Indien: Arm und reich in der Stadt
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Liechtenstein-Hayek-Saal
Plenary
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German and English language
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Dr. Dinesh MOHAN
Volvo Chair Professor, TRIPP - Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
| 1975-1978 | Senior Bioengineer, Research Department, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Washington, D.C. |
| Responsible for the development and management of research projects of biological and biomechanical nature. | |
| Since 1978 Volvo Chair Professor Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | |
| Research and teaching: Transportation research (safety and pollution), human tolerance biomechanics, motor vehicle safety, road traffic injuries, childhood injuries |
Dr. Geetam TIWARI
MOUD Chair Professor, Civil Engineering Department & TRIPP - Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
| B Arch., University of Roorkee | |
| Master of Urban Planning and Policy and Ph.D. in Transport Planning and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago | |
| 2007-2010 | Adlerbretska Guest Professor for sustainable urban transport, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| She has extensive research experience in dealing with transportation issues of special relevance to low income countries. These include development of bus systems and road designs that would make transportation efficient and safer. She has been working in the area of traffic and transport planning focusing on pedestrians, bicycles and bus systems. | |
| She is advisor to Urban Age series of conferences coordinated by London School of Economics since 2005. She is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. | |
| Currently: MOUD Chair Professor for Transport Planning, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
DI Dr. Ramesh Kumar BISWAS
Architekt, Stadtplaner, Autor, Atelier Biswas, Wien/Kuala Lumpur
| Studium der Architektur & Städtebau, University of Delhi, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art sowie Technische Universität Graz | |
| Mitarbeit in Architekturbüros in Kuala Lumpur (1980-81), Helsinki (1983-84), Wien (1984-91) | |
| Seit 1991 selbständig in Berlin und Wien, seit 2001 Büro in Kuala Lumpur | |
| Bauten und Stadtplanungen in Österreich, Italien, Australien, Indien, Kolumbien, Venezuela, Malaysia | |
| Kurator und Gestalter von Ausstellungen in 50 Ländern, u.a. für Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; TN Probe Galerie, Tokyo; Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien; die Schallaburg; Museo del Arte Moderne d Argentina Buenos Aires; Texas Gallery Houston; Manhattan Gallery; National Museum Malaysia; Haus der Kulturen Berlin; Musée Nationale des Beaux Arts Algier; u.v.m. | |
| Unterricht an der TU Wien, Akademie der Bildenden Künste u. Bauhaus Dessau. Bisher Gastprofessuren an der Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées Paris; Nihon Univ. Tokyo; Univ. of Hong Kong; Univ. Of New South Wales Sydney; Temple Univ. Philadelphia; Univ. de los Andes Bogota; Univ. of Houston etc. Derzeit National University of Malaysia |
Dr. Robert WYCHERA
Stv. Generaldirektor i.R., Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG; Vorstandsmitglied, Entwicklungshilfeklub, Wien
| Studium der Rechtswissenschaften | |
| 1960-1961 | Gerichtsjahr |
| 1961-1979 | Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank (heute RZB), zuletzt Kreditdirektor |
| 1979-1985 | Generaldirektor der Österreichischen Volksbanken AG (ÖVAG) |
| 1986-1991 | Geschäftsführer der Raiffeisen Leasing |
| 1987-1991 | Vorstand der RZB, seit 1988: Generaldirektor Stellvertreter |
| Seit 1991 Im Ruhestand | |
| Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit für private Entwicklungszusammenarbeit | |
| Vorstand im Entwicklungshilfeklub Wien: Verantwortungsbereich: Village Reconstruction Organization, Indien | |
| 1996-2002 | Im Internationalen Vorstand von Oikocredit - Ökumenische Entwicklungskreditgenossenschaft, die Kredite an "unbankable poor" im Süden vergibt |
| 2002-2008 | Vorstandsvorsitzender von Oikocredit Austria |
