Projects

Developing a sanitation and hygiene promotion strategy for Uttaranchal

September 27, 2004 to March 29, 2006

| Completed Project

The main objectives are as follows. (i) Assess the current situation in sanitation, health, and hygiene. This includes research into the behavioural aspects of the existing sanitation and hygiene practices, the perceived barriers to an improved sanitation and hygiene status, and identification of triggers that motivate behaviour change (at the individual and communal levels).

Automated Contract Management System for DFID India

September 27, 2004 to November 29, 2005

| Completed Project

Contract Management System would strengthen CaPAS (Contracts and Procurement Advice Section) so that not only the contract related information is captured online but also, keep the history of amendments, send automated reminders, generate various reports, dynamic and flexible search facility. The proposed CMS will have the following components:

Trade liberalization - impacts and opportunities for SMEs in the textile, leather, and seafood sectors

September 20, 2004 to November 17, 2006

| Completed Project

The key objectives are understanding and highlighting the difficulties faced by the SMEs (small- and medium-scale enterprises) due to trade liberalization and assisting them in coping with this changing international scenario by holding sector-specific workshops; preparing practical booklets on European Union/United States norms (mainly health, safety, SPS [sanitary and phyto-sanitary], and packag

SWAJAL, Uttaranchal - Roles and responsibilities of sector institutions and PRIs

September 20, 2004 to December 13, 2005

| Completed Project

The main objective of the study is to support the Uttaranchal government in creating a new sector institutional framework, in line with the State 2012 Vision.

Development of legal and policy framework for renewable resource-based electricity generation - Sri Lanka

September 15, 2004 to February 23, 2008

| Completed Project

In this emerging reform environment and the prospect of a rapidly growing renewable energy industry, the Government of Sri Lanka is keen to establish a policy framework that enables the sustained and rational growth of renewable energy services in Sri Lanka.

Comprehensive monitoring of channel kiln and vertical shaft brick kiln in Vietnam

September 14, 2004 to February 28, 2005

| Completed Project

Developing an Integrated Water Resource System for Microsoft's campus at Hyderabad

September 7, 2004 to March 31, 2005

| Completed Project

Energy audit of acrylic fibre plant at Haldia

September 1, 2004 to October 17, 2005

| Completed Project

This project included the following objectives: 1. To carry out a detailed performance evaluation of various equipments with a view to identify thrust areas for energy conservation; 2. To quantify the extent of energy savings/performance improvement that can be achieved based on analysis of the measurements to be carried out/ data to be collected;

Validation, testing, and locational trials of micro/macro propagated planting stock of selected bamboo species in Northeast India

August 25, 2004 to September 11, 2012

| Completed Project

The objectives are (1) validation of package of practices for high yield plantation for bamboo, timber and bamboo shoot including establishment/upgradation of nursery/plant multiplication facility, (2) locational trials to study the performance of macro and micro propagated planting stock of selected bamboo species in different North East States.

Chemical characterization of Jatropha specifies for identification of trees with high oil content and variable fatty acid

August 20, 2004 to January 27, 2012

| Completed Project

The main objecitve of this project is to evaluate the oil content and fatty acid composition of various jatropha collections.