DEPARTMENTS
Dr. P. P. Anil Kumar
Dr. P. P. Anil Kumar

Professor

Office Address:

Professor, Department of Architecture , NIT Calicut

Email ID:

ppa@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

G4, Saraswati Apartments, Karaparamba, Calicut-10 Amaravathy, Near Milma.H.O, Peringolam, Kunnamangalam

  • Architectural Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, 1985-1989, 79.1%

  • Master of City Planning(MCP) , Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India , 1990-1992 , CGPA 8.74/10

  • Ph.D(Sustainable Coastal Cities), IIT Madras , 2004-2007

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Architectural Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, 1985-1989, 79.1%

    • Master of City Planning(MCP) , Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India , 1990-1992 , CGPA 8.74/10

    • Ph.D(Sustainable Coastal Cities), IIT Madras , 2004-2007

    Journals

    National Journals

    1. "Impact Analysis of Critical Landuses on Urban Coastal Zones using the Coastal Zone Health Index”, Journal of the Institution of Town Planners, India, Volume-9, Number 2, April- June 2012 (ISSN 0537-9679).
    2. "Sustainable Solid Waste Management through Landscaped Landfills" Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9 (29), August 2016, jointly with Amritha P K.
    3. “Green Landuse planning as an alternate methodology for Sustainable Planning”, Journal of the Institution of Town Planners, India, Volume-9, Number 1, January-March 2012. (ISSN 0537-9679) jointly with Chithra K.
    4. "Landuse Generator based Solid waste estimation for Sustainable Residential built environment in Small/medium scale Urban areas", Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9(6), February 2016, jointly with Chithra K.
    5. “Policy Guidelines for a Degree course in Architectural Engineering”, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, India, Vol 75, March 1995 jointly with Dr. Balagopalan T S Prabhu, Dr. S Unnikrishna Pillai.
    6. “Quantification of residential landuse characteristics from an Impact generation potential perspective", Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8(28), October 2015, jointly with Chithra K and Naseer M A.
    7. “A Stochastic Approach to Estimate Distribution of Built-Up Area in Regions with Thick Tree Cover”, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, May 2017, 1-11, jointly with Bimal Puthuvayi.
    8. “Study of Urban Sprawl Impacts on Wetland Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and GIS” Published by the Journal of the Indian National Cartographer Association, Indian Cartographer, Volume 38, 2019 jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
     

     

    International Journals

    1. “Identifying Critical Variables for Coastal Profiling in ICZM Planning – A Systems Approach”, published by the International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Zone Management (Elsevier) in its 2008 issue 2008, (51(1), page nos. 73–94) jointly with Dr. Koshy Varghese, Dr. L.S. Ganesh, Monto Mani, Ramana Murthy d, B.R. Subramaniam.
    2. Formulating a Coastal Zone Health for Landuse Impacts in Urban Coastal Zone” published by the International Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier) in its November 2010 issue (Issue 91, page nos.2172-2185) jointly with Dr. Koshy Varghese, Dr. L.S. Ganesh.
    3. "Land use based modeling of Solid Waste generation for Sustainable Residential Development in Small/Medium Scale Urban Areas" Procedia Environmental Sciences volume 35 (2016) pages: 229 – 237, jointly with Chithra K.
    4. “Formulating a Coastal Zone Health for Landnduse Impacts in Urban Coastal Zone” published by the International Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier) in its November 2010 issue (Issue 91, page nos.2172-2185), jointly with Dr. Koshy Varghese, Dr. L.S. Ganesh.
    5. “Effective and Passive Utilization of Solar Energy for Energy Efficient Buildings; an Application Perspective”, published by the International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering in its February 2013 Special Issue 3 for ICERTSD (Volume 3, page nos. 311-315.
    6. "Municipal Solid Waste Management, a Major Impacted Sector of Urban Environment due to Residential Land Use Activities- Study of Kozhikode City" Procedia Environmental Sciences volume 35 (2016) pages: 229 – 237, jointly with Chithra K and Naseer M A.
    7. “An Assessment of LEED-based Green Building certification system from the Energy Efficient Building perspective”, published by the International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering in its February 2013 Special Issue 3 for ICERTSD (Volume 3, page nos. 316-320), jointly with Chithra K.
    8. “Identification of Critical Landuses and their predominant Solid waste generator aspects for a Landuse based Solid waste assessment system”, Abacus, Refereed International Journal on Architectural conservation and Urban Studies, Spring 2014, Volume 9, Issue 2014, jointly with Chithra K.
    1. "Development of Landscaped Landfills using Organic Waste for Sustainable Urban Waste Management", Procedia Environmental Sciences volume 35 (2016) pages: 229 – 237, jointly with Amritha P K.
    1. “Productive Landscapes as a Sustainable Organic Waste Management Option in urban areas”, published by the International Journal, Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer) (online on 13th November 2017) in its November 2017 issue, jointly with Amritha P K.
    2. “Managing Urban Sprawl Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, Published by the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-3/W11, 59–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W11-59-2020, 2020, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    3. "A methodology for identifying critical factors influencing land value in urban areas: a case study of Kerala, India” Property Management (2020), vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 665–681, DOI: 10.1108/PM-01-2020-0004, jointly with Binoy BV, Naseer MA.
    4. “Critical indicators for assessment of capacity development for disaster preparedness in a pandemic context”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier), Volume 55 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102077, jointly with Shine George.
    5. “A bibliometric analysis of property valuation research,” International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, (2021), vol. 15, no. 1, DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-09-2020-0115, jointly with Binoy BV, Naseer MA, Nina Lazer.
    6. "A Fully Automated Approach to Extract Landcover Features from Landsat Imageries," 2021, IEEE Xplore, 2021, pp. 6669-6672, DOI:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554848, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    7. “Factors affecting land value in an Indian city,” Journal of Property Research (2022) pp. 1–25, DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2021.2014937, jointly with Binoy BV, Naseer MA.
    8. “How Smart Growth Can Curb Urban Sprawl: A Case Study of a Rapidly Urbanizing City in Kerala, India”, The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2022); Gottingen Vol. XLIII-B3-2022, Gottingen: Copernicus GmbH. (2022): 1355 1360. DOI:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-1355-202, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    9. "Indicator-based assessment of capacity development for disaster preparedness in the Indian context, Environmental Systems and Decisions, Springer (2022), DOI: 10.1007/s10669-022-09856-0, jointly with Shine George.
    10. "A critical review of the fair value of land in Kerala, India,” Property Management, DOI: 10.1108/PM-04 2022-0029, Emerald Publishing, October 2022, jointly with Binoy BV, Naseer MA.
    11. “Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Urban Sprawl in a Rapidly Urbanizing City Using Machine Learning Classification”, published in Geocarto International, https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2129817, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, October 2022, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    12. “Quantifying the interactions of landuse allocation and coastal zone systems: A conceptual framework”, published in Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management”, ISSN 1646-8872, DOI 10.5894/rgci-n489, jointly with Krishnaveni K S, Dr. Koshi Vergese, Dr. L S Ganesh
       

