Publications
The Call Of The Chengu: An odyssey into the heart of community conservation
Research Paper
| October 26, 2018
In a remote area of the Zunheboto district of Nagaland, village communities are creating community conserved areas to protect their forests. They are also working to put an end to hunting and unsustainable fishing. Author writes of the people’s creative efforts to develop bird and biodiversity-based ecotourism
Making Liveable Cities: Challenges and Way Forward for India
Policy brief
| October 25, 2018
More than 40% of India's population is expected to reside in its urban centres by 2050 (UNDESA, 2014). While these rapidly expanding urban centres in India are seen as the engines of economic growth, they also face tremendous pressures on their civic infrastructure systems and issues of environmental degradation, air pollution, and increasing frequency of climate-induced events and disasters. It is, thus, now critical to relook at the ways in which we manage these challenges for enhancing the liveability of cities.
Smart grid, battery storage, and your electricity bill
Article
| October 24, 2018
Integration of smart grid technologies at the household level will ultimately help manage consumption and ensure least operating costs, lowering power bills
Boosting consumer confidence in solar lighting with a million+ solar LEDs
Article
| October 23, 2018
Much before urban India, the country's rural population had endorsed LED-based solar lighting. Initiatives such as LaBL share the credit of boosting consumer confidence in such products.
Resurrection of Nalidixic Acid: Evaluation of Water-Based Nanoformulations as Potential Nanomedicine
Research Paper
| October 9, 2018
Resistance to quinolone antibiotics has been a serious problem ever since nalidixic acid was introduced into clinical medicine. Over time, resistance of pathogenic microbes to nalidixic acid led to the design of novel variants to revive its potential application. In the present work, a series of eight nanoformulations of nalidixic acid-based diacyl and sulfonyl acyl hydrazine derivatives were prepared.
An open outdoor algal growth system of improved productivity for biofuel production
Research Paper
| October 8, 2018
BACKGROUND Microalgae are among the most promising options for renewable fuel production in the future. Translating high laboratory yields to outdoor productivity has been a major challenge. Outdoor sunlight intensity is much greater than the saturation light intensities of algae. An open outdoor growth system design has been developed based on systematic distribution of sunlight to improve the productivity.
The Call Of The Chengu
Article
| October 5, 2018
Hunting is a deep-rooted cultural practice in Nagaland, but several communities are working to put an end to hunting and unsustainable fishing
A Goa village that strives to protect the fast-vanishing 'Khazans'
Article
| October 3, 2018
Paddy fields in khazansKhazan ecosystems are reclaimed wetlands and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated by the construction of embankments and sluice gates. 'Khazans' in Goa have always been nature's defence to its own excesses such as high tides, storms or floods. They are predominantly rice and fish fields.
Towards COP24: From Bangkok to Katowice
Article
| September 26, 2018
For successful implementation of the Paris Agreement, issues frustrating developing and developed nations must be resolved; political trade-offs may provide an answer
'Infusion of capital required to accelerate transition to renewable energy in India'
Article
| September 26, 2018
Experts discuss India's need to reconcile its development imperatives with environmental sustainability, at Climate Week NYC