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Transforming urban and infrastructure systems
The School of Systems & Infrastructure (SSI) at the IIHS (Institution Deemed to be) University focuses on transforming key urban and infrastructure systems to improve equity, well-being and environmental outcomes for citizens and cities in India and the Global South. Its core themes are achieving sustained and equitable economic, social and environmental outcomes via better governance, finance, technology, and infrastructure service delivery. The SSI’s work is firmly rooted in the Indian context, drawing knowledge and experience from other global contexts, and has implications across cities in the Global South.
The SSI’s focus spans various interdisciplinary areas of inquiry and avenues of engagement, including water and sanitation, solid waste management, energy, transport, and mobility, land and planning, built environment, and information technology and information technology-enabled services (IT/ITES).
The SSI co-anchors the University’s Master’s in Urban Economic and Infrastructure Development programme, and supports the Doctoral Programme. It supports other Master’s programmes through Core Courses and a range of Elective Courses.
The SSI has contributed to teaching in the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme, offering a Commons course on Urban Systems and Infrastructure; Elective Courses (Changing Cities and Changing Climate; Decarbonising the City; Resilient Neighbourhoods; Urban Regulation; Unpacking Urban Practice; and Urban Infrastructure Resilience) on critical themes in urban development, governance, and sustainability; and a Core Course, Build, which equipped students with essential skills and frameworks to engage with urban practice.
The SSI’s research connects across themes, ranging from access, inclusion, and equity, resilient urban and infrastructure systems, health and well-being, to infrastructure-linked economic development.
For any inquiries or further information, please write to contactus@iihs.ac.in.
