Completed Projects

Urban Services Environmental Rating System

October 1, 1999 to

December 27, 2002

@ Prepare a rating framework for water supply and waste management services, using which municipal bodies would be assessed
@ Create an analytical base that would help in prioritizing and target-setting by planners / decision makers, and self-monitoring by the urban agencies
@ Set up an information clearing house of desirable operating practices/systems, leading to quicker migration of best practices and identification of corrective actions

Energy efficiency of Biological Sciences Laboratory building at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kanpur

July 15, 2002 to

November 16, 2002

Bioprospecting of the phytochemical diversity in the plants of family Myrtaceae for pesticidal activity

October 9, 1997 to

October 20, 2002

@ Prepare and fractionate the plant extractives obtained from different plant parts of the diverse germplasm

@ Bioassay the crude and fractionated extractives to identify the plant species having maximum pesticidal activity

@ Identify the active principle

@ Standardize analytical methods for estimation of the active principle

Development of emission standards and stack height regulation for the vertical shaft brick kilns vis-à-vis pollution control measures

March 27, 2001 to

October 18, 2002

Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development in the context of Agenda 21: Asian Perspectives

August 13, 2002 to

September 30, 2002

Chemical evaluation of neem germplasm for cataloguing and value addition

June 14, 1999 to

September 30, 2002

@ Evaluate the total oil content of the seeds obtained from zonal selections
@ Study the fatty acid composition of the seeds obtained from different centres
@ Evaluate the diversity of the azadirachtin content in different selections
@ Provide information on neem resources, utilization, user industries, etc. for incorporation in the National Database on Neem

Strategic assistance on regulation of electricity industry in Gujarat

February 1, 2001 to

September 30, 2002

Action plan for reducing vehicular emissions

April 21, 2001 to

September 30, 2002

@ Collate and disseminate information on policies and actions that can reduce vehicular emissions
@ Share experience between countries in the region
@ Assist selected countries to develop action plans for reducing vehicular emissions
@ Identify opportunities for public and private sector investments and actions for implementing such action plan

Privatization of Electricity Distribution in Orissa - A Case Study

December 1, 2001 to

September 27, 2002

Assessment of electricity demand for the state of Gujarat

July 1, 2001 to

September 15, 2002

@ Analyse secondary data of consumption patterns
@ Survey international literature on forecasting methodologies
@ Design and implement a consumer survey
@ Develop an econometric model for assessing the demand, peak as well as energy
@ Assess the supply-side position and the demand-supply gap