       

    International Conferences

    1. “Critical indicators as decision-making tool for environmentally compatible developmental projects” Presented at the International Conference on Environmental Management at JNTU Hyderabad, from 28th to 30th October 2005.
    2. “Environmental impact assessment of the proposed IT corridor highway at Chennai using RIAM.” Presented at Ecocity 6, 6th International Conference on Ecocities held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from 4th to 7th December 2006.
    3. “Evolution of Coastal Zone Health Index (CHI) as a Metric to evaluate Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) efficiency" presented at the International Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management 2007, organized by Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, November 2007 at Cardiff, Wales, UK, jointly with Dr. Koshi Vergese, Dr. L S Ganesh.
    4. “Coastal zone health (CHI) as a metric to capture the Impact of Coast Critical landuses on Urban coasts.” Presented at UPE7, 7th International Conference on Urban Planning and Environment with the central theme of World class Cities held at Bangkok, January 3rd to 7th 2007, jointly with Dr. Koshi Vergese, Dr. L S Ganesh.
    5. “Planning landuses green and the impact analysis of landuses- a new planning approach”, International Conference on Sustainable Architecture organized by IIA, at Trivandrum from 9th to 11th January 2009, jointly with Chithra K.
    6. “An LCA-based evaluation of core green building principles”, International Conference on Sustainable Architecture organized by IIA, at Trivandrum from 9th to 11th January 2009, jointly with Anjchita B Nair.
    7. “Evaluation of LEED’s Green building certification criteria from an LCA perspective.”, International Conference on Environmental Sustainability with Green Building Technology, at Meenakshi Sundarrajan Engineering College, Chennai, from January 15th to 17th, 2010, jointly with Chithra K.
    8. “Urban Landuse Impact Analysis and Prediction; A new approach to Sustainable landuse planning”, presented in the 9th International Symposium of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association (IUPA) at Guangzhou, China, from 3rd August to 6th August 2010.
    9. “Vernacular Principles: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Architecture”, International Conference on Environmental Sustainability with Green building Technology, at Meenakshi Sundarrajan Engineering College, Chennai, from January 15th to 17th, 2010, jointly with Divya Nagarajan.
    10. “An appraisal on the LCA compatibility of the India LEED rating system for Green Building Certification”, presented in the International Conference on Urbanism and Green Architecture, at NIT Hamirpur, from 30th to 31st October 2010, jointly with Chithra K.
    11. “Adapted Vernacular Principles; an alternate route to Sustainable/Green Architecture”, presented in the International Conference on Urbanism and Green Architecture, at NIT Hamirpur, from 30th to 31st October 2010.
    12. “Traditional and Vernacular Practices in Architecture- a Roadmap to Sustainable Development.” Presented in the International Conference on Society, Technology and Sustainable Development (ICSTSD 2011), jointly organized by the Amrita Institute, UNESCO, State University of New York, Buffalo and Deiken University, Melbourne Australia, held in Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Kochi, from 3rd to 5th June 2011.
    13. “Impact Analysis of Critical Landuses on Urban Coasts”, presented in the International Conference on Urban Planning, Strategies and Challenges at Elphinstone College, Mumbai from 30th to 31st January 2007, jointly with Dr. Koshi Vergese, Dr. L S Ganesh.
    14. “Life cycle analysis (LCA) and LEED’s Green building certification criteria; an evaluation of their compatibility”. Presented in the International conference on Society, Technology and Sustainable Development (ICSTSD 2011), at the Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Kochi, from 3rd to 5th June 2011, jointly with Chithra K.
    15. “Adapted vernacular principles as an alternate route to sustainable architecture and development: a methodology framework”, presented in the 4th International congress of Environmental Research (ICER 2011), jointly organised by the journal of Environmental Research and development (JERAD) and Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat from 14th to 17th December 2011.
    16. Presented an expert lecture/paper titled “Sustainability, climate responsiveness and energy efficiency dimensions of natural stones” presented in the International conference of Global Stone Technology forum at Jaipur during 15-16th December 2011. The international conference was jointly organized by the Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS), Govt. of Rajasthan and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
    17. ‘India’s LEED based Green building certification system; Critical review from a Life cycle analysis’, presented in the 4th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER 2011), jointly organized by the Journal of Environmental Research and Development (JERAD) and Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat from 14th to 7th December 2011, jointly with Chithra K.
    18. “Reinventing Vernacular Principles of Architecture for a more Sustainable quality of Urban Environment”. Presented in the 2nd International Conference on ‘Urban Quality of Life – a Vision towards better future’ organized by the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering of MTI University, Cairo at the Marriot, Cairo, Egypt from 18th-20th March 2012.
    19. ‘Residential location search Algorithm with Multi-criteria’, presented in ‘Geomatrix’ an International Conference on Geospatial technologies and applications jointly organized by IIT Bombay and ‘Inria’ from 26th to 29th February 2012 at IIT Mumbai, jointly with Bimal Puthuvayi and Vandita Srivastava.
