Ongoing Projects
Engagement of consultancy service to carry out assessment study of biofuel, biodiesel, ethanol and CBG in Northeast Region of India
January 22, 2020
The overall objective of the proposed study to investigate the potential of different types of biomass in the North Eastern (NE) states of India.
Water quality improvement of Dighalipukhuri, Guwahati
January 20, 2020
| Water
| Microbes
Physical examination of the Dighalipukhuri pond revealed trophic stratification and aquatic life including fishes. Realising the historical importance of the pond and aesthetics facilitation it was decided that natural remedial process would be helpful.
Certificate course in "Sustain and Enhance Technical Knowledge in Solar Energy Systems" at Guwahati, Assam under GSDP during the financial year 2019-20
January 15, 2020
| Environment
The objectives of this project are to: (1) provide training to 30 participants on solar energy systems to enhance their technical skills; (2) set up an 1 kW solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant for demonstration and practical training; (3) create linkages of participants with solar energy vendors/agencies to enhance employability.
Sustainability assessment of the thermochemical conversion of post-extraction plant residues to address climate change
January 8, 2020
| Waste
| Climate Change
The L'Oréal Group is one of the leading manufacturers of beauty products and uses different types of plant extracts for the development of its products. The process generates a large quantity of organic post-extraction waste materials. The company is interested to use these post- extraction waste materials as biochar to crop land to address the global climate change issue.
Monitoring of community wastewater for early signalling the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai City
January 6, 2020
| Water
The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Track the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater in order to have information on the community viral load. This should serve as an early warning system for health surveillance. (2) Check the spread from WWTPs (waste-water treatment plants) and direct discharge points, map the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in two locations downstream of Buckingham Canal which meets the Cooum River.
A stakeholder forum for key actors in the electricity distribution sector (Phase-2)
January 5, 2020
The focus of the project is to bring public and private power distribution companies on a single platform to share business best practices and raise the contemporary challenges towards enabling distribution reforms.
Strengthening localized advocacy for accelerating corporate action in India
January 3, 2020
| Climate Change
The project aims to strengthen Indian climate policy through increased localised corporate advocacy that leverages and further supports the work of partners accelerating corporate action in India.
Urban Living Lab for Sustainable and Smart Cities in India
January 1, 2020
| Sustainable Habitat
| Cities
Under this project, TERI is working on multiple facets of cities, including sustainable mobility, urban flooding management, and data-driven planning and governance.
Conducting third party evaluation of NERTPS schemes on silk sector and apparel and garmenting units
December 31, 2019
The objectives of this project are to review the degree of impact on the beneficiaries in terms of income, employment generation, economic improvement, socio economic upliftment, evaluation of the present status of the project, effectiveness of the present monitoring mechanism, suggestions for improvement, analyze the project deliverance, milestones achieved, etc. under the sericulture projects.