Anugrah Anilkumar Nagaich

Assistant Professor,
Department of Architecture and Planning,
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh, India- 462003




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Research Interests


◦ Geoinformatics
◦ Natural Resources Engineering and Management
◦ Smart Cities
◦ Urban and Regional Planning
◦ Machine Learning and Urban Informatics
◦ Indian Knowledge System in Planning & Architecture
◦ Intellectual Property Rights in Planning & Architecture



Academic Credentials


M.Tech. [2014 - 2016]
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Specialization: Geoinformatics and Natural Resources Engineering

CitiesX [2019 - 2020]
HarvardX, Harvard University, USA
with Certificate of Achievement

Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights [2016 - 2018]
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management [2013 - 2014]
Institute of Environmental Studies, Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (E.P.C.O.), Bhopal, India

B. Planning [2009 - 2013]
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

Achievements and Awards


  • Completed the course of ‘Generative A.I. for Everyone’ by DeepLearning.AI (offered by Prof. Andrew Ng, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University, USA). [2023]

  • Completed Online National Level Short Term Course on 'Heritage of Nagara Style Temples (from Earliest Times to 21st Century)' offered by the ‘Heritage Foundation, Jalgaon, Maharashtra’. [2021]

  • Completed the TEQIP-III sponsored e-Training Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on 'Machine Learning Techniques for Cross-Domain Applications' organized by ‘IIT Indore, India’. [2020]

  • Completed the online course of ‘Elements of Artificial Intelligence’ offered by ‘Reaktor’ and the University of Helsinki (Finland). [2020]

  • Completed the online course of ‘Indian Models of Economy, Business and Management’ by Centre of Indic Studies, India. [2020]

  • Completed the course of ‘Artificial Intelligence for Everyone’ by DeepLearning.AI (offered by Prof. Andrew Ng, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University, USA). [2020]

  • Completed the course of ‘CitiesX’ from HarvardX (initiative of Harvard University, USA) with a Certificate of Achievement. [2019]

  • Completed the course (under Faculty Development Programme) of ‘Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology’ offered by IIT Kanpur and N.P.T.E.L., Government of India. [2019]

  • Completed the ‘Climate Change Appreciation Course’ organized by Madhya Pradesh Clean Development Mechanism Agency, Government of Madhya Pradesh. [2017]

  • Completed the course of ‘Sustainable Cities’ offered by the SDG Academy (online education platform of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations) and obtained Certificate of Proficiency with Distinction. [2017]

  • Recipient of Prof. R.C. Singh Prize in the 31st Indian Engineering Congress by the Institution of Engineers (India) for my paper having the ‘Greatest Practical Importance’. [2016]

  • Completed the IIRS-ISRO Outreach Programme on Geospatial Technologies for Urban Planning. [2016]

  • Completed National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development. [2015]

  • Secured All India Rank 73 in G.A.T.E. 2013 in the Architecture & Planning stream. [2013]

  • Graduation Thesis shortlisted by I.T.P.I. (Institute of Town Planners, India) Madhya Pradesh Regional Chapter for the intercollegiate ‘Best Thesis Award’. [2013]
  • Publications

    In Journals


  • Munoth N., Nagaich A. A., Gehlot S. “Transitioning from Wired City to Super City: a review of selected ‘Smart City’ case studies.” GeoJournal 87 (Suppl 4), 999-1016 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10704-6 [Access it here]

  • Munoth N., Nagaich A. A. “Planning Interventions for Lake Conservation: A Case of Shahpura Lake, Bhopal, India.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series A 96, 193-205 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-015-0127-x [Access it here]

  • Munoth N., Nagaich A. “Reflections on Education and its Purpose: Implications for Teacher Education.” Indian Journal of Higher Education, India, ISSN: 0976-1314, Vol. 4 Issue 2 (2013): 110-117. [Access it here]


  • As Book Chapters


  • Parmar V., Nagaich A. A. (2023). “Understanding the Dynamics of the City through Crowdsourced Datasets: A Case Study of Indore City.” In: Durbha, S.S., Sanyal, J., Yang, L., S Chaudhari, S., Bhangale, U., Bharambe, U., & Kurte, K. (Eds.). Advances in Scalable and Intelligent Geospatial Analytics: Challenges and Applications (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003270928 [Access it here]

  • Bhattacharya A., Munoth N., Nagaich A. A. (2022). “The Consequences of Population Growth on Climate Change: A Case of Urbanization Effects vis-à-vis Air Pollutants in Bengaluru, India.” In: Hassan, M.I., Sen Roy, S., Chatterjee, U., Chakraborty, S., Singh, U. (eds) Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96760-4_20 [Access it here]

  • Jaiswal A., Nagaich A. (2011).“Urban Parking Concepts and Management: An Approach towards the Greener Side.” In: Jain, R., Dhote, K.K., Munoth, N. (eds). Green Cities: Design, Planning and Management. India: MacMillan Advanced Research Series, MacMillan Publishers, ISBN 13: 978-0230-33241-6, pp. 313-328.


  • In Conferences/Conference Proceedings


  • Patel U., Nagaich A. A., Munoth N. “Spatial Planning for Conservation and Restoration of Urban Water Bodies: A Case of Jabalpur, India”; accepted, presented and published at the Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, January 24-26, 2024, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

  • Dabral R., Nagaich A. A. “Planning for Mitigating Flash Flood Events a Case of Almora District in Uttarakhand”; accepted, presented and published at the 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 2021, pp. 14-18, doi: 10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792115. [Access it here]

  • Parmar V., Nagaich A. A. “Understanding the Dynamic of the City through Crowdsourced Datasets: A Case Study of Indore City”; accepted and presented at the National Conference on Internet of Things (IoT) for Building Design and Urban Infrastructure 2021, June 26th-27th, 2021 at M.A.N.I.T., Bhopal, India.

  • Jaiswal S., Singh G., Nagaich A. A. “Disaster Damage Assessment using Polarimetric SAR Image Analysis: Case of Nepal Earthquake”; accepted at the 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), July 28th-August 2nd, 2019 in Yokohama, Japan.

  • Nagaich A. A., Munoth N. “Planning for Reducing Environmental Impacts in Peri-Urban Areas: A Case of Gaya, India”; accepted and presented at the 2nd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (2nd ARCP), November 08-10, 2018, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.

  • Maloo N., Nagaich A. “A Regional Planning Approach towards Sustainable Development: A Case of Sikandra Region.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Urbanism and Green Architecture, October 30-31, 2010. India: N.I.T. Hamirpur, 2010.


  • In Magazines/Newspapers


  • Ancient Indian Town Planning and Architectural Paradigms [January, 2017] (Access it here)

  • Climate Change and Ancient Indian Town Planning [May, 2017] (Access it here)

  • Chanakya’s View on City Planning – ‘A Model for the Future’? [October, 2017] (Access it here)


  • As Copyrighted Work


  • Manual for Bachelor of Planning Thesis; Written by Dr. Navneet Munoth & Anugrah Anilkumar Nagaich.
    ROC No.: L-85737/2019; ROC Date: 30 Septmeber 2019; Diary No.: 5450/2019-CO/L (Retrieve it here)

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