CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. Jury Comments 2 THESIS PROJECTS Urban Design with natural systems 3. PROJECT01 : Integrating Urban and Ecosystem in Coimbatore 4 Arun Kumar UD6206 4. PROJECT02 : Restructuring City through natural systems : Mumbai 7 Arun Sawant UD6306 5. PROJECT03 : Urban Expansion over dependable agriculture land : Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu 11 Bennet Ananth UD6506 6. PROJECT04 : Reinterpreting Past Urbanity : A case of Canal Systems of Kochi 15 Dhanya Eliabeth UD6706 7. PROJECT05 : Organic (Jaivik/Sajiva) Urbanism : A case of Patna 19 Sankalpa UD7106 8. PROJECT06 : Resource Region Urbanism : An alternative Development perspective : Sawant Wadi 23 Sunita Dalvi UD7206 Urban Design with Tourism and Heritage 9. PROJECT07 : Symbiosis between historicity and tourism : Amritsar 27 Amrinder Singh UD6106 10. PROJECT08 : Strengthening the knowledge precinct, college and surrounds : Kolkata 31 Probal Basu UD6406 11. PROJECT09 : Re-adjusting Roshana precinct to revive the lost Urbanity : Delhi35 Garima Nayyar UD6806 12. PROJECT10 : Reinforcing Sense of Place : A Case of Pune 39 Nimesh Porwal UD6906 13. PROJECT 11 : Tourism as a trigger for transformation : Revitalizing the heritage precinct in Diha 43 Anjana Menon UD6705 Urban Design with Urban Management and Systems 14. PROJECT12 : Enhancing Urban competitiveness : Urban Entrepreneurialism, Surat 46 Darshan Shah UD6606 15. PROJECT13 : Rural Urban Interface : Ahmedabad 49 Ruchita Agarwal UD7006 16. PROJECT14 : Restructuring Urban Environment : Town Planning Scheme as a tool, Surat 52 Chirag Kapadia UD6505