School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Department of Regional Planning

Thesis Topics - Department of Regional Planning
S. No. Roll No. Name of the Students Thesis Topic

2016-18
SPA/NS/RP/1283 Akshay Gaur Economic Diversification and Regional
1. Development in an Agricultural surplus region.
SPA/NS/RP/1284 Dipu Biswas Sustainable Economic Urban Fringe Plan for an
2. Internationally Important Trade Center

SPA/NS/RP/1285 Kush Agrawal Potential for Tourism Development in a Buddhist

3. Region-Case Study of Kushinagar
SPA/NS/RP/1286 Nitesh Dogne Development of a Sustainable Tribal Settlement: A
4. Case Study of Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
SPA/NS/RP/1287 Priyanka Kureel Implications of Interlinking of Rivers on
5. Bundelkhand Region Case study of Chhatarpur
District.
SPA/NS/RP/1288 Rashmita Priyadarshini Disaster Resilient Framework for Regional
6. Planning: Jagatsinghpur District Orissa
SPA/NS/RP/1289 Rimjhim Bajpai Planning Interventions to address industrial
7. Disparity in the State of Madhya Pradesh
SPA/NS/RP/1290 Rohini Neelkantharao Implication of Land Acquisition for Samruddhi
8. Kalambe Corridor, Vidharbha Region, Maharashtra.
SPA/NS/RP/1247 Sakshi Godara Impact of SEZ on a Region: Case Study of
9. Mahindra SEZ, Jaipur District, Rajasthan.
SPA/NS/RP/1291 Shalvi Sharma Sustainable Development Strategies for Sonipat
10. District of NCR
SPA/NS/RP/1292 Sidhwin Hegde Land Reforms and Regional Development: A Case
11. Study of Karnataka State.
SPA/NS/RP/1294 Sonar Prajakta Tryambak Change in Agricultural Pattern And Impact On
12. Nashik District.
SPA/NS/RP/1295 Suragoni Naga Manasa Backward Region Development: Challenges And
13. Prospects of Developing a “Resource Rich Region”
in New State Telangana.
SPA/NS/RP/1296 Susum Panggam Potential for Eco-Tourism Development in Ziro
14. Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
15. SPA/NS/RP/1297 Ukirde Akshay Babanrao Inter – Regional Disparities in Kolhapur District.
SPA/NS/RP/1298 Yogesh Bhardwaj Impact of Industrial Development in a Backward
16. Region: A Case Study of Dhar District
2015-17
SPA/NS/RP/1236 Akanksha Laroiya Spatial Transformation through Agriculture: A Case
1. Study of Ganganagar District
SPA/NS/RP/1237 Amit Kumar Impact of Delhi Metro Rail on National Capital
2. Region
SPA/NS/RP/1238 Binil A V Impact of Micro, Small and Medium Scale
3. Enterprises on Regional Development: A case study
on Ernakulam District
SPA/NS/RP/1239 Dhanik N Defining Urbanisation and Urbanity with an
4. Atypical Settlement Pattern: A Case Study of Kerala
 SPA/NS/RP/1240 Gyanendita Shailly Implication of Party Politics on Regional
5. Development - Case Study of Betul and Harda,
Madhya Pradesh
SPA/NS/RP/1241 Karan Kumar Level of Development in Border Area, Amrtisar
6. District
SPA/NS/RP/1242 Lovitoli Kivikhu Achumi Spatial and Socio-Economic Contestation in Non-
7. Inner Line Area, Dimapur
SPA/NS/RP/1243 M Preethish Raja Impact of failure of crop in a Monoculture Region-
8. Thiruvarur District
SPA/NS/RP/1244 Meet Fatewar Planning Intervention for Creating Model Villages
