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Certificate Courses

At GRIT, Dr. Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar offers professional development workshops about all things related to environmental psychology, human-centered architectural design, urban design and planning, community development, landscape architecture and children’s environments.

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The following workshops are open to students and professionals in architecture, landscape architecture, environmental psychology, urban design, urban planning, and urban studies. 

Introduction to Environmental Psychology

In-person and web-based

Child-centric design and planning

in-person and web-based

Children's Ecologies

In-person and web-based

How to write a research proposal?

web-based

Methodology and Methods in Research

web-based

One-on-one mentorship for PhD candidates

In-person and web-based

These workshops are taught and facilitated by Dr. Sruthi outside of regular university based-programs and aim at equipping learners with knowledge beyond their college and training curriculums to help build a bridge between industry and academia.

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Write to our founder at grit@gritdesignresearch.com to sign up for a lesson with her!

Below is a list of our past workshops:

Play Diversity: Guidelines for designing play environments for young children. (June 2022)

Dr. Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar.

Expert speaker and facilitator for faculty of Indian architecture schools at Council of Architecture – Training Research Center’s (COA-TRC) Online Training Program titled, ‘Child Psychology and Child Centric Design’, India.

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Student Mentorships

In the real-estate industry, balancing creative aspects of form and design with a research-oriented approach is an essential skill, and student mentorship plays a key role to nurture this balance.


Get in touch with us to book a personal mentorship session by Dr. Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar.

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Below are Dr. Sruthi’s current mentees:

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  • Research project mentorship for Ms. Richa Lamba investigating landscapes responsive to human well-being (July 2022 – Ongoing).

  • Doctoral education guidance for Ms. Priya R. Khatavkar studying children’s play in urban areas from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India (April 2022 – Ongoing)

Humanising Design. A call to action.
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