Projects

Conservation of protected areas through carbon finance: implementing a pilot project for Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

September 18, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Forest & Biodiversity

The proposed work has following objectives: To determine Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Value (CCBA Value); To develop a mechanism for obtaining the carbon finance from voluntary markets; To improve the habitat and ecosystem services of the protected area; To address issues of human-wildlife conflict and increase in income of the people living in and around protected area; To desi

DBT-TERI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Biofuels and Bio-commodities

August 27, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Microbes

The Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India established its fifth bioenergy centre of excellence ‘DBT-TERI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Biofuel and Bio-commodities' at TERI.

How do we get there?

August 24, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Energy Efficiency | Energy

TERI has submitted a contribution via the Talanoa Dialogue portal, on the issue of ambition of parties for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Development of an Interface for Farm Level Carbon Footprint Estimation

August 23, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Environment | Sustainable Agriculture | Climate Change

The Project aim to estimate region specific carbon footprint of major agriculture products (rice, region specific horticulture crop, region specific spices) of India at the farm gate through  a user friendly tool to measure carbon footprint of farm products with lesser uncertainly level.

Punjab: pilot implementation of DBTE (Direct Benefit Transfer for Electricity) to agriculture

August 1, 2018

| Ongoing project

The project aims to address and provide solutions towards three-dimensional interlinked challenge of declining ground water, increasing electricity consumption and rising fiscal burden of power subsidy on agriculture.

Assessing the impact of mechanised road sweepers on reducing road dust

July 16, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Waste | Cities

TERI undertakes first-of-its-kind audit for South Delhi

Australia-India Knowledge Exchange on 'Smart Energy Management for Sustainable Cities'

July 1, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Cities | Sustainable Habitat | Energy | Climate Change

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia, is organizing workshops on 'Smart Energy Management for Sustainable Cities’ as part of the Australia-India Knowledge Exchange partnership.

Evaluation and Validation of anticancer metabolites from Himalayan lichens and development of polymeric nanoformulation as potential cancer therapautic agent

June 21, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Health & Nutrition

The project aims to explore the chemical diversity of the natural products from Trans Himalayan region, in order to identify novel lichen-based anti-cancer agents. Lichens are unique microorganisms comprising of a fungal and an algal partner. The study is based on the evaluation and validation of anti-cancer compounds from lichens of Himalayan origin.

Third party consultant for providing GRIHA comprehensive services for proposed Center of Excellence for Energy Studies (CoEES), Guwahati, India

May 24, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Buildings

The objective of the project is to provide GRIHA comprehensive services with documentation and facilitation for the proposed office of Oil India Limited’s (OIL) Center of Excellence for Energy Studies (CoEES) in Guwahati, India.

Centre for processes and structures to support translational research and innovations in Nanobiotechnology

May 22, 2018

| Ongoing project

| Sustainable Agriculture

The project aims to develop financially independent knowledge centre that can act like a vehicle to support the translational research in Nano-Biotechnology.