Invited Lectures

• All water is holy water that needs to be cherished , saved , worshipped and conserved. Green Verandah. July 13, 2021…video
• Urban Lakes as a Socio-Ecological System. Special Lecture on Urban Lakes. School of Public Policy and Governance, TATA Institute of Social Science, Hyderabad. July 7, 2021…video
• The Climate Convo with Hemang Vellore … video
• The ‘Ds’ of Water Conservation & Management | Water Issues (जल संरक्षण) | Making Education Relevant. International Chamber for Service Industry. June 19, 2021…video
• What will it take to make Indian Cities Water Resilient? Saturday Night Live Water Session. Jal Smruti. Jun 12, 2021…read more
• Satyagraha. Self Reflection| Profiteering over dead. May 29, 2021…read more
• Interactive Workshop on Water Management. U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai. April 12 -16, 2021…read more
• Live Research projects Workshop. Exploreit and TERI school of Advanced studies. Feburary 2, 2021…read more
• A Social-Ecological Approach to Urban Lake Governance and Sustainability in India. Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development(CECCSD), Impact and Policy Resarch Institute (IMPRI) and India Water Portal. Planet Talks. Feburary 2, 2021…read more
• SDG06 and Ways to achieve by the Youth. Heartfulness Institute. Youth-2.0. December 4, 2020…read more
• Time has Arrived for Women to Lead.  APGFWN Webinar. Global Greens. October 1, 2020…read more
• My Experiment with Learning, Loving, and Living the Urban Lakes of India. In Professional Practice for Architecture and Allied Fields. Hosted by CEPT University, Ahmedabad. July 6, 2020…read more
• The Future Planning of cities after Corona. In Re-Imagining Sustainable Urban Planning for India”. To be Hosted by Nuffic-NESO of the Embassy of The Netherlands in India. July 1, 2020…video
• Office Yoga. Hosted by Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur. May 21, 2020.
• Interactive Water Governance. A Case of Anasagar Lake of Ajmer. June 13, 2020. Sustainability Webinar Series. Hosted by India Environment Forum (IEF). June 15, 2020…read more
• Social Entrepreneurship and De-Development. Hosted by the Institute of Urban Designers India. National Talk. June 13, 2020…video
• Rebuild our Lives by Social Entrepreneurship. Hosted by SDPS Women’s College, Indore. June 7, 2o2o…read more
• Rebuild our Lives by Social Entrepreneurship. Hosted by Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, L.N.C.T Group Bhopal. May 26, 2020.f
• Water Governance. Opportunities and Challenges. Hosted by Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. June 08, 2020…read more
• Planning for the New Normal. Hosted by Institute of Town Planners, Sri Lanka, ITPSL. International Talk. May 24, 2020…video
• Post COVID-2019 Urban Planning. Hosted by Indian Institute of Town Planning. National Talk. May 9, 2020…video
• Design is More than Drawings. Hosted by Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur. May 2, 2020.
• Urban Lake Governance and Sustainability. Hosted by India Greens. National Talk. March 30, 2020…read more
• Mansee Bal Bhargava. Opportunities and Challenges of Water, Women, and Wisdom. Hosted by India Greens on Mar 22, 2020.
• Workshop. Practical Tips for Writing Research Paper, Monograph, and Grant Proposal for Teachers and Professionals. Hosted by KLE Tech University, Hubli, March 17, 2020.
• The politics of water development in India. RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru, Feb’12, 2020…read more
• Workshop. Practical Tips to Writing Thesis– 3 Modules (Proposal, Report and Presentation). Gujarat Law Society, GLS, Faculty of Management, Ahmedabad, Feb’10, 2020.
• Lecture. Practical Tips to Thesis writing. Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Oct’12, 2019.
• Lecture. Urban Lakes as Heritage & as Social-ecological System. CEPT University Ahmedabad, July 24 & 31, 2019.
