Bishwapriya Sanyal (sanyal)

Bishwapriya Sanyal is Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning and Director, Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies, Department of Urban Studies & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Sanyal is former Vice-President of the American Planning Association, International Division. He trained as an Architect Planner with a doctorate from University of California at Los Angeles. Professor Sanyal has also advised bilateral and multi-national donors including the Ford Foundation, World Bank, International Labour Organization, United Nations Center for Human Settlements, United Nations Development Program, and the United States Agency for International Development. He has conducted research in India, Bangladesh, Zambia, Kenya, Jordan, Lebanon, Brazil, and Curaçao. Most recent publications include: The Profession of City Planning: Changes, Successes, Failures and Challenges (1900-2000) co-edited with L. Rodwin (Rutgers University Press); High Technology and Low-Income Communities: Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology edited with W. Mitchell and D. Schön, (MIT Press, 1998), and Comparative Planning Cultures, (Routledge, 2005).