Publications

Indias Energy Security: Challenges & Opportunities

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

In the 1990s, the Gulf Crisis had brought the concept of energy security to the fore. In recent years once again, global realities of the 21st century have further altered the conceptualization of national security, and energy has once again come to the fore as one of its pivotal elements. Given that energy is crucial in provisioning of transportation, industrial development, communication, education and health delivery systems, India needs to focus on ensuring reliable and adequate availability of energy.

India’s Growing Energy Basket: Prospects of Nuclear Power

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

The energy sector in India has a challenging task ahead. The demand for clean and commercial forms of energy is increasing at a fast pace as a result of accelerated economic growth, growing aspirations of the people, and rapid urbanization. At the same time, in spite of various well intended efforts on part of the government on the reform, policy, and regulatory fronts, matching augmentation of supply has not been taking place.

Integrated approach for understanding spatio-temporal changes in forest resource distribution in the central Himalaya

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

Intense anthropogenic exploitation has altered distribution of forest resources. This change was analyzed using visual interpretation of satellite data of 1979, 1999 and 2009. Field and interactive social surveys were conducted to identify spatial trends in forest degradation and data were mapped on forest cover and land use maps. Perceptions of villagers were compiled in a pictorial representation to understand changes in forest resource distribution in central Himalaya from 1970 to 2010. Forested areas were subject to degradation and isolation due to loss of connecting forest stands.

Isolation and characterization of a first set of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in Pongamia pinnata (Fabaceae)

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, is nonedible oil producing tree legume, which has been recognized as a major biodiesel species in India (Tewari 2003). P. pinnata (synonym Millettia pinnata) is indigenous to India and Southeast Asia from where it has spread to other parts of the world. Its seed oil content ranges from 24–40% which is at par with other biodiesel species such as Jatropha.

Knowledge Management System in TERI: A Strategic Initiative

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

Knowledge management has taken center stage to manage organization knowledge for effective business process decision making. Besides, corporate houses, the need has been felt in research organizations also. TERI is a knowledge based research organization. Over the years, TERI has been involved in large number of research projects undertaken for the government, bi-lateral, and multi-lateral organization. A large number of knowledge resources generated, captured and utilized to accomplish these multi-faceted projects.

Kolhapur & Sangli MSME clusters: case study

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

The research was carried out with a wider scope of getting a broader understanding of ferrous foundries in the Kolhapur MSME cluster.

Laboratory based assessment of cookstove performance using energy and emission parameters for North Indian cooking cycle

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of cookstoves using controlled cooking test (CCT) with cooking cycles of Northern India, i.e., Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand (UK). Cooking time, specific energy consumption (SEC), and emission factors (EFs) of carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) were monitored for three improved and one traditional cookstoves. Cooking was conducted by residents of the study area.

Laboratory demonstration and field verification of a Wireless Cookstove Sensing System (WiCS) for determining cooking duration and fuel consumption?

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

With improved cookstoves (ICs) increasingly distributed to households for a range of air pollution interventions and carbon-credit programs, it has become necessary to accurately monitor the duration of cooking and the amount of fuel consumed. In this study, laboratory trials were used to create temperature-based algorithms for quantifying cooking duration and estimating fuel consumption from stove temperatures.

Land Surface Temperature Estimation using Landsat ETM+ Data

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

Land Surface Temperature (LST) can be estimated from remotely sensed satellite data. LST is a key parameter in the physics of land surface processes because it is involved in the energy balance as well as in the evapo-transpiration and desertification processes. The knowledge of surface temperature is important to a range of issues and themes in earth sciences central to urban climatology, global environmental change, and human-environment interactions.

Life cycle energy consumption and CO2 emissions of different transport systems in India

Research Paper
| January 11, 2018

Transport infrastructure promotes and supports economic growth of the country and economic growth, in turn, generates transport demand. The construction of transport infrastructure and the use of that infrastructure to meet transport demand results in the use of energy and emission of CO2 and criteria pollutants. Investment decisions on transport infrastructure as in the case of other investment decisions are based on techno- economic feasibility analysis; they are in addition subject to environmental impact analysis (EIA).