Projects

Projects

GREEN OLYMPIAD AND TERRAQUIZ

June 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009
| Completed Project

Since 1999, TERI has been actively conducting the environment education examination and quiz programme GREEN Olympiad and TERRAQUIZ, respectively. The GREEN Olympiad, India’s first and the only national-level environment examination, and TERRAQUIZ, an environment quiz aired on television, is held annually in India and abroad.

Workshop on Climate Change and Water

June 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
| Completed Project

TERI-Stimson Workshop on Climate Change and Water in Delhi, 5-6 September 2008

Organic Cook Book

June 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008
| Completed Project

We can live a healthy and happy life by controlling the choices we make, for ourselves and for our environment. By eating foods that are produced organically we reduce our exposure to harmful pesticides and artificial fertilisers. Organic agriculture preserves healthy soils and prevents loss of biodiversity which is critical for a balanced ecosystem for our planet.

PDD of 3.0 MW BEL wind farm

May 21, 2008 to June 22, 2012
| Completed Project

The activity involves preparation of Project Design Document (PDD)for 3.0 MW BEL wind turbine under CDM under the guidelines given by UNFCCC. The project also involves assisting BEL during host country approval, validation process and registration

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

May 16, 2008 to July 23, 2008
| Completed Project

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.

Engagement of TERI as Technical Adviser for evaluation potential for development of Solar Power projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan

May 14, 2008 to March 24, 2009
| Completed Project

The main objective of this project is to identify the best areas for setting-up solar projects of a minimum 5MW in Gujarat and Rajasthan using requisite solar and other data, and thereafter recommend and prepare the detailed proejct report the selected location.

Indian sugar industry: unpredictable risks and risk mitigation alternatives

May 1, 2008 to April 26, 2012
| Completed Project

The objectives of this project are: (1) to carry out an analysis of price trend in sugar across states in India; (2) to analyze the systematic and unsystematic risk in sugar prices in India linking it with the global context; (4) to analyse the risks which are unpredictable (unsystematic risk) in sugar industry followed by an analysis of the trend movement in such risks in India and in global cont

Patent pooling and access to knowledge: a case study of biotechnology

May 1, 2008 to October 30, 2010
| Completed Project

The main objective of this project is to assess the potential and feasibility for patent pooling to act as an effective mechanism to make biotechnology available in developing countries including its possible nature and institutional structure.

Facilitating municipal solid waste management through training and awareness programmes

May 1, 2008 to January 31, 2010
| Completed Project

The goal of this project is to `motivate and solicit the participation of various stakeholders in municipal waste management? The specific objectives are: o TEXT o To share and communicate information to the various stakeholder groups regarding the importance waste reduction and segregation at source TEXT

Improved implementation of municipal solid waste management

May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009
| Completed Project

To support MoEF and the Bank in identifying and preparing of a component on Municipal Waste Management (MSW) (disposal and remediation) systems up-gradation which is consistent with the area-based approach and capacity building objectives of the Project.