Work
Publications & Conferences
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2023). Methods of Studying Inclusion in Public Toilets: A Contextual Review for Urban India. In J. Goodman-Deane, H. Dong, A. Heylighen, J. Lazar, & P. J. Clarkson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology. University of Cambridge, UK. doi: 10.17863/CAM.95302
Methods of Studying Inclusion in Public Toilets:
A Contextual Review for Urban India
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). From Accessibility to Inclusion in Public Toilets: A Technology Perspective. TISS Journal of Disability Studies and Research ISSN: 2583-603X (PRINT), 2(1), 92.
From Accessibility to Inclusion in Public Toilets:
A Technology Perspective
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). Methodological Enquiry on Inclusivity in Public Sanitation in Indian Cities: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Contextual Research. 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (SMUS Conference), São Paulo, Brazil.
Methodological Enquiry on Inclusivity
in Public Sanitation in Indian Cities:
An Interdisciplinary Approach for Contextual Research
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). Interpreting Inclusion for Sanitation Perspectives from India: A Contextual Approach to Universal Design. In I. Garofolo, G. Bencini, & A. Arenghi (Eds.), Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development (Vol. 297). IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220855
Interpreting Inclusion for Sanitation Perspectives
from India:
A Contextual Approachto Universal Design
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). Interpreting Inclusion for Sanitation Perspectives from India: A Contextual Approach to Universal Design. In I. Garofolo, G. Bencini, & A. Arenghi (Eds.), Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development (Vol. 297). IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220855
Socio-Spatial Relationships in Vertical Housing
During COVID Times:
A Study in an Indian Urban Neighbourhood
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Accessible Tourism Guidelines
for India 2022
Involved in content development and draft report preparation for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, as a part of Laboratory of Inclusive Design (LID), IIT Roorkee.
Accessibility Assessment of
New Parliament Building, Central Vista
Involved in site visits, accessibility review, and support in the draft report preparation for the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and other stakeholders, as a part of LID, IIT Roorkee.
Universal Accessibility for
Mumbai Suburban Railway Stations
Involved in site visits, accessibility reviews, support in conducting stakeholder workshops and preparing draft reports for Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) and Indian Railways, as a part of LID, IIT Roorkee.
Publications & Conferences
Methods of Studying Inclusion
in Public Toilets:
A Contextual Review
for Urban India
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2023). Methods of Studying Inclusion in Public Toilets: A Contextual Review for Urban India. In J. Goodman-Deane, H. Dong, A. Heylighen, J. Lazar, & P. J. Clarkson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology. University of Cambridge, UK. doi: 10.17863/CAM.95302
Methodological Enquiry on Inclusivity
in Public Sanitation in Indian Cities:
An Interdisciplinary Approach
for Contextual Research
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). Methodological Enquiry on Inclusivity in Public Sanitation in Indian Cities: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Contextual Research. 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (SMUS Conference), São Paulo, Brazil.
Interpreting Inclusion
for Sanitation Perspectives from India:
A Contextual Approach
to Universal Design
Purkayastha, D., & Raheja, G. (2022). Interpreting Inclusion for Sanitation Perspectives from India: A Contextual Approach to Universal Design. In I. Garofolo, G. Bencini, & A. Arenghi (Eds.), Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development (Vol. 297). IOS Press.
doi: 10.3233/SHTI220855
Socio-Spatial Relationships in
Vertical Housing During COVID Times:
A Study in an
Indian Urban Neighbourhood
Purkayastha, D., Raheja, G & Hajela, A.. (2021). Socio-Spatial Relationships in Vertical Housing During COVID Times : A Study in an Indian Urban Neighbourhood. 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (SMUS Conference), Gaborone, Botswana.
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architectural writings!
Select Projects
Involved in content development and draft report preparation for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, as a part of Laboratory of Inclusive Design (LID),
IIT Roorkee.
Accessible Tourism Guidelines for India 2022
Involved in site visits, accessibility review, and support in the draft report preparation for the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and other stakeholders, as a part of LID, IIT Roorkee.
Accessibility Assessment of New Parliament Building,
Central Vista
Involved in site visits, accessibility reviews, support in conducting stakeholder workshops and preparing draft reports for Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) and Indian Railways, as a part of LID, IIT Roorkee.
Universal Accessibility for
Mumbai Suburban Railway Stations
Involved in background research and content preparation for United Nations India and NIUA, as a part
of LID, IIT Roorkee. MOOC hosted on the National Urban Learning Platform (NULP).
MOOC: ICTs for Accessible
and Inclusive Urban Development
