National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Vulnerability Assessment, Sustainable Urbanism, Neighborhood Planning
Areas of Interest
  • Vulnerability and community resilience
  • Hazard reduction and recovery through community participation
  • Blue-Green infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
  • Age-friendly and child-friendly city and urban communities

Basudatta Sarkar Associate Professor, Planning and Architecture

sarkarb@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2767

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PUBLICATIONS

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CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Basudatta Sarkar

Associate Professor

Planning and Architecture

Room Number: TI-213

Department of Planning and Architecture, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2016

Ph.D.
Regional Planning
IIT Kharagpur

2011

MCP
City Planning
IIT Kharagpur

2009

B.Arch.
Architecture
BESU Shibpur

Teaching Experience
  • Architecture,  NIT Rourkela,   22 Jun 2015 - Present

Landscape design of ITI Hirakud Campus ITI Hirakud
  • PI
  • 01 Sep 2018 - 31 Dec 2019
  • Completed   Consultancy

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Total Publications: 20
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B. Sarkar and H. Banerji,"Designing Trans-Generational Urban Communities", Taylor and Francis, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781032623634/designing-trans-generational-urban-communities-basudatta-sarkar-haimanti-banerji 2024, View Details       Book

N. Saha and B. Sarkar,"Perspectives on convergence of NbS and agile city principles in tier ii industrial cities of India", Nature-based Solutions for Urban and Peri- Urban Areas: For Resilient and Sustainable Urbanisation, ch.5, pp.83-100, Springer, disaster risk reduction: methods, approaches and practices 2025, 10.1007/978-981-96-5933-3_5       Inbook

B. Kumar and B. Sarkar,"Impact of building dimensions and setbacks around buildings on the sky-view factor of a regulated residential urban canyon in India", Journal of Urban Planning and Development, vol.151, no.3, pp.1-16, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025, View Details       Article

B. Kumar and B. Sarkar,"Impact of canyon's height, width and length on the sky-view factor in a symmetrical urban canyon", Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol.156, no.283, pp.15, Springer Nature, May 2025, 10.1007/s00704-025-05495-y       Article

B. Kumar and B. Sarkar,"Exploring the significance of rotation angle in SVF estimate using a vector-based method", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Emerald Publishing, May 2025, View Details       Article

Academic Certification Program on Infant-Toddler Caregiver friendly Neighbourhoods (ITCN) for Young Professional Planning and Architecture (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 27 Aug 2022 - 17 Sep 2022
  • Brochure

  • Architectural Heritage Conservation {Theory}
  • Building Bye-Laws and Codes of Practice {Theory}
  • Building Materials - I {Theory}
  • Building Services - I {Theory}
  • Building Services - II {Theory}
  • Evolution of Architecture - I {Theory}
  • Evolution of Architecture - II {Theory}
  • Green Certification Systems {Theory}
  • History of Architecture – I {Theory}
  • Housing {Theory}
  • Human Settlements and Vernacular Architecture {Theory}
  • Infrastructure and Utility Planning {Theory}
  • Landscape Design {Theory}
  • Principles of Architectural Design {Theory}
  • Professional Practice {Theory}
  • Regional Analysis and Programing {Theory}
  • Risk and Disaster Management {Theory}
  • Settlement Systems {Theory}
  • Urban and Regional Planning {Theory}
  • Architectural Design - I {Practical}
  • Architectural Design – III {Practical}
  • Architectural Design - IV {Practical}
  • Architectural Design – IV {Practical}
  • Architectural Design - V {Practical}
  • Architectural Design-VIII {Practical}
  • Architectural Documentation Studio {Practical}
  • Estimation, Costing and Specifications Lab {Practical}
  • Estimation, Costing and Specifications Laboratory {Practical}
  • Field Study – I {Practical}
  • Field Study-II {Practical}
  • Landscape design {Practical}
  • Review of Contemporary Global Architecture {Practical}
  • Visual Arts - I {Practical}
  • Visual Arts – I {Practical}
  • Visual Arts - II {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
Impact of Urban Canopy Parameters on the Sky-view Factor in Indian Cities: A Parametric Approach
Binit Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Nov 2025
Supervisor
A Framework for Understanding Population Mobility by Rural Accessibility Measurement Approach
Shivendu Shekhar Singh
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Dec 2024
Supervisor
Contemporary urbanization
Padmaja Chakravarty
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Urban Design
Sovan Saha
Enrolled: Feb 2021
Continuing
Supervisor

Memberships / Fellowships
  • Associate member of Institute of Town Planners India,   2022
  • Registered with Council of Architecture,   2010