Gubbi Labs is a research collective with strong foundations in the research and underpinnings of a social enterprise. Gubbi Labs LLP is registered as Limited Liability Partnership firm with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India and is also registered with the appropriate agencies as per statutory requirements. The Labs works on a host of domains ranging from sustainable ecosystems to liveable settlements. The Labs is powered by a collective with interdisciplinary expertise and a focus on research and development. The Labs has an extreme focus on taking theory to practice and vice-versa.
Gubbi Labs has four verticals: Research; Courses (capacity building); Consulting and Advisory, and Science Communication. At the core of Gubbi Labs lies the Research agenda that gets the highest priority. Training is pursued in the form of short courses and workshops as a means to disseminate knowledge and experience gained through both Research and Practice.
The Labs pursues pure and applied research primarily in areas of Urban Systems (spanning from land-use land cover change, transportation, governance, parking, and non-motorized transport - policy and planning), Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing. As an organisation, Gubbi Labs is committed to sustainable development and empowerment of society through the application of appropriate science, technology and management practices. The Labs is committed to enhancing the social capital and working on enabling opportunities for overall societal empowerment and its development. The success of Labs' efforts, besides financial metrics, is measured by societal impact – the overall reach to the number of people it has impacted, direct and indirect, through its combined efforts in research, projects and consulting.
Vision
Sustainable ecosystems and liveable settlements.
Mission
Production and application of knowledge and knowledge based services to individuals, institutions and governments impacting lives of people and societies in meaningful and effective ways, producing larger socio-economic benefits, ensuring sustainability and environmental conservation.
Values
Freedom of Thought and Expression, Collaboration and Innovation.
Strategy
To pursue the mission through a combination of research, publications, training, consulting and advisory services.
About the Logo
The logo depicts a male House Sparrow. The word 'Gubbi' is inspired by the name of a town, Gubbi in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka. The place got its name after House Sparrows, Passer domesticus following a historical event involving the Sparrows. House Sparrows are typically distributed in and around human settlements and thus epitomize human-environmental interactions.
