Dr. Arati Siddharth Petkar

Faculty Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Email: asp.civil@coep.ac.in; petkararati@gmail.com

Faculty Address: Wellesley Rd, Shivajinagar, Pune – 411 005. Maharashtra, India.

Faculty Phone: 020 25507219

Mobile: 09822598123

Personal profile:

1. Qualification :

2. Experience: Industrial + Teaching (2.5 + 16)
3. Research Interest/Area: Urban Planning, Housing, Geographic Information System Applications, Transportation Planning, Spatial Analysis
4. Publication : Total sixty Two

• Raisoni H., Verma T., and Petkar A.S. (2024). “Navigating the Maze of Urban Voids: A Hybrid MCDM Approach for Site Selection for Urban Poor in PCMC, India, Journal of Regional and City Planning, Vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 90-109, April 2024, ISSN 2502-6429, DOI: 10.5614/jpwk.2024.35.1.5.
• Watane A., Belsare R., Petkar A. S.and Sonar S. (2023). “Achieving balanced development through industrial growth: A case of Ratnagiri region”, Proceedings of National Conference on Regional Development Issues and Challenges-2023 organized by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, in collaboration with the Regional Science Association held on December 22 and 23, 2023, pp. 37.
• Book chapter: Mawale, K., Chhabda, J.K., and Petkar, A.S. (2022). “Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Climate Change of Jalgaon District (M.S.), India, Using GIS Techniques”, Springer Climate – Ecological Footprints of Climate Change – Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability, ISBN 978-3-031-15500-0 ISBN 978-3-031-15501-7 (eBook), pp.179-200. available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7
• Sonar S.G. and Petkar A.S. (2022). “Analyzing Issues Pertaining to Cantonment Areas in Indian Context”, Journal of the Institute of Town Planners, India, Vol.19, No.4, IISN: 0537-9679, pp. 21-31.
• Lad, Ketaki S. and Petkar, Arati S. (2022).”Assessing transformations in peri-urban areas using GIS: A case of Pune city, India” GeoScape, vol.16, no.1, 2022, pp.80-92. https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2022-0007.
• Pal I. and Petkar A.S. (2022). “Evaluating healthcare access in informal settlements using satellites and neural networks”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Smart Infrastructure and Construction, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.21.00006, E-ISSN 2397-8759, pp 1-11.
• Badrike N. and Petkar A.S. (2021). “Assessing the Potential of Development along Metro Corridor—A Case of Pune”, ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021, held online on 8-10 June 2021, pp.259-273, Sponsored by The Transportation & Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Edited by Chandra R. Bhat.
• Jaipuria S.P. and Petkar A.S. (2020). “Analyzing Urban Voids in Indian Context Using Cartographic Modeling: A Case of Pimpri Chinchwad”, Indian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. LII/2, ISSN: 0046-9017 (Print), ISSN: 2456-6519 (Online), pp. 6-18.
• Vakil R.M. and Petkar A.S. (2019). “Evaluation of Townships from Sustainability Perspective: a case from India”, Proceedings of 7th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2019) organized in Singapore on 27-28 May 2019 indexed by Scopus, ISSN:2301-394X, DOI:10.5176/2301-394X_ACE19.640
• Mhetre A. S. and Petkar A. S. (2018). “Integrated Approach for Planning and Management of Solid Waste: A case of Chakan city”, Shelter Journal, HUDCO-HSMI Publication, Oct.2018, Vol.:19, No.:2, pp.75-83, ISSN: 2347-4912.
• Petkar, A. S. and Macwan, J.E.M. (2017). “Identifying Urban Zonal Preferences: Planners’ perspective”, ICE-Urban Design and Planning, Vol. 170, Issue 1, pp 1-22, ISSN:1755-0793, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.15.00041(Scopus indexed, SJR ranking 0.320)

