Functions
Institutional scaffolding that supports and
sustains IIHS’ operations across campuses and offices
OVERVIEW
Functions are the backbone of IIHS, ensuring effective operations across our campus and offices.
The Functions form the institutional backbone of IIHS, ensuring effective operations across our campus and nationwide offices. Each team brings specialised expertise to core institutional processes, collectively sustaining the infrastructure that enables rour work at scale.
This in-house structure is a deliberate design choice, reflecting the conviction that an institution working on complex urban challenges must be built with the same rigour it brings to its research.
Exploring new ideas, methods, and technologies to address complex urban and sustainability challenges.
IIHS ACADEMIC VISION
Interdisciplinary Knowledge
Each School contributes to a shared understanding of India's urban transformation — from the micro-scale of household welfare to the macro-scale of national economic policy.
People
The IIHS People function defines and implements HR and learning strategies, policies, systems and processes to attract and nurture a carefully curated and multidisciplinary talent pool.
Made up of HR professionals with diverse industry experience, the team attracts and hires across disciplines and functions, and develops systems for performance evaluation, compensation and benefits, talent management, staff welfare, data analytics, and regulatory compliance. It facilitates continuous learning opportunities for professional growth and promotes a diverse, inclusive work culture with a strong focus on staff well-being.
Finance
The IIHS Finance function manages and oversees all financial activity at IIHS, ensuring sound financial decision-making and effective deployment and control of resources.
The function plays a strategic role in major financial decisions—including the development of the IIHS, Kengeri Campus and overseeing investment strategies and treasury management—and ensures compliance with financial regulations through statutory, internal, and FCRA audits. It identifies and mitigates financial risks and implements appropriate safeguards across the institution.
Legal & Regulation
The IIHS Legal & Regulation function handles day-to-day legal tasks of a transactional nature. It provides regulatory and legal advice in various areas, litigation support, and contract drafting, negotiation and finalisation.
The team provides regulatory and legal advice for IIHS’ practice and research
projects in areas such as land and property systems, real estate, disaster management and climate change, urban governance, decentralisation and higher education. The function plays a key role in IIHS’ practice and advisory work with various state governments on land and property systems, and provided advisory regulatory assistance in connection with IIHS’ knowledge partnership with the All India Forum for Real Estate Regulatory Authorities (AIFORERA)
Information & Communications Technology
The IIHS Information & Communications Technology (ICT) function provides reliable and secure IT services across all IIHS facilities, manages and maintains IT infrastructure, provides technical support and assistance, and implements new ICT solutions to meet evolving needs across facilities nationwide.
In addition, the team maintains ICT systems and infrastructure and is dedicated to enforcing IT security policies and procedures to safeguard the institution’s systems and data integrity.
Administration
The IIHS Administration function manages IIHS’ <campus> in Bengaluru and offices in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and other project locations.
It oversees facilities, health, safety, and environment (HSE), as well as procurement, vendor management, travel support, and event operations across locations. The team also manages food and beverage services in Bengaluru and the food farm at the IIHS, Kengeri Campus.
Communications & Design
The IIHS Communications & Design function anchors institutional, project, and programme communications, as well as information, education, and communication (IEC) initiatives across domestic and global audiences.
It leads content creation and outreach across multiple formats, including writing, audiovisual media, publications, graphic design, data visualisation, and illustration, to effectively showcase the institution’s work and impact. The team also develops and implements communication and brand strategies, providing guidance to teams and strengthening IIHS’ digital presence and engagement.
Resource Development
The IIHS Resource Development initiates, builds and manages relationships with corporates, trusts, foundations, individuals and family offices to engage their support for IIHS’ initiatives, and raises resources domestically to support the institution’s programmes.
The team mobilises resources for institutional programmes, capacity development initiatives, and practice projects. The team also raises donations for the upcoming IIHS, Kengeri Campus in Bengaluru, as well as IIHS’ Schools and Labs.
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