Projects
Adaptive policies: Next steps
April 1, 2010 to July 13, 2012
| Completed Project
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.
REEEP South Asia Secretariat (2010-11)
April 1, 2010 to July 7, 2011
| Completed Project
2010 - 11 contract has been awared to AEI (Asian Energy Institute). Along with overlooking the closure of the ongoing projects from the previous cycle, the South Asia Secretariat will start the monitoring and evaluation process of new projects awarded to the region in the next cycle.
Lighting a Billion Lives in service of Biodiversity Conservation
April 1, 2010 to March 18, 2011
| Completed Project
LaBL is reaching national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country to strengthen the existing institutions for biodiversity conservation. Solar charging stations provide sufficient incentive to village communities residing around these nature reserves to work in accord with the forest departments as well as local NGOs working towards conservation.
Indigenous ceramic membranes for degumming and solvent recovery
March 17, 2010 to June 4, 2012
| Completed Project
The objective of this study is to prepare, characterize and test low cost ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes for vegetable oil refining application. The ceramic membranes will be based on biomass fly ash macroporous supports (that have already been developed by TERI).
National Workshop on Water Conservation and Quality Challenges: Towards Adaptive Strategies
March 15, 2010 to August 18, 2010
| Completed Project
Water quality and conservation are important indicators of the overall growth of a community as it is intrinsically linked to human health, socio-economic growth, major ecosystems, environmental goods and services and sustainable development. With regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), water quality would be a major factor in achieving our objectives within the stipulated time period.
Rajasthan: Towards sustainable livelihood
March 3, 2010 to December 28, 2010
| Completed Project
The World Bank is assisting several rural livlihood projects in seventeen districts of Rajasthan to increase the income of the rural poor, especially women. This project aims to develop Envrionment Management Framework and Technical Environmental Guidelines for addressing the environmental issues in these projects.
Can shifting India's clocks save energy?
March 2, 2010 to July 4, 2011
| Completed Project
The objectives of this project are: To evaluate energy savings potential under the following circumstances: Shift in IST i.e. advancement of IST by half-an-hour; Implementation of DST for six months (April-September);
Preparation of detailed project report of a 5 MW solar photovoltaic grid connected power project at Anantpur, AP
March 1, 2010 to September 26, 2010
| Completed Project
Preparing the DPR as per the guidelines of state nodel agence of AP which should be acceptable to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Improving solid waste management at Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine
February 26, 2010 to January 19, 2011
| Completed Project
Vaishno Devi is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Shakti, located in the hill of Vaishno Devi, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
An Economic Analysis for Strategic Petroleum Reserves in India
February 22, 2010 to January 1, 2012
| Completed Project
The study aims to provide analytical economic and policy inputs towards Strategic Petroleum Reserves planning in India and would be value adding in terms of identification of criteria for short-listing locations and funding options, assessment of costs and ownership options as well as the economics of a petroleum storage hub.