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Kavas Kapadia was educated in the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Delhi, one of the leading educational institution of India. Graduated as an Architect in 1969 and completed Post Graduation in Town & Country Planning in 1971. Professional experience as an Architect in Nigeria, Iran and a brief stint in Singapore besides working in India. Joined the Department of Urban Planning at SPA in 1981. He has been since involved in Planning and Architecture educate in India while developing his interest in Urban Planning. He has taught related courses in several universities, been on selection committees and juries and served as Head of the Department and the Dean of Studies of the SPA. Prof Kapadia has written and presented papers in India and abroad, on the theme of sustainability, urbanization, water and its cultural implications in poverty reduction in urban areas. He has worked on several groups on behalf of SPA both in actual consultancy of architecture and planning in India and collaborated with agencies abroad such as the Park Services of the US, the University of Cologne, Germany (on mega city project) the University of Kyoto (on Mumbai Disaster Mitigation) and study of the slums of Dharavi. He has been involved extensively in the process of advising the government and the professional institutions on the issue of planning education and establish an interface between education and profession. He has been advisor to the institutions such as the All India council for technical education, Council of Architecture, Indian Institute of town planners, National Captal Region board and many private organizations dealing with planning. Kavas Kapadia has also been associated with PARZOR foundation to document the heritage of Parsee-Zoroastrian culture a project initiated by UNESCO and in this connection presented papers in the world water form at Kyoto and Salisbury UK, alliance of Religious Conservation, again in the field of water and culture. He retired as the Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Regional Planning and Dean of Studies in 2012 from the services of the SPA.

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