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Annual report

2013-14
ANNUAL
REPORT
Vision
Creating Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Mission
Tackle issues of concern to Indian society, and the world
at large, and develop innovative and cost effective solutions
Enhance networking for sustainable interventions
Realize potential for national and international leadership
as a knowledge-based agent of change in the fields of energy,
environment, other natural resources, and sustainable
development
Inspire and reach out to diverse stakeholders for realizing
a shared vision of global sustainable development, which
could be translated into action
Our growing
commitment to a
sustainable future
Research and outreach
activities in over 50 countries
CONTENTS
Annual Report 2013-14
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Director-General’s Message
Who’s Who at TERI
Research and Support Services Divisions
Domestic and Global Operations
Thematic Overviews
Annual Report 2013–14
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Partnerships and Networks
Knowledge Contributions
Human Capital and Infrastructure Facilities
Appendices
Financial Summary
TERI also expanded and consolidated various other initiatives that involve scaling
up of innovations, such as its major campaign on Lighting a Billion Lives.
In this activity TERI expanded its methodology and experience of a solar charging
station in