About HSMI

Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), New Delhi was established in 1985 by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) to undertake training and capacity building in the Urban Sector. A team of professionals with varying professional background and experiences man the institute. Its main activities cover training, research, consultancy and advisory services in the following thrust areas:

* Housing * Infrastructure * Urban Environment * Urban Poverty * Urban Finance * Urban Governance * IT for Capacity Building in Human Settlements.
HSMI operates at internal, national and State levels for its capacity building activities. The Institute is looked upon as the lead Institute in the urban sector and relied upon by the Government of India for sector related assignments in capacity building.

Areas of Operation

At international level, HSMI works in partnership with several international agencies such as UMP, UN-HABITAT, UN-ESCAP, UNDP, UNICEF, ADB, ADPC, AIT, WHO, DFID, USAID, IHS and some of the international networks such as LOGOTRI (Network of Local Govt. Training and Research Institutes in Asia and Pacific), Kathmandu, Nepal and CITYNET (Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements), Yokohama, Japan, in the field of human settlements for various exchange programmes, other information and experience sharing.

At National and State Level, besides close working relationships with the leading national level Institutes in the sector, Institute has developed a network for the capacity building of the local bodies in most of the States of the country through establishing Housing and Urban Development Chair in the leading State Training Institutes.