NITI Aayog launches course on 'Urban Analytics Evaluating and Measuring Sustainability of Cities'

NITI Aayog has launched a Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) course on 'Urban Analytics - Evaluating and Measuring Sustainability of Cities' at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The course will discuss the challenges faced by cities, according to a release issued by the institute.

The course will provide an understanding and analysis on the urbanisation and its impacts that would help in evaluting the conditions of sustainability in Indian cities. "I am concerned about smaller cities and towns which are growing fast and they have no idea of growth process. Planners need to urgently look into both the mega cities and smaller cities,” said RP Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog.

This course is being conducted under the GIAN Program of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and has been actively supported by NITI Aayog since its conception.


“It is interesting that we have reached a stage where we can talk about measurement of sustainability," A K Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee said.