Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Topics
City Planning Spatial and Strategic Planning
Biography
Prof. Dillip Kumar Das is a Ph.D in Urban and Regional planning with Civil Engineering and City Planning background. Currently he is engaged in teaching, research and community engagement activities as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa. Also, while in academics he has worked in different Universities of India and Ethiopia. Before joining academics in 2001, he has worked for several years as an engineer and planner in the consultancies and in the Government sector in India. He has taught and guided both undergraduate and post graduate students of Civil Engineering, Urban Engineering, and Architecture and Urban Planning. He is active in supervising Master and Ph.D students. He has also supervised doctoral students under Southern African Young Scientist Summer Programme (SA YSSP) 2013-15 and currently working as a supervisor for Ph.D scholars for South African Systems Analysis Centre (SASAC). He has worked in various research projects in the areas of sustainable urban & regional development, and transportation planning. At present he is jointly leading a research group on sustainable urban, road and transportation at his current university and engaged in investigating two research projects funded by funding agencies such as National Research Foundations (NRF), South Africa. His research and consulting interests include systems analysis, system dynamics modelling, infrastructure planning, smart cities, transportation planning, and tourism development. He has co-authored two books and published about 100 peer reviewed journal and conference research articles.
