Shruti Syal

Shruti Syal is Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, examining urban systems through socio-ecological lenses.

Research focuses on:

• Infrastructure governance in informal settlements
• Urban water/waste systems
• Resilience planning methodologies

Publications integrate spatial, institutional and biophysical analysis of marginalized urban spaces. Her dissertation on Delhi's drain-adjacent communities received the ACSP Gill-Chin Lim Award.

Current projects explore sanitation infrastructure coupling with environmental planning in Delhi, supported by student research teams.