Projects

Completed Projects

Adaptive policies: Next steps

April 1, 2010 to
July 13, 2012
TERI and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada conducted an Executive Training Course on Adaptive Policymaking to deal with Risks, Uncertainty and a Changing Climate for senior and mid-level policymakers and analysts. The course was held from 19-21 July 2010 at TERI University, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. A selected number of state-level officials and members of the policy community from India participated in this Course.

Rebuilding hopes: Integrated village development plans

April 1, 2009 to
July 10, 2012
The increasing inequity between the haves and have not's demands that rural development planning be decentralized, to ensure quality delivery of services based on specific benchmarks and norms. For the purpose, a systematic approach and availability of data on key parameters is essential. In this context, TERI, in collaboration with GIDC, focused on developing a framework for decentralized village development planning in the Vagra Taluka of the Bharuch district in Gujarat.

Design, Development and Implementation of Project Management System (PMS) for RECOFTC

January 15, 2010 to
June 29, 2012
The Program Management System (PMS) will automate the processes of program management for effective planning, tracking and reporting of programs at RECOFTC. The scope of the system starts from project initiation, which includes activity scheduling, budgeting, grant/ payment schedule, project monitoring etc. till project completion.

Training programme on entrepreneurship development for production of superior quality planting materials using in vitro technology in North-east

December 28, 2011 to
June 25, 2012
The overall objective of the proposed training programme is to enhance the technical capability of the officials/researchers working in the area of plant tissue culture in north-east so that the need of superior quality planting material could be met within the region. However, the specific objectives of the proposed training programme would be as follows:


To enhance the technical capability of the entrepreneurs and research scientists engaged in mass production of tissue cultured plants.

Empowerment of Agrarian Population through Training and demonstration for Cultivation of High Value Plantation Crops

December 5, 2007 to
June 25, 2012
The project is being executed in Bilaspur and Kamrup districts of Himachal Pradesh and Assam respectively. It aims to provide quality planting material produced through conventional methods as well as through tissue culture, promote scientific method of cultivation, demonstrate on-farm production of biofertilizers and biopesticides, promote micro-entrepreneurship, etc. Under this project, planting material of large cardamom, banana, pineapple, turmeric, ginger and potato shall be provided to the farmers. through Training and Demonstration for Cultivation of High Value Plantation Crops¿.

Ethics in Climate Change

May 1, 2009 to
June 22, 2012
By offering a forum for open and inclusive dialogue between all major stakeholders, the roundtable tries to find practical and empowering solutions to the problem of global climate change governance. The objective is to locate some of the key questions in the climate change negotiations in an ethical context and undertake discussions pertaining to their legal, economic and political aspects. We believe that this would offer a guiding framework for policymaking exercise, which would ensure that the ethical essence of efforts to address climate change is protected.

IGES CDM Capacity Building in India for FY2010: To enhance identification and development of CDM projects

June 1, 2010 to
June 22, 2012
Main objective of the project are:
1. To conduct research on the experience of the CDM Project development in large energy intensive sectors
2. To propose the CDM reform basd on the CDM capacity building activities in India

Study on Energy Conservation in India - Phase 5

October 14, 2011 to
June 22, 2012
The fifth phase of the project aims at promoting power distribution network efficiency in India. The project proposes to analyze factors for T&D (transmission and distribution) losses; AT&C (aggregate technical and commercial) losses; solutions to reduce T&D losses and effect on introducing energy-efficient transformers.

IGES Capacity Building for New Market Mechanisms in India

May 26, 2011 to
June 22, 2012
The objective of this project is to promote development of potential emission reduction in large energy intensive sectors with a view to the CDM reform and new market mechanisms.

PDD of 3.0 MW BEL wind farm

May 21, 2008 to
June 22, 2012
The activity involves preparation of Project Design Document (PDD)for 3.0 MW BEL wind turbine under CDM under the guidelines given by UNFCCC. The project also involves assisting BEL during host country approval, validation process and registration