BISWA has established a centre called BISWA Research & Innovation Center (BRIC). The Center is dedicated to work on related issues of innovation, globalization, human development, the knowledge based economy, social sustainability, and the problem of social exclusion (basic educational and primary health and livelihood choices and options to overcome food insecurity and problems of quality of life indicators), and emerging issues of global warming, climate change and environment, water scarcity, gender, local governance of services and entitlements and human rights. BRIC has been envisaged with a mandate to provide knowledge, research and extension support to BISWA for development intervention.