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.
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.
Her ongoing research for Master's Candidate project explores how participatory planning and community-led design can support equitable action and local knowledge networks to incorporate affordable housing provisions in City of Lackawanna's planning framework.
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
Work Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant | Community Health Interventions Lab (CHIL), UB SPHHP, 2026
- Community Outreach Intern | Grassroots Gardens WNY (GGWNY), 2026
- Undergraduate Research Assistant | UB Regional Institute (UBRI), UB SAP, 2024
- Student Assistant | Office of Communications, UB SAP, 2022 - 24
- Student Assistant Coordinator | UB Libraries, 2022 - 24
- Communications & Design Intern | Teach for India, 2018
- Freelance Designer | the.pseud.antonym, 2016
- Graduate Research Assistant | Community Health Interventions Lab (CHIL), UB SPHHP, 2026
- Community Outreach Intern | Grassroots Gardens WNY (GGWNY), 2026
- Undergraduate Research Assistant | UB Regional Institute (UBRI), UB SAP, 2024
- Student Assistant | Office of Communications, UB SAP, 2022 - 24
- Student Assistant Coordinator | UB Libraries, 2022 - 24
- Communications & Design Intern | Teach for India, 2018
- Freelance Designer | the.pseud.antonym, 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 literature review, 2025
- Buffalo-Niagara Greenhouse Gas Inventory and community engagement, 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 literature review, 2025
- Buffalo-Niagara Greenhouse Gas Inventory and community engagement, 2024
- MAP Mobile Markets Assessment & Plan, 2024
- Net-works (Big Idea Fund), 2022
- Reform the Norm, 2018
Digital portfolios