Aditi Nag is an architect and urban planner, currently serving as Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Design, Faculty of Science, Technology and Architecture, Manipal University Jaipur. She holds a Ph.D. in Heritage Planning and Tourism Competitiveness and Management from the Department of Architecture and Planning at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. She subsequently served as an ANRF-NPDF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where her postdoctoral research focused on heritage, tourism, and sustainable spatial development. Her research operates at the intersection of urban and rural systems, with a strong focus on heritage-led development, tourism competitiveness, and spatial analytics, reflected in a robust portfolio of peer-reviewed publications. Notably, she is the first recipient from the discipline of Architecture and Planning of the DST INSPIRE Fellowship 2022 and the ANRF National Post Doctoral Fellowship (ANRF-NPDF) 2025, both awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India—two of the country’s premier core science fellowships, underscoring a significant disciplinary milestone. She has also been honoured with the Emerald Literati Awards 2025 for Outstanding Author Contribution. She was featured in “The Postdoc Portrait Series” of The Scientist magazine in April 2026.