism complex design for Chandigarh Administration (Runners Up) | 2013.09.08 |
Anandaram Barooah Award | State Government of Assam award for Distinction Scholars | 2008.05.31 |