Projects
Country Assistance Program Evaluation for India
February 12, 2007 to August 1, 2007
| Completed Project
(i) Review ADB-financed programs with environmental objectives and assess their relevance, effectiveness, sustainability, and impact with regard to improving the environment; (ii) Assess how ADB¿s operations in India have mainstreamed environmental sustainability; (iii) Organize and facilitate focus group interviews, as required, to obtain feedback from EAs and other
Rehabilitation of Red Mud Pond Phase -IV
February 7, 2007 to March 31, 2008
| Completed Project
This project is the part of the larger project " Rehabilitation of redmud pond at INDAL, conducted by TERI in 2003-04". During the first phase of the project, TERI has conducted the research at Gwal pahari. In the second phase, TERI has implemnted the results of the first phase in 1 ha area at INDAL, Belgaum, Karnataka on experimental basis.
Action and monitoring plans for reclamation of red mud pond through afforestation activities at HINDALCO, Muri
February 1, 2007 to July 26, 2009
| Completed Project
The larger goal of the project is to develop green cover in the entire red mud ponds of HINDALCO, Muri and convert the red mud deposits, which is inhospitable for plants, to a substrate which will allow them to grow and develop by improving its physical and physico-chemical conditions, and removing the inhibiting substances by means of low-cost additives and treatments.
Energy carrier of the fumeless future
February 1, 2007 to July 10, 2009
| Completed Project
With the finite sources of fossil fuel reserves, there is an urgent need to look into the different sources of renewable sources of energy. Biohydrogen production a microbial way of releasing stress is a possible way to exploit it for the production of the clean fuel hydrogen for commercial utilization and also a means to mitigate the ill effects of the fossil fuel based energy sources.
WEO 2007
February 1, 2007 to November 30, 2007
| Completed Project
TO PROVIDE INPUTS FOR THE WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK 2007
Renewing India
February 1, 2007 to October 10, 2007
| Completed Project
In a race to be the richest, strongest and most developed... nations surge ahead thoughtlessly. The depletion of resources seems incessant and the quest for energy, endless. A warmer planet has set the alarm bells ringing. As a question mark looms over the future of energy security, the world has started looking for solutions. Renewables are defining the energy future for India.
Discussion Paper on GHG Emission Inventorisation Tool for Iron and Steel Industry
January 31, 2007 to July 31, 2007
| Completed Project
The current WRI Iron and Steel GHG Inventory Tool is several years old and provides very simple calculation approaches for this sector. The new IPCC guidelines reflect further thinking on this sectors sources, as well as updated and new emission factors. The International Iron and Steel Institute has also develop a tool for GHG accounting.
Assistance to JSERC for the Tariff petition for FY 2006-07 submitted by JSEB
January 25, 2007 to September 28, 2007
| Completed Project
The main objective of the project is to assist the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) in processing the petition filed by the Jharkhand State Electricity Board for revision of tariffs for FY 2006-07.
Designing energy efficiency programs for Delhi
January 24, 2007 to April 30, 2008
| Completed Project
To partner with Delhi Government for designing and implementing energy efficiency programs in Delhi. The overall aim is to highlight the importance of demand side management and energy conservation by demonstrating huge energy saving potential in Delhi. This will also help in minimizing the peak load problems that Delhi faces.
An agri-horti-medi-culture approach for sustainable development of women in adjoining Ramgarh and Dhari blocks of Nainital district, Uttaranchal
January 16, 2007 to May 31, 2012
| Completed Project
The overall aim of the proposed project is to enable the rural poor women community to improve the quality of their lives through the integration of biotechnological solutions that have potential for poverty reduction. Thus, the whole programme would lead to a very cost-effective rejuvenation of hill agriculture and is envisioned to bring about the over all rural development of the state.