• Presentation. A Tribute to Nobel Laureate Prof. Elinor Ostrom. The Retakes to Self-Organising towards Saving the Thaltej Lakes Ahmedabad: A story of Polycentric Urban Lake Governance in India at Gujarat Institute for Development Research, GIDR, Ahmedabad, 12 June, 2019…read more
• 2019.The life cycle and the life of the urban lakes in India at CEPT University, Ahmedabad…Video
• 2016. Looking for A Language of Urban Lake Governance and Sustainability, Fulbright Lecture at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (18th Nov); Indianapolis University, Bloomington (Nov 16); University of Wisconsin, Madison (Nov 8); Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (Oct 22); CBIE, ASU, Tempe (Sep 19)… read more
• 2016. Opportunities and Challenges for Scholars to Engage in Environmental Governance in India, at The 108th RIHN Seminar, Kyoto… read more
• 2016. Assessment of Interactive Water Governance in India – A case of Anasagar Ajmer, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan, 29 June… read more
• 2016. Practical tips for PhD and Independent Research. at Nirma University Ahmedabad, 14 June.
• Thesis Workshop – 3 Modules (Proposal, Report and Presentation) at KLE Technological University, Hubli,21-22 Dec… read more
• Practical Tips to Do a Dissertation. at University of Delhi on 17 April… read more
• Life After Bachelor of Architecture. at Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, 2 Oct… read more
• Understanding urban lake governance and sustainability in India from a Social Ecological System perspective at KLE Technological University, Hubli, 30 Sep… read more
• Thesis Workshop – 3 Modules (Proposal, Report and Presentation), at IPSA, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 20-21 Sep and at Anant School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, 15 Sep… read more
• Workshop on Reading, Writing and Speaking, at IPSA, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, and at Nirma University Ahmedabad… read more
• Architecture is not about Buildings. at Nirma University Ahmedabad, 14 June… read more
• Social-Ecological System Framework- Understanding urban lake governance and sustainability in India, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi on 16 April and University of Delhi on 17 April… read more
• Social-Ecological System Framework- Understanding urban lake governance and sustainability in India, at Tongji University, Shanghai, 16 March… read more
• It started here. Faculty of Architecture Alumni Association Multi-Culti Presentation, at CEPT… read more
• The business of understanding Social-ecological Systems, at IHS Rotterdam on 12 Dec… read more
• Urban Planning and Resilience, at EPCO, Bhopal, 02 Aug… read more
• Collective Action: The logics, problems and attributes, Governing Modern Societies, Erasmus
  University, 05 Dec… read more
• Natural Resource Management: Case of Urban Lakes, at EPCO, Bhopal… read more
• Doing a PhD? How to prepare for PhD? at IHS Rotterdam… read more
• Urban Lake Governance in Theory and Practice: Cases from India, at EPCO, Bhopal… read more
• Managing Public Open Spaces: Beyond design, at Ayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur… read more
• Mansagar Lake Governance, at 15th Birding Fair at Mansagar Lake, Jaipur… read more
• Ostrom and SES Framework, at School of Planning, CEPT… read more
• Towards sustainability of urban lake systems in India: A governance perspective, A discussion on Methodological Issues in developing a pattern, at Research Group Seminar of Governance of Complex Systems, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 07 March… read more
• SES Framework and Ahmedabad Lake Governance, at School of Planning, CEPT… read more
• Environmental Audit Lecture Series for Executives: Environmental Governance, SES Framework and Ecological Upgradation in Mining case’, at IHS Rotterdam… read more
• Managing Public Open Spaces: Beyond Planning and Design, Friday Lecture Series, at IHS… read more
• Environmental Governance of Urban Lake Systems, Opportunities and Challenges of using a framework, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University… read more
• Managing Public Open Spaces in Theory and Practice, at Tongji University, Shanghai… read more
• Clean and Green Ahmedabad, at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad… read more
• People in Public Spaces Management, at Arg Design, Cape Town, South Africa… read more
• Urban Design Approach and Practice, at Dignity College of Architecture, Bhilai… read more
• Managing Amenity Spaces- Looking Beyond Urban Design, at Dept. of Urban Design, CEPT… read more
• Economics of Urban Spaces, at School of Planning, CEPT… read more
• Research Methodology, at School of Planning, CEPT… read more
• Valuing Public Amenities, at School of Planning, CEPT… read more
• Amenity Space Distribution: A study of lakes in Ahmedabad, at Department of Architecture and at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge… read more
• Site Planning and Design, at L.A.D. College of Architecture, Nagpur… read more
• Development strategies for water bodies: our Lakes and Ponds, at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad… read more