    20. “Integrating LCA in to LEED’s green building rating system for a better quality of environment”. Presented in the 2nd International Conference on ‘Urban Quality of Life – a Vision towards better future’ organized by the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering of MTI University, Cairo at the Marriot, Cairo, Egypt from 18th to 20th of March 2012, jointly with Chithra K.
    21. “Effective and Passive Utilization of Solar Energy for Energy Efficient Buildings; an Application Perspective”. Presented in the International Conference on “Energy Resources and Technologies for Sustainable Development’ (ICERTSD) at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Calcutta from 7th to 9th February 2013.
    22. “An Assessment of LEED-based Green Building certification system from the Energy Efficient Building perspective”, presented at the International Conference on “Energy Resources and Technologies for Sustainable Development’ (ICERTSD) at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Calcutta from 7th to 9th February 2013, jointly with Chithra K.
    23. “Overview of natural stones as an energy efficient and climate responsive material choice for Leed certified green buildings”, presented in the international conference named Green Campus Summit 2013 jointly organized by Association for promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities (APSCC), Puducherry, India, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences”, RCE Hamburg and Region and Centre for International Business and Sustainability (CIBS), London Met University, UK at Pondicherry during April 04-05, 2013. 23.
    24. “Environmental Sustainability as Achieved through Practice of Vernacular Principles; Framework from an Indian context”, presented in the 4th international conference on ‘Urban and Extra Urban Studies’ held in the Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands during November 22-24, 2013.
    25. “Landscaped landfills as a sustainable green option for solid waste management”, presented in the International Conference on Architecture and Engineering in Urban development 2013 (AEUD 2013) at Grand oriental hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka during 20th -21st December 2013, jointly with Amritha P K.
    26. “Landscaped Landfills as a Sustainable Solid Waste Management Option and its Environmental Impacts”, presented in the Fifth International Conference on the ‘Constructed Environment’ organized by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia USA from 16th to 18th October 2014, jointly with Amritha P K.
    27. “Urban Land and Built Space Management Ensuring Equity of Built Space in Urban Areas”, presented in the 2nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanical and Management held at College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram from December 17th to 19th 2014, jointly with Pradeep R.
    28. “Better resonance of sense of aesthetics as transpired by vernacular architecture; a broad enquiry into the process”, presented in the 1st International Conference on ‘Reinventing Design pedagogy and Contextual Aesthetics, ICDPCA 2015 organized by the Department of Architecture at NIT Calicut from January 30th to 31st, 2015.
    29. “Land use generator based solid waste estimation for the sustainable residential built environment in small/medium scale urban areas”, presented in the International Conference on “Sustainable Technologies in Building & Environment” (ICSTBE 2015) organized by the Department of Architecture, Sathyabhama University, Chennai during July 15-17 2015, jointly with Chithra K.
    30. “Quantification of Residential Land Use Characteristics from an Impact Generation Potential Perspective”, presented in the International Conference on “Sustainable Technologies in Building & Environment” (ICSTBE 2015) organized by the Department of Architecture, Sathyabhama University, Chennai during July 15-17 2015, jointly with Chithra K, Naseer M A.
    31. “Sustainable solid waste management through landscaped landfills”, presented in the International Conference on “Sustainable Technologies in Building & Environment” (ICSTBE 2015) organized by the Department of Architecture, Sathyabhama University, Chennai during July 15-17 2015, jointly with Amritha P K.
    32. “Scattered development to Compact development; managing paradigm shift in Urbanisation Policy in Kerala", presented in the International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2015) by GSTF on 5-6, October, 2015 at Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore, jointly with Pradeep R.
    33. “Landuse based modeling of solid waste generation for sustainable residential development in small/medium scale urban areas”, presented in the 5th International conference on Solid Waste Management at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 24th to 27th November 2015, jointly with Chithra K.
    34. “Municipal Solid Waste Management, a major impacted sector of urban environment due to residential landuse activities- Study of Kozhikode city”, presented in the 5th International conference on Solid Waste Management at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 24th to 27th November 2015, jointly with Chithra K, Naseer M A.
    35. “Development of Landscaped landfills using organic waste for Sustainable Urban Waste Management”, presented in the 5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 24th to 27th November 2015, jointly with Amritha P K.
    36. “Assessment of Disaster Preparedness - the need to construct a Disaster Preparedness Index in the Indian context”, presented in the 1st International Conference on Mitigation and Management for Sustainable Development and Risk Reduction at the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Trichy from 22nd to 24th February 2016, jointly with Shine George.
    37. “Smart and environmentally sensitive Landuse allocation evaluation framework for Coastal urban areas”, presented in the 4th International Congress on 'Urban and Environmental Issues’ organized by the University of Aksaray, Turkey at Aksaray University, Dedeman, Turkey during October 20th -22nd October 2016. (delivered as Keynote).
