Ongoing Projects

Development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests

May 8, 2020

| Forest & Biodiversity

The project is aimed at development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests. In view of paucity of such studies, economic valuation of forest ecosystem services will be useful. The main objectives of the study are to: (i) estimate the use and non-use values of ecosystem services provided by the wildlife sanctuary; and (ii) identify the measures for maintaining and enhancing the ecosystem services.  

Liquid waste management of COVID19 detection lab of North East

May 5, 2020

| Waste

Thermo Fisher Scientific has initiated the establishment of COVID 19 testing facilities in hospitals of North-eastern states. The role of TERI would be to: (1) Customized design and fabrication of biomedical effluent disinfection system; (2) Installation and operationalization of disinfection system; (3) Installation of 5 numbers of biomedical effluent disinfection system.

Preparation of Environment Status Report 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

April 8, 2020

| Environment

The objective of this project is to prepare the Annual Environmental Status Report for 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The report will highlight the status of air quality, water resources, land, solid waste management and health-related issues along with its impact and mitigation measures within the city. 

Developing integrated river pollution management framework

April 1, 2020

| Water

TERI proposes to investigate the current situation of two river basins of India, the Yamuna and the Musi which are struggling with the problem of pollution, using ‘Systems Thinking’ approach.

Developing Integrated River Pollution Management Framework for Yamuna and Musi River Basin

April 1, 2020

| Water

Restoring India’s Rivers: An Integrated Pollution Management Framework

Focusing on the Yamuna and Musi river basins, this project identifies the core drivers of river pollution to develop scalable solutions for river basins across India. By leveraging a systems thinking approach and active stakeholder engagement, the initiative aims to deliver a comprehensive, integrated river pollution management and implementation framework. To accurately analyze pollution sources and systemic vulnerabilities in both basins, the study deployed a structured, multi-pronged methodology:

Recycling of sugar factory ash to ceramic filters for application in sewage treatment

March 27, 2020

| Waste

The main objectives of this project are to: (i) Manufacture microfiltration membrane filters from sugar industry ash in an industrial facility. (ii) Fix manufacturing parameters for different compositions of sugar industry ash. (iii) Demonstration for sewage treatment in a membrane bioreactor under field conditions.

India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL)

March 4, 2020

| Waste

The main objective of the INOPOL project is to build knowledge and capacity to tackle plastic and chemical pollution from important sources within key industries, public sector, and civil society.  The main goals will be to provide science-based knowledge that will support India’s ambitious targets to reduce plastic releases and to implement the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.