Writing Urban India (3.0) Fellows Conference | Nov 10-14, 2025

The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law at NLSIU, in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective and the Urban Studies Foundation (UK), is hosting WUI Fellows Conference from November 10 to 14, 2025, as part of the Writing Urban India (WUI) Fellowship 3.0.

The Conference wraps up the third iteration of the WUI Fellowship, which began earlier this year. The 21 participating fellows will present the research papers they have developed over the course of the fellowship. The sessions will be held between 9:30 am to 5 pm at the Ground Floor Conference HAll , Training Centre, NLSIU and Fairfield by Marriott, Rajajinagar.

About the Conference

Over the course of the event, fellows will present their work and engage in in-depth discussion with mentors and peers. Each paper will receive detailed feedback to further strengthen scholarly contribution.

Members of the WUI Collective, who have mentored the fellows through the 10-month writing fellowship, will attend the conference.

Distinguished scholars participating in the conference include Gopa Samanta (University of Burdwan), Gautam Bhan (Indian Institute for Human Settlements), J. Devika (Centre for Development Studies), Mukta Naik (National Institute of Urban Affairs), Marie–Hélène Zérah (French National Institute of Research for Development – IRD), Neha Sami (Indian Institute for Human Settlements), Rohit Negi (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta), Partha Mukhopadhyay (Centre for Policy Research), and Shivani Kapoor (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies).

The conference will be anchored by Sushmita Pati and Anwesha Ghosh from the National Law School of India University.