Bio-sketch: Dr. Shilpi Mittal is a Research Associate at the India Society for Applied Research & Development (NGO) and a visiting faculty at NSUT (Netaji Subhas University of Technology) and IGDTUW (Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women). She is a qualified architect, planner (with specialization in housing), and received a doctorate degree in Quality of Life in Diverse Residential Neighbourhoods from the GD Goenka University. In the past, she had served in renowned research advisory and project management firms like IL&FS and Ansal API. She possesses practical experience of 4 years on consultancy and redevelopment projects in the private sector and over 10 years of research and part-time teaching. During her professional career, she had participated and presented papers in national and international conferences, focusing on issues of sustainable habitat, quality of life in an increasingly transforming world. She has extensively contributed in publishing peer-reviewed journal papers, book chapters, etc. in prominent publications including Cities, IJUSD, Social Indicators Research, Springer Nature, Urban India, etc. Dr. Mittal is a qualified GATE scholar in Architecture and Planning (2005) and received visiting scholarship (2020) at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Publications:
1. Sethi, M., Sharma, R., Mohapatra, S., & Mittal, S. (2021). How to tackle complexity in urban climate resilience? Negotiating climate science, adaptation and multi-level governance in India. PloS one, 16(7), e0253904.
2. Mittal, S., Chadchan, J. & Mishra, S. (2021). Evaluation of QoL in cities of diverse neighbourhood typologies. A scientific study of New Delhi. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.
3. Sethi, M., & Mittal, S. (2020). Improvised rental housing to make cities COVID safe in India. Cities (London, England), 106, 102922.
4. Mittal, S., Chadchan, J. & Mishra, S. (2019). Review of Concepts, Tools & Indices for the Assessment of Urban QoL. Social Indicators Research.
5. Mittal, S. & Sethi, M. (2018). Smart and Livable Cities: Opportunities to Enhance Quality of Life and Realize Multiple Co-Benefits. In. Mainstreaming Climate Co-Benefits in Indian Cities. Singapore: Springer Nature
6. Mittal, S. & Sharma, A. (2017). Quality of Life and Built Environment – Theoretical Understanding and Research Gaps. Urban India.
7. Mittal, S. & Sethi, M. (2016). Are Smart Cities for Real: Will They Bring Qualitative Improvement in Urban Living? Spandrel
8. Mittal, S. & Sethi, M. (2015). Gender Inequities in India’s Urban Governance. International Journal of Science and Research
9. Mittal, S. (2012). Case Study Delhi: Bus Rapid Transit – Critical Review of Mass Rapid Transit Project Urban India
Key seminal presentations:
Participated in International Conference on Data availability on climate change in Indian megacities, 10th September 2021 at ITPI, New Delhi
Evaluating Quality of Life (QoL) in Diverse Residential Neighborhoods. Paper presented in IIAS 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Kyoto on 28th August 2021.
Paper presented in International Workshop (virtual) on Lockdown Pains & Mass Exodus: Rental housing in megacities of the Indian subcontinent on 13th April 2021.Session II: Impact of Covid-19 on QoL of Indian migrants.
Evaluating Quality of life in different district of NCT Delhi. Paper presented in National Seminar held at IGNCA (2018), New Delhi.
Relevance of Low Emission Development (LED) in enhancing Quality of Life. Paper presented in International Workshop 2018 held at ITPI Headquarter, New Delhi.