Divyanshi Vyas

Senior Associate – Practice
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Divyanshi Vyas is an urban and environmental planner committed to shaping sustainable and resilient cities and driving positive behaviour change. Currently, as researcher at IIHS, she evaluates heat adaptation actions in Indian cities and contributes to sustainable human settlement assessments in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Divyanshi is a skilled communicator with expertise in GIS applications. She has a Gold Medal in her MPlan (Environmental Planning) degree. Notably, she has received the Best Thesis Award for her undergraduate thesis from the Institute of Town Planners India, Madhya Pradesh Regional Chapter. As a former collegiate basketball player, she brings values of teamwork, discipline, and perseverance to her professional endeavours.

Education
2021
Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law, Centre for Environmental Law (CEL); WWF India; National Law University, Delhi NCR, India
2019
BPlan, Urban and Regional Planning, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2023
MPlan, Environmental Planning, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Geography of Work
Country
India
State
Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
City
Bhopal, Rajgarh, Indore, Kollam, Bengaluru, Ooty, Nilgiris, Panchkula, Shimla, Dharamshala, Bhilwara

TEACHING AT IIHS

Ongoing, Changing Climate, Changing Cities, Teaching assistant, Urban design and planning, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)

Intersections of just energy transition and climate-induced migration in India→Scoping assessment on sustainable mountain settlements across the Hindu Kush Himalaya countries→

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THEMATIC AREAS

Built Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Planning, Sustainability Science, Urban Management