We are at #RC21Delhi! Indian Institute for Human Settlements researchers Shriya Anand Keerthana Jagadeesh Gautam Bhan Sudeshna Mitra will be presenting their work today in various panels, discussing questions of #informality #foodeconomy #urbanism #periurban #landfinance #iihsresearch ISA-RC21

The research is based on a #survey of street food vendors to understand business strategies and challenges, motivation, access to finance and aspirations.

Stories from this survey are being presented at an exhibition- 'Oota Aytha?' happening at Indian Institute for Human Settlements #Bengaluru from 19-21 September. Do check it out!

#IIHSin researcher Keerthana Jagadeesh published an article on The Wire titled ‘The Street Vendors Act Falls Short of Accommodating Mobile Hawkers’. It focuses on mobile street vendors in #Bengaluru & the Street Vending Act. Read: bit.ly/2sbr6MS 📸: Gauri Nagpal

In an article published by TheNewsMinute, Keerthana Jagadeesh and Shriya Anand argue that PDS needs to look beyond income to identify beneficiaries, during #COVID19: bit.ly/3aKWPEE. #IIHSin #foodsecurity

Hiring Alert! Are you interested in studying cities and urbanisation using quantitative data? The IIHS Urban Informatics Lab (UIL) has 3 open positions - Consultant, Associate and Assistant. Apply by selecting the appropriate position here: bit.ly/3yc6gw0 #vacancies

The October 2022 issue (Vol. 59 Issue 13) of #UrbanStudies is out now, featuring articles by Karen Coelho Ashima Sood Rodrigo Cardoso Ali Sobhani @EvertMeijers Shriya Anand aditi Melih Yeşilbağ Nufar Avni 🇺🇦 Niamh Moore Cherry 🇺🇦 Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez and many more: journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/59/13

Tomorrow is the last day to send in applications for Urban ARC, IIHS' annual research conference. Urban ARC is a unique space that brings together early career researchers and seasoned academics to engage in conversations on urban issues.

Admissions to the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme 2023-24 are now open! Gain interdisciplinary perspectives on issues of urbanisation in India and the #globalsouth. Apply now: bit.ly/3YzJQPf #IndiaUrbanFellows #iihsufp #admissionsopen #applynow

How can the state intervene to develop and improve low-income housing? In India, In Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) is currently the only channel of central govt. support at the scale of slum settlements. Does one scheme fit all, though? At Research@IIHS, we did an analysis. (1)

Urban employment programmes are an idea whose time has come but we need to push beyond then being just safety nets to being tools to fight urban inequality. Recent Rajasthan law an excellent first step - we suggest next moves below. Image in first reply. hindustantimes.com/opinion/urban-…

You can now send in your abstracts by 27 November 2023! Details below. For queries, write to [email protected]

How and what does #bengaluru eat? A study conducted by jyoko @charrladel of Indian Institute for Human Settlements tells a lot. #INFOGRAPHIC #Datavisualization x.com/iihsin/status/…

Our column on subjective well-being in urban India in Ideas for India today. @charrladel Shriya Anand #UIL@IIHS x.com/Ideas4India/st…

Wish I was joining Ratnam and the Fellows on this trip! @gsrchaitanya x.com/gsrchaitanya/s…