Projects
Australia-India Knowledge Exchange on 'Smart Energy Management for Sustainable Cities'
July 1, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Cities | Sustainable Habitat | Energy | Climate Change
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia, is organizing workshops on 'Smart Energy Management for Sustainable Cities’ as part of the Australia-India Knowledge Exchange partnership.
Evaluation and Validation of anticancer metabolites from Himalayan lichens and development of polymeric nanoformulation as potential cancer therapautic agent
June 21, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Health & Nutrition
The project aims to explore the chemical diversity of the natural products from Trans Himalayan region, in order to identify novel lichen-based anti-cancer agents. Lichens are unique microorganisms comprising of a fungal and an algal partner. The study is based on the evaluation and validation of anti-cancer compounds from lichens of Himalayan origin.
Third party consultant for providing GRIHA comprehensive services for proposed Center of Excellence for Energy Studies (CoEES), Guwahati, India
May 24, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Buildings
The objective of the project is to provide GRIHA comprehensive services with documentation and facilitation for the proposed office of Oil India Limited’s (OIL) Center of Excellence for Energy Studies (CoEES) in Guwahati, India.
Centre for processes and structures to support translational research and innovations in Nanobiotechnology
May 22, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Sustainable Agriculture
The project aims to develop financially independent knowledge centre that can act like a vehicle to support the translational research in Nano-Biotechnology.
Implementation of Watershed Development
May 16, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Water
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with the Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa is implemeting a watershed project aimed at helping conserve natural resources and thereby increasing crop productivity and aiding income generation activities to create better climatic conditions.
A-Z of Sustainability
April 2, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Climate Change | Energy | Forest & Biodiversity | Resource Efficiency & Governance | Environment
"A-Z of Sustainability" is our endeavour to provide a repository of words and phrases - comprising a range of environmental, social and economic topics - that could be useful and contemporary and useful for sustainability professionals.
Preparation of National Survey on R&D Resources 2018-19 covering the time duration of 2015-16, 2016-2017 and 2017-18
April 1, 2018
| Ongoing project
The National S&T Survey aimed at capturing the current R&D landscape by collecting information from around 5000 R&D organizations comprising Central and State sector research institutions and laboratories, public sector, private sector, multinationals, Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations, and non-government organizations.
The Green School, A TATA Steel-TERI initiative
April 1, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Water | Energy
The Green School project by TERI, in association with Tata Steel Limited, aims to create awareness and understanding about environmental issues in school campuses in the operational areas of Tata Steel. The project is meant to create awareness among students on climate change and the ways sustainable lifestyle can help mitigate the adverse impact of climate change.
Banana fiber extraction by mycogenic pectinase and surface modification through laccase enzymes thereafter - an eco-friendly approach
March 22, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Microbes
Enzymatic retting and processing of banana fibers with mycogenic pectinase supported by standardization of effective surface modification treatments parameter through mycogenic laccase enzymes will results in solution of simple processing and their utilization perspective as renewable fiber sources to open the ways for industrial areas of uses.
To assist the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) with its Energy Efficiency Campaign (2018-2019)
March 1, 2018
| Ongoing project
| Climate Change | Energy Efficiency
The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Work on secondary-loop mobile air conditioner (SL-MAC) work in India especially through effective outreach about the environmental benefits and fuel savings to government and non-government organizations with the intent to speed commercialization;