Major Thrust Areas

• Identification, evaluation and promotion of proven and emerging housing technologies available for housing sector nationally and internationally.

• Promoting speed, economy, efficiency and quality in construction.

• Creating enabling eco-system for mass application of technologies through upscaling of technologies, know-how acquisition, absorption and dissemination.

• Field level application of environment-friendly, energy-efficient and disaster resistant technologies for proven, locally available and emerging technologies, through demonstration construction.

• Formulation of Specifications, Schedules, Standards on proven building materials/technologies including emerging technologies/systems.

• Documentation of benefits, durability and acceptability of cost effective and innovative building materials and technologies.

• Skill upgradation of professionals and construction workers through capacity building programmes, training programmes, seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions nationally as well as internationally.

• Promoting disaster resistant construction technologies.

• Appraisal, monitoring and third party inspection of housing projects including undertaking operationalization of Data Resource cum Monitoring Centre (DRMC) under PMAY(U)

• Implementation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) through Extra Budgetary Resources under PMAY(U) 

• Project management and consultancy services.

• Publication of user manuals, guidelines, compendiums, directories, brochures, techno-feasibility reports, video films, demonstration CDs, interactive website including documentation of success stories.