Projects

Completed Projects

Training Programme on Various Dimensions of Energy Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

August 1, 2013 to
September 14, 2013
| Energy

TERI is equipped with the expertise and state-of-the-art infrastructure to offer capacity building training through South-South collaboration efforts. This is a 10-day training programme structured into 3 modules followed by an implementation module comprising lectures, interactive sessions with researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the energy policy domain and field visits.

The main objectives of this training programme are to:

Water and Sanitation Education in Mangalore, India

May 1, 2011 to
September 13, 2013
TERI in association with UN-Habitat and Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (BASF) India is initiating this project in Mangalore and Surathkal (in Karnataka) with an overall objective to create awareness on water, sanitation, and hygiene education in schools.

Biodiversity conservation for poverty alleviation in Asia Pacific APFED showcase experience: Operationalising Nagoya Protocol in South Asia

October 16, 2012 to
September 4, 2013

The overall goal of the APFED (Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Development) side event on Biodiversity and Poverty alleviation is to provide a knowledge sharing platform to discuss the successes and lessons learned behind approaches to projects and programmes, which aim to link these critical issues. The event is organized by UNEP in cooperation with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

Organization of Training Course on Climate Change Finance

June 3, 2013 to
August 31, 2013
| Climate Change

Climate finance refers to financing channeled by national, regional and international entities for projects and programs linked to action on climate change. It includes climate specific support mechanisms and financial aid for mitigation and adaptation activities to spur and enable the transition towards low-carbon, climate-resilient growth and development through capacity building, R&D and economic development.

Consumer Protection in the Power Sector: An appraisal of the initiatives in Delhi

July 8, 2010 to
August 2, 2013
The objective of this assignment is to study the existing mechanism for enforcement of performance standards and suggest a road map for monitoring of complaints and enforcing consumers' rights in an effective manner.

Evaluation of National Biogas and Manure Management Programme: Family Type Biogas Plants Programme

February 1, 2012 to
July 29, 2013

Evaluation of National Biogas Development Programme. The project aims to understand the implementation and impact of the program and make suitable recommedations for effective implementation.

DBT Mission for Quality Planting Material Production and Utilization for the North-East: Highlights 2008-11

January 2, 2008 to
July 25, 2013
- Production of tissue culture quality planting material with inputs of biofertilisers and biopesticides etc. in the NE region
- Settingup of quality farms for the identified products in each NE state
- Strengthening of tissue culture infrastructure base and establishment of institutional linkages for effective implementation
- Establishing marketing linkages for value products
- Upliftment of socio-economic condition of the farmers through Employment and income generation.

Waste Management Strategy for Garraf Oil E&P Facility

December 26, 2011 to
July 22, 2013
TERI has been hired by HMR Consultants Muscat Pvt. Ltd. for the purpose of helping Petronas Malaysia in the area of waste management. Petronas is developing the Garraf Oil Field, and TERI has been asked to develop a waste management strategy for the waste generated during the Exploration and Production (E&P) activities to be carried out by Petronas.

Urban Peri-Urban Energy Access (UPEA), Phase-III: Policy Synthesis Report

March 1, 2011 to
July 19, 2013
The aim of UPEA-III (Urban Peri-urban Energy Access) is to build upon and take forward the work done in UPEA-I and II. This phase will focus on recommending policy and other measures to operationalize solutions to improve energy access for the urban poor in the areas where UPEA-II research was carried out. The specific taks to be performed are as follows:

Relative Environment Economics of Natural Gas and other Fossil Fuels for Power Generation and Policy Options for India

June 18, 2012 to
June 30, 2013

This project will update an earlier work done by TERI for Petrofed. The relative power generation costs of coal and natural gas will be compared while accounting for the environmental implications of each fuel.