By Appointment
PhD, University of Cincinnati
MBA, University of Cincinnati
Master of Technology, CEPT University, India
Bachelor of Architecture, Lucknow University, India
Jay Mittal is an associate professor in the Master of Community Planning Program (MCP) at Auburn University. He brings over 22 years of professional experience in private consulting, research and academic settings. Prior to joining Auburn, he taught at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in the planning program, and in the real estate development program at Carl Lindner College of Business at UC. Mittal received a prestigious fellowship from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, for his doctoral research, and has published in notable planning and real estate journals, including Environment & Planning, Habitat International, Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, and Journal of Urban Planning & Development. He is frequently invited to speak at major academic and professional meetings and peer institutions in the Americas, India, China and Europe.
Mittal was professionally engaged with Colliers International, a commercial real estate firm in Cincinnati; with the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s GIS department (CAGIS); and, also with the Cincinnati-based law firm Manley Burke LLP while pursuing his doctoral studies. Professionally, he also worked on the “UNCHS Global Best Practices” awarded and USAID funded Inner City Revitalization plans for two cities. He worked on a statutory development plan for Ahmadabad, India, and conducted feasibility studies for two hotel properties including a major site selection and land transaction for a 350-room hotel property in India. He conceptualized a private real estate academy (RESMA) and had a significant role in the road network planning for the city of Ahmadabad in strategizing a phasing plan for new developments, and alignment planning of a 48-mile Ring Road. His research and teaching interests include local economic development, land value capture, land markets, real estate valuation, market analysis, and plan-making both in the United States and in India. He holds membership in American Planning Association (APA), American Real Estate Society (ARES), European Real Estate Society (ERES) and Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI).
local economic development, land value capture, land markets, real estate valuation, market analysis
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