Experience

(In Years)

In Academia

34 Years

In Industry

39 Years

Key Institutions worked

Professor, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, July 1986-2017 Visiting Professor IIT Gandhinagar during 2010

Visiting Professor, EDI, Ahmedabad during 2013-18

Visiting Professor at Institute of Architecture and Planning, Nirma University, from 2014 onwards

Visiting Professor at Harsuhbhai K.Dhruv Centre of Planning, c/o IPSA, Rajkot during 2017- 2019

October 1981-June 1986, Research and ICSSR Doctoral Fellow, Giri Institute of Development. Studies, Lucknow

Publications

Journal

Conferences / Seminars

Patents

Books Published

National

Agricultural Tenancy in Some Irrigation Command Areas of North Gujarat published in Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Vol-4, Issue-2, June 2016, PP-172-187

Overview of Issues of Urbanization and Urban Development in Gujarat published in Journal of Development Management and Communication, Vol11, No-4, October-December 2016, PP-383-394

Urban Informal Sector Urbanisation and Street Vendors in Gujarat, published by Laxmi Publications,2017

Gujarat Socio-Economic Profile, in Rajendra Vora Edited, Socio-Economic Profile of Rural India, Vol-3, New Delhi, Concept Publishing, 2005

International

“Training for women economic development in Gujarat India”, Published in SamfunnsGeografen, Nr-1, 2002, argang 12, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Expertise Roles

Economics and Sociology, Sociology for Planners ,Understanding Indian Society, Research Methodology, Rural Component Studio,Regional Planning Studio

Achievements

Life Member, Indian Sociological Society

Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

Life Member, Indian Society of Labour Economics, New Delhi