Smart Master Planning for Cities: Case Studies on Digital Innovations (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements) [Hardcover] [Jul 22, 2022] Vinod Kumar, T. M.

Professor T. M. Vinod Kumar has 49 years of professional experience in urban and regional planning, urban and regional infrastructure, urban environmental management, application of GIS in urban planning, models in planning, urban design and smart cities. Further, he has extensive consultancy experience throughout India in connection with urban and rural development, infrastructure, tourism and healthcare and in Malaysia with regard to new town planning and development, city center and housing planning and structure plans. He has worked in Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Nepal and India as a Regional Program Coordinator for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development’s Energy for Mountain Development Program. Academically, he has worked in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, as a Professor, Head of the Department of Urban Planning, Head of the Centre for Systems Studies and Analysis, Head of Centre for Urban Studies and Dean of Studies at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He also worked as a planner-engineer for the Ford Foundation, India. He was a Visiting Professor at Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, and is currently at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He is the Author of numerous books and journal articles and a Project Manager for several consulting projects in India and abroad.