http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/

The Mountain Research Initiative is a multidisciplinary scientific organization that addresses global change issues in mountain regions around the world. It is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Centre for Science and Environment is a Dehli based research and advoacy institute that has done a lot of work on rainwater harvesting in both rural and urban contexts. There are a number of urban success stories, such as in Chennai and Bangalore, that are worth emulating elsewhere in the region.

The Humanitarian Futures programme is a policy research programme based at King’s College London. Its aim is to develop strategies, approaches and tools to ensure that humanitarian organisations are prepared to meet the uncertainties and complexities of the future.

The Australia National University and its College of Asia and the Pacific aims to lead Australia’s intellectual engagement with Asia and the Pacific through research, teaching and contribution to public debate.

http://www.developmentalternatives.com/

Development Alternatives is a Delhi-based non-profit organization engaged in research and action for sustainable development.

The Digital Himalaya project was designed by Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin as a strategy for archiving and making available ethnographic materials from the Himalayan region. Based at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Yale University.