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Surjyatapa Ray Choudhury
Profile
Surjyatapa is an Urban Development Expert with over 7 years of technical experience including 4 years of end-to-end project management experience, driving sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient urban transformation. She has led high-impact projects and policies on city decarbonization, large scale infrastructure development, sustainable public space design, and nature-based solutions for small water bodies rejuvenation across Indian cities. Landmark national and international projects include the Pune River Rejuvenation Project in India, and the Rizhsky Freight Yard Mixed-Use Development in Russia. Her recent work at Jana Urban Space Foundation,Bengaluru focuses on policy drafting, government advocacy, and research at the intersection of urban design and planning, climate resilience, gender equity, and social inclusion.
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.
Updates
ICAAUS 2025 conference presentation | Equal Access by Design: How Road Design Can Transform Urban Accessibility - Evidence from Tender S.U.R.E. Roads | 2025.09.19 |
Healthy Buildings 2025 conference presentation | Review of net zero pathways for healthy affordable housing in India | 2025.08.21 |
REAL CORP 2025 conference presentation | Critical Analysis of Net Zero Pathways for Affordable Housing in India | 2025.04.15 |
Report Launch | Gender Intentional Infrastructure – Investigating the linkages between infrastructure and women's workforce participation in Indian cities. India Habitat Centre. | 2025.07.26 |
Invited expert at Lifecycle Lens on Building Sector: A Dialogue on Decarbonisation Gaps and Stakeholder Roles. CSTEP Bengaluru. | 2025.07.4 |
Invited expert at Cooling Karnataka | An Expert Roundtable on Sustainable Space Cooling for the State. WRI India. | 2025.03.18 |
Panelist at Future Cities Summit 2025 | Planning Resilient and Sustainable Future Cities: The Critical Role of Public-Private Collaboration in Energy Systems | 2025.01.05 |
Speaker at The Transitions Research dialogue | Transitioning Urban Transport for Low Carbon Futures | 2024.10.04 |
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 |