Aromar Revi

Aromar Revi is the first Vice-Chancellor of the IIHS (Institution Deemed to be) University and the founding Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), India’s leading interdisciplinary knowledge institution and distinct University, focused on the equitable, sustainable, and efficient transformation of Indian cities, towns, and villages.

He is a polymath, local-to-global practice and thought leader, educator, and institution builder, with over 40 years of interdisciplinary problem-solving experience. He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi, and the Law and Management Schools of the University of Delhi.

He is one of the world’s leading climate scientists, urban sustainability and disaster risk reduction professionals, and has deep governance, institutional development, management and implementation experience across public, private, academic and civil society institutions. He is a globally ranked scholar across multiple fields (urban, infrastructure, climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development), has lectured and taught at 100 of the world’s leading universities and think tanks across six continents; with over 80,000 participants in MOOCs that he helped design and deliver.

Aromar has, over 40 years, led over 250 major practice, consulting and research assignments in India and abroad, and helped structure, design and review development investments of over USD 15 billion. He has travelled extensively to over 65 countries; worked on 5 of the world’s 10 largest cities; across urban and rural areas in all of India’s 28 states and in 5 union territories, and on multiple international projects across over a dozen countries.