Ipshita holds a Master’s in City Planning (2023) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s in Architecture and Environmental Studies (2017) from Mumbai University. She has worked on issues of climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and urban adaptation globally. She is a consultant with international organizations on urban resilience financing and is particularly interested in advancing solutions to extreme heat.
Policy diffusion of extreme heat adaptation
Ipshita’s doctoral research examines how extreme heat adaptation innovations emerge, evolve, and diffuse across cities in the Global South. Her work uses data-driven approaches and policy analysis to understand how adaptation is replicated across diverse governance and institutional contexts.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lab: Development
- School of Environment and Architecture, Architecture Design
- Fulbright - Nehru Master's Scholarship
- JN Tata Scholarship
- MIT DUSP Graduate Scholarship
- MIT Spaulding Thesis Scholarship
- Norman Foster Foundation Traveling Scholarship
- UBC President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
- UBC 4YF Scholarship
- UBC BPOC Graduate Excellence Award
- MIT Graduate Student Education Award
