Kirori Mal College
(University of Delhi)
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
(Phone No. - 011-7121 9084 : Email - principal@kmc.du.ac.in)
Print Date : 28-04-2025
1. Personal Profile
Title: Dr.   First Name: JEETESH   Last Name: RAI img
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2. Educational Qualifications
Degree/ Certification Institution Year
B.A. (Honrs) Geography KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, University of Delhi, Delhi 2006
M.A. Geography. Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) Delhi, India 2008
M.Phil., Geography: Environment, Society & Development St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2009
PhD Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Delhi 2021
3. Career Profile & Administrative Assignments
Category Role/ Designation Department/ Committee Date From - To Remarks
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS CONVENER NSS Kirori Mal College University of Delhi 26.Oct.2023 - Till date
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS CO-CONVENER NSS Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 02.Mar.2023 - 25.Oct.2023
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS MEMBER KARTAVYA- THE CIVIL SERVICE SOCIETY Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 08.Jun.2023 - Till date
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS MEMBER STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 08.Jun.2023 - Till date
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS MEMBER PROCTOR & DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 08.Jun.2023 - Till date
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS MEMBER RESEARCH COUNCIL Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 13.Jun.2023 - Till date
CAREER PROFILE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GEOGRAPHY Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 17.Aug.2016 - Till date
4. Other Profiles
Other Profile Name/ Description
CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF E-CONTENTS/ MOOCS

Module: Urban Geomorphology

Year: 1st December 2016.

 

AREAS OF INTEREST/ SPECIALIZATION

Urban governance and policy;

Rural development;

Political economy of environment and development;

Public Policy.

