The India Habitat Centre, located in New Delhi

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, India

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, was conceived to be a catalyst relationship between individuals and institutions (e.g. NGO's

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) working in habitat related areas to increase their effectiveness. The architect who designed the building complex was Joseph Allen Stein

Joseph Allen Stein

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Sharing a common concern for habitat, the following organisations have come together to participate in institution-building, evolving a synergy within the India Habitat Centre complex.

• 1. Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
• 2. All India Brick & Tile Manufacturers Federation
• 3. All India Housing Development Association
• 4. Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council
• 5. Central Building Research Institute
• 6. Centre for Development Studies & Activities (CDSA)
• 7. Centre for Science & Environment
• 8. Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-Aligned & Other Developing Countries
• 9. Confederation of Indian Industry
• 10. Consultancy Development Centre
• 11. Council for Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology
• 12. Council of Architecture
• 13. Delhi Management Association
• 14. Delhi Policy Group
• 15. Delhi Urban Art Commission
• 16. Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
• 17. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd.
• 18. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd.
• 19. Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
• 20. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
• 21. Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research
• 22. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd.
• 23. Institute of Social Studies Trust
  Institute of Social Studies Trust
  The Institute of Social Studies Trust , a non-governmental research organization, is a leading institute involved in pioneering research on gender and development issues in India. ISST is an NGO in consultative status with United Nations Economic and Social Council .-History:ISST was registered as...
  
  
• 24. International Labour Organisation
• 25. MacArthur Foundation
• 26. MCD Slum & JJ Department
• 27. National Foundation for India
• 28. National Capital Region - Planning Board
• 29. National Housing Bank
• 30. National Institute of Design
• 31. National Institute of Urban Affairs
• 32. Population Council
• 33. Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned & Other Developing Countries
• 34. Society for Development Studies
• 35. The Energy and Resources Institute
  The Energy and Resources Institute
  The Energy and Resources Institute, commonly known as TERI , established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research activities in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.-Introduction:TERI is an independent, not-for-profit, research institute...
  
  
• 36. University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India
• 37. Vikram Sarabhai Foundation

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