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ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0866-2642
Key Expertise: Urban studies, Heritage, History, Visual Culture, Anthropology, Memory studies

Ekta Chauhan

PhD., Brandenburg, University of Technology MPP., National Law School of India University, Bangalore B.A. Hons., St. Stephen's College, Delhi University

Assistant Professor

Modern South Asia

Sex of Design

What is Research

Seeing the City

Public, Museums and Places

Globalisation and Culture

JGU short term research grant : 2025

2025

Upcoming in September 2025 : Sheher mein Gaon : Delhi through its urban villages, Penguin Randomhouse

2024

Chauhan, E. (2024). Making of the Marginal: Gender in a New Education City. Contemporary South Asia.

Between Progress and Patriarchy: Gender Dynamics in Sonipat's Transformation, TheWire (2024)

2023

What Goes In The Making And Unmaking Of India’s National Heritage?, Outlook India (2023)

Living in the peripheries: The ignored industrial housing of Delhi, The Indian Express (2023)

How DDA built the middle-class dream and shaped modern Delhi, The Indian Express (2023)

Delhi’s every ‘just another old building’ could be an Art Deco gem, The Indian Express (2023)

The rise and decline of the havelis, The Indian Express (2023)

2022

Decoding Collective Action Dilemmas in Historical Precincts of Delhi. Sustainability

Re sidents’ Motivations to Participate in Decision-Making for Cultural Heritage Tourism: Case Study of New Delhi. Sustainability

Chauhan, E. (2022). Decoding Collective Action Dilemmas in Historical Precincts of Delhi. Sustainability

Chauhan, E. (2022). Residents’ Motivations to Participate in Decision-Making for Cultural Heritage Tourism: Case Study of New Delhi. Sustainability.

Rambhakta, P. B., & Chauhan, E. (2022). Disaster, Pandemics, and Tourism: Strategies for Local Economic Revival. In Indian Tourism. Emerald Publishing.

Mehrauli: Delhi’s first ‘city’, and its old and new mandis, The Indian Express (2022)

Said-up-Ajaib: Home to a 14th century Tughlaq chamberlain is now a cafe hub, The Indian Express (2022)

Chirag Dilli and its bygone days of colourful weddings, The Indian Express (2022)

Celebrating the land Gods of rural Delhi in Khirki village, The Indian Express (2022)

Eid in Hauz Rani: One roof, many cultures and customs, The Indian Express (2022)

Urban Villages of India Are Being Erased by Development. How Can We Preserve Their Histories? ,The Swaddle (2022)

2021

Guided heritage walks as a tool for inclusive heritage education: Case study of New Delhi. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

Chauhan, E., & Anand, S. (2021). Guided heritage walks as a tool for inclusive heritage education: Case study of New Delhi. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

2020

Chauhan, E. (2020). Challenges To Community Participation In Heritage Tourism Development: Case Studies Of Shahjahanabad And Nizamuddin Basti In New Delhi, India. In Sustainable Tourism IX (Vol. 248, pp. 225–233). WIT Press

Delhi’s Khirki Masjid – Once a Shared Space of Everyday Life, Now a Contested Site, TheWire (2020)

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