Projects
Lighting a Billion Lives
April 1, 2009 to August 21, 2011
| Completed Project
TERI with its vision to work for global sustainable development and its commitment towards creating innovative solutions for a better tomorrow has evolved a model for providing access to clean lighting through centralised solar charging model under its "Lighting a Billion Lives" (LaBL) campaign initiative.
Consumer grievance redressal system
April 1, 2009 to January 18, 2011
| Completed Project
Consumer grievance redressal (CGR) is an important function of an efficient, responsive, and transparent municipal body. The purpose of a grievance redressal mechanism is to provide a platform for citizens to lodge their complaints related to various services they receive from the municipal body, voice their opinions, and provide feedback on various services rendered by the urban local bodies.
Centre of Excellence on Urban Development
April 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010
| Completed Project
MoUD , under JNNURM mandated that the States enact the Community Participation Law(CPL) and its provisions thereof to enhance citizen participation by bringing it down to sub ward level which is an ‘area’. However, information received from JNNURM, MoUD; case studies and reviews carried out by TERI bring out that only 12 States have enacted the CPL.
ITEC Training programme on “Decentralized energy solutions- Planning and implementation” 2 - 20 November 2009
April 1, 2009 to July 10, 2010
| Completed Project
The training programme aims at sensitizing participants on decentralized generation (DG) technologies and to study the extent to which DG can fill the demand-supply gap created by the limitation of grid extension. It focuses on rural electrification issues, renewable
Investment prospects in concentrating solar power projects in India
April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010
| Completed Project
The broad overarching objective of the study will be to identify key areas of interest that along with contributing to sustainable development will provide solutions to financial institutions to undertake mitigation and adaptation as a business case.
ADB Road-CF Study
April 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
| Completed Project
The main objective of the study was to provide a comprehensive approach to calculate the carbon footprint from road works and calculate the reduction of carbon emissions from improved road operations. The study focused on ongoing road projects in South Asian countries, mainly India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Life cycle cost of energy efficient buildings
March 16, 2009 to December 10, 2010
| Completed Project
Under the study titled above, TERI shall prepare three reports namely:
Implemeting business development Services in Rajkot and Mohali-Panchkula-Chandigarh MSME cluster
March 13, 2009 to March 31, 2012
| Completed Project
The objective of the proposed project is to strengthen the access to BDS (Business Development Services) of SMEs in Rajkot and Mohali-Panchkula-Chandigarh clusters by designing and implementing strategiesto:- Develop the market for BDS- Strengthen the access to BDS providers- Assist BDS providers in the clusters (Rajkot and Mohali-Panchkula-
2nd Environment Educators Conference - The Road to a Sustainable School
March 9, 2009 to January 22, 2010
| Completed Project
Conference for school teachers from all over the country and overseas - target number - 300 to 350. Provide a platform to teachers to share knowledge, network and take back knowledge that can be part of their classroom teaching and the environment around them. Topic: Road to a Sustainable School
Evaluation of Training Programmes conducted by the State Institutes of Rural Development in Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra & Gujarat.
March 2, 2009 to December 2, 2010
| Completed Project
The State Institutes of Rural Development (SIRDs) are State level Institutions for imparting training in the field of rural development to Rural Development functionaries and elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions. The SIRDs, assisted by Central and State Governments, conduct demand-driven training programmes in diverse areas.