BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260807T125703EDT-47611Sc2um@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260807T165703Z DESCRIPTION:Urban Transport in India: My Journey to the Bottom\nof the Pyra mid (And Other Diversions)\n\n\n \nMadhav Badami has a joint appointment i n the School of Urban\nPlanning and the 91˿Ƶ School of Environment. Afte r having studied\nmechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Techno logy\,\nMadras\, he spent nine years in diesel engine development in the\n Indian truck and bus industry\, before going on to obtain a Master’s\ndegr ee in environmental science at The University of Calgary\, and a\nPhD in e nvironmental policy at the University of British Columbia.\nHis teaching a nd research interests are in the areas of\nenvironmental policy and planni ng\; urban infrastructure and\nservices in low-income countries\; alternat ive transport fuels\;\nsustainable urban transport\; and environment and d evelopment.\nHe is the principal investigator of a SSHRC funded research\n program titled “A Critical Assessment of Alternative Transport\nFuels in a Rapidly Motorizing Low-income Country: The Case of\nCompressed Natural Ga s in India”. Between 2003 and 2005\, he was a\nco-investigator in a resear ch project titled “Urban governance and\nenvironmental management: action- oriented policy studies on waste\nmanagement in Jabalpur and Raipur”\, fun ded by the Shastri-Indo\nCanadian Institute and CIDA. He has delivered sev eral invited\npresentations\, including to senior decision makers in India \, at the\nCOP-11 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Montrea l in\n2005\, and at the Asian Development Bank.\n \n DTSTART:20100407T163000Z DTEND:20100407T173000Z LOCATION:University 3534\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2A7\, 3534 rue Universi ty SUMMARY:MSE Speakers Series - Prof. Madhav Badami URL:/channels/event/mse-speakers-series-prof-madhav-ba dami-115330 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR