Networking
The State Institute for Urban Development is housed in the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) campus. The Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural Development (ANS SIRD) is also located in ATI campus. SIUD networked ATI and SIUD. All the three institutes share their infrastructure, library, hostel, Training Halls, SATCOM studio and faculty and recreation facilities and work in synergy. As a decentralised training strategy, the SIUD uses facilities of District Training Institutes (DTIs), which were established by ATI in all districts in the State. The Institute has a colloborative networking with the City Managers Association, Karnataka (CMAK), Regional Centre for Urban and Environmetal Studies (RCUES), Hyderabad, and other institutes at State and National levels.

Collaborations

a) Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with HUDCO/HSMI
   The State Institute for Urban Development,Mysore has entered into a MoU with the Housing and    Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), New    Delhi in 2003 for a period of five years i.e., up to 31st March 2008 .

   The objectives of this collaboration are:
    - To strengthen capacities of the SIUD
    - To suport and undertake capacity building activities of ULBs for infrastructure development and       management
    - To promote action research
    For building capacity, HUDCO is providing grants for creating HUDCO chair at the SIUD at the     level of a Professor and Assistant Professor with supporting Faculty and staff. HSMI, New Delhi     is providing support of Faculty, curriculum and training modules development.

b) Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with NIUA under FIRE-D Project of US-AID
    TheState Institute for Urban Development, Mysore has also entered into a MoU with the National      Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi in 2005 for a period up to 30 September 2008 .

    In the third phase of the Financial Institutionns Reform and Expansion (FIRE-D) of United States     -Aid for International Development(US-AID), the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New     Delhi to be the nominee and the technical representative of the Ministry of Urban Development,     Government of India for coordination and organisation of capacity building training programmes of     urban local bodies through expanded network of training institutions. NIUA will provide strategic     and financial support to SIUD.