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Neema Kudva's research focuses on community-based planning, housing, and infrastructure planning, particularly in the context of international studies. She explores issues of equitable planning and development, primarily in South Asia and the U.S. As a faculty member at Cornell's Department of City and Regional Planning, she leads pedagogical experiments in citizenship and sustainable planning. Kudva is also a senior associate dean for academic affairs and has served as the house professor at Becker House. Her work has included collaborations with various NGOs and institutions, including the Keystone Foundation in India. In her prior career, she worked as a consultant for public planning agencies in the San Francisco Bay area and as an architect in India and Europe. Kudva earned her Dip.Arch. from the CEPT School of Architecture in India and her M.Arch. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Department of Architecture