9. in Uttar Pradesh
10. SPA/NS/RP/1245 Bhagwat Ninad Shriram Water Resource Management for Latur District
SPA/NS/RP/1246 Priya Bhardwaj Community based Disaster Management in
11. Uttarkashi, Uttrakhand
SPA/NS/RP/1248 Sheethal B. S. Spatial Competition for industrialization, Kolar,
12. Karnataka and Hosur, Tamil Nadu
SPA/NS/RP/1249 Sindhuja Garimella Port and Port City Development in an Economically
13. Emerging Coastal Region, case study of Kakinada
port
SPA/NS/RP/1250 Vaishali Implications of Higher Education Institutes on
14. Regional Development: Sonipat District
2014-16
1. SPA/NS/RP/1192 Altaf Hussain Structural Backwardness in the Kashmir Valley:
Planning Implications and Development strategies
2. SPA/NS/RP/1193 Ankita Raman Integrated Rural Cluster Action Plan for Agricultural
Development
3. SPA/NS/RP/1194 Bhavya Bogra Creating a resilient city: A case study of Gurgaon
4. SPA/NS/RP/1195 Ch. Sravya Ratna Impact of mining on Regional Development in
Karim Nagar District
5. SPA/NS/RP/1196 Diki Wangmu Bhutia Cluster Approach and Rural Development : Case
Study of Sikkim
6. SPA/NS/RP/1198 Gangala Sandeep Kumar Inland Waterways on Regional Development: Case
study of National waterways IV (Godawari and
Krishna Segment)
7. SPA/NS/RP/1199 Raghav Bhardwaj Transformation of Villages under Urban Influence :
Dera Bassi Block, SAS Nagar
8. SPA/NS/RP/1200 Ruby Industrial Development induced displacement and
Resettlement strategies, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon
9. SPA/NS/RP/1201 Sahil Katyal Impact of Brassware Industries on Town and its
Region: Case Study of Moradabad
10. SPA/NS/RP/1202 Shashank Sagar Locational Advantage of Ghaziabad and its Physical
Transformation
11. SPA/NS/RP/1203 T. Laxmi Snigdha Rao Water Resource Management in a Drought Prone
District: A Case Study of Mahbub Nagar
12. SPA/NS/RP/1204 Tanya Chaudhary Industrialization and Unplanned Development: Case
Study of Faridabad
13. SPA/NS/RP/1157 Kumar Nishant Industrial Urban Corridors: A Case Study of
Asansol-Durgapur axis
14. SPA/NS/RP/1154 Rami Prashant Kr Impact of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada District
Bhanuprasad
2013-15
1. 1 Socio-Economic and Spatial Development of Ajmer
SPA/NS/RP/1146 Arpita Goyal Kishangarh National Highway Corridor, Rajasthan.
.
Development Strategies for a Hilly Region: Case
SPA/NS/RP/1147 Viral Misra
2. Study district Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Dynamics of Kottayam- Pathanamthitta Development
SPA/NS/RP/1148 Arun. G
3. Corridor in Kerala
Planning for Heritage Development Ajmer District,
SPA/NS/RP/1149 Soumya Sharma
4. Rajasthan.
Planning Implication of bifurcation of a District:
SPA/NS/RP/1150 Sayan Sarkar
5. Case Study of Midnapur, West Bengal.
Identification of Future Smart Cities in a Region: A
SPA/NS/RP/1151 Hemant Sharma
6. Case Study of State of Karnataka
Planning for a Rurban Centre: Case Study of Jammu
SPA/NS/RP/1152 Ayushman Sharma
7. District, Jammu and Kashmir.
Integration between District Development Plan and
