with the community surrounding the campus, environmental concerns, blood donation camps etc. The “Kaapi Aur Charcha” series invites practitioners from various fields to engage in informal talks with the students. Publications: Student publications “Karvan” and “Student Journal of Education and Development”. UNMUKT, the annual cultural festival. Clubs including cinema, theatre, literature, quiz, photography, and sports. “Debating Development” is a forum to debate contemporary social issues. Research Research for Social Impact The emphasis of the research is on contributing to practice on the ground in India's vast social sector and on high-quality academic scholarship in the areas of development, education, public policy, governance, sustainability, and equity. Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability The centre seeks to strengthen India's response to the climate crisis. Set up in 2019, the centre uses research, education, and sustainability actions to address the challenges of climate change. This includes research on climate change and urban sustainability, publication of books, research papers, and popular articles as well as the fostering of research-based climate action through an annual call for external research proposals on climate change and sustainability. Recent publications include Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities, Where have all our Gunda thopes gone''. Centre for Sustainable Employment Established in 2017, the centre aims at generating and supporting research in the areas of job creation, employment, and sustainable livelihoods. The centre conducts primary surveys exploring a range of labour market issues including measurement of work, discrimination in the labour market, the impact of COVID-19 on workers, NREGA and the Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. SWI 2018, the first State of Working India (SWI) report, provided a comprehensive overview of India's labour market. SWI 2019 put together four policy papers to examine the possibilities for employment creation through an urban jobs guarantee programme and universal basic services provisioning while demonstrating the scope for fiscal expansion and the imperative need for a well-articulated industrial policy. SWI 2021 looked at the devastating impact of the pandemic on India's labour market including the disproportionate impact on women and young workers and the implications for poverty and inequality in the country. Centre for Local Democracy The centre, set up in 2020, engages in multiple areas of action, including research grants; a local democracy pilot project in Jharkhand initiated to create and disseminate inspiring stories of local democracy in practice and offering a Continuing Education Programme, ‘Local Democracy: Theory Policy and Practice’. Research Funding