Ongoing Projects
Faster adoption of electric vehicles in India: A perspective of consumers and industry
November 16, 2018
| Transport
Third party verification of Left Out/Newly Grown Families with Parallel IPC and focus Group Discussion for Mission Directorate of SBM-G in the State of Assam (1st Phase Allocation)
November 5, 2018
| Waste
The objective of the third party verification of left out household survey is to verify and validate whether all the left out households are included in the survey or not. Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin); its physical achievements in open defecation free (ODF) Gaon Panchayats/ Village Council Development Committees/Mishing Autonomous Councils/Villages declared by Districts.
Identification of AMF Effectome and Concomitant target proteins in host plant to understand their role in establishing symbiosis using Funneliformis mosseae and Carrot as model species
November 3, 2018
| Sustainable Agriculture
The main objectives of the project are: (1) identification and characterization of effectors coded by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Funneliformis mosseae); (2) exploration for role of effector proteins in establishing symbiotic relationship; (3) investigation for whether AM fungi use effector proteins to short-circuit the plant defence mechanism.
Impact of LU/LC and catchment characteristics on Runoff and Groundwater Dynamics of Western Ghats, Karnataka
October 15, 2018
| Water
The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Develop a conceptual ground water model based on detailed hydrogeology, soil and land use pattern; (2) Understand the relationship between rainfall-runoff and groundwater recharge under different forest types; (3) Estimate evapo-transpiration under different forest/land covers across an array of climate and soils distributed over the district; (4) Determine the in-situ soil hydraulic properties (such as infiltration, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, soil moisture retention characteristics wh
Regional policy dialogues on making liveable cities in India
October 4, 2018
| Cities
TERI is a member of the National Coordination Group of CoM/South Asia and in this capacity, has been contributing to the activities of IUC and CoM/South Asia, including the national and city level events/ workshops organized in the last one year.
Development of Flood Warning System for Guwahati Town
October 3, 2018
| Climate Change
| Environment
The study will focus on the potential impact of flooding and identification of flood prone areas in Guwahati City. The key objectives would be to combine GIS with Hydrodynamic models to identify flood risk in Guwahati city on an experimental basis. At a later stage a calibrated model will be developed for flood forecast based on different rainfall return periods, along with a web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Integration study for the grid operation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for proposed solar capacity
October 2, 2018
| Energy
TERI conducted an integration study for stabilised grid operation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to integrate solar energy in the grid in combination with either LNG or diesel generator sets
Decentralized solar PV near the rural user end so as to minimize distribution losses
October 2, 2018
TERI with support from MacArthur Foundation released a project report during World Development Summit 2020 titled "Decentralized solar PV near the rural user end so as to minimize distribution losses" during the thematic session 'Managing Intermittency of Demand & Supply at Electricity Distribution-level at Gulmohar' for a study that looked at the operational aspect benefits of decentralised solar rooftops.