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Books In the Public's Interest: Evictions, Citizenship and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi |
Iihs uc berkeley conference gautam bhan indian institute for human settlements
Gautam Bhan is a well known LGBTQ rights activist in India as well as a researcher and a faculty member at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements with deep interest in urban housing. As the faculty member of IIHS, he works and teaches politics of poverty, inequality and development in Indian cities with a focus on housing, social security, governance and urban and planning theory. He is also the spokesman for LGBTQ rights and one of the petitioners in the legal battle to decriminalize homosexuality in India. He is the coordinator of Program for Working Professionals in Urban Development and co-anchors three major research projects on evictions, urban inclusion, slum up-gradation, and the relationships between poverty, inequality and urban violence.
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- Iihs uc berkeley conference gautam bhan indian institute for human settlements
- Gautam bhan urban fellows programme faculty
- Education
- Honors Awards
- Publication
- References

Gautam bhan urban fellows programme faculty
Education

A visiting undergraduate scholar at Harvard University, Gautam Bhan completed his graduation from Amherst College with Political Economy and Development Studies in 2002. He then did his masters on Urban Studies from University of Chicago and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley.
Honors & Awards

Fellow, Social Science Research Council 2009-10; Berkeley Fellow 2007-2012; Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley 2012.
Publication
