Dr. Manjari Khanna Kapoor
Dr. Manjari Khanna Kapoor, a professional architect and academician, is also the first in India to practice concepts of CPTED (Crime prevention through environmental design) and Counter Terrorism through main stream architectural design.
As the Vice President of International CPTED Association (ICA), she leads the understanding with the UN Habitat towards promotion of CPTED in the attainment of the UN SDGs. She also leads the Webinar and Newsletter initiatives at the ICA, while actively participating in many others including Standardisation etc.
Through her continued efforts as the Founder President of the Association for ‘Building’ Security India (ABSI), these theories are now included in the standards being developed by the BIS. These are based on the ‘SHIELD audit methodologies’ developed for designers and being applied at her architectural practice specialising in hotels. Her first book titled ‘Security by Design: protecting public places against crime and terror’, published by Taylor and Francis of UK, is a first of its kind resource on the subject from the Global South.

