Projects

Load research study of BRPL

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project
| Energy

The scope of work will be to carry out the survey to study the characteristics of electrical load which provides trend analysis and general characteristics of different categories of LT (low tension) and HT (high tension) consumers covering 23 divisions of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL).

Developing a recycling plan for old solar PVs

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project
| Energy

The project is to study challenges in the inter-connection of solar PV based microgrid with distribution grids and develop standardized architecture/road map to accelerate the solar PV based microgrid development in India and Develop a recycling plan for solar PV module and new battery technology used in microgrids applications.

Mapping Policies and Stakeholders on Climate Adaptation for Crop-Based Systems in the Global South

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.

"Demonstration of Aquaphonic and Cage fish culture in Goa"

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project

Tremendous untapped potential exists in Goa to augment fish production from inland/brackishwater aquaculture resources, which are spread across the State that can contribute considerably to improve the livelihoods as also to the empowerment of rural people.

Banana fiber extraction by mycogenic pectinase and surface modification through laccase enzymes thereafter - an eco-friendly approach

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project

Enzymatic retting and processing of banana fibers with mycogenic pectinase supported by standardization of effective surface modification treatments parameter through mycogenic laccase enzymes will results in solution of simple processing and their utilization perspective as renewable fiber sources to open the ways for industrial areas of uses.

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

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.

Engineering the Nodulation Signaling Pathway in Rice Plant

December 27, 2017
| Ongoing project
| Sustainable Agriculture

The study aims to engineer Nodulation signal perception mechanism in rice plant. This is a critical step in paving way for the development of N2-fixing symbiosis in this cereal crop to enable it to synthesise its own nitrogen fertiliser for its growth, akin to legumes.

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.