Her professional focus was water, particularly how its utilization can lead to its excess or scarcity and its opportunities for resilience-based design.
[1] Mathur frequently worked with Dilip da Cunha on water-centered landscape design and projects.
They have completed work in Mumbai, Jerusalem, the Western Ghats of India, Sundarbans, Coastal Virginia, and at the US–Mexico border.
Mathur and da Cunha have presented their work at GIDEST (Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography, & Social Thought) Seminar at the New School, NY and at the IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) Conference in Bangkok.
They have also created forums for others to present work, including the 2011-2012 international symposium titled "In the Terrain of Water," held at PennDesign.