BHRIGU: A National Heat Insights Explorer – A multi-stakeholder consultation in New Delhi

Heat is not just a number on a thermometer or a screen. It is a lived experience that is shaped by context, experienced unequally, and increasingly influenced by the way India is urbanising. To understand changing heat patterns in human settlements and their growing impact on heat exposure, it is important to examine the interlinkages across the urbanisation spectrum. This is particularly important because the impacts of heat are not experienced equally nor can they be fully captured through a single metric.

At the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), with support from the HT Parekh Foundation (HTPF), we are contributing to this national discourse through our Building Heat Resilience in India’s Growing Urbanscapes (BHRIGU) initiative.

As part of this, we are pleased to bring to you ‘BHRIGU: A National Heat Insights Explorer’, a dynamic platform combining five highly granular heat indices (two surface-based and three air-based) into a ‘Total Heat Hazard Index’ that holistically showcases heat patterns across various administrative boundaries.

To incorporate feedback from our stakeholders across the government, academia, and the non-profit industries, CSTEP is organising an invite-only, expert consultation to advance heat intelligence for India in Delhi on 28 May 2026.