Mukherjee M. (Ms)

 
  
 

Assistant Professor Mukherjee, M. (Ms) Dr.

 
 
mahuafap[at]iitr.ernet.in 
Ph No: 01332-285334/285036
 
   

Educational Details

  • Bachelor of Architecture from Jadavpur University Kolkata in Architecture, 1988
  • Master of Engineering from University of Roorkee Roorkee in Building Science and Technology, 1990
  • Certificate Course from Lund University Lund Sweden in International Construction Management, 1996
  • Doctor of Philosophy from Jadavpur University Kolkata in Design Parameters for Human Settlements in a Megacity Calcutta Case Study, 2003
  • Certificate Course from University of Costa Rica Fuprovi and Lund University Sweden in Organised Self Help Housing, 2007
  • Post Doc Research with Fulbright Fellowship from Architectural Engineering Department Pennsylvania State University USA PA in Environmental Risk Management with emphasis on community seismic resiliency, 2008

Professional Background

  • Trainee Architect, Sanyalson and Associates Calcutta from 1990 to 1991
  • Senior Research Fellow, Jadavpur University Calcutta India from 1991 to 1995
  • Junior Architect, C E Consultants Calcutta from 1995 to 1997
  • Visiting Lecturer, Architecture Department in Jadavpur University Calcutta India from 1996 to 1997
  • Lecturer, Smt. J. D. Birla Institute of Home Science Calcutta India from 1997 to 1999
  • Associate Architect, Interdesign Calcutta from 1999 to 2002
  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture in Birla Institute of Technology Mesra India from 2002 to 2003
  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Planning in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee from 2003 to 2005
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee from 2005 to 2010

Books ,Manuals, Monographs Authored

 

PUBLICATIONS (Chapter in Book)
  • Urban Employment for Rural Women - Gains and Challenges, Unpacking Globalization: Markets, Gender and Work, Linda Lucas (ed), Department of Womens and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Uganda, 2005, pg 173-178.
  • Habitat and Environment, Issues in Sustainable Development, R. Khasnabis (ed), Department of Business Management , Calcutta University, Calcutta , 2003, pg 181-188
  • From dawn to dusk-Transportation of Rural women to and from the metropolis – Calcutta, India, Balancing the Load- Women, Gender and Transportation, P. Fernando & G. Porter (ed), International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, published by Zed Books, London, U.K. 2002, pg 225-234
 
PUBLICATIONS (Editing)
  • Disaster Mitigation in Housing in India, Pre-Conference Proceeding Publication, Vol. I & II, The Centre of Disaster Mitigation and Management,
  • Lecture Notes for Training of Practicing Architects in earthquake Risk management, Ed. Board: Shankar R.,, Mukherjee M., Chani P. S. and Gupta I., Department of Architecture & Planning,  IIT Roorkee , Project No. MOH-154/APD/413, 2007

Ph.Ds Supervised

Name of ScholarResearch TopicRegistration year
Alok David JohnEffects of Architectural features on Wind Load in Buildings2006
K. MohanStudy of the Wind Environment around a tall building2008
Neha BensalDisaster Mitigation Measures at Historical Site (s),2010
Doreshor KhwairakpamUrban Renewal Project Evaluation Techniques,2011

Memberships

StatusOrganisation
Member Indian Institute of Architects
Member The Association of Engineers
Member Centre for Built-Environment India
Member Council of Architecture India
Member India Habitat Forum (INHAF) India
Member Fulbright Alumni Association
Member International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)

Refereed Journal Papers

 

PUBLICATIONS (Conference Papers)
 
National
  • Habitat and Environment,  ‘Emerging issues of Environmental Management’ , Dept. of Business Management , Calcutta University, March 2000
  • Housing , Urbanization and Environment, ‘Urbanization and urban Development : Past , present and future’, Centre for Urban Economic Studies, Calcutta , January 2000
  
