Nirmiti (Nini) Pandit is a graduate researcher focused on advancing social and spatial equity through collaborative, community-based approaches. Her interdisciplinary practice spans educational leadership, public health efficacy, and systems thinking/design in architecture and urban planning.
Her ongoing research explores how participatory planning and community-led design can support equitable action and local knowledge frameworks in food systems planning.
Nini centers community agency through place-based strategies that addresses systemic and environmental challenges and welcomes opportunities to connect across disciplines in support of inclusive, locally grounded co-production of knowledge.
Masters Candidate, Urban Planning with Graduate Certificate in Affordable Housing
University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning
University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning
My specialties include...
Urban Geography & Design, Food Systems Planning, Affordable Housing, Disaster Resiliency, Community Planning Frameworks, Environmental Protection & Emissions Mitigation, Graphic Design, Arts Education, Project Management.
Work Experience
- Community Health Interventions Lab (CHIL), UB SPHHP, 2026
- Grassroots Gardens WNY (GGWNY), 2026
- UB Regional Institute (UBRI), UB SAP, 2024
- Office of Communications, UB SAP, 2022 - 24
- UB Libraries, 2022 - 24
- Teach for India, 2018
- Freelance Designer, thepseudantonym, 2016
- Community Health Interventions Lab (CHIL), UB SPHHP, 2026
- Grassroots Gardens WNY (GGWNY), 2026
- UB Regional Institute (UBRI), UB SAP, 2024
- Office of Communications, UB SAP, 2022 - 24
- UB Libraries, 2022 - 24
- Teach for India, 2018
- Freelance Designer, thepseudantonym, 2016
Grant-Funded & Special Projects
- Veggie Van Mobile Market, ongoing
- Eat Local WNY, ongoing
- City of Buffalo Planning Needs Assessment, 2026
- Erie County Local Food Action Plan revision, 2026
- Community-as-Classroom Summer Program, 2025
- Indigeneity and Disability pedagogy, 2025
- Buffalo-Niagara Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 2024
- MAP Mobile Markets Assessment & Plan, 2024
- Net-works (Big Idea Fund), 2022
- Reform the Norm, 2018
- Eat Local WNY, ongoing
- City of Buffalo Planning Needs Assessment, 2026
- Erie County Local Food Action Plan revision, 2026
- Community-as-Classroom Summer Program, 2025
- Indigeneity and Disability pedagogy, 2025
- Buffalo-Niagara Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 2024
- MAP Mobile Markets Assessment & Plan, 2024
- Net-works (Big Idea Fund), 2022
- Reform the Norm, 2018
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