Ongoing Projects
Water Resource Management through Spring and Catchment Rejuvenation in Uttarakhand for Improving Water Security
January 21, 2019
| Climate Change
| Environment
| Water
Himalayan glaciers and rivers, address the water need of people of the Himalayan states and India as a whole. However, despite the state's multiple water reserves, many districts of Uttarakhand face acute water scarcity. Springs of Himalaya are drying up or turning from perennial to seasonal. Since, most of the mountain communities are heavily dependent on springs for safe and reliable water supply, it has become obligatory to preserve and manage these springs.
Developing a resource mobilization strategies for implementing the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP) of Uttarakhand
December 14, 2018
| Forest & Biodiversity
The main objective of this project is to develop a financial plan for implementing the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan in Uttarakhand.
Health and Air Pollution Policy in India
December 1, 2018
| Environment
The main objective of this project is to produce three policy modules in the areas of health and air pollution policy in India under the direction of the leadership team of the Collaborative Clean Air Policy Research Centre.
Health and Air Pollution Policy in India
December 1, 2018
| Environment
| Health & Nutrition
| Cities
The main objective of this project is to produce three policy modules in the areas of health and air pollution policy in India under the direction of the leadership team of the Collaborative Clean Air Policy Research Centre.
Third party verification of Left Out/Newly Grown Families with Parallel IPC and focus Group Discussion for Mission Directorate of SBM-G in the State of Assam (1st Phase Allocation)
November 5, 2018
| Waste
The objective of the third party verification of left out household survey is to verify and validate whether all the left out households are included in the survey or not. Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin); its physical achievements in open defecation free (ODF) Gaon Panchayats/ Village Council Development Committees/Mishing Autonomous Councils/Villages declared by Districts.
Impact of LU/LC and catchment characteristics on Runoff and Groundwater Dynamics of Western Ghats, Karnataka
October 15, 2018
| Water
The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Develop a conceptual ground water model based on detailed hydrogeology, soil and land use pattern; (2) Understand the relationship between rainfall-runoff and groundwater recharge under different forest types; (3) Estimate evapo-transpiration under different forest/land covers across an array of climate and soils distributed over the district; (4) Determine the in-situ soil hydraulic properties (such as infiltration, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, soil moisture retention characteristics wh
Development of Flood Warning System for Guwahati Town
October 3, 2018
| Climate Change
| Environment
The study will focus on the potential impact of flooding and identification of flood prone areas in Guwahati City. The key objectives would be to combine GIS with Hydrodynamic models to identify flood risk in Guwahati city on an experimental basis. At a later stage a calibrated model will be developed for flood forecast based on different rainfall return periods, along with a web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Conservation of protected areas through carbon finance: implementing a pilot project for Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
September 18, 2018
| Forest & Biodiversity
The proposed work has following objectives: To determine Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Value (CCBA Value); To develop a mechanism for obtaining the carbon finance from voluntary markets; To improve the habitat and ecosystem services of the protected area; To address issues of human-wildlife conflict and increase in income of the people living in and around protected area; To design a Policy design document/ brief on importance of evaluating co-benefits in carbon sequestration through enhancement of ecosystem services.
DBT-TERI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Biofuels and Bio-commodities
August 27, 2018
| Microbes
The Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India established its fifth bioenergy centre of excellence ‘DBT-TERI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Biofuel and Bio-commodities' at TERI. This centre aims at development of technologies for production of advanced biofuels; Algal biodiesel, pyrolytic oil, Biohydrogen; and Bio-commodities; 2, 3 Butane Diol, acrolyn, high value pigments, bio plastic, aqua feed and animal feed, from third generation feed (algae and aquatic macrophytes) in a bio-refinery approach.