Bharat Punjabi

Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies and South Asian Studies
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Areas of interest

  • Urban Development
  • Water
  • Mumbai
  • Urbanism
  • Cities
  • Politics
  • Informality

Biography

Main Bio

I have a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Western Ontario where I researched inter-sectoral water conflict in the Mumbai region in coastal western India. My main interests are in water governance and policy in large metropolitan cities and in urban studies. I also have an undergraduate and graduate degree in economics, and graduate degrees in social administration and social anthropology from universities in Canada and India. I am interested in making contacts with people who are researching Canadian and Indian urban issues and also welcome contacts from interdisciplinary researchers doing applied work in development policy. 

Courses

CAS370H1
Asian Cities
SAS318H1
Colonialism and Tradition