Dr Sachin Kumar Sahu

Department Architecture
Designation Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification PhD (NIT Raipur) ; Masters of City Planning (IIT Kharagpur); B.Arch
E-Mail sksahu.arch@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number 9691618055
Areas of Interest

Urban Planning,Urban Housing, Transportation and Infrastructre Planning, Building services,  Architectural Design

Publications

1.       Sachin Kumar Sahu, Sayon Pramanik, “Promoting Pedestrian Movement: An approach Towards Sustainable Street Design, The Concept of Complete Street”, National Conference on Environment & Sustainable Development”, Raipur, 2019.

2.       Sachin Kumar Sahu, Vivek Agnihotri,” Assessment of Social Cost for Limited stop Bus Transit operations in Durg-Raipur”, 1st International Conference on Urban Science & Engineering 28 - 29th February 2020, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, ISBN 978-93-89063-91-2                                                

3.       Vivek Agnihotri, Sachin Kumar Sahu,” Ranking Development Potentials of Metro Station Areas using AHP: A Case of Lucknow”, 1st International Conference on Urban Science & Engineering 28 - 29th February 2020, IIT Bombay, Mumbai ISBN 978-93-89063-91-2

4.       Agnihotri, V., Sahu, S. K., & Roy, S. (2020). Potential Assessment of New Metro Station Areas in Lucknow. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) 11–14. https://www.irjet.net/archives/V7/i8/IRJET-V7I802.pdf

5.       Sachin Kumar Sahu, Vivek Agnihotri,” Assessment of Social Cost for Limited stop Bus Transit operations in Durg-Raipur”, Lecture notes in Civil Engineering, Springer https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789813341135

6.       Wadhwa, R., & Sahu, S. K. . Creating Economic Solution for Slum Re - development through PMAY in case of Mini Mata Slum , Bilaspur , Chhattisgarh. National Online Confrence on Planning, Design & Management-26-27 Feb 2021 COE Pune, Maharashtra ISBN-978939090440

7.       Wadhwa, R., & Sahu, S. K. (2021). A Methodology to Determine Appropriate Construction Technology for Social Housing. . National Online Confrence on Planning, Design & Management-26-27 Feb 2021 COE Pune, Maharashtra ISBN-978939090440

8.       Sahu, S. K. & Agrawal V. (2022). Evaluating Government's Policy and Schemes for affordable housing in India. Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS) 6.0 International Conference on Urban Green Transitions: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges 10th-12thFebruary

9.       Sahu, S. K. (2022). Affordable housing schemes in India a chronological study and review. International Conference on Housing: Challenges, Policies & Strategies of 21st Century 29-30 October NIT Raipur.

10.    Khobragade, I., & Sahu, S. K. (2023). Strategies and solutions for enhancing public transport in Raipur city. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Skills in Architecture, Design, Planning and Allied Fields (pp. 171–175). ISBN: 978-93-6128-160-0

11.    Dewanjee, A. D., & Sahu, S. K. (2023). Exploring vernacular architecture of Chhattisgarh: Its techniques and construction. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Skills in Architecture, Design, Planning and Allied Fields. (pp. 74–75). ISBN: 978-93-6128-160-0

12.  Sahu, S. K., & Agrawal, V. (2025). Assessment of location satisfaction in slum rehabilitation housing: Insights from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 13(3), 2066–2084. https://doi.org/10.13189/cea.2025.130343

13.  Sahu, S. K., & Agrawal, V. (2025). Location satisfaction in residential areas: A systematic review of the literature. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 13(4), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.13.4_1

Other Info.

Projects (Consultancy):

  1. Sickle Cell Institute Raipur Chhattisgarh (Co-PI )
  2. Gram Panchayat Spatial development plan, Funded by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India(Co-PI).  
  3. Enhancement of Gram Panchayat Spatial development plan, Funded by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India 
  4. Preparation of Comprehensive development plan for Bhilai Township, by Town Services Department, Bhilai Steel Plant 

Memberships & Registration:

  • Registered in Council of Architecture (CoA)
  • Associate Member of Indian Institute of Architects (IIA)
  • Associate Member of Institute of Town Planner, India (ITPI)
  • Member of International Society of City and Regional Planners. (ISOCARP)