The remaining two project modules approved by the external experts from the first
review meeting conducted on March, 2014 are initiated. The project modules are:
| Project Code | Title |
| EBL | Estimation of Settlements for Design of Facilities to be Constructed over MSW Landfills |
| IVP | Development of a Systematic Method to enhance Road Safety in Indian Cities through Improved Accident Data Collection, Advanced Statistical Analysis and Innovative Design |
Based on the recommendations of the selection committee 14 research scholars
joined the Institute and started working in various project modules of “Future of
Cities”. The project modules include: AHU, PAA, STK, UDD, SKS, INM, GFC, PPA, MDU,
ECI, ILC, and AAY.
Among the 21 project modules that were approved by the external experts and
reviewers, 19 modules are initiated. The project modules that have been initiated
are:
| Project Code | Title |
| AHU | Sustainable and Cost Effective Housing using Recycled Aggregate Based Concrete |
| ECI | Engineered Cementitious Composites – A Replacement of Conventional Concrete for Sustainable Infrastructure |
| INM | Improvement of Safety of School Trips and Traffic Management around Schools in Urban Areas: Kolkata as a Pilot Study |
| PPA | Policy Planning, Legal Assessment and Governance of Smart City |
| LCR | Improving Quality of Life of Senior Citizens in Residential Neighbourhoods in the Indian Context |
| PAA | Development of Pervious Concrete Mix Designs and Specifications for Pavement Applications |
| UNR | Planning recommendations for urban neighborhoods to regulate thermal fluxes in a Hot-Humid climatic region: Case Study of Kolkata |
| SKS | Segmentation and Design of Bus Services in Urban India: Kolkata as a Pilot Study |
| BAS | A framework for improving bicyclists’ accessibility to rail stations |
| LUR | Assessment of socio-economic vulnerability based on a relationship between Urban Development and parameters of Physical-environmental, socio-economic and socio-cultural liability cum affordability thresholds in residential Cluster of West Bengal |
| TMB | Assessment of relationship between Urban Development and Water Use, Annual rainfall vs. Runoff and Land Cover parameters in residential Cluster of small and medium towns in humid West Bengal |
| USP | Urban Governance: Sustainable Policies and Implementation |
| STK | Pilot Plant Study for Solid waste treatment for IIT Kharagpur |
| AAY | Management of Urban Water Supply Network: Technical, Economic, Feasibility Assessment, and Ensuring Losses Controls and Sustainability |
| ILC | Effect of Climate Change on local sea level rise and its Impact on Coastal Areas: Kolkata Region as a Pilot Study |
| UDD | Investigation of the Use of Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP): Development of Design Specifications and Practices |
| GFC | Governing Framework of Future of Cities- An Evaluation |
| FBA | Age-Friendly Built form and Infrastructure Design Model and Knowledge Networking |
| MDU | Design and Evaluation of Composite Transportation Networks in a Multimodal System for Travel Demand Management in Urban Areas |
March, 2014
First Review Meeting conducted in IIT Kharagpur for selection of project modules
under “Future of Cities”
A meeting was conducted in IIT Kharagpur where a group of external experts
reviewed the project modules that were proposed under “Future of Cities”. In the
first stage, 21 project modules have been recommended by the reviewers.
| Name | Institute/ Organization |
| Prof. Tarun Kant | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| Prof. P. K. Sikdar | President, Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats (ICT) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
| Prof. B. S. Murty | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| Prof. S. K. Bhattacharyya |
Director, CSIR-CBRI, India |
| Prof. Arunendu Banerjee |
Director, STS Systems, Kolkata |
| Ar. Ranbir Singh Gupta |
Chairman, SIGMA7 Design Group Inc., USA |
| Ar. Vijay Varki | Eminent Architect |