    38. “Landuse based Solid waste modeling for Sustainable Commercial Development in Small/Medium scale Urban areas”, presented in the 6th International Conference on Solid Waste Management (6th IconSWM) held at the Jadavpur University during 25th-26th November 2016, jointly with Chithra K.
    39. “A Methodological Construct for Enumerating Residential Land Use Characteristics – A Major Deciding Factor of Waste Generation in Indian Urban Areas”, presented in the 6th International Conference on Solid Waste Management (6th IconSWM) held at the Jadavpur University during 25th-26th November 2016, jointly with Chithra K, Naseer M A.
    40. “Sustainable Organic Waste Management in Neighbourhoods through Productive Urban Landscapes”, presented in the 6th International Conference on Solid Waste Management (6th IconSWM) held at the Jadavpur University during 25th-26th November 2016, jointly with Amritha K.
    41. “Development of indicators for formulation of disaster preparedness Indices in the Indian context”, presented in the International Conference on Studies in Disaster Management, Civil and Architectural Engineering (CSDMCAE -17) held in Kyoto, Japan during April 18-19, 2017, jointly with Shine George.
    42. “Analysis of the master planning process in India for its failure in factoring in environmental consideration”, presented in the International Conference on Green Buildings & Sustainable Engineering (GBSE 2018) at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kalamassery, Kochi from January 24-25, 2018, jointly with Ashikha Raoof.
    43. “Study of Urban Sprawl Impacts on Wetland Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, presented in the 38th Indian National Cartographers Association (INCA) International Congress on “Emerging Technologies in Cartography” organized by ISRO at Taj Hotel, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad during October 29-31,2018, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    44. “Spatial analysis of the fair value of land in Trivandrum, Kerala using GIS” presented in the 38th Indian National Cartographers Association (INCA) International Congress on "Emerging Technologies in Cartography " organized by ISRO at Taj Hotel, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad during October 29-31, 2018, jointly with Binoy B V, Naseer M A.
    45. “ICT as a Tool for the Structured Management of Urban Sprawl”, presented in Green Building & Sustainable Engineering International Conference organized by Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET), Kochi together with University of Stuttgart, Germany from February 19-20, 2019, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    46. “Critical factors influencing land value in urban Kerala”, presented in the Autumn School on Big Data and Methods in Regional Science, 2019, jointly with Binoy B V, Naseer M A.
    47. “Potential and prospects of ICT Integrated Mixed Land-use for Controlling Urban Sprawl”, presented in the 7th International Conference on Cities, People and Places (ICCPP-2019) ‘Caring and Managing Cities: Transforming Futures’, November 14th to 16th, 2019, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, jointly with Krishnaveni K S. 
    48. "Managing Urban Sprawl using Remote Sensing and GIS”, presented in the 21st William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (PECORA21)/ 38th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE38) Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, USA from October 7-11, 2019. The conference was jointly organized by NASA, NOAA, and the USGS, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.,
    49. “A Fully Automated Approach to Extract Landcover Features from Landsat Imageries”, presented in the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), a joint initiative of Belgium and the Netherlands at Brussels from July 12-16 2021, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    50. “Evaluation of smart growth as a tool to combat uncontrolled urban sprawl”, presented in the XXIV Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) jointly organized ISPRS and the French Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (SFPT) at Nice, France from June 6-11, 2022, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    51. “Assessing Machine Learning Classifiers for Tropical Land Use/Land Cover Mapping: A Study in Kochi Urban Agglomeration, India”, presented in the 4th International Land Use Symposium (ILUS) 2023 Urban Analytics for Transforming Cities and Regions: Tools, Methods and Applications 4th-6th October 2023 at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, co-organized by Center for Applied Geomatics, CEPT Research and Development Foundation, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India and Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany, jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    52. “Understanding the Accessibility of Urban Open Spaces through Behavioural Models – A Case of Kerala, India”, presented in the 5th Euro-Mediterranean conference in Environment Integration (EMCEI). (Publishing Partner Springer) at Rende (Cosenza), Italy from 2nd-5th October 2023 jointly with Meenu Santhaseelan.
    53. “Carrying Capacity Assessment for Sustainable Planning in the Face of Coastal Hazard: A Review”, presented in the 5th Euro-Mediterranean conference in Environment Integration (EMCEI). (Publishing Partner Springer) at Rende (Cosenza), Italy from 2nd-5th October 2023 jointly with Urbi Mondal.
    54. “Use of Smart Technology for the Protection and Management of Sacred Groves in India: A Study of Kozhikode Metropolitan Region”, presented in the 5th Euro-Mediterranean conference in Environment Integration (EMCEI). (Publishing Partner Springer) at Rende (Cosenza), Italy from 2nd-5th October 2023 jointly with Suchitra Karthik.
       

