In India, training the next generation of urbanists

Batra was one of 200 applicants for the program’s first year in 2015, and one of 30 accepted. She moved to Hyderabad for three weeks, and became a proud member of its first graduating class.“The Urban Action School was attractive for a mid-level professional like me who engages in the urban development milieu at an everyday level,” says Batra, 34, an architect and urban designer by training.