Human Settlement Management Institute
HUDCO's Research & Training wing for capacity building, knowledge creation and sustainable human settlement development.
Building Knowledge. Strengthening Capacity.
HUDCO's Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI) is the Training and Research wing of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd., a Navratna CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprise) set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India.
Shri Tekkam Sridhar
Senior Executive Director - HSMI
A Centre for Excellence
HSMI is housed in HUDCO House, an eight-story building that is currently under renovation. Due to ongoing renovation, HSMI staff is accommodated on the 5th floor of HUDCO Bhawan.
Vision
To emerge as a centre of excellence in sustainable human settlement planning, development, and management.
Mission
To make a significant contribution towards enhancing the quality of life through action, policy research, and capacity building.
What HSMI Strives to Achieve
HSMI brings together research, professional development, advisory services and knowledge networking to strengthen the human settlement ecosystem.
Professional Capacity
To enhance professional capacities and promote awareness, orientation and skills in human settlement planning and management.
Think Tank
To function as a think tank and catalyst of change by providing advisory services to national, state and local-level governments.
Knowledge Networking
To promote networking with various stakeholders at national and international levels.
Resource Centre
To establish a state-of-the-art resource centre in the core areas of excellence.
HUDCO Capacity
To enhance the competence of HUDCO functionaries to cater to emerging operational needs through research and capacity building.
A Multidisciplinary Knowledge Network
The institute has a multi-disciplinary faculty team consisting of professionals drawn from engineering, architecture, urban & regional planning, economics, and social development streams.
Professionals from HUDCO Corporate and Regional Offices, who are actively engaged in mainstream financing and appraisal operations of housing and urban infrastructure projects, also provide professional inputs to support training programmes.
The faculty of HSMI has diverse and rich experience of participation in national and international forums, dialogues, discussions and policy formulation in the housing and urban development sectors.
Government of India officials, eminent academicians and professionals working in the sector also contribute to HSMI's training programmes by providing inputs on current practices in urban management and sustainable development.
HSMI Background & Institutional Profile
Explore the detailed background, institutional framework and activities of HSMI.