       

    National Conferences

    1. “Development of Sun path diagram for energy efficient Buildings” presented in the National Seminar on ‘Eco-friendly Building materials in construction’, IE, at A &N Islands 24th to 26th Sept.1997.
    2. “Environmental Indices as Decision-making tools for Environmentally compatible development”, presented in the National Seminar on Challenges in dev. In the urban areas of newly formed states at BIT Mesra, Ranchi. 6th to 8th Dec. 2001.
    3. “Redevelopment Program for SM Street, Calicut”, presented in ‘Paithrukam”, National Seminar on Heritage Conservation at Trichur Oct 18th to 20th 2002.
    4. “Energy Management in Buildings and its cost saving Dimensions” presented at the National Seminar on Architectural Engineering at Bhubaneswar, IE from 10th to 12th March 2002.
    5. “Generic and Project specific traits of Landuses; A new approach to the planning process of Tomorrow”, presented in the National Conference on “Architecture Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” at School of Architecture, Bharath University, Chennai from 23rd -24th Feb 2007.
    6. “Zero Energy Buildings and their future”, presented in the National Conference of Architectural Engineers held at Calicut from 20th to 21st November 2009.
    7. “A metric for Impact Analysis of Critical landuses on Urban Coastal zones.” Presented in the National Conference on Coastal Processes, Resources and Management, at Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram from 5th to 7th February 2010.
    8. “Vernacular Principles of Architecture; takeaways to the Modern context” presented in the all India seminar on ‘Relevance of Traditional Architecture in Modern Buildings’ jointly organized by the Institution of Engineers, Departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut at NIT Calicut during 15-16, September, 2011.
    9. “Eco-sustainable dimensions of green and Vernacular practices in Architecture”, presented in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Towards Green Consumerism - Innovative Approaches and Practices’ (Gre Con 2012) at the St.Teresa’s college, Kochi from 9th to 10th August 2012.
    10. “Inclusive Cities, Inclusive DCRs, Inclusive F.A.R. for ensuring inclusiveness of built-up space through DRC”, presented in the 63rd ITPI National Conference held at Chennai from 9th to 11th January 2015 jointly with Pradeep R.
    11. “A stochastic approach to estimate distribution of built-up land area in regions with thick tree cover”, presented in the ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Recent advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystems from December 7-9, 2016 at Dehradun, India jointly with Bimal Puthuvayi.
    12. “Inclusive dimensions of Vernacular Architecture from Architectural education perspective”, presented in the National Conference ‘Informal Settlements in Indian Cities, Impulses for Innovation in Architecture and Urban education’ from September 1st to 4th, 2016 organized jointly by multiple Indian and foreign Universities including CEPT, and Lund University and funded by Erasmus Programme of EU at Karpagam University, Coimbatore.
    13. "Potential and Prospects of Mixed-use Development for Control of Urban Sprawl", presented in the 38th National Convention of Architectural Engineers on the theme, ‘Architectural Engineering for Socio-economic Development’ organized by the Institution of Engineers (India), at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal on 24th and 25th November 2018 Krishnaveni K S.
    14. “Application of smart growth to curb urban sprawl: A case study of Kozhikode urban agglomeration”, presented in the 70th National Town and Country planners Conference on “India at 75: Spatial Planning Initiatives” at Bhopal, 15-17 April 2022 jointly with Krishnaveni K S.
    15. “Advances in Strategies for Coastal Risk Alleviation with special reference to Carry Capacity Assessment”, presented in 13th National Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRIM) at IIT Roorkee, 28th – 30th September 2023 jointly with Urbi Mondal.
     

