22 February, 2012

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At a glance : Check out our latest seminars, conferences, lectures, film screenings and more.

Seminars
IIHS, in partnership with Sustainable Urbanism International, organised a seminar on “Sustainable Urban Futures – Heritage, Culture and Environment” on 10th December, 2011 at Bangalore. This seminar outlines how to integrate theoretical concepts, practical strategies, Indian and international experiences and perspectives, methods and tools and field study to teach about place-based, and community-oriented strategies for building urban futures.

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Conferences
The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), in partnership with the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University and Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (JCCD) is organising the India Urban Conference: Evidence and Experience (IUC) as a counterpart to the series of international conferences on Urban India beginning in April 2011.
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Publics@iihs
IIHS, through Transform Urban India, is launching a Transform Urban India Webinar on a range of urbanisation-related themes on the 3rd and 4th of February 2012.

Dr. Vinod Vyasulu will be chairing the first session of the Transform Urban India Webinar at 3 PM on the 3rd of February. The topic of the session is “Governance“.

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For more details on our public lectures, click here.

Film Screening
The Indian Institute for Human Settlements(IIHS) hosted a screening of the award-winning Kannada film “Puttakkana Highway” followed by a Q&A with the director B. Suresha on 13 January, 2012.
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Others
IIHS along with India Water Portal hosted Water Hackathon – Bangalore, a World Bank Initiative from 21 – 23 October, 2011 at IIIT-B.
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2011

10 December, 2011
IIHS, in partnership with Sustainable Urbanism International, organised a seminar titled “Sustainable Urban Futures – Heritage, Culture and Environment” at Bangalore.
9 December, 2011
Dr. H S Sudhira gave a talk at a symposium on “Socio-economic challenges of smart cities in India” at IISc, Bangalore.
21-23 October, 2011
IIHS along with India Water Portal hosted Water Hackathon – Bangalore, a World Bank Initiative.
28 June, 2011
Critical Reflections by Aromar Revi on the state of thinking on innovation in India at the NISTADS International seminar on Innovation, Sustainability and Development, New Delhi.Watch the video here.
24 June, 2011
Gautam Bhan conducted a seminar on “The Juridicalisation of Politics: Thinking through Evictions in Millennial Delhi” at TISS.
7 June, 2011
IIHS co-organised a workshop on “Inclusive cities in India” jointly with SEWA, IIHS, World Bank and DFID, UK.
5 May, 2011
Gautam Bhan facilitated a discussion on “Forced Evictions and Human Rights” at UCL, London.
29 April, 2011
Aromar Revi participated in the Urban India Conference, Yale University
30 March – 1 April, 2011
Aromar Revi participated in the UNEP/University of Stellenbosch Urban Infrastructure transitions and Governance workshop, Stellenbosch		28 March – 30 March, 2011
Aromar Revi participated in the African Centre for Cities/University of Cape Town IBSA Urban research workshop, Cape Town
25 March, 2011
Aromar Revi presented at the University of California Berkeley Conference on The 21st Century Indian City: Setting the Agenda for Urbanization in India, IIC Delhi		22 March – 24 March, 2011
Aromar Revi attended the IPCC Expert Group meeting on Human settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial planning, Kolkata
9 March, 2011
Aromar Revi gave a presentation on India’s Urban Transformation: turning Challenge into Opportunity, World Future Council, Workshop on Regenerative Urbanisation, IHC New Delhi		24 February – 25 February, 2011
Aromar Revi attended the INISDR Advisory Board review of Global assessment of Risk Report 2011, Geneva
2 February, 2011
Aromar Revi gave a presentation at the CSDS and IDS Cities and Environment workshop Climate Change in India, IIC, Delhi		27 January, 2011
Aromar Revi attended the TIFAC/IIASA/CEPT Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation workshop on Climate Change: An Adaptation & Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities, CEPT
11 January – 14 January, 2011
Aromar Revi attended the IPCC Assessment Report 5 (AR5) First Lead Authors meeting, Tsukuba
2010
23 October, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a presentation on Emerging Urban India and the Informal City, 361 degree Conference on Design and Mumbai
15 October, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a Keynote address on Climate Change: an Adaptation and Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities UGEC, Arizona State University, Tempe		12 October, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a lecture on India’s Urban Transformation from Challenge to Opportunity, GSD Harvard
11 October, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a lecture on India’s Urban Transformation from Challenge to Opportunity, Korbel School of International Affairs, University of Denver		9 October, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a lecture on The Indian Institute for Human Settlements Asia’s New Global Universities, American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference, Minneapolis
5 – 8 October, 2010
Aromar Revi presented the Key Note Address at Association of African Planning Schools(AAPS), Dar es Salaam on “India’s Urban Transformation and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements”		9 September, 2010
Aromar Revi participated in the Sustainability, Heritage and Urban Development: Issues and Challenges in India, UNESCO-IHN Conference on Heritage Based Sustainable Development, New Delhi
14 July, 2010
Aromar Revi participated in a Round Table Discussion on “Challenges of rapid urban growth: Readiness of Critical infrastructure Institutions in Urban Mega-Centres” at IIM, Bangalore		23 June, 2010
Mihir Shah (Indian Planning Commission) presented on “Institutional Challenges of the Twelfth Indian 5 Year Plan (2012-2017)” : The Example of Planning Water for the Future at London
10 May, 2010
Aromar Revi gave a lecture on “India’s Urban Transformation: from Challenge to Opportunity” at Cape Town