Tania Berger Editor

Binti Singh is an urban sociologist and holds a Ph.D. (in urban studies) and an M.Phil. (in Planning and Development) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, India. She is currently Dean (Research and Academic Development) at KRVIA, Mumbai, India. She is engaged in diverse international research programs and supervises PhD. students in various international universities including University of Virginia, USA and United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan.

Tania Bergeris a trained architect and holds a PhD in construction and building sciences, entertaining a strong focus on social science. She heads the Cluster Social sPACe based research in built Environment (SPACE) at the Department for Building and Environment at Danube University Krems, which works on issues of integration in housing on a national level and global urbanization processes and precarious housing in an international context. She coordinates Erasmus projects in the field of “Capacity Building in Higher Education” with a focus on informal settlements in India and Ethiopia.

Manoj Parmar is currently Director at KRVIA, Mumbai, India. He holds a Bachelor's in Architecture from the L.S.R. School of Architecture, Mumbai, India and an M. Arch from the University of Miami, Florida, USA. He has been teaching at KRVIA, Mumbai since 1992. His academic interests include theoretical writings on architecture and urbanism. He has also been in private practice of architecture and urban design since 1992. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has worked on numerous private and public housing/institutional commissions across India and has been actively involved in redevelopment projects across the city of Mumbai.