     

    Books (Refereed)

    Book Authored

    Author of the Book titled ‘Introduction to Smart Cities’ published by Pearson Education in 2019. (ISBN No. 978-93-534-3957-6, Hardcopy and kindle editions are available). The book introduces the idea of ‘Smart cities’ comprehensively by covering the conceptual basis and the principles in practice systematically and sector-wise. Written lucidly, covering possible new attempts and retrofitting options in turning smart, the book is an all in one handy volume for city enthusiasts to advanced learners.

    Book Chapters Authored

    1. A chapter in the book titled ‘New Oceanography Research Developments’ Volume edited by Louis Martorino (Editor) and Karl Puopolo (Editor) and published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc, New York. Library of Congress data - (ISBN 978-1-60786-341-2 (hardcover). Published in July 2010. My chapter is titled as Landuse allocation on Urban coastal zones; towards a Model Methodology Framework.
    2. A chapter in the book titled ‘GIS for Smart Cities’ Volume edited by Prof. T.M Vinodkumar, Retd. Dean, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and published by Copal Publishing, New Delhi. The chapter is titled as ‘Environmentally sensitive Land use allocation for Smart coastal cities.’ November 2013. (ISBN 9788-1924-73352 -hardcover).
    3. A chapter in the book titled ‘Implementing Campus Greening initiatives: Approaches, Methods & Perspectives’ to be published by Peter Lang scientific Publishers. The chapter is titled as ‘Overview of natural stones as an energy efficient and climate responsive material choice for LEED certified green buildings’- Published by Springer International publishing, Switzerland 2015. (ISBN 978-3-319-11961-8), http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319119601.
    4. A chapter (chapter 9) in the book titled ‘Utilization and Management of Bio Resources’ and the chapter is titled as ‘Sustainable Organic waste management in Neighborhoods through Productive Urban Landscapes’. Book is published by Springer Nature Singapore, 2017. ISBN 978-981-10-5348-1.
    5. A chapter in the book titled ‘Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering’ as part of the Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (STICEE) book series jointly edited by Drück H., Pillai R., Tharian M., Majeed A. (eds) and published by Springer, Singapore (1019). The chapter is titled as ‘Analysis of the Master Planning Process in India for Its Failure in Factoring in Environmental Consideration’. Page nos.217-225 and the print book’s ISBN is 978-981-13-1201-4.
    6. A chapter in the book titled ‘Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering’ in the series Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering ‘’Volume edited by Druck H., Mathur J., Panthalookaran V., Sreekumar V. and published by Springer Singapore (2020) - (ISBN 978-981-15-1062-5 (hardcover). The chapter is titled as ICT as a Tool for the Structured Management of Urban Sprawl, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1063-2_10.

    Consultancy and Sponsored Projects

    • Designed and implemented two major Hostel buildings (Cyber home and PG hostel 2) for the Institute, at an approx. expense of 10 crores in 2004.

    • Coordinator for the project of doing Architectural Design of a Student Facilitation Center for the University of Calicut at a cost of Rs. 5 crores - Income earned-10 lakhs.

    • Coordinator for the project to do layout/masterplan preparation and Typology detailing of Total Habitat development (THDP) for AHADS for 3 tribal settlements at an approximate cost of Rs. 7 crores. Total projectwork constituted the tasks of Detailed Project Preparation (DPR), Typology development and the total project implementation in a span of about 12- 18 months. Income earned for the Institute -42 lakhs.

