The Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies (RCUES), Lucknow was established in the year 1968 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (earlier referred as Ministry of Urban Development), Government of India. It is one of the premier Centres in the country established to play a positive role in the field of urban management. The key activities of the Centre includes Training, Capacity building, Research, Teaching, Consultancy Services and dissemination of information relating to the Urban Sector in the states of UT Chandigarh, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The centre provides its expertise, advisory services & consultancy services to urban local bodies all over the country.