      International
  • Advocating Passive Design through Rating Mechanism in International Housing Conference 2010 on “Sustainable Housing: Charting New Frontiers”, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 26- 29 Jan, 2010
  • Vegetative roof option for Eco-cities, 10th APSA International Congress 2009, CEPT, Ahmedabad, India, 24-26 Nov, 2009
  • Climatic Resiliency for Indian Cities, 2nd India Disaster Management Congress, NIDM, Govt of India, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 4-6 Nov, 2009.
  • A critical evaluation of green roofs for rating systems, Urban Sustainability and Green Buildings for the 21st century, U K-India Conference, 15 May 2009, New-Delhi
  • Housing Research Agenda: Global experience vs. National Action  required in  India, 2008 XXXVI IAHS World Congress on Housing Science, held in Kolkata during 3-7th November 2008
  • Wind loads on overhangs in Gable-roof, International Conference on Wind and Structures, Korea, June, 2008, Co-authors- John A.D.and Gairola A.
  • Multi-criteria analysis of a building envelope, Third International Ar.Tec. Conference on "The Building Envelope: A complex design", Italy, 2007, Co-authors: Mukherjee S., Snigdha S. A.
  • Securing Non-structural Elements, in the 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13SEE), organized by Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 18-20 December, 2006
  • Daylight transmission through optic fibre cables, in 4th Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, organized by Hawaii International Conferences in Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-14 January, 2006
  • Design of Sustainable habitat in a flood-prone zone, MPMD-2005, Monitoring, Prediction and Mitigation of water related disaster, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, 12-15th Jan, 2005
  • Urban Safety: for the city dwellers, by the city dwellers in Asian Megacities, New Technologies for Urban Safety of Megacities in Asia, IIT Kanpur and ICUS(Tokyo, Japan), India,18-19 October, 2004
  • Water, Habitat and Sustainability, APHW 2004 Conference, AOGS & APHW, Singapore, July 2004
  • Impact analysis using information technology for new intervention in existing sustainable settlement, ISEIS2003 Conference, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, Regina, Canada, September 2003
  • An urban Water project –in hot & arid region of Jaipur, India, A P H W 2003 Conference, 3rd Water World Forum, Disaster prevention Research Institutes (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan; March, 2003
  • Urban employment for rural women- gains & challenges, 8th Women’s World Congress, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, July 2002
  • Women, Habitat & Environment, 8th Women’s World Congress, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, July 2002
  • Road connectivity, Village planning and sustainability, International Workshop on the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), ORFRTD & IFRTD (UK), Bhubaneswar, February 2002
  • Information Technology for Sustainable Habitat,I T Built International Conference – 2002, IIT, Kharagpur, India, January 2002
  • Other side of the sustainable development, XXIX IAHS World Congress on Housing, International Association for Housing Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2001
  • Habitat, Environment and Community in Cities, International Housing Conference 2000 (IHC 2000), Housing Development Board, Singapore, May 2000
  • Housing for sustainable and humane cities – Calcutta Case Study, CITIES 2000, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, April 2000
  • A model for community services in Housing Comple, XXVIII IAHS World Congress on Housing, International Association for Housing Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2000
  • Strategic Leadership in Community Property Managemen, CIB W70 Brisbane Symposium 2000, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2000
  • From dawn to dusk-Transportation of Rural women to and from Calcutta metropolis, International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, London, U.K. 1999
  • Construction in India Housing Scenario, International Constructional Management-1996, LCHS, Lund, SWEDEN, 1997
  • A survey work in housing Elements, ‘Housing Development and Management’, Centre for Built Environment, Calcutta; pg. 165-171, 1996
 
PUBLICATIONS (Journals Papers)
 
  • Scope of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in India, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, Co-author- J. Vinoth Kumar, Vol2 Issue 1,December 2009, pg- 165-169
  • A rational for incorporating green roof in Griha rating, Architecture- Time, Space & People, Co-author- Singh A. and Shankar R., Vol.9, Issue 6, June 2009, pp 30-33
  • The performance of Intelligent Buildings in India, Journal of Institute of Engineers (India),Architectural Engineering Division, Co-author- P. Mathew, V K Gupta, Vol 90, April 2009, pp 26-30
  • Envelope of a building, Architecture- Time, Space & People, Co-author- Sanyal S., Vol.7, Issue-11, November 2007, pp 18-24
  • Vernacular Tourist village at Touphema, Nagaland, Journal of Institute of Engineers (India),Architectural Engineering, Division, Vol 88, April, 2007, pp 18-22
  • Self Help Reconstruction after earthquake and its different stages, The Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, Vol 72, Issue 03 March, 2007, pp 30 – 32
  • Consequence of Earthquake Damage on Non-structural Elements- an overview, Journal of Institute of Engineers ( India),Civil Engineering, Division, Vol 87, November 2006, pp 15-20
  • Illuminating Architectural Space with Fibre optics, Journal of Institute of Engineers (India),Architectural Engineering Division, Vol 87, October, 2006, pg 20-23
  • Industrial campus- Utkal Asbestos Limited, West Bengal, Architecture + Design, Vol. XXIII, No.7, July, 2006, pg-130-131
  • Participatory models in urban development, Co-authors- Poptani, K. , Shankar R., Institute of Town Planners’ India Journal, Vol.2, No.3, July-September, 2005, pg 58-63
  • The SusTLE- a sustainable approach to enhance the contributions of disaster mitigation in settlement development, International Journal of Emergency Management , Vol. 2, No.3, 2005, pg163-175
  • Impact Analysis Using Information Technology for New Intervention in Existing Sustainable Habitat, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, Environmental Informatics Archives, ISEIS Publication Series Number P002, 2003, pg 53-69 ( CD ROM version)
  • Thermal Comfort in Building Design, The Journal for the Association of Engineers, INDIA, Vol. 67, AEI, 1992, pg 13- 16

 

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