    • Coordination of preparation of the rehabilitation masterplan of the Cyberpark of Kozhikode. 
    • Architectural Design of the Townhall and Dining hall complex at a cost of Rs. 2 crores for Mahe Municipality, Pondicherry in 2004.
    • Principal Investigator of the HUDCO funded research project titled ‘Development of a Model framework for Land use based Estimation and Prediction of Solid waste generation in small/medium scale towns in India’, under HSMI/HUDCO R&D Plan.– Ongoing.
    • Coordinated the project on Modernization of CAD Laboratory, Department of Architecture under MODROBS.
    • Coordinator of the Institute consultancy project of comprehensive renovation of Maharaja’s college, Ernakulam.
    • Coordinator of the Institute consultancy project of Acoustic design and Interior layout preparation for the Auditorium complex of Koyilandy Municipality. Income earned for the Institute -10 lakhs.
    • Coordinator of the consultancy project of ‘Design of the New Shopping mall' for Koyilandy Municipality of about 5500 m2 area at a cost of about 15 crores. Consultancy income expected to the Institute= 55 lakhs.

    Awards and Recognitions

    AWARDS

    Received the Eminent Architectural Engineer Award instituted by Institution of Engineers, India in recognition of the eminence and contribution to the profession of Architectural Engineering, from P.K.Maity (Chairman, IE Division, Calcutta) and Dr. Umamaheswara Rao (Director, NIT Suratkal) during the 34th National Convention of Architectural Engineers on 24th November at NIT Suratkal.

    BEST PAPER AWARDS

    1. The paper titled ‘Formulating a coastal zone health metric for landuse impacts in urban coastal zones’, has won the 'Award for the best Publication of the year' from amongst the entire faculty of NITC in the year 2010. The paper is published in the highly reputed international journal of Elsevier titled ‘Journal of Environmental Management’ in its November 2010 issue. It is one of the highest regarded international journal in the field of Environmental sciences, which publishes only original and seminal work.
    2. Received the Best paper award in the International conference on ‘Society, Technology and Sustainable Development’ (ICSTSD 2011), jointly organised by the Amrita Institute, UNESCO, State University of New York Buffalo and Deiken university Melbourne Australia, that was held in Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Kochi, from 3rd to 5th June 2011, for the paper titled as ' Traditional and Vernacular Practices in Architecture- a Roadmap to Sustainable Development' About 60 papers from around 18 countries were personally presented in the conference. Award was sponsored by Deiken University of Melbourne, Australia and carried a cash award, a memento and a certificate.
    3. Received the Best Paper Award for the paper titled 'Landuse based modeling of Solid waste generation for Sustainable residential development in small/medium scale Urban areas' in the 5th International conference on Solid Waste Management, 'IconSWM 2015' that was jointly organised by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Jadavpur University at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore from November 25-27,2015.
    4. Received the Best paper award for the paper titled ‘Residential location search Algorithm with Multi criteria’ in the session on ‘Landuse based Applications’ of the International  Conference on Geospatial technologies and applications  (‘Geomatrix’) jointly organized by IIT Bombay and ‘Inria’ from 26th to 29th February 2012 at IIT Mumbai.
    5.  Awarded a fellowship by the International Urban Planning and Environment Association   (IUPEA) USA to attend the 7thUPE at Kasaetsart University Bangkok in the year 2007.

    OTHER RECOGNITIONS

    1. Delivered keynote address in the 70th National Town and Country planners Conference on “India at 75: Spatial Planning Initiatives” at Hotel Marriot, Bhopal, 15-17 April 2022.
    2. Given an Invited Lecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTAU), Greece on the topic ‘Planning Urban areas/spaces in India; A case study of the city of Calicut in Kerala, India’ on 18th October 2016.
    3. Given a keynote address in the 4th International Congress on 'Urban and Environmental Issues organized by Aksaray University, Turkey at Dedeman, Istanbul during October 20th -22nd October 2016on the topic ‘Smart and environmentally sensitive Landuse allocation evaluation framework for Coastal urban areas’.
    4. Member of the 3 member expert panel that evaluated the Architectural designs for the Cyberpark in Kozhikode, which was a 100 crore project to begin with. Around 7 nationally renowned architectural firms participated in the final round of the said competition and we were to choose the winner who will be the project architect.
    5. Reviewer for the ICT programme of MHRD anchored by IIT Kharagapur, for the subject ‘Structural systems’ for Architecture programs all over India. Faculty of BIT Meshra constitutes the team.
    6. Invited to deliver an expert lecture titled ‘Sustainability, climate responsiveness and energy efficiency dimensions of natural stones’ during the International conference of Global stone Technology forum at Jaipur during 15-16th December 2012. The international conference was jointly organized by Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS), Govt. of Rajastan and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The speakers were all renowned Architects across India.
    7. Former Head, Department of Architecture, NIT Calicut
    8. Former Member, Board of Goverenors, NIT Calicut
    9. Chaired sessions in Reputed International conferences at IISc Bangalore and NIT Calicut.
    10. Member of the INTBAU board (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanisation, an International organisation patroned by HRH, The Prince of Wales) Island States chapter, Mauritius.

