Kanwar Surjit Singh Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research
KSS-ISPER as a multi- disciplinary organization is committed to promoting geo-spatial technologies and its applications in various development activities of society, economy, and environment through community participation. The objective behind the formation of the Institute is based on a premise that a human settlement is like any other living entity, complex in its structure and functions. Therefore, to plan and manage human settlements, a pooling of expertise and skills is required.
KSS-ISPER comprises of professionals with a vast and varied experience in the field of human settlement Planning, traffic-transport and mobility, GIS, remote sensing, geography, population studies, geology, economics and management, sociology, infrastructure planning, architecture, civil and public health engineering, environment, soil scientists, hydrologists etc.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2023-25
Patron, KSS - ISPER
Former Lecturer of Economics
Masters in Economic & Geography, Punjab University
Sr. Vice-President, KSS - ISPER
Former Director, Planning,
Local Govt Department, Punjab
Secretary General, KSS - ISPER
Former Chief Town Planner, Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana
Auditor, KSS - ISPER
Professor of Geography
Punjabi University Patiala
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former Regional Advisor UN-HABITAT, Urban Economist, Author, Writer
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former Engineering-in-Chief, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Panchkula
Member, KSS - ISPER
Director General, NICMAR, Pune, Founder Chancellor of NICMAR University, Pune, Maharashtra
President, KSS - ISPER
Former Chief Town Planner, Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana
Vice President, KSS - ISPER
Software Architect | Digital Marketing Specialist | Founder - MaxReach
Treasurer, KSS - ISPER
Psychologist
Retired Army Officer
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former Head, Guru Ram Das School of Planning, GND University Amritsar, Punjab
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former Head, Deptt of Geography, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former State Town Planner
Himachal Pradesh
Member, KSS - ISPER
Former Senior Town Planner, Town and Country Planning Department, Punjab
Mr. Jaswant Singh, Masters in Geography from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi and also Masters in City and Regional Planning from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, is fellow and founder member of KSS-ISPER. He started his career as Assistant Town Planner in Town and Country Planning Department of Government of Uttar Pradesh, then he shifted to Haryana. He served in various capacities in the State Government, Haryana and retired as the Chief Town Planner, Town and Country Planning Department.
Sh. Jaswant Singh Secretary General, KSS - ISPER