Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in engineering, basic and applied research. The Institute has completed 150th year of its existence in October 1996.

IIT Roorkee envisions to be the fountainhead of new ideas and innovations in science and technology. The Institute aims at creating an environment that shall foster the growth of intellectually capable, innovative and entrepreneurial professionals, who shall contribute to the growth of Science and Technology in partnership with industry and develop and harness it for the welfare of the nation and mankind.

As of now, IIT Roorkee has 19 academic departments, 2 academic centers and 4 centers of excellence supported by the several academic, research and administrative services.

The institute is interested in collaborating in major thematic hubs of interest including informal urbanism, climate change, urban regeneration, safer cities, urban accessibility, urban governance, and urban form identified by UN-Habitat.

The institute has expertise in planning and design, housing and slum upgradation, governance, land and legislation, reconstruction, water and sanitation, mobility, safety, climate change, resilience, information and monitoring, economy, energy and environment, and capacity development.
The institute hopes to collaborate with workshops, joint reports, student exchanges, and other similar small scale projects. The institute will also explore PhD collaboration in future.

• Social Inclusion
• Slum Upgrading
• Safety
• Planning and Design
• Mobility
• Governance
• Environment

• Climate Change
• Gender
• Informal Urbanism
• Safer Cities
• Urban Accessibility
• Urban Form
• Urban Governance
• Urban Regeneration