5. Recent Teachings:

• AY 2023-24 Semester I – Planning Theory, Research Methodology and Intellectual Property Rights, Planning for Region, Planning and Design Studio VII (Regional Plan)
• AY 2023-24 Semester II – Housing Policy and Planning, Housing, Planning and Design Studio VI (Development Plan)
• AY 2022-23 Semester I – Housing Land Market and Finance, Planning Theory, Planning Design Studio V (Local Area Plan)
• AY 2022-23 Semester II – Rural Development, Rural Development and Management, Planning and Design Studio VI (Development Plan)
• AY 2021-22 Semester I – Housing Land Market and Finance, Planning and Design Studio VII (Regional Plan)
• AY 2021-22 Semester II – Rural Development, Fundamentals of Urban and Rural Planning, Planning and Design Studio VI (Development Plan)

6. Current Advises :

Ph. D. Supervisor–Four ongoing

Supervisor at COEP Technological University, Pune

Co-Supervisor at Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Jaipur, Rajasthan

7. Awards & Recognition:

• Advisory Board Member for International Conference on “Architecture and Planning – Education, Research & Profession: Past Present & Future” to be hosted by PCET’s S.B. Patil College of Architecture and Design on 17th and 18th July 2023.
• Coordinator of Online Training Program for MPSC Entrance Exam of Assistant Town Planner, Maharashtra Town Planning & Valuation Service, (Grade-1) Gr-B, conducted in August-Sept. 2022.
• PG thesis entitled “Crime Prevention Through City Planning: Case Study of Pune City” under my guidance received second prize of Best Thesis Award-2022 by Maharashtra Regional Chapter (Nagpur) of the Institute of Town Planners India.
• UG thesis entitled “Optimizing Urban Water Supply System Using Water GEMS” under my guidance received Late Mr. M.B. Gharpuray Prize for Innovative Project by Civil Engineering students in June 2022.
• Convener of National Online Conference on Planning, Design and Management 2022 (NOCPDM-2022) scheduled on 5-6 May 2022; (NOCPDM-2021) sponsored by TEQIP-III conducted on 26-27 February 2021.
• Keynote Speaker for Virtual National Conference on ‘Rural Architecture and Regional Planning’ organized by Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni, Ahemdnagar on 3-4 February 2022.
• Principal investigator for “Smart cities and Academia towards Action & Research (SAAR), a project in collaboration with the Smart City Mission and National Institute of Urban Affairs, GOI since December 2021.
• Working as Project Review Committee member for Construction of Additional Incubation facility at Software Technology Parks of India, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, P-1, Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjawadi, Pune from May 2021.
• Working as Technical Advisory Committee member on “Harit Setu – Connected Greens initiative” project by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation from Jan 2021.
• Coordinator of TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week (Online) Faculty Development Programme on “Research Approaches in Architecture and Urban Planning” from 14-18 Dec 2020.
• Worked as research paper reviewer/session chair for “National Students Conference – Research in Architecture” organized by D Y Patil School of Architecture, Pune on 9-10 April 2021 (3^rd edition); 28-29 February 2020 (2^nd edition); 02 March 2019(1^st edition).
• Coordinator of five days Webinar Series on “Practical Approach to Aspects of Urban Planning” from 27-31 May 2020.
• Wipro-Earthian 2020 (Three Groups), Wipro-Earthian 2019 (Two Groups) won the competition under my guidance organized by Wipro Foundation, India.
• Worked as research paper reviewer for 7th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2019) organized in Singapore on 27-28 May 2019.
• Conducted Accelerator Program – Design Studio in collaboration with Columbia University and Pune Municipal Corporation under 100   RESILIENT CITIES initiative funded by ‘The Rockefeller Foundation’ from 14/01/2019 to 19/01/2019 at College of Engineering Pune.
• Worked as External Expert on Research & Development Cell of Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Architecture, Pune for the period of three years with effect from 22/06/2018.

8. Funded Projects:

• “Developing Urban Energy simulation model to optimize Municipal Water Supply system”, In-house Interdisciplinary Minor Research Projects funded by College of Engineering Pune.
• “Video graphic automated parking survey system”, In-house Interdisciplinary Minor Research Projects funded by College of Engineering Pune.