Falguni Tailor

Falguni Tailor is an architect and urban planner with extensive experience in interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of environmental sustainability, urban development, and coastal management. Her work focuses on the convergence of coastal and marine area management with sustainable development. She currently serves as an Assistant Scientific Officer at the Dr Kiran C Patel Centre for Sustainable Development, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, where she coordinates research, education, and outreach initiatives focused on advancing sustainability goals. Falguni was a member of the 2023 Global Judging Committee for Solving for Humanity, a global youth challenge on human development organized by Duke University. As an Urban Planner in the World Bank-funded project on the the “Preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan and Shoreline Management Plan for Odisha,” she collaborated with government agencies, academic institutions, and local communities to promote integrated coastal governance. She has actively presented her work at national and international platforms on themes including Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Blue Economy, and Sustainable Development. Falguni holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Jadavpur University, a Master of City Planning from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Earth Sciences Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.