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The research fellowship aims to provide young
scholars, researchers and independent practitioners
the opportunity to do research on contemporary
urban issues and concerns of Mumbai.
UDRI hopes that the fellowships will enable young
scholars and researchers to approach the issues in
Mumbai from a different perspective and will
contribute to the creation of new scholarships in the
urban understanding.
Research Fellowship Programme
Applicants shall demonstrate the relevance of the
proposed research to the city of Mumbai/Mumbai
Metropolitan Region and the feasibility of
accompanying the research goal within the stipulated
period. The research period is from 6-18 months
depending on the project scope and deliverables.
Research Fellows shall be given a monthly stipend
and professional allowance of 20000 Rs.
They shall also be provided with working space and
requisite infrastructure at the UDRI studio.
In addition, UDRI will enable the findings and
observations from the field notes to be presented to
the stakeholders through workshops/ public meetings/
panel discussions with policy makers and experts, and
eventually presented to the state to feed into policy
and advocacy.
Allotment of guides and resource persons in
conjunction with the research projects undertaken. All
fellows interact with the resource persons in a one-day
workshop organized in the studio.
Monthly reviews, Six-monthly reviews by the
Executive Director, UDRI. Peer reviews by invited
expert, policy-makers, stake-holder representatives,
government and semi-government agencies.
For details contact: UDRI, 43, Dr. V.B. Gandhi Marg,
Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai 400023 Tel: +91-22-
65735773
Email: researchfellowship@udri.org , info@udri.org ,
Application form can be downloaded from the UDRI
website : www.udri.org
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THE BROAD AREAS OF RESEARCH FOR PROPOSALS:
A L T E R N A T I V E H I S T O R I E S A N D
CONCEPTUALISATIONS:
Research on Alternative histories that encompass the
Economy of the City, Governance and Administration,
Housing in the City, Actors, organisations and Development
Practice, Architecture of the City and New City Concepts
conceptualising Urban infrastructure, the Urban Informal
Sector, Urban Peripheries, the Global City Landscapes, etc.
URBAN PROJECTS:
Research related to review of one or more important urban
project / project type with various details of its development.
Suggested themes could include Mill Land
Redevelopments, New Townships, Waterfronts
Redevelopment, Heritage Conservation, Urban
Conservation, Public Space Conservation, Environmental
Conservation, Urban Infrastructure, Slum Resettlement and
Redevelopment, Special Economic Zones, Multiplexes,
Shopping Malls, Call Centres, etc.
URBAN PRACTICES:
Research related to elaborations on one or more actor /
agency, their contexts, their strategies/tactics, their actions,
their impacts etc on the development processes of the city.
Suggested topics include practices of Local Government,
State, Politicians, Media, Community Based Organisations,
NGOs dealing with the Environment, with Poverty and other
NGOs, Academia, Financial Institutions, Judiciary, Private
Architectural and Planning Practices, Multinational
Agencies.
POLICY REVIEW:
Research related to elaborations on one or more policy that
has significantly shaped the city. Possible topics may include
the Regional Plan, Development Plan, Development Control
Regulations, Housing Policy, Rent Control Act, Heritage
Conservation Guidelines, Urban Land Ceiling Act, Floor
Space Index, Slum Resettlement and Redevelopment, Slum
Rehabilitation Act, Transferable Development Rights
mechanism, CESS, etc.
CITY GEOGRAPHIES:
Research related to documentation of one or more
geographical or institutional area within the city, which
among others, could cover areas of City Administration,
Public Spaces, Open spaces and Environmentally Sensitive
Areas, Industrial City and Old Suburbs, Fort and Native City,
Railway Stations and Markets, BEST, WR & CR, Slums, City
Peripheries, the New Suburbs, etc.
Each research fellow will have to develop a report
detailing and compiling the final research findings; which
would be discussed and reviewed with resource persons.
These will be launched through the website and media for
consultation.
The research papers/studies/articles emerging from this
intensive 6-18 months long program will be presented at
an annual conference.
UDRI would also support:
? Discussions & debates on the research
? Public awareness
? Publication of research findings as
monographs/research papers
? Monograph of the research paper
? lecture series
? Formal release of the published monograph
? Release of paper on the official website of UDRI
(www.udri.org)
DATES
Receipt of Proposals | October and April
Interview and Final Selection | December and June
Start of Fellowship | January and July
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
? Applicants should have a bachelors/masters degree in
architecture or planning, and equivalent published work
(or) Masters degree in geography or social sciences and
equivalent published work
? High proficiency in English language and preferably
Hindi and Marathi
Be eligible for leave of absence, if employed.
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APPLICATION FORMAT:
Application forms can be downloaded from our web site:
www.udri.org
The proposal should set out the problem to be
investigated, tentative hypothesis and arguments, a
review of the relevant literature and contribution to be
made by the research, methodology, a short bibliography
listing key words, planned fieldwork, time frame and
proposed product. Two letters of reference should also
be submitted.
URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH INSTITUTE is a public charitable
trust set up in 1984 dedicated to the protection of built
environments and improvement of urban communities.
Understanding that an interdisciplinary and holistic view of our
urban environment will lead to practical solutions for its
improvement, the UDRI provides a forum promoting interaction
between architects, urban designers and professionals from
related fields such as economics, sociology, planning,
conservation and history. To this end, the UDRI organizes public
lectures, exhibitions and fora, as well as publications, a research
fellowship programme, the Bombay Studio and a Research and
Resource Centre focused on the study of Mumbai. Each of these
aspects fit together in an integrated, symbiotic way.
RESEARCH & RESOURCE CENTRE has been systematically
building a knowledge base of digital and archival information on
Mumbai City and Metropolitan Region, which is open to the
public. The Center's extensive collection holds visual images,
films, books, city development plans, drawings, policy
documents, historical reports, feasibility studies, technical
reports, acts and policies, magazines, media reports and
contemporary writings on the city, urban planning, management,
political development, economy, public interest and more. This
work of the Centre is closely involved with the UDRI's research
projects and fellowship programme in an ultimate attempt to
inform policy at the government level.
RESEARCH PROJECTS involve documenting and mapping
buildings, neighbourhoods and precincts in the city. Beginning
with the Research and Resource Centre's collection, each UDRI
project involves archival research, fieldwork and documentation,
leading to institutional collaborations and publication. Research
projects have been designed to address the shortcomings of
existing legislation, the insufficiency of civic infrastructure and the
pressing need to recover the city's open spaces and restore its
built fabric.
PUBLIC FORA are organized monthly, in two sessions (January-
April, September-December) yearly with the intention of creating
dialogue between the state and various stakeholders around
urban planning decision processes. Mahindra GESCO Pvt Ltd
supports the Lecture Series in collaboration with the Max Mueller
Bhavan. Since our founding, we have organized nearly 150
lectures and fora.
BOMBAY STUDIO began in 2005 in collaboration with the
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the
University of Michigan. In 2006, the second Studio of 16
postgraduates studied processes and networks that enable city
functioning, and temporal landscapes created within the city
through various time cycles. In February 2007, 32 urban
planners, city officials, and academicians from the Berlin's Institut
Fuer Staedtebau visited Mumbai to study port lands, mill lands,
and rehabilitation and resettlement housing projects. In March
2007, in collaboration with Leuven University, Belgium, the
Bombay Studio focused on the port lands and their evolving role
in the city and Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The 20 post-
graduates attempted to develop alternative scenarios for various
conditions within the port lands.
PUBLICATIONS
Since 1993 the UDRI has published of books on housing,
conservation, urbanization and urban management. Each of
these books, conference proceedings, reports and manuals are
focused on the Greater Mumbai Area, and have deepened our
understanding of the region. Publications correlate to our
research projects, fellowships, Bombay Studios, and Research
and Resource Center. Furthermore, they have fostered public
participation in civic improvement, conservation and planning
efforts
Mumbai Reader
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Mapping Mumbai
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Eastern Waterfront
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Creating a Tourist Destination: The Gateway of India Precinct
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Conservation After Legislation
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Conservation Manual for Owners and Occupiers
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Through the Looking Glass: Grade I Heritage of Mumbai
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4 From the 50's: Emerging Modern Architecture in Bombay
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Churchgate Revival: A Proposal for Urban Management
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Ballard Estate Proposal for Upgrading & Managing The Area
?
Restoring Banking District - Horniman Circle Association
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Buildings of Kala Ghoda Art District
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Public Places - Bombay
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?Conserving an Image Center: the Fort Precinct in Bombay
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
In 2009 the UDRI inducted three research fellowsinto the
program. Jaideep Gupte who is currently finishing his
Doctorate in Philosophy at the Department of Politics,
University of Oxford looks at the various efforts to redevelop or
relocate slum dwellers and asks if security provision should be
an explicit part of slum relocation and redevelopment
schemes? If so, how and to what extent?; and how does one
define 'slum' and 'security'. Through the UDRI Research
Fellowship, Jaideep proposes to look at these questions with a
particular focus on schemes which relocate slum populations
and in specific has looked at the relocation schemes in
Mankhurd.
Vineet Nikhumb who is an architect graduated from Rizvi
College asks the question “What happened to my street life?”
In his study he has looked at the pedestrian activity around four
station precincts in Mumbai. He will attempt to use his
observations and learning's from this to formulate design
strategies and policies that will provide priority to the street life research fellowship programme
and pedestrians in a city fast becoming crowded with various
schemes which displace pedestrians from their rightful place
on the ground.
Ranjit Kandalgaonkar is interested in documenting the
personal histories and collective memories of inner city
precincts in Mumbai through graphic artwork, documentary
research and storytelling.
TRUSTEES
Charles Correa, Cyrus Guzder, Deepak Parekh, Nana Chudasama,
Shirin Bharucha, Rahul Mehrotra,Nasser Munjee, Anuj Bhagwati