Events
Conversations on questions shaping India’s cities, towns and villages, bringing together ideas, people, and practice.
Dialogue across Disciplines
IIHS convenes events that advance knowledge and dialogue on urban questions.
Lectures, conferences, film screenings, book discussions, theatre and music performances, workshops, exhibitions, and community engagement with schools and libraries—to bring together people of all ages and interests around urban questions.
Monthly Events
IIHS City Scripts Monthly
Making sense of the urban through the written word, through conversations with writers, scholars and thinkers
IIHS Screens
Film screenings and conversations with filmmakers, for cinephiles, researchers, students and citizens
IIHS Skills Bootcamps
Intensive bootcamps led by IIHS researchers on GIS and using data for storytelling
Annual events
IIHS Urban Policy Dialogues
A gathering of India’s leading urban practitioners and thought leaders reflecting on the urban condition and the opportunities of urbanisation
IIHS City Scripts Festival
The annual urban writings festival—a celebration of writings and texts that bring the city alive
IIHS Urban Lens
An international film festival bringing together filmmakers, academics, and practitioners to explore cinema and the urban experience
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