NIUA received a grant from the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF) in October 2017, for taking forward the research project (and many definitive knowledge products) on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) done by NIUA in early 2017. The focus was proposed to be on financial mobilization (through Value Capture Finance mechanisms), land assembly, legal reform and institutional arrangements. Hence, the project objective was to assist an implementing agency in taking forward the TOD proposal to a ‘ready to implement stage’ by addressing the above focus-areas. After much reconnaissance and deliberation, an MoU was signed with the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) to assist them on TOD implementation along the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) corridor, in line with the SSEF objectives.