Dr.-Ing. Riyan Habeeb

• Climate Resilient and Sustainable Architecture, Planning and Design.
• Land-use Analytics in cognizance with socio-ecological-technical systems.
• Sustainable Urban Transformation and Capacities.
• Climate Responsive and Energy Efficient Buildings and Materials.
• Urban Water Security and Nature-based Solutions.
• Data Analysis, Visualization for Science Communication.

11/2023-till date

Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)
Senior Data Scientist, Research Area Built Environment - Resources and Environmental Risks & IOER Research Data Centre (IOER RDC)

04/2018-02/2020

Programme Specialist - Climate Adaptive Equitable Water Management Practices for Cities in South Asia, Mussoorie & Haldwani (Uttarakhand) and Dhulikhel & Dharan (Nepal) funded by IDRC, Canada, in partnership with SIAS Nepal, University of Sydney and UNSW, Australia at Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) Dehradun, India.

Programme Specialist - Creating Climate resilient Communities in Mid-Hills of Uttarakhand: Intervention towards Forest, Water and Livelihood Security funded by National Mission on Himalayan Studies, Government of India at Centre for Ecology Development and Research Dehradun, India.

Research and facilitation support to The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group, Edinburgh for the application of IUCN’s Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) in the Nepal-India Trans-boundary Tiger Landscape funded by KfW.

Urban & Spatial Analyst for Advance Management Studies, Lucknow, under Indo-German financial cooperation KfW-GIZ to design, conduct and analyse ten thousand household surveys in Rishikesh Municipal Corporation (Uttarakhand), India.

30/05/2016-15/10/2017

State Mission Management Urban Planner for Project ‘Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)’, funded by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India at Urban Development Directorate, Dehradun, India.

Urban Planner for City Sanitation Plan (CSP) in Uttarakhand for Various Identified Urban Clusters, Indo-German Co-operation Project under National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP) in Association with GIZ & Doon University.

12/05/2015-10/07/2015

Project Intern for project ‘Road Map for Urban Climate Resilience Policy for Goa & Uttarakhand’ at Centre for Research on Sustainable Urban Development & Transport Systems, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi

18/10/2010-31/07/2014

Senior Architect at Engineers India Limited, New Delhi, Project: Energy Efficient Administrative Building at GAIL Compressor Station (4-Star GRIHA Rated Green Building)

19/05/2008-15/10/2010

Architectural Practice, Delhi NCR Region.

01/01/2008-12/04/2008

Trainee Architect at Auroville Earth Institute, UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture Auroville, India.

 

03/2020-08/2023

Promotion, Doctor of Engineering, Dresden Leibniz Graduate School (DLGS) Faculty Architecture, Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Germany (magna cum laude).
Topic: Nature-based Solutions for Urban Water Security in Medium-sized Cities from South Asia: Case of Dehradun, India

07/2014-05/2016

Masters in Urban and Rural Planning, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, Uttarakhand India
Topic: Evolving Resilient Strategies for Urban Climate Change in Dehradun City, Uttarakhand. Integrated Assessment of Land-Use, Demographics, Urban Environment & Infrastructure in changing climate scenario based on RS & GIS Technologies (Grade-A).

2014-2018

Diploma in Creative Writing in English (distance learning), Department of Humanities, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

07/2003-04/2008

Bachelors in Architecture, National Institute of Technology-Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Topic: The German Pavilion, Auroville, Tamil Nadu: Exploration in Fractal Architecture & Climate Responsive Design

 

• Accredited GRIHA Evaluator in Passive Design (Indian Green Building Rating System).
• Registered Architect with Council of Architecture, India (CA/2009/XXX35).
• Registered Town Planner with Institute of Town Planners, India (2018-XX5)

• Doctorate Scholarship for the Dresden Leibniz Graduate School (DLGS) by Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), 2020-23
• MHRD-GATE Qualification Scholarship for Post-graduate Studies from Ministry of Human Resources & Development, Government of India, 2014-16.
• Honorarium from NIT Hamirpur for Bachelors Thesis in Climate Responsive Architecture & Alternative Building Technologies, 2007.
• First Prize on Paper Presentation titled ‘Culture in the City’ at National Conference, ‘Cognizance’, IIT Roorkee, 2007.
• Special Mentions Prize on Paper Presentation titled ‘Digital Designing and Analysis’ at National Conference, ‘Cognizance’, IIT Roorkee, 2006

Visiting Faculty/ Guest Faculty

Department of Planning, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Courses:

• Rural Development and Management
• Urban Finance.

Faculty of Design and Architecture, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Courses:

• Architectural Journalism
• Architectural Photography
• Design Studio
• Design Methods

School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Courses:

• Sustainable Urban Habitat & Green City
• Life Cycle Assessment & Design of Environment

Guest Lectures

• Social and Institutional Perspectives on Nature-based Solutions for Urban Water Security, at DAAD Workshop “Nature-based Solutions For Landscape Restoration”/ BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany, November, 2023.
• Perspectives on Nature-based Solutions for Urban Water in Global South, at Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management (CIPSEM), TU Dresden, November, 2023.
• 'Relevance of Green-plot ratio and Biotope area factor as Measures Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation', Institute of Town Planners Uttarakhand Chapter, World Environment Day, June, 2021.
• 'New Building Bye-laws for Hill Settlements: Uttarakhand Focus', under course Hill Architecture ARN-507, Autumn Semester, Department of architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, Mar, 2018., IIT Roorkee, October, 2020.
• 'Building Climate Resilience in Uttarakhand Through National Urban Missions',  Centre of Excellence For Disaster Mitigation & Management, IIT Roorkee, April, 2018.
• 'Urban Development Missions in Uttarakhand: Policy & Praxis', Department of architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, Mar, 2018.
• 'Integration of ECBC & Sustainability Provisions in Uttarakhand Building Bye-Laws', Dept. of architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, IIT Roorkee, Mar, 2018.
• 'Professional Practice: Building Design, Plan & Approval Planning for Energy Efficient Built Environment', Dept. of architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, IIT Roorkee, Mar, 2018.
• 'Sustainable Urban Development & Green Cities', Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun, Mar 2018.
• ‘Urban & Regional Planning in Uttarakhand’, UPES, Dehradun under ITPI Uttarakhand Chapter, 'Urban Development Missions in Uttarakhand: Policy & Praxis', Aug 2017.

Workshops Organized

• Organized online Event ‘Mapathon for Disaster Response in Syria & Türkiye’ in Collaboration with UN Mappers and Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, 24 Feb 2023.
• Jointly conducted online Workshop ‘Dialogue on Transformation Framework and Spatial Planning for Urban Water Systems in the Global South’ at 7th Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions (NEST) Conference in Lyon, France from 4-6 May 2022.
• Jointly Conducted workshop on ‘Explorations & Simulations in Universal Design’ in 61th Annual NASA (National Association of Students of Architecture) convention, SJB College of Architecture, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Jan, 2019.
• Jointly Conducted workshop on 'Universal Design-The Exordium: Case of Hospital Designs' in Department of Architecture and Design, DIT University, Dehradun, India, Mar, 2018
• Jointly Conducted workshop on ‘Explorations & Simulations in Universal Design’ in 60th Annual NASA convention, DC College of Architecture, Vagamon, Kerala, India, Jan-Feb, 2018.
• Jointly Conducted Workshop on ‘Perception of Spatial Characteristics of Environment by People with Visual Impairment’ at National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun, Dec, 2017.

List of selectetd publications until 2020 (PDF)