Rate My Professor Anand Khatri

Prof. Khatri's research specializations include Urban Villages, Paradigms of Urban Growth, and Water and the City. Founding Director of Urban Village Charitable Trust (UVCT) and Poiesis Society for Poetry, he leads AIT SAP's research initiatives, including Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plans (GPSDPs) for 34 villages across 14 states in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, with the Kalonda village plan accepted by the Government of India for implementation in 2021. He contributed to G20 T20 2023 policy briefs, NIUA Smart City evaluations, and participatory research for the book "Rediscovering Delhi" (2021). Key publications comprise books "21 Seasons: Essays on Poetry & Spirituality" (2017) and "Wo Din Wapas Laa Sakti Ho" (2019), poetry anthologies "Lamakaan" (2020) and others, edited "River Fringe Development" (2022), co-edited Springer Nature series "Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements", and papers such as "The Role of Urban Villages of Noida as a skeleton to Urbanization" (2020) and "Urban Villages in Developing Industrial Towns: Case study Bhang el" (2020). He has guided award-winning student theses, organized seminars and guest lectures, delivered six faculty development lectures, and heads online learning and training during the pandemic.