Dr. Namesh Killemsetty
October 18, 2023 2024-05-20 9:28Dr. Namesh Killemsetty
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Dr. Namesh Killemsetty
Assistant Professor
B.Tech. (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology);
M.Tech. (CEPT, Ahmedabad);
Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Dr Namesh Killemsetty is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Assistant Dean of programme Strategy and Academic Affairs in the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India. He also serves as the Assistant Director-Research and a Senior Research Fellow at IDEAS-Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at JGU.
He completed his Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2021. As a transdisciplinary researcher working in urban governance and poverty, Namesh’s work particularly focuses on housing, tenure security, and community rights of slum dwellers integrating theories and methods from Urban Studies, Policy Analysis, Operations Research, and Decision Sciences. His research looks at identifying and using participatory approaches that amplify the voices of marginalized populations such as slum dwellers for effective policymaking. Namesh is the recipient of the 2021 Urban Affairs Association Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award, USA. In the classroom, Namesh imparts knowledge through courses on GIS in Policy Analysis, Project Management, and Research Methods.
Urban Governance, Slum Policies, Research Methodology
Killemsetty, N., Patel, A. (2022). “Slum dwellers as Experts: A Value-Focused Thinking approach to address housing challenges in slums” Journal of Urban Affairs. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2099283 (IF:2.559)
Killemsetty, N., Johnson, M.P. and A. Patel. (2022). “Using Community Based Operations Research to Understand the Housing Preferences of Slum Dwellers in India.” European Journal of Operational Research. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.06.055 (IF: 6.363)
Ngawang, T., Singh, N., Killemsetty, N. (2022), “Analyzing India’s Science and Technology Policy – A Comparative Perspective”. Jindal Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 6, Issue II. Available at: https://jgu.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/jsgp/Article+3_+Volume+6+Issue+II.pdf
Killemsetty, N. (2022). “Review Of Problem Structuring Methods And Its Application In Understanding The Housing Needs Of Slum Dwellers In India”. Jindal Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 6, Issue 1. Available at: https://jgu.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/jsgp/Killemsetty_JJPP-Volume-6-Issue-I.pdf
Patel A, Joseph G, Killemsetty N, Eng S (2020) Effects of residential mobility and migration on standards of living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A life-course approach. PLoS ONE. 15(9): e0239735. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239735 (IF: 3.752)
Killemsetty, N (2013). “Understanding the evolution of slums in Ahmedabad through integration of survey datasets” in Garland, A. (ed). Innovation in Urban Development: Incremental Housing, Big Data and Gender, 2013. pp.127-145, in Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC. Available at https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/innovation-urban-development-incremental-housing-big-data-and-gender-0
Killemsetty, N., Patel, A (2020). “Giving voice to the slum dwellers – understanding the implications of the implementation of the Land Rights Act in Odisha State, India” at 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Available at https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2020/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=645&presentations=show
Patel, A., Killemsetty, N (2020). “A Systematic review of slum policies in the Global South: what could we learn from successes and failures of the past?” at 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Available at https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2020/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=645&presentations=show
- Killemsetty, N., Johnson, M.P. and A. Patel. (2021). “Using Community Based Operations Research to Understand the Housing Preferences of Slum Dwellers in India.” European Journal of Operational Research. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.06.055
- Patel A, Joseph G, Killemsetty N, Eng S (2020) Effects of residential mobility and migration on standards of living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A life-course approach. PLoS ONE. 15(9): e0239735. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239735
- Killemsetty, N., Patel, A (2020). “Giving voice to the slum dwellers – understanding the implications of the implementation of the Land Rights Act in Odisha State, India” at 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Available at https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2020/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=645&presentations=show
- Killemsetty, N (2013). “Understanding the evolution of slums in Ahmedabad through integration of survey datasets” in Garland, A. (ed). Innovation in Urban Development: Incremental Housing, Big Data and Gender, 2013. pp.127-145, in Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC. Available at https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/innovation-urban-development-incremental-housing-big-data-and-gender-0