Since, 2003, LIGHTS has been at the forefront of empowering communities and advancing
knowledge in the fields of geography, technology, science, and environmental studies. Our
mission is to foster innovation and wisdom through education, research, and capacity-building
programs.
Through our initiatives, we provide state-of-the-art training in Geospatial Information Systems
(GIS), Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), and Air Quality monitoring, making technical
education accessible to schools and colleges across the country. We are proud to bring together
high-level scientists and experts to conduct these impactful training sessions.
Science and Geo-politics of Himalaya, Arctic and Antarctic (SaGHAA) is a think tank operating under the umbrella of LIGHTS. Its first event was held in 2011. It organizes a bi-annual conference on policy, research and advocacy initiatives in the three poles in New Delhi. It is the only initiative of its kind in India and sees participation from various international and governmental organizations every year. Many research cooperations, programmes and collaborations at national and international levels have been forged in the backdrop of SaGHAA. Its upcoming event is on September 18-19, 2020.
Read moreParliamentary and Administrative Research Institute (PARI) under the aegis of LIGHTS trains bureaucrats and officials from the Indian government and the public sector in particular. PARI has been working very closely with officials of the Indian Parliament and the Indian government for the past two years. Its core competencies lie in a deep understanding of the functioning of the Indian Parliament and Government. It has trained officials from more than 100 governmental bodies and institutions in a very short duration which testifies the effectiveness of PARIs programmes.
Read moreGeography and You is India’s best environmental and development fortnightly with a readership of about a million. It is a peer reviewed journo-magazine with a rigorous focus on publishing original research. It was started in 2001 with the mandate of creating a platform to make leading scientific and semi-scientific reading, accessible to the general reader. It is one of India’s foremost multidisciplinary publications with a vast selection of varied thematic issues.
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