Projects

Completed Projects

Environment Education and Awareness Programme for Secondary School Students of Thane Municipal Corporation Schools

May 16, 2008 to
July 23, 2008
1. To create awareness among students and teachers about their local environment through fun-n-learn activities.
2. Capacity building of grassroots NGOs on the local environmental issues and train them to effectively disseminate the knowledge to students and teachers.
3. To sensitise students about the local environmental issues and encourage them to work on short-term projects that can make a positive difference to the environment.

Evaluation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and entomopathogenic nematode cruisers interaction on the reproduction and development of root knot nematode, M. incognita on tomato

June 15, 2005 to
July 6, 2008

Collection and identification of native isolates of entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.
Selection of EPN isolates based on cruising ability and study the interactive development of AM fungi in presence of EPN.
Study the variation in development and progeny production of root knot nematode in the presence of EPN and AM fungi on tomato.
Biochemical changes in root-knot nematode (RKN) infected plants in the presence of AM fungi and EPN.

Evaluation of Uttam Urja REEEP project

May 8, 2007 to
June 30, 2008
To report present status of Uttam Urja since withrawl of TERI/REEEP from project area.

Assistance to Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission in scrutiny of Distribution Tariff Petition of Bokaro Steel Plant for the year 2006-07

April 2, 2007 to
June 27, 2008

To assist the Jharkhand Electricity Regulatory Commission in the determination of distribution tariff and issuing the distribution tariff order for SAIL-Bokaro Steel Plant for the year 2006-07.
The petition submitted by Bokaro Steel Plant shall be scrutinized by TERI and queries regarding the data/information gaps will be sent across to the petitioner. On receipt of complete details from the petitioner, the Revenue Requirement for 2006-07 shall be analyzed.
TERI will assist the Commission in Public Hearings of stakeholders and in compilation of objections.

Ecological footprint: establishing a tool to measure and manage urban energy use in India and China

July 2, 2007 to
June 26, 2008
The overall scope of the study would be - * to examine the energy consumption patterns in select cities in the household sector, including movement of people, and * to explore how the ecological footprint can be used as a tool to communicate the benefits of use of energy efficient techniques and adopting demand management practices. TERI would undertake the following tasks during the first stage of the study (2nd July 2007 to 31st March 2008).

Motor Fuel Demand and Auto Fuel Policies in India

January 4, 2007 to
June 25, 2008
Motor Fuel Demand and Auto Fuel Policies in India

Training programme on Carbon Finance and Trading

March 27, 2008 to
June 20, 2008
The objective of this training programme is to provide the Indian corporate houses with an understanding of the future opportunities and issues that shall be affecting the carbon finance and trading. This would ensure that the corporate houses are better prepared for any sort of unforeseen changes and better equipped to take benefit of the opportunities arising from the market in future.

Detailed Energy Audit of Asahi India Glass Ltd

January 28, 2008 to
May 31, 2008

Is India tunnelling through the Environemntal Kuznets Curve

November 22, 2006 to
May 31, 2008
The Environmental Kuznets'''''''' Curve (EKC) hypothesis envisages an "inverted U-shaped" relation between various indicators of environmental pollution or resource depletion and the level of economic growth. The implied inverted-U relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth came to be known as the EKC by analogy with the growth- income inequality relationship postulated by Kuznets (1965, 1966) .

Films on Energy Efficiency for IREDA

December 26, 2006 to
May 31, 2008
Production of documentary films of 30 minutes each focussing on the energy efficiency pratices in the Glass and ceramic and cement sector. These films will be made for IREDA. The target audience is potential investors, industry people and other stakeholders.