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NITC student wins the NIUA-NMCG Best Thesis National Award for her work on Nagpur city
Sakshi Katekhaye, M. Plan. Graduate (2022-24) from the Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut won the coveted NIUA-NMCG (National Institute for Urban Affairs- National Mission for Clean Ganga) Best Thesis Award in the PG category for the year 2024. The year’s theme focused on ‘Re-imagining Urban Rivers’. Sakshi’s research focused on Nagpur city and its Nag and Pioli rivers and lakes in her work titled ‘Enhancing Resilience and Imageability of Urban Areas through their Lake and River Assets – A Case of Nagpur’. She received the prize from Shri Rajeev Kumar Mital, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI, and Ms Debolina Kundu, Director (AC), National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI, in the presence of Shri Rajiv Ranjan, Chief Advisor, NIUA.
Sakshi’s thesis was shortlisted in a top 10 list of PG Theses. It was examined at various stages by subject experts and mentored by inputs from the NIUA-NMCG panel. This is a rare achievement for NIT Calicut, which has secured the prize twice in the last three years. The work was completed under the supervision of Dr Sanil Kumar from the Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut and mentored by Vaishnavi T G Shankar from the NIUA. Students of IIT Rookee and School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada won the second and third prize respectively