    Popular Articles

    1. Mathrubhoomi Edit page article on Smart Cities-All editions

    2. Falling Water House in Manorama Veedu

    3. Master Planning article in Manorama Veedu

    4. Manorama  daily all edition lead article on Town Planning ordinance

    5. Times of India article on Architcture Education

    6. Malayala Manorama Edit page Article (All Editions) on Gulf Returnees

    7. Article on Online Taxis in Mathrubhoomi

    8. Mathrubhoomi Article on SM Street pedestrianisation

    9. Mathrubhoomi article on Open Spaces in Urban Areas

    10. Mathrubhoomi article on Town Planning Ordinance

     

    Membership In Professional Bodies

    Fellow- Institution of town Planners India   FITP

    Fellow- Institution of Engineers India   FIE

    Member- Society of Architectural engineers India  MISAE

    Member- Indian Society of Technical Education  MISTE

    Member- Institute of Indian Interior Designers   IIID

    Book Authored

    Training/Workshops Attended

    1. Teaching Methodologies and pedagogy at IIT Madras in 2004.

    2. Recent Advances in Building Services at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore in 2003.

    3. GIS and its applications in Environmental Planning in IIT Madras in 2001.

    4. UNESCO Regional training in Simulation models in Engineering in IIT Madras in 2002.

    5. Upgrade and update Technology for Architecture at College of Engg., Trivandrum in 2000.

    6. Human Factors in Engineering for Improving at NITTIE, Mumbai in 1997.

    7. Induction Programme for Teachers in Institutions of Architecture at SPA, JNTU, Hyderabad in 1996.

    8. 3 day residential MDP on ‘academic leadership’ at IIM Kozhikode 2014.

    9. One week workshop on ‘Design Issues and Challenges’ at National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad in 2015.

    Academic and Related Achievements

    • First Rank in B.Tech in Calicut university
    • Scored 7th rank in Architecture GATE, Post Graduate Engineering entrance examination in 1990 conducted for postgraduate admission into the IITs, with a percentile of 98.63
    • 2nd rank in Master’s programme (MCP at IIT Kharagpur).
    • Completed all courses in PhD in ‘S’ (excellent) grade.
    • Guided about 15 B.Tech and 85 B.Arch projects/theses ranging from Music academy to Software Technology park.
    • Complted 1 PhD, Submitted 1 and currently guiding 6 PhD students in Land valuation, Disaster Management Green Buildings, Environmental Management, Built space management etc.

    Reviewer of Journals

    • Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier ) – Impact factor 2.67
    • Marine Pollution bulletin (Elsevier) -  Impact factor 2.56
    • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
    • Journal of Ocean and Coastal Management  -(Elsevier)- Impact factor 1.6
    • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Journal of Management in Engineering
    • Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Springer Science) – Impact factor-1.4
    • Natural resources Forum- A United Nations Sustainable Development journal (UN –Scholarone)
    • International Journal of Technological Learning Innovation and Development (Inder-Science)
    • Institution of Engineers Journal A

    United States of America

    United Arab Emirates

    United Kingdom

    France

    Belgium

    Australia

    Japan

    Austria

    Switzerland

    Malaysia

    Nepal

    Singapore

    Egypt

    Turkey

    Greece

    Netherlands

    Thailand

    Vatikan city

    Italy

    People's republic of China

    Hongkong

    Czech Republic

    Bangladesh

     

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      • Productive Urban Landscapes- A sustainable solution for Organic waste Management for Indian urban areas. – Amrutha K, Landscape Architect, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut- Completed and Degree awarded in November 2017
      • An Algorithmic Framework for Surface Modeling of Population Concentration and Distribution – Bimal P, Architect Planner, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut - Completed and Degree awarded in January 2018
      • Deliverance of Community housing in the aftermath of Natural Disasters - Shine George, Civil Engineer Planner, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Viswajyothi College of Engineering, Todupuzha, Kerala – Completed and Degree awarded in February 2022
      • Built up space vs Infrastructure capacity assessment – Pradeep P, Engineer planner, Town planning Dept. of Kerala – Completed and Degree awarded in August 2022
      • Land value modeling in Kerala using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques – Binoy B V, Engineer GIS expert – Completed and Degree awarded in May 2022
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