April 18, 2025
April 18, 2025
AnnouncementExhibition on Wooden Havelis of Gujarat
With the "Wooden Havelis of Gujarat" exhibition, held at CEPT University from 21st–23rd March 2025, we mark the culmina...
Advancing knowledge and action on built environment and human habitats
Welcome to the CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF).
CRDF is a multidisciplinary think-do-tank promoted by CEPT University. Through CRDF, the University actively engages in research projects, advisory assignments, and capacity-building initiatives to solve critical problems in the built environment and improve people’s quality of life in towns and cities.
In their research and consulting pursuits, our faculty members make their academic knowledge and professional expertise available to external stakeholders, including government, public sector organisations, NGOs, communities, and businesses.
Learn MoreCRDF is organized around domain-focused centers typically overseen by a senior faculty member associated with CEPT University.
Archived Centers
Our Impact
Engaging with government agencies on policies, processes and capacity enhancement is central to CRDF’s mission of advancing knowledge and action on built environments in Indian cities. Our interdisciplinary research that spans diverse areas from built environment and energy, urban land planning and policy processes, and urban infrastructure, to leveraging geospatial technology for decision-making is aimed at delivering tangible results with far-reaching impact.
17000+
Community relationships build across CRDF's digital platforms
1700+
Personnel trained for Local Area Planning (LAP) & Town Planning Schemes (TPS)
1000+
Cities supported under the Performance Assessment System (PAS) of CWAS
50+
Capacity building programs for sustainable policy and practice
Projects
Technical Support Unit for SIR Development in Gujarat
Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB)
2024- Ongoing |
Advisory Projects | CUPP
Enhancement of Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
2024- Ongoing |
Advisory Projects | CUPP
Review and Recommendations for Strengthening of Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules(TNCDBR)
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)
2022- Ongoing |
Advisory Projects | CUPP
Recommendations for the Combined Hill Area Development and Building Rules
Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP), Tamil Nadu
2024- Ongoing |
Advisory Projects | CUPP
Events
Workshop
Awareness Workshop on Electric Three-Wheelers in Surat
April 27, 2025
SMC Community Hall, Bhatena, Surat
Symposium
International Research Symposium: Cultural Heritage Perspectives
February 26, 2025
CEPT University
News
April 12, 2025
April 12, 2025
RecognitionCEPT University hosts Digital Technology in Architecture and Design Education Symposium
CEPT University hosted the International Symposium on Digital Technologies in Architecture and Design Education, spotlighting the trans...
February 24, 2025
February 24, 2025
AnnouncementGlobal South Academic Conclave on WASH and Climate 2025
The Center for Water and Sanitation organized the second edition of the Global South Academic Conclave on WASH and Climate at CEPT betw...
September 07, 2023
September 07, 2023
AnnouncementCEPT Conservation Site School
CHC is pleased to announce a new milestone for the CEPT Conservation Site Schools program: Kalidas Jethabhai House, Dharmaj, as it beco...
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