




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. We are proud to bring together high-level scientists and
experts to conduct these impactful training sessions.
Providing training to senior government officials on parliamentary procedures.
A think-tank organizing global conferences on polar issues.
Our high-quality journals focusing on geographical and environmental issues.
Science and Geo-politics of Arctic and Antarctic (SaGAA) 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 SaGAA. Its upcoming event is on November 24-25, 2025.
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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