Past Programs

OBSERVATION & ACTION NETWORK (OAN) Grants Program is a collaboration with the Center for the Living City, the Urban Design Collective and NASA India that invites students who are extremely passionate about transforming their cities/towns for a better tomorrow. This program will utilize skill-sets and tools that both inform action and support students’ developing voices. The OAN strives to create a network where students can involve themselves directly with identifying and solving real urban challenges with people in their neighborhoods while also connecting with other creative leaders throughout the world.

The GSC scholarship program is mapped out for the students of 3rd, 4th and 5th year in all the associated colleges of NASA India. This initiative gives access to GBRI's Green Rating Exam Prep Courses, allowing the ambassadors to become accredited professionals and career champions.

The International Sustainability Program (ISP) is a 1-year online certification program for students and young graduates in sustainability. Spanning two 6-month tracks, it focuses on climate change, green buildings, and social impact. Candidates gain collaborative experience through individual and team projects. The program prepares students for certifications like IGBC AP, LEED, and WELL AP, and provides career support, including resume building, LinkedIn enhancement, and soft skills development. Guest speakers share industry expertise, preparing students for higher studies, internships, and employment in the sustainability field.

Ar-Critique has conducted both open and closed crit-rooms with eight sessions during the lockdown so far. Ar-Critique also recently collaborated with NASA India which helped many students across 200 colleges in the country to access this initiative. The collaboration also helped “to create a space for positive cross-pollination of design ideologies and frameworks for everyone participating in the session be it the participant, the panellists or the online spectators. The ambition behind such collaborations is to let the network evolve organically as students, teachers and viewers from varied colleges engage forming an online community”, says the team.