Organisation: The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam.

Banashree Banerjee is an urban planner based in New Delhi, India. She works as an independent consultant and also teaches at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam. In a career spanning three decades, the focus of her work has been on inclusive approaches to urban planning and management. This includes supporting local government in India, Egypt and Bangladesh for participatory planning, slum improvement through partnerships, and making city land available for the poor, as well as inputs into policy. Banashree has several publications to her credit and has undertaken assignments such as Panelist at the World Urban Forum 2010, Rio De Janeiro, Chairperson of the International Jury for the UN-HABITAT best Practices Awards in 2008; working group member of the Global Commission for Legal Empowerment of the Poor in 2007 and member of the International Expert Group on Land and Housing of UN-HABITAT.