Sruthi Atmakur’s background in architecture and landscape architecture enables her to focus on improving the quality of built environments, particularly for children and young people. Through her work, Sruthi aims to influence local and national policies related to children’s rights, urban planning and design. Sruthi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Environmental Psychology program where her dissertation research focuses on evaluating play opportunities available for young children from middle-class families living in urban high-rise buildings in fast-growing cities of urban India.
Sruthi is also a research associate with the Children’s Environments Research Group (CERG) at the Graduate Center, New York, where she is currently directing projects related to the CERG-Plan’s Score Cards project and Child Friendly Places approach in communities across the world. Having worked closely with Dr. Pamela Wridt and Dr. Roger Hart in the development of the Child Friendly Places (CFP) approach, Sruthi currently coordinates work related to the same as the South Asia Research Coordinator.
Sruthi is also the South-Asia research coordinator for the Child Friendly Places methodology and the general secretary for the International Play Association – India chapter. Read more…
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