IIT Kharagpur collaborates with NIUA to build safe, accessible Indian cities IIT Kharagpur collaborates with NIUA to build safe, accessible Indian cities IIT Kharagpur and the National Institute of Urban Affairs have teamed up to build accessible, safe, and inclusive cities in India. advertisement UPDATED: February 4, 2021 16:16 IST IIT Kharagpur and National Institute of Urban Affairs are collaborating to build safe and accessible Indian cities. IIT Kharagpur has inked an MoU with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for ‘Building Accessible Safe and Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC). The collaboration is aimed towards developing a framework for universal city planning which would be more accessible and inclusive for various sections of the community with age-friendly disabled-friendly measures.