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Engendering the Mumbai Suburban Railway Network Study for Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC)

Engendering the Mumbai Suburban Railway Network Study for Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC)

This study seeks to understand the specific needs and issues of women commuters across the three railway lines in Mumbai (Western, Central, Harbour) with respect to mobility, accessibility and opportunities.

Completed

Colonising the Slum: Changing Trajectories of State–Market Violence in Mumbai

Significant continuities and shifts in the forms and instruments of violence have taken place since the 1990s when changes were brought about in land markets of Mumbai. This paper views the impact of these shifts.

Hamara Shehar Vikas Niyojan (Our City Development Plan Campaign, Mumbai)

The Centre is engaged in peoples' consultations around the Mumbai Development Plan (2013-34) in collaboration with a network of citizen and activist groups.

Completed

Report of People’s Commission on Irregularities in SRA in Mumbai

The People’s Commission was appointed to pay attention to local concerns regarding slum rehabilitation. This report is a product of the review of six such slum rehabilitation sites.

Completed

Transforming M Ward : Leveraging Knowledge for Social Transformation

The project links students and faculty to key intervention areas, to bring about sustainable transformations in M-East ward, one of the poorest areas in the city.

Completed

Joint Studio on Eastern Waterfront Development

Students engaged in field-based research on the development of the Eastern Waterfront in collaboration with URBZ, an organisation committed to the idea of user-generated cities.