SPA/NS/RP/1153 Shashank Maniyar Local Development Plan- A case study of Kollam
8. District, Kerala.
Integrated Development of Settlements in Gaya
SPA/NS/RP/1155 Avinash Sinha
9. District, Bihar.
Durg-Bhilai-Raipur Urban Corridor: Strategy for
10. SPA/NS/RP/1156 Saddam Hussain
Development
Role of Wineries in development of Dindori Taluka,
11. SPA/NS/RP/1158 Sudheer Prakash Sutar
Maharashtra.
Selection and Strategies formulation for modal
SPA/NS/RP/1159 Rambabu Jupalli village: Case study of Narasaraopet MP constituency,
12. Andhra Pradesh.
Assessing criteria for delineation of backward region:
13. SPA/NS/RP/1160 Pusparaj Baraik
case study of Ranchi District, Jharkhand.
Evolving Settlement Patterns in National Capital
14. SPA/NS/RP/1112 Smriti Das
Region
Renewable Energy for Sustainable Rural
15. SPA/NS/RP/1107 Ambuj Manohar
Development: Case Study of Rajasthan
2012-14
1. SPA/NS/RP/1101 Pooja Sengupta Impact of Rural-Urban Linkages on Rural
Development
2. SPA/NS/RP/1102 Pankaj Ranjan Triggers of Urbanization in Bihar
3. SPA/NS/RP/1103 Amartya Deb Time Pressure Region, A Case Study of Bangalore-
Metropolitan Region
4. SPA/NS/RP/1104 Deepika Jha Structural Backwardness and Planning Remedies, A
Case Study of Bihar
5. SPA/NS/RP/1106 S.D. Suman Impact of Regional Economic Growth on Spatial
Development: Case Study of Dakshina Kannada and
Udupi Districts
6. SPA/NS/RP/1107 Ambuj Manohar Role of Communities in Natural Resource
Management
7. SPA/NS/RP/1108 Himanshu Saluja Planning Implications of Highway Corridor on
Levels of Development and Settlement Pattern, A
Case Study of the Golden Highway Quadrilateral in
Uttar Pradesh
 8. SPA/NS/RP/1109 Bhumeraj Keisham Inter District Disparities in Level of Infrastructure
Provisions: Planning Strategies for Manipur
9. SPA/NS/RP/1110 Mithun S Anand Geo-Spatial Information System Based Model for
Micro-Level Planning in Kerala
10. SPA/NS/RP/1111 Poonam Strategies for Project Implementation at Regional
Level, Case Study of National Capital Region
11. SPA/NS/RP/1113 Rupinder Kaur Socio-Economic Impact of Spatial Changes in a
Post-Green Revolution Scenario, Case Study of
Malwa Region, Punjab
12. SPA/NS/RP/1114 Jyoti Prakash Majhi Impact of MGNREGA on Rural Development,
Odisha
13. RP/1066/2011 Ram Babu Chakali Role of Proposed Chennai-Bangalore Industrial
Corridor as Potential for District Development, A
Case Study of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh
2011-13
1. RP/1057/2011 Trupti Prakash Patil Agriculture Development and its Impact on the
Region, Case Study of Amravati District
2. RP/1058/2011 Kumud Dhanwantri "Impact of Contract Farming: Case studies from
Punjab"
3. RP/1059/2011 Rajan Dhansukh Morbia Industrial development and Intra-regional
disparities: A case study of an Industrially
backward district- Kutch, Gujarat
4. RP/1060/2011 Shubinder Kaur Dynamics of Development of A Small Town-Case
Study of Kartarpur, Punjab
5. RP/1061/2011 Ramachandra Sitaram Land Transformation around Alibag Town
Mahajan
6. RP/1062/2011 Bhavna Solanki Minor Ports and Regional Development: A Case
of Pipavav Port, Gujarat

