Completed Projects
Improving Sustainable Energy Access among SC/ST households in Chamarajanagar District of Karnataka – A pilot study
September 1, 2016 to
October 31, 2018
| Energy Access
Modern energy access for basic lighting and cooking needs is fundamental to human development. In India there is a large gap between demand and supply of appropriate energy services. More than 40% of India’s rural households and more than 5% urban households do not have electricity and are primarily dependent on kerosene or wick lamps to meet basic lighting needs. A typical kerosene lamp provides between 1and 6 lumens per square meter (lux) of useful light, compared to the recommended lighting level of 50-300 lux for regular domestic use like reading, dining and cooking.
Reducing short lived climate pollutants from solid waste sector in India
February 20, 2017 to
October 31, 2018
| Waste
| Air
In partnership with Climate and Clean Air Coalition TERI implemented a project to reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) under the CCAC’s Municipal Solid Waste Initiative in India. The mandate of the project was to develop work plans for two cities in India to help formulate priorities in managing waste, reducing SLCP emissions, and establish an Indian city network under the CCAC- Waste initiative for building capacities and helping in reduction of SLCPs from the municipal solid waste sector.
Project facilitating learning on WASH (FLOW) annual report – Year 3
September 16, 2015 to
September 30, 2018
| Environment
| Water
Water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people around the world, an alarming figure that is projected to increase with the rise of global temperatures as a result of climate change. Although 2.1 billion people have gained access to improved water sanitation since 1990, dwindling supplies of safe drinking water is a major problem impacting every continent.
Mapping the refrigerant trends in India: An assessment of room AC sector
October 1, 2017 to
September 30, 2018
| Climate Change
Project Report Authors: Manjeet Singh, Gurprasad Gurumurthy, Shreya Shekhar
TERI – NCSTC Eco Next Investigation for Youth
September 18, 2018 to
September 30, 2018
| Environment
The project has adopted two modules of trainings to reach out to youth:
Increasing rail share in freight transport in India
February 1, 2017 to
September 30, 2018
| Transport
Indian Railways was once the largest freight transport carrier in the country, but its share in freight mobility has been rapidly reducing – a decline from 39% in 2002-03 to 27% in 2014-15. Road-based freight transport, which is more energy and emission-intensive, has grown at the expense of the Indian Railways. Several government assessments have identified ways to address this challenge but via long-term measures.
Assessing climate risks to India's oil and gas sector
October 14, 2016 to
August 31, 2018
| Resources & Sustainable Development
A shift to renewables and infrastructure vulnerability to extreme climactic events are among the challenges the sector faces
India's oil and gas infrastructure sustains more than a third of India's primary energy supply and is likely to grow in absolute terms for at least two decades. At the same time, India's commitments to the Paris Agreement necessitate moving away from fossil fuels, and the country's recent policy initiatives in renewable energy, energy efficiency and electric vehicles demonstrate this commitment.
Diversity studies in Indian earthworms using DNA barcodes
August 26, 2013 to
August 22, 2018
| Sustainable Agriculture
This collaborative project between TERI, New Delhi and Dr. HS Gour Central University, Madhya Pradesh aims to study the diversity of earthworms in different agro-climatic zones of India through DNA barcoding.
The overall objectives of this project are to:
Survey, collection, Identification and digital cataloging of earthworms species from different agro-climatic zones of India;
Molecular identification of the earthworms using COI gene marker and development of DNA library database;
A high-rate bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestion process specialized in distillery wastewater for organic pollutants stabilization and methane gas recovery
July 17, 2015 to
July 16, 2018
| Environment
This is a bilateral collaborative project sanctioned under the DST Indo-Korea programme. The main goal of this study is to develop novel high-rate bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestion process for renewable energy recovery from distillery wastewater, leading to the initial phase of pilot scale development of bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestion (BEAD) process.
TERI's Solar Lighting Laboratory is the first Laboratory in Asia affilated under Lighting Global Programme for Qualiy Assurance of Solar Lighting Systems
March 28, 2014 to
June 30, 2018
| Energy
TERI has established a Solar Lighting Laboratory (SLL), one of the foremost laboratories in India, complying with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards for the testing of solar lighting systems (SLS). The laboratory - supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - is the first laboratory in Asia to get the recognition under the Lighting Global Programme of IFC.