Namrata Kapoor is a Senior Consultant at IIHS. She anchors the work on housing at IIHS, along with her colleague Gautam Bhan. She has over 13 years of experience as a consultant for various governments, NGOs, real estate and planning consultancies, and academic institutions. Her research and practice work focuses on understanding how transit shapes real estate and affordable housing in the city over time.
Her affordable housing research and policy work spans across nine Indian cities. As an urban planner, she has worked on transit-oriented development plans and master plans in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad and Bhubaneswar. She is on the Supreme Court-appointed Independent Impartial Committee on Urban Homelessness.
Namrata has a dual degree in architecture and city planning from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ongoing, Built Environment and Planning, Faculty member, Built environment, Urban planning, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Ongoing, Affordable Housing: Policy and Practice, Faculty member, Housing, Urban Planning, Built Environment, Governance, Housing Finance, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Ongoing, Practica, Faculty member, Methods, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
2020, Advanced Skill Lab: Art of Audio Storytelling, Faculty member, Media and mass communication, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Ongoing, Exposure visits, Faculty member, Built environment, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), 2023, Housing
Integrated Capacity Building Programme (ICBP), 2020, Housing