7. RP/1063/2011 Gayathri Muraleedharan Dynamics of Development of a Small Town: Case

study of Perinthalmanna, Kerala
8. RP/1064/2011 Neha Saha Impact of regional dynamics on the growth of a
small town: Case study, Bhuntar, Kullu District
9. RP/1065/2011 Shashi Mehta Industry led Regional Transformation: A case of
Neemrana Block, Alwar District
10. RP/1068/2011 Geetanjali Rani Rural Transformation in Bodhgaya Block
11. RP/1070/2011 Rameshwar Hembram Impact of Religious Tourism in Regional
Development: Case Study of Deoghar District
Jharkhand
2010-12
1. RP/1010/2010 Abhishek Gaurav Impact of Urban expansion on Small towns in
Ranchi District
2. RP/1011/2010 Apara Banerjee Impact of Transport Link in Regional Development:
Case study of Bara Mohan Singh
3. RP/1012/2010 Ahana Roy Transformation of urban Agglomeration in an
Agricultural Belt: Case study of Malda
4. RP/1013/2010 Rosy Gogoi Adapting to floods-A Case study of the Brahmaputra
Floodplains
5. RP/1014/2010 Vandana Solanki Forward and Backward Linkages of Migrants: A
Case Study of Delhi Slums
6. RP/1015/2010 Oindrila Sengupta Expansion of Malegaon and its impact on the
surrounding areas
 7. RP/1016/2010 Neha Sunil Potdar Role of Agro- based industries in Regional
Development: A case study of Baramati
8. RP/1018/2010 Sanghamitra Sen Impact Of Industrialisation In Tribal Areas: Byrnihat
Khanapara Scheme Area, Meghalaya
9. RP/1019/2010 Adarsh Viswam Transformation of a village– Case Study Kumily,
Idukki District
10. RP/1020/2010 Prajwal Koduru Regional Impact of Shipyard cum Port complex
Development
11. RP/1021/2010 Vemineni Vamsi Krishna Development of a town in an Agriculture region -
Case study of Gudur, A.P
12. RP/1022/2010 Manish Kumar Dahiya Land Transformation and its impact on Murthal
Village
13. RP/1024/2010 Imlitangit Ozukum Development Potential of Dimapur Town
14. RP/967/2009 Totak Acharjee A strategy for poverty reduction- case study of
Jaipur District
15. RP/968/2009 Himadri Shekhar Dey Impact Assessment of Delhi – Metro in NCR- Case
study of Jahangirpuri- Gurgaon Corridor
16. RP/973/2009 Anjan L. Halemane Impact of tourism on district development: Case
Study of Mysore District
2009-11
1. RP/970/2009 Varsha Viswanathan Role of FSI in city sprawl – case study of Gurgaon

2. RP/971/2009 Anukta Das Quality of Life changes due to Arsenic pollution –

case study of a West Bengal District
3. RP/972/2009 Anima Gupta What is an Urban Area?

4. RP/974/2009 Shubham Rathore Legality and Illegality in Urban Fringe Development

5. RP/975/2009 Divyalatha Karlapudi Siting a New Capital City for Andhra Pradesh
6. RP/976/2009 Sreekanth. O. Sea level rise & its likely impact on development in
Kochi Metropolitan Region
7. RP/977/2009 Akhil. P.R. Role of Inland Waterways on the economic
development of Kochi Region
2008-10
1. RP/931/2008 Debaleena Debnath (W) Fiscal Decentralisation and Millennium
Development Goals – A Case Study of Kolkata.
2. RP/932/2008 Smriti Yadav (W) Mapping the Movement and Skills: Life of
Construction Workers in Delhi & CNCR.
3. RP/933/2008 Meenakshi Tyagi (W) Planning for Juggi-Jhopri Clusters of Delhi.

4. RP/934/2008 Jublee Mazumdar (W) Social-Economic Development and Social Conflict –

Case Study of Gadchiroli and Chandrapur Districts
in Maharashtra
5. RP/935/2008 Neha Kaushik (W) Local Economic Development Strategy – A case
Study of Gurgaon
6. RP/936/2008 Suverna Pandey (W) Intra-District Variation in Development: Case Study
of Dehradun District.
7. RP/937/2008 Pawan Daulatrao Impact of Public Private Partnership (PPP) on
Deshpande Development of Region – A Case Study of Jaipur –
Kishangarh Road and Kishangarh-Ajmer-Beawar
Road
8. RP/939/2008 Priyanka Rani (W) Rural-Urban Transportation of Rohtak - Sampla
Corridor
9. RP/940/2008 Netankar Pravin Deorao Spatial Planning and Climate Change- A Case Study
of Nagpur.