School of Governance
Transforming governance in India’s cities, towns and villages
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The School of Governance (SoG) at IIHS engages with the principles, approaches, and instruments by which Indian settlements are governed.
It does so in order to transform the mandates, structures, processes, and working of institutions at multiple scales, and their relationship with the market and other non-state institutions and citizens.
The SoG has a systemic orientation, interdisciplinary reach, and spatial focus, and leads new and cutting-edge work on urban governance. Drawing on and bringing together disciplines such as law, political science, and policy, the SoG speaks to issues of urban governance that are central to domestic and international urban policy.
Where economies evolve, cities transform, and communities shape resilient futures.
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Law, Governance, and Politics
Examining institutions, policy frameworks, and pathways for reform
Urban Policy and Spatial Justice
Advancing equitable approaches to planning, development, and decision-making
Political Infrastructure
Enabling public systems that support growth, resilience, and inclusion
Land Governance
The SED works towards shaping urban regions’ econo
Environmental Governance
The SED helps direct, inform and influence public
Urban Finance
The SED looks at growth strategies for industrial
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IIHS Centre for Land Governance
The Centre for Land Governance at IIHS engages with cutting-edge policy advisory, research, practice, and capacity building work around land governance and information systems in India.
Its work focuses on land governance systems and information frameworks across rural, peri-urban, and urban contexts, engaging with the legal, institutional, and technological dimensions of land administration. It examines regulatory frameworks, institutional arrangements, and implementation challenges that shape land governance outcomes.
The Centre addresses questions of land administration reform, property systems, land records modernisation, and institutional coordination, alongside the evolving role of information systems in governing land at multiple scales.
It contributes to strengthening land governance ecosystems through engagement with policy processes and institutional design, with an emphasis on transparency, effectiveness, and equity in land systems.
Dravya: IIHS Centre for Materials and Sustainable Development
Dravya, the IIHS Centre for Materials and Sustainable Development, builds on the significant work done by IIHS in shaping global discourse and domestic policy and practice in the field of sustainable development.
Dravya leads cutting-edge applied research and fosters dialogue on the strategic role of minerals and materials in advancing India’s ambitious growth, development and decarbonisation goals, and takes steps towards driving transformative change propositions for a prosperous, sustainable and just future. It drives insightful research and inclusive dialogue to shape an actionable knowledge base on materials that support India’s development ambitions.
Dravya works across interdisciplinary domains and engages with governance, institutional, regulatory, trade, technology, and environmental dimensions of materials systems, in relation to India’s economic, social, and environmental transitions.
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