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 locally led alternatives that democratize climate adaptation.
Democratizing locally led adaptation measures for climate action
Ipshita's doctoral research examines democratic alternatives to donor-driven climate adaptation in the Global South, with a focus on South Asia. By foregrounding community voices and interrogating inequities in aid-backed models, her work seeks to reimagine climate adaptation financing as a more inclusive, locally-led process.
- 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
