Projects

Completed Projects

CSR and Environment Sustainability Project in Purulia for Coal India Limited

January 20, 2015 to
January 19, 2018
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Water
| Environment
| Energy

Purulia is one of the most backward districts in India lagging in most of the developmental indicators. The region suffers with extreme poverty, poor agricultural practices, lack of computer education and absence of sanitation facilities. With this view, solutions were designed to meet the need of the community in Purulia in a planned and inclusive manner. The major beneficiaries were farmers, women, underprivileged categories, BPL and marginalized segments of the society.

Impact Analysis of the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1997 on Traditional Institutions in the State; A Case Study of Two Districts of Papum Pare and East Kemang

January 1, 2016 to
December 31, 2017

Good governance has been one of the major objectives of law reform in recent times. Devolution of political power to grassroots has been considered as one of the attributes of good governance. India made a major step towards that direction by bringing in the Seventy Third and Seventy Fourth constitutional amendments in 1992. These amendments gave constitutional status to local self-governing institutions and made periodic elections to these institutions mandatory.

TERI-SDC Partnership: Scaling up Energy Efficient Technologies in Small Enterprises (EESE) in India

December 15, 2014 to
December 31, 2017
| Energy Efficiency

The overall goals of the projects are -

  • to enhance energy-efficiency of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, and
  • to see that energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission of the sector is reduced sustainably

The outcomes include

Coping with Climate: Assessing Policies for Climate Change Adaptation and Transport Sector Mitigation in Indian Cities (CLIMATRANS)

July 1, 2014 to
December 31, 2017
| Climate Change

Assessing risk, uncertainty and irreversibility as inherent to the climate problem, the CLIMATRANS project will provide knowledge that makes it possible to improve institutional capacity in climate decision-making strategies. The project is interdisciplinary within the realm of social sciences (economics, political science, sociology, planning), and natural sciences (meteorology and civil engineering).

Mainstreaming sustainable social housing in India: findings and insights from the MaS-SHIP project

October 1, 2016 to
December 31, 2017
| Buildings

As the Government of India aims to construct 12 million social housing dwelling units through the Housing for All by 2022 programme, the pressure to deliver in a timely, and cost-effective way, will increase. It is vital to identify what the impacts and benefits of housing production at such a massive scale and speed could be, especially when currently sustainability is not effectively mainstreamed in social housing projects.

Managing mineral wealth through natural resource funds

December 27, 2017 to
December 27, 2017
| Resources & Sustainable Development
This systematic review will analyze existing literature on natural resource revenue management in order to address the problem of the low capacity of certain resource-rich countries to effectively manage the revenue from natural resources.
In order to do this, the review will analyze existing approaches adopted to manage revenue obtained from natural resources by governments which operate in fragile conditions.

A review of natural resource revenue management in low and middle income countries with politically fragile conditions

Implementing 10 natural draft zig-zag firing demonstration projects in Varanasi brick cluster

December 27, 2017 to
December 27, 2017
| Energy Efficiency

The project aims to carry out performance evaluation and prepare dissemination material related to 10 natural draft zig-zag (NDZZ) kilns to be demonstrated in the Varanasi brick cluster.

Turning crop residue into fuel for agricultural growth

December 27, 2017 to
December 27, 2017
| Sustainable Agriculture

Crop residue can be turned to a clean energy source for agricultural cold storage if the right mechanisms exist. This can prove to be a potential solution to the large-scale stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana that massively contributes to air pollution in Delhi and other parts of North India every winter.

Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving Kisan Seva Kendras

December 27, 2017 to
December 27, 2017

To introduce a Unique Nutri-garden program of national significance through IOCLs KSK.

Reclamation of back filled area of Bauxite mines through afforestation activities at HINDALCO, Lohardaga, Jharkhand

December 27, 2017 to
December 27, 2017

The main aim of the project activity is to develop vegetative cover within the reclaimed backfilled bauxite mine areas in Lohardaga.