5. Research Guidance
Year Guide For Title of the Dissertation/ Thesis Scholar Name Status
6. Research Projects
Year Title of Project Sponsorship Agency Duration Amount Sanctioned Date of Sanction
2023 A Geographic Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impacts of flash floods in the Upper Beas Basin, Himachal Pradesh Northern Regional Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi 9 months 100000 21.Sep.2023
2024 A Geographical Analysis of NTFP-Livelihood Linkages in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh State Northern Regional Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi 6 Months 100000 08.May.2024
7. Publications
Category Publication Name Title Name of Author Reference Link/
DOI Link
Publication
(Month-Year)
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Land Use Dynamics and Impact on Regional Climate Post-Tehri Dam in the Bhilangana Basin, Garhwal Himalaya Sustainability Parihar, S.M.; Pandey, V.K.; Anshu; Shree, K.; Moin, K.; Ali, M.B.; Narasimhan, K.; Rai, J.; Kamil, A
(Joint Author)
https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610221 August
2022
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Who decides? Engagement as ‘viable process’in environmental decision making. Journal of Global Resources, Institute of Sustainable Development, Environmental & Scientific Research (ISDESR) Choudhary, B.K., Tripathi A.K., Rai, J.
(Joint Author)
DOI:10.46587/JGR.2021.v07i02.014 July
2021
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Can ‘poor’ cities breathe: Responses to climate change in low-income countries. Urban Climate. Elsevier, Science Direct, Netherlands Choudhary, B.K., Tripathi, A.K. and Rai J.
(Joint Author)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.01/00 1 January
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Approaches to Environmental Decision Making through Human-environment Relationship Perspectives. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International Rai, J., & Soni, S.
(First Author)
https://doi.org/10.9734/JGEESI/2018/46256. January
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Understanding Poverty-Environment Relationship from Sustainable Development Perspectives Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i130077. February
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Displacement versus Co-existence in Human-Wildlife Conflict Zones: An Overview Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
: https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i430093 March
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Why are Narratives that Place the Blame for Deforestation on the Rural Poor so Pervasive and so Persistent?. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
: https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v20i130099 March
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Colonial History and Geography have been the Main Determinants of Africa’s Poor Economic Growth: An Experience of Lost Decades (1980-2000). Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v20i230102. April
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Inequality, Injustice and India’s Forgotten People. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v20i230102 June
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(International)
Poverty, Vulnerability, Non-timber Forest Products and Rural Livelihood: An Indian Experience Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v20i230102 June
2019
JOURNAL PAPER
(National)
Questioning the neoliberal state through community-led slum upgrading programmes in Indian context. The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Research Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
June
2015
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
“The Economics of climate change” at the National seminar on ‘adaptation and implementation of paris agreement: national initiatives towards climate change mission’ Host organization: Saheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
April
2017
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(International)
“Public Participation and Urban Governance in India” at the Inter-National Conference on ‘Livable Cities: Transforming Sustainability and its Challenges’ Host organization: Saheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University, Delhi Rai, J.
(Sole Author)
February
2018
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Forced Evictions, Urban Governance and the Right to the City: A case Study of Bawana, Delhi Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
March
2018
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Tribal Upliftment and New education Policy 2020: A Way Forward? Five-Days National Workshop and Research Seminar on the New Education Policy-2020, organised by the Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, M.P. and Siksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, Delhi Jeetesh Rai
(Joint Author)
October
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Strengthening Policies for Climate Actions in Urban Areas Host organization: Saheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University, Delhi Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
April
2018
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(International)
Women Empowerment Through Technologies Interventions: A Case Study of Mahua Flowers (Madhuca Latifolia) the International Conference on Significance of Technology in Empowering Tribal Community of India organized by Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi during 23rd and 24th August 2022 Jeetesh Rai, Sashank Patel
(Joint Author)
August
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Inequality in India: a perpetuslity or an ephemeral curse the National Conference Human resource Managament and International Business Transformation in the Digital Era, organised by the Department of Managament Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on September 21, 2022. Jeetesh Rai, Amrita Singh, M.S. Raja
(Joint Author)
September
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Understanding the history of tribal exclusion through law and governance perspectives 39th session of Madhya Pradesh History Assembly and National Seminar on Various dimensions of Indian freedom movement: in particular refrense to Madhya Pradesh, during 26th -27th March 2022, Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
March
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Covid-19 Pandemic Induced Inequality in Urban Spaces of India National Seminar on "Geography, Development and Public Policy" jointly organised by Department of Geography, Himachal Pradesh University , shimla and GSHP in collabotation with NWRC, ICSSR, Chandigarh Jeetesh Rai
(Joint Author)
September
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(National)
Exclusionary Policies for Tribals: The case of NTFPs in Madhya Pradesh National Seminar on "Geography, Development and Public Policy" jointly organised by Department of Geography, Himachal Pradesh University , shimla and GSHP in collabotation with NWRC, ICSSR, Chandigarh Jeetesh Rai
(Joint Author)
September
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(International)
Strengthened climate action policies for the cities in developing world International Conference on Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Sustainable Livelihoods, during 12th-13th March 2022, Department of Geography, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi Arun Kumar Tripathi, Jeetesh Rai, Kanchana Narasimhan and Smriti Soni
(Joint Author)
March
2022
CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS
(International)
Addressing the specific factors that shape the responses of urban authorities to climate change in global north and south International Conference on Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Sustainable Livelihoods, during 12th-13th March 2022, Department of Geography, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi Arun Kumar Tripathi, M.B. Ali, Jeetesh Rai, Kanchana Narasimhan and Smriti Soni
(Joint Author)
March
2022
CHAPTER
(International)
Urban restructuring, forced evictions and transition of the welfare city into entrepreneurial city, The case study of Bawana resettlement colony, Delhi In Theory, Policy and Practice: Development and Discontents in India Routlage, Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York. De Aparajita, Rai Jeetesh.
(Joint Author)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003159940-4 January
2022
CHAPTER
(National)
Role of Cooperatives in Rural Development in Sharma et al., (eds.) Rural Development : A Holistic Perspectives, Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
August
2017
CHAPTER
(National)
The Economic of Climate change V. S. Negi, Jagbir Singh, Vaneeta Chandana and Anupama M. Hasija (eds.) Dimensions of Development: Implications and Management Research India Press New Delhi Jeetesh Rai
(Sole Author)
December
2017
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
(International)
Gender Sensitive Poverty Alleviation Scheme a far away reality in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Terra Urban, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), New Delhi Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
(Joint Author)
http://terraurban.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/poor-living-for-the-urban-poor-tracing-jnnurm-housing-projects/ September
2012
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
(International)
“Poor Living” for the Urban Poor- tracing JNNURM housing projects Terra Urban, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), New Delhi Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
(Joint Author)
http://terraurban.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/poor-living-for-the-urban-poor-tracing-jnnurm-housing-projects/ October
2012
8. Books
Category Book Name Title Name of Author ISSN/ ISBN Number
BOOK
(International)
Co-operative Procurement and Marketing of Tendu Leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality Lele, S., R. Venkat Ramanujam, Rai, J.
(Joint Author)
Environment and Development Discussion Paper No. 3. Bengaluru: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). ISBN 13: 978-81-902338-9-7
BOOK
(National)
Rural Poverty and Non-Timber Forest Products: An Indian Experience Arun Kumar Tripathi and Jeetesh Rai
(Joint Author)
Khama Publishers, Delhi 9788185495897
9. Faculty Achievements
Year Category of Achievement Role National/ International etc. Name Date From-To
2018 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR National Rural Community Engagement 25.Mar.2018 - 31.Mar.2018
2023 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University Qualitative Research and Issues in Plagiarism (An Interdisciplinary Approach) 16.Feb.2023 - 22.Feb.2023
2022 REFRESHER COURSE ATTENDED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University “Basic IT tools, Advanced Spreadsheet Tools and Statistical Software Package with SPSS Statistics with ‘ Financial Database and Analysis Software 27.Oct.2022 - 11.Nov.2022
2023 FACULTY INDUCTION PROGRAM ATTENDED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University National Faculty Induction Programme/Orientation Course 25.Feb.2023 - 27.Mar.2023
2023 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University Moocs and E-Content Development 29.Apr.2023 - 05.May.2023
2023 INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED PAPER PRESENTER National Responses of developing countries for climate change actions 20.Nov.2023 - 21.Nov.2023
2023 INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED PAPER PRESENTER National Cultivating Gender-Responsive Resilience in the Climate and water landscape of Bundelkhand 20.Nov.2023 - 21.Nov.2023
2023 WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED CONVENER National Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs), Tribal Livelihood and Sustainable Development of Forest Resources” 13.Oct.2023 - 14.Oct.2023
 
 
Dr. JEETESH RAI