CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENT PLANNING

Brief Profile

The idea of a Centre for Human Settlement Planning at Jadavpur University was first mooted during the visit to our campus by Sofia Leonard, Director of the Patrick Geddes Centre of Planning Studies, Edinburgh, in 1995. The same year, a National Seminar on 'Planning and Management of Town Planning Education in India' was held in Jadavpur University under the auspices of the AICTE, where the scheme for setting up such a Centre was formally proposed and recommended. The Centre came into existence the following year.

Aims and purposes

1. To progapage general awareness about the application of the planning process to the improvement of environments for human living;
2. To provide assistance to panchayats and municipalities, at village, intermediate and district levels, in preparing plans for development of living space with a view to economic growth and social justice;
3. To promote effective collaboration with other universities and centres working in this field in India and abroad;
4. To organise regular courses, lectures, seminars, workshops, training programmes etc. in this field;
5. To undertake consultancy work for the betterment of the human living environment;
6. To submit project proposals to funding authorities in India and abroad;
7. To set up and maintain a documentation service and a library in this field;
8.To publish papers, journals, books and other material to propagate the ideals and objectives of the Centre.

Outline of the admin1istrative/academic structure

The Centre is admin1istered by an admin1istrative Committee chaired by the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The members include the Head of the Department of Architecture (ex-officio), two other members of the Department of Architecture besides the Co-Ordinator, the Registrar and the Finance Officer, and an external member (currently Shri Amitava Deb of CBRI, Roorkee).

Day-to-day administration is in the hands of the Co-Ordinator.

Contact
Infrastructural Facilities
Research
Publication
International/National Links
Other Highlights

Contact

Name of the Co-orindator
Professor Monideep Chatterjee

Address of the Centre
Department of Architecture
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032

Telephone no.
(033) 412-9520

Fax no.
(033) 473-9852

E-mail address
monideep@cal.vsnl.net.in

Date of establishment
1995

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Infrastructural facilities

• Books in the Library of the Centre: 100
• Journals/periodicals subscribed to by the Centre: 4
• Computers in the Centre: Two

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Publications

3 papers published/presented by the Co-Ordinator during this period

1.  A Development Perspective 2011 for Economic Revival of West Bengal:
     A Bengal Package. Ninth Plan Proposals, April 1998.
2. Megacity Mass Transit options within Environmental Parameters.
     World Congress on Sustainable Development, Kolkata, 20-23 January 2001.
3. Integrated Eco-Friendly Rail Transit Options for Calcutta Megacity
    Mass Transportation. National Seminar on 'National Connectivity Vision :
    Surface Transportation and Communication', Indian National Academy
    of Engineering, Hyderabad, January 2001

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International/national links

Initial interaction with Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, Edinburgh

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Any other highlights

1. The ongoing ISRO Respond project has demonstrated how remote
    sensing techniques can help municipal and panchayat-level planning.
    Two case studies have been undertaken, in Baduria Municipality
    (North 24-Parganas District) and Shyampur Panchayat Samiti
    (Hooghly District).
2. With this experience, the Centre has proposed to the UGC to set up
    a permanent establishment with necessary infrastructure at the University's
    Second Campus at Bidhan Nagar, for In-House Remote Sensing work.
3. Subsequent to the setting up of this infrastructure, the Centre also
    proposes to offer courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
    This forms the second part of the Centre's proposal to the UGC.

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