Some glimpse from the Guest talk, ‘Towards Gender Transformation of Cities’ by Dr Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin @safetipin_ , New Delhi, organised by CEPT doctoral office. @ceptuniversity1@fa_cept@fpcept@rutul01
“What Am I Reading?” is a series launched to foster knowledge exchange, where each PhD candidate shares three books that have inspired and shaped their research.
The series begins with Neethu Mathew, who suggests three influential books that guided her work. Her research focuses on appropriating the spatial logics of chawl housing in Mumbai. Her DAC members are Dr Gauri Bharat @gauribharat Dr Jigna Desai @jignadesai42 Dr Sadan Jha @sadan_jha and Dr Himanshu Bhurte @himanshuburte
Through this series, we aim to inculcate how ideas travel, evolve, and inform research practices. By engaging with these selected texts, readers might gain insight into the intellectual frameworks behind each research, while also discovering new perspectives that may shape their own work.
For further discussions on the research, reading suggestions, or potential collaborations, feel free to get in touch.
@fa_cept@ceptuniversity1
#phdinarchitecture #research #cept
“What Am I Reading?” is a series launched to foster knowledge exchange, where each PhD candidate shares three books that have inspired and shaped their research.
The series begins with Neethu Mathew, who suggests three influential books that guided her work. Her research focuses on appropriating the spatial logics of chawl housing in Mumbai. Her DAC members are Dr Gauri Bharat @gauribharat Dr Jigna Desai @jignadesai42 Dr Sadan Jha @sadan_jha and Dr Himanshu Bhurte @himanshuburte
Through this series, we aim to inculcate how ideas travel, evolve, and inform research practices. By engaging with these selected texts, readers might gain insight into the intellectual frameworks behind each research, while also discovering new perspectives that may shape their own work.
For further discussions on the research, reading suggestions, or potential collaborations, feel free to get in touch.
@fa_cept@ceptuniversity1
#phdinarchitecture #research #cept
“What Am I Reading?” is a series launched to foster knowledge exchange, where each PhD candidate shares three books that have inspired and shaped their research.
The series begins with Neethu Mathew, who suggests three influential books that guided her work. Her research focuses on appropriating the spatial logics of chawl housing in Mumbai. Her DAC members are Dr Gauri Bharat @gauribharat Dr Jigna Desai @jignadesai42 Dr Sadan Jha @sadan_jha and Dr Himanshu Bhurte @himanshuburte
Through this series, we aim to inculcate how ideas travel, evolve, and inform research practices. By engaging with these selected texts, readers might gain insight into the intellectual frameworks behind each research, while also discovering new perspectives that may shape their own work.
For further discussions on the research, reading suggestions, or potential collaborations, feel free to get in touch.
@fa_cept@ceptuniversity1
#phdinarchitecture #research #cept
“What Am I Reading?” is a series launched to foster knowledge exchange, where each PhD candidate shares three books that have inspired and shaped their research.
The series begins with Neethu Mathew, who suggests three influential books that guided her work. Her research focuses on appropriating the spatial logics of chawl housing in Mumbai. Her DAC members are Dr Gauri Bharat @gauribharat Dr Jigna Desai @jignadesai42 Dr Sadan Jha @sadan_jha and Dr Himanshu Bhurte @himanshuburte
Through this series, we aim to inculcate how ideas travel, evolve, and inform research practices. By engaging with these selected texts, readers might gain insight into the intellectual frameworks behind each research, while also discovering new perspectives that may shape their own work.
For further discussions on the research, reading suggestions, or potential collaborations, feel free to get in touch.
@fa_cept@ceptuniversity1
#phdinarchitecture #research #cept
Guest talk, ‘Towards Gender Transformation of Cities’ by Dr Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin @safetipin_ , New Delhi, organised by CEPT doctoral office.
Schedule: Thursday, 7-May-2026, at 5:00 pm in Auditorium A03-103. Dr Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin @safetipin_ , a social enterprise that uses data to advocate for safe urban spaces for women.
‘Towards Gender Transformation of Cities’
The talk on gender transformation of cities will foreground how urban spaces are deeply shaped by gendered experiences. The focus will be on using data, safety audits, and lived realities, to demonstrate how cities systematically exclude women through unsafe infrastructure, limited mobility, and socio-cultural norms. Further the fear of violence restricts women’s access to education, work, and public life, and we need to move from “gender-sensitive” to gender-transformative planning. This includes embedding safety, accessibility, and inclusivity into urban design, leveraging data-driven tools, and centering women’s voices in decision-making to reclaim the “right to the city” for all. @fpcept@fa_cept@ceptuniversity1@rutul01@phd_facept@phd_ftcept
EXHIBITION 2026 | FA-PhD CEPT University
Date: Evening of 8th April to 10th April 2026 at the Sagara Basement
Tutor: Dr Sonal Mithal
Curators: Muhtadin Iqbal, Maithily Velangi and Monica Tewari
As part of a PhD course on Contemporary Critical Approaches in Architecture, the exhibition is curated from the readings in Beatriz Colomina’s book ‘X-Ray Architecture’. The exhibition brings forth the author’s alternative lens for critically examining architectural modernism.
The intent of the exhibition was to reinterpret modern architecture beyond its conventional associations with functional efficiency, technology, and material innovation, and instead foreground its connections with health, illness, fatigue, and hygiene.
It emphasized the ability to read architecture as a cultural and historical construct, where the “clean” lines of modernism are deeply embedded in the invisible conditions of their time.
#XRayArchitecture #Exhibition #CriticalThinking #Architecture beatrizcolomin
EXHIBITION 2026 | FA-PhD CEPT University
Date: Evening of 8th April to 10th April 2026 at the Sagara Basement
Tutor: Dr Sonal Mithal
Curators: Muhtadin Iqbal, Maithily Velangi and Monica Tewari
As part of a PhD course on Contemporary Critical Approaches in Architecture, the exhibition is curated from the readings in Beatriz Colomina’s book ‘X-Ray Architecture’. The exhibition brings forth the author’s alternative lens for critically examining architectural modernism.
The intent of the exhibition was to reinterpret modern architecture beyond its conventional associations with functional efficiency, technology, and material innovation, and instead foreground its connections with health, illness, fatigue, and hygiene.
It emphasized the ability to read architecture as a cultural and historical construct, where the “clean” lines of modernism are deeply embedded in the invisible conditions of their time.
#XRayArchitecture #Exhibition #CriticalThinking #Architecture beatrizcolomin
EXHIBITION 2026 | FA-PhD CEPT University
Date: Evening of 8th April to 10th April 2026 at the Sagara Basement
Tutor: Dr Sonal Mithal
Curators: Muhtadin Iqbal, Maithily Velangi and Monica Tewari
As part of a PhD course on Contemporary Critical Approaches in Architecture, the exhibition is curated from the readings in Beatriz Colomina’s book ‘X-Ray Architecture’. The exhibition brings forth the author’s alternative lens for critically examining architectural modernism.
Teaching and learning opportunities with CEPT Doctoral Programs
Enrolling to PhD programs at CEPT University brings in opportunities to teach alongside eminent professors and experts in the areas of built environment and habitat studies. Enrich your learning and research work with hands-on teaching experiences and interactions with the experts and scholars.
Testimonial by: Sonali Gurung, Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University
Last date to apply for admission to PhD programs at CEPT: 10-Apr-2026
Apply here: https://admissions.cept.ac.in/cept-adm-login.php
PhD Program details: https://cept.ac.in/programs/phda
RESEARCH PAPER II (mids)
Maithily Velangi presenting her work on the River as an important natural geographical marker.
Research Paper (RP2) in the second-semester of PhD Architecture program at CEPT, marks a crucial shift from conceptual thinking to applied research. As part of this, scholars move beyond literature reviews to engage in primary data collection, methodological testing, and critical analysis, building on insights from the previous semester to address defined research gaps. These reviews involve experts and peers to ensure rigour, focus, and constructive critique as students present their research design and overall progress. More than a formal requirement, this stage offers a valuable opportunity to reflect, recalibrate, and strengthen research direction, laying a solid foundation for advancing toward doctoral-level inquiry and impactful contributions.
DR Sushma Patel was the distinguished External Juror for the Research Paper II
The panel also experts within the University
Dr Meghal Arya, Dr Rutul Joshi, and Dr Sonal Mithal Research Paper (RP2) in the second-semester of PhD Architecture program at CEPT, marks a crucial shift from conceptual thinking to applied research. As part of this, scholars move beyond literature reviews to engage in primary data collection, methodological testing, and critical analysis, building on insights from the previous semester to address defined research gaps. These reviews involve experts and peers to ensure rigour, focus, and constructive critique as students present their research design and overall progress. More than a formal requirement, this stage offers a valuable opportunity to reflect, recalibrate, and strengthen research direction, laying a solid foundation for advancing toward doctoral-level inquiry and impactful contributions.
