Speaking Engagements
May 2025 – Jury member and speaker at "Eklavya 2.0", National Law University, Delhi. Engaged with students on labour and urban governance.
April 2025 – Speaker at “Urban Agenda: A Call to Action” workshop by CSE, New Delhi. Shared inputs on inclusion in heat action plans and urban climate resilience.
March 2025 – Panellist at “PMSVANIDHI & Budget 2025” hosted by MoHUA and Ministry of Education, presented suggestions on TVC strengthening, vendor training, and Act implementation.
March 2025 – Participant at India @2047 Dialogue by MoEFCC, with Harvard University and Salata Institute. Contributed to discussions on urban inclusion in climate policy.
February 2025 – Speaker at “Dignity and Safety at Work” hosted by Martha Farrell Foundation, New Delhi. Spoke on informal women workers, POSH Act gaps, and spatial dimensions of workplace dignity.
January 2025 – Panellist for the report release on “Housing & Access to Basic Services for Urban Poor” hosted by Centre for Development, Ahmedabad.
January 2025 – Panellist for the launch of “National Policy for Public Transportation” hosted by Public Transportation Forum, Delhi.
January 2025 – Panellist for the report release on “Nagara Pravaha: The Story of Waste Pickers' Resilience Amid Urban Flooding” hosted by Hasirumane & Hasirudala, Bengaluru.
December 2024 – Session organizer for “Urban Transition & Climate Resilience for Informal Workers in India”, for National Alliance for Social Security (NASS), Delhi
December 2024 – Panellist for "Climate Change & Construction Workers", hosted by Delhi Shramik Sanghtan (DSS), Delhi
November 2024 - Host for Press Conference in COP29 on “The Urban Question – Confronting the Elephant in the Room”, COP 29, Baku, Azerbaijan.
October 2024 – Panellist for "Building Heat Resilient Cities", hosted by Centre of Science & Environment (CSE), Delhi
September 2024 – Panellist for “Work in Public Space”, at the book launch of "Mapping Legalities: Urbanization, Law & Informal Work” hosted by WIEGO & Wits University, RSA, Delhi
September 2024 – Panellist for “Climate Change, Gender & Cities”, hosted by Maulana Azad Urdu University, Hyderabad
July 2024 - Panelist in the session on "Street Vendors & City Planning" in the workshop hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India & National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).
July 2024 – Concluding speaker at the workshop on “Fighting the Heat - Workshop on Informal Workers and Heat Waves”, organized by WIEGO, FES and SPOURTS, Delhi
July 2024 – Speaker at the session on “Building City Resilience to Climate Change Disasters”, organized by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Delhi.
May 2024 – Key Speaker at the commencement of Multi-Partner Workshop hosted by Secours Catholique on “Experience on Urban and Networking on Climate Issues”, Paris, France.
December 2023 – Speaker at Side Event in COP28 on “Working with the Communities for Change”, organized by INECC, COP28, Dubai, UAE.
December 2023 – Host for Press Conference in COP28 on “The Urban Question”, COP 28, Dubai, UAE.
September 2023 – Participant at the Second Scientific Committee meeting of the Multi-Partnership Program hosted by Secours Catholique, Paris.
March 2023 – Judge for “Prajatantra – National Youth Debate” on Urban Governance organized by Praja, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) & Ministry of Housing Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
December 2022 – Panellist for IIM Ahmedabad Annual Conference on Public Policy on “State Capacity & Housing Policy” for IIM Public Policy Conference, Ahmedabad.
February 2022 – Guest Speaker for Annual Lecture Series on “Migration and Pandemic” by Nirmala Niketan School of Social Work, Mumbai.
February 2022 – Discussant for IMPRI Series on “Cities and Union Budget 2022-23”, Delhi.
November 2021 – Guest speaker for Institute of Global Homelessness on “Vanguard City Summit 2021”, Online.
February 2021 – Guest speaker for WIEGO Delhi Focal City on “COVID-19 Crisis & the Informal Economy: Moving from Relief to Recovery in Delhi”, Delhi.
August 2020 – Panellist for, Session on “Urban-Rural Dynamics and Social Transformation in India ”, 12th ICAS, Kyoto Japan - Online.
November 2020 – Panellist for Calcutta Research Group, Annual Workshop on Migration and COVID pandemic, Session on migration with a focus on “Locating the Inter-State Migrant in the Urban during COVID-19 Pandemic: A view from Policy and Practice”, Kolkata.
October 2020 – Guest speaker for Samvaad Series on “Planning with People”, Asmita College of Architecture, Mumbai - Online.
October 2020 – Workshop on “Planning – its History and Politics in India”, Center for Financial Accountability, New Delhi.
November 2019 – Guest speaker on “Working with People”, Jamia Millia Islamia College of Architecture, New Delhi.
April 2018 – Keynote speaker for a conference on “Realizing the Right to the City in India”, TISS, YUVA and RTTC, New Delhi.
February 2018 – Panellist for discussion on “Implementation of Street Vendors Act 2014: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward ”, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and National Hawker Federation, Mumbai.
July 2016 – Panellist for a conference on “II International Seminar on Planning Experiences in Context of Social Conflict”, IPPUR, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
March 2016 – Panellist for a conference on “Urban Planning, Governance and Design for Reducing Urban Conflicts and Violence: Critical Learnings and Possibilities”, Centre for Urban Equity, Ahmedabad.
January 2016 – Speaker at the “Radical Planning Workshop” at the International Conference 'Rethinking Cities of the Global South' organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
September 2015 – Panelist for "Smart City Mumbai Round Table" organized by Maharashtra Times, Mumbai.
December 2014 – Presented in the Urban Governance session on “Inducing Participatory Planning in the Mumbai Development Plan process” at the Second South Asia International Conference organized by Kerala Institute of Local Self-governance (KILA), Thrissur.
December 2014 – Presented in Do Din 2, on “Development Planning in Mumbai” organized by Hyderabad Urban Lab (HUL), Hyderabad.
September 2014 – Jury member for "Urban Interventions" in Hindustan Times (Leading English Daily) Social Innovation Awards.
January 2014- Presented on “Development plan and participation in Mumbai” at the National Symposium for Just and Inclusive Cities Conference organized by YUVA.
July 2013- Presented on “Development plan and affordable housing in Mumbai” at the ‘Affordable Housing in India Conference’ organized by Action Aid.
Workshop Participation
April 2025 – Delegate at SCCF Asia Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand. Participated in CSO-led regional discussions on urbanization and community-led interventions in Asian cities.
July 2024 - Participated in "School of Cities Summer Workshop on Urban Mixed Methods" hosted by the School of Cities, University of Toronto, Canada.
May 2024 – Represented IGSSS and Indian CSO delegation for the “Second Workshop on Just Ecological Transition” workshop for Secours Catholique Partners for the French Government MPA project, Lourdes, France.
April 2024 – Represented IGSSS for “Workshop on Stories of Change” hosted by Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
December 2023 – Represented IGSSS for “COP 28” and led the delegation and networking with numerous stakeholders in Dubai, UAE.
June 2023 – Hosted for IGSSS a national workshop on “Rethinking Urban Homelessness & Shelter” and contributed specifically to the ideation for Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) in Delhi, India.
March 2023 – Represented IGSSS for “Migrant Cities” workshop co-hosted by PRIA (Participatory Research in Asia) & University of Oxford, Delhi, India
July 2022 – Represented IGSSS and Indian CSO delegation for the “Just Ecological Transition” workshop for Secours Catholique Partners for the French Government MPA project, Paris, France.
November 2021 – Represented IGSSS and Indian CSO groups in COP26 for “Urban Poverty Intersections with Climate Change” debates and discussions, in Glasgow, Scotland.
November 2020 – Presented on “Migrant workers in the city” organized by Calcutta Research Group (CRG) Research and Migration Workshop in Kolkata, India
June 2020 - selected to participate and present on “Street Vendors in Smart Cities” in a symposium on Street markets as spaces of encounter, laboratories of social creativity and alternative pathways of eco-socially sustainable prosperity. 0rganized by the University of Sussex - Online.
April 2019 – selected to participate and present on “Street Vendors in India” at the International Conference for Critical Geography (ICCG) 2019 organized by the National Technical University of Athens, Greece
November 2018 – Participated and presented in the “Workshop on Street Vending in the Global South” organized by IZE, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
March 2015 - Shortlisted as one of the 100 selected candidates for the “Youthful Cities Summit” in Toronto, Canada organized by Youthfulcities.
July 2014 - Participated & presented in a professional urban planning workshop organized by Les Ateliers on “Planning for G11 Region” in Cali, Colombia.
September 2013 – Participated in “KLRTC training course: Integrated urban Planning in the Asia-Pacific Region” organized by UN-Habitat and Citynet Alliance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.