Projects

Air and Water Quality report of Maharashtra

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regularly monitors the qualitative state of the water resources across the state as well as the air quality across various locations in the state. TERI has been extending support to the State Pollution Control Board in sorting and analyzing the data sets whilst developing graphical and spatial illustrations.

Project STARs: Sustainable Tracking, Action and Reporting in Schools

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

Project STARs - a pioneering ESD project in the state of Goa explored the principles of sustainable development through the adoption of the 3C sustainable school concept. It was a three year project (2013-2016) jointly implemented by the Dempo Group of Companies, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) across 10 schools in Goa.

Study on the future carbon market in India

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Energy Efficiency

The main objectives are to: • Organise a series of interviews with Indian CDM project participants TERI would arrange 5-6 meetings (online zoom) with Indian CDM project participants. Project participants would be nominated after consultation with IGES. • Analyse views on the future CDM market in India.

Air Pollution Source Apportionment Study at Kanhia Open Cast Coal Mine Area, Odisha

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Air

Mapping, identification of molecular markers associated with heat tolerance QTLs in tomato

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Sustainable Agriculture

Tomato is one of the most significant vegetable crops grown worldwide. However, important traits such as pollen meiosis, germination, ovule development, viability and development of the embryo and fruit set of most tomato cultivars are adversely affected under temperatures higher than 35°C. This leads to non-availability in certain months.

Off the grid sensor controlled irrigation using bank filtration technology

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Sustainable Agriculture

The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Provide clean water to farmers using bank filtration technology; (2) Provide renewable electric power to off-the-grid farmers, thereby reducing stress on current electricity infrastructure; (3) Provide increased effectiveness solution for water use by farmers using IoT-based system.

Process Monitoring under Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Project

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Land

The REWARD project by the Watershed Development Department of Karnataka, supported by the World Bank, promotes climate-smart agriculture through scientific watershed development. Launched in 2021–22 and running until 2026–27, it covers 20 lakh hectares across 21 districts, with focused interventions on 1 lakh hectares.

Strengthening evidence-based advocacy for influenza prevention and control in India

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Air

This is an evidence- based study involving air quality assessment in the household environment. TERI’s role in this study is to provide aid in the monitoring of particulate matter (PM2.5) at the household level. This project will cover air quality assessment of around 50 households in the village belt of Ballabhgarh Tehsil of Faridabad district in Haryana.

Learning platform for power sector utilities in India

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), with the support of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF), has launched a Distribution Utilities Forum (DUF) that brings together various distribution utilities across India to a single platform and envisages taking up issues and challenges in the distribution sector towards enabling distribution reforms.

To bring together Indian and Afghan innovators and urban planners for a 2-3-day tech camp in Mumbai to collaborate on developing sustainable solution

December 27, 2017

| Ongoing project

| Transport

The objectives of this Tech Camp are to: (1) Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States, India and Afghanistan through exchange of information, experiences and expertise; (2) Increase the capacities of India and Afghanistan to address their challenges and prepare  for the future by providing participants with entrepreneurial and problem-solvin