February 5, 2008 to
April 18, 2009
The studys main objective is to assess the level of competitive activity in Indias port and railways sectors, identify barriers to entry and review alternative regulatory frameworks for these transport sub-sectors in light of the relevant international experience.
October 1, 2007 to
April 4, 2009
The main objectives of this project are as follows.
(1) To act as a catalyst in bringing to the forefront the ethical, moral, economic and political underpinnings of the international problem of climate change. (2) To gauge the extent to which decision-making within the climate change framework is guided by the framing of the problem itself in terms of its interdisciplinary dimensions.
November 24, 2008 to
March 31, 2009
YUVA Meet aims to provide the youth with an overview of the emerging challenges of climate change and how they can play a role in spreading the knowledge they gain to the world around them. It will provide youth from India with a platform to collectively air their views, exchange ideas, and form a common network thereby reaching out to many more like minded people.
October 1, 2005 to
March 31, 2009
This project would essentially characterize the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal germplasm collected over a period of 10 years in the Centre for Mycorrhizal Culture Collection (CMCC) at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
November 1, 2007 to
March 31, 2009
TERI with the support of the Department of Biotechnology has developed a bio-pesticide from the extracts of eucalyptus leaves. The technology has been tested in the field and is the outcome of 10 years of hard work of the dedicated team working at TERI. The first technology transfer took place on 2 November 2007 in the presence of Dr M K Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology. The technology docket transfer took place on 13 November 2007 in the presence of Hon'ble Minister of Science and Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal.
October 27, 2007 to
March 31, 2009
TERI together with partners SUI (Sustainable Urbanism International) and Arghyam with support from Dr Nandan Nilekani and Mrs Rohini Nilekani, initiated this study in March 2008, to address sustainability issues in Indian cities. The concept of sustainable cities represents an overarching challenge and includes addressing social, environmental and economic sustainability concerns along with the interlinkages between them.
May 14, 2008 to
March 24, 2009
The main objective of this project is to identify the best areas for setting-up solar projects of a minimum 5MW in Gujarat and Rajasthan using requisite solar and other data, and thereafter recommend and prepare the detailed proejct report the selected location.
December 1, 2001 to
March 20, 2009
The objective is to throw light on the existing genetic diversity in tea and help in taking proper action towards its conservation and utilization. This would be achieved through analysing the genetic diversity of existing tea germplasm using the AFLP-based markers. The project involves characterizing about 2000 accessions conserved at the Tea Experimental Station, Tocklai, Jorhat, Assam, and also a few other accessions from other tea research institutes.
May 1, 2007 to
March 12, 2009
An awareness programme on Climate Change, the Sunfeast Hara Banao campaign reaches out to 550 schools in 10 cities. Through teacher training workshops and a host of teaching aids such as a film, posters, fact sheets and interesting project ideas, awareness on the issue is being created among students between Std III - VIII in each of the project schools. Schools are encouraged to take up projects and many inter-school competitions will be conducted through the course of the project.
May 1, 2008 to
February 28, 2009
JSW Energy is a flagship company of JSW Group in the energy field. The company is establishing 8 x 135 MW lignite based power plant at Barmer in Rajasthan. The company has taken about 20 000 acre of land for lignite mining in nearby Kapurdi and Jallipa blocks.
