Subhasish Borah is an Assistant Director at the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP), Government of Assam, and coordinates the Assam Urban Knowledge Hub, a Think Tank and Project Implementation Unit under DTCP, where he leads urban design and mobility projects.

Subhasish holds a master’s degree in Urban Transport Planning & Management from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. While working with the Government of Assam, he is also pursuing doctoral studies at the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University. His research centres on the intersection of mobilities studies and urban geography, particularly on the politics of mobility and daily negotiations of spatial mobilities in the frontier cities of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Before joining the Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Subhasish served as a full-time faculty member at CEPT University, where he coordinated the Bachelor of Urban Design program.

Besides his professional work, Subhasish is a ceramist and an amateur home chef who loves cooking for his dogs Iki and Luna.