Iswarya R is a capacity building professional in the urban development sector. At the IIHS Urban Practitioners’ Programme, she is involved in curating and facilitating individual capacity building programmes for government officials, mentoring fellows, and developing capacity building frameworks for public institutions. Iswarya works on the themes of liveable cities, urban transport and mobility, disaster risk and resilience, impact of planning policies, and SDGs. She is an Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional (IGBC–AP).
Iswarya holds a master’s degree in city planning from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and earned her bachelor’s architecture degree from VNIT Nagpur. She has presented on healthy cities, policies and sustainable tourism development at international conferences.
2021, Urban Transportation and Mobility, Faculty member, Transport, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
2023, Exposure visits to Hyderabad, Chennai, Faculty member, Urban management, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
2022, National Urban Missions, Faculty member, Governance, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
2023, Infrastructure and Services, Faculty member, Transport, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), 2024, Planning
Capacity Building Workshops on Energy Efficient Habitat for Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (pilot), 2024, Energy
Capacity Building Programmes for MoRTH, 2024, Transport and mobility
Research Methods, Data Visualization and Policy Analysis for Advisors (AIGGPA), 2021, Research
India Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellowship, 2019, Disaster risk reduction
Land Use Planning (GIZ), 2019, Planning
Data Visualisation and Sustainable Development Goals (GIZ), 2021, Data analysis
Integrated Capacity Building Programme (ICBP), Ongoing, Public health
Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), 2023, Policy and governance
Capacity Development Forum (CDF), Ongoing, Capacity Development
Capacity Development Suite, 2024, Capacity Development
Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), 2024, Planning
Capacity Building Workshops on Energy Efficient Habitat for Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM), 2024, Energy
Capacity Building Programmes for MoRTH, 2024, Transport and mobility
Research Methods, Data Visualization and Policy Analysis for Advisors (AIGGPA), 2021, Research
India Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellowship, 2019, Disaster risk reduction
Land Use Planning (GIZ), 2019, Planning
Data Visualisation and Sustainable Development Goals (GIZ), 2021, Data analysis
Integrated Capacity Building Programme (ICBP), Ongoing, Public health
Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), 2023, Policy and governance
Capacity Development Forum (CDF), Ongoing, Capacity Development
Capacity Development Suite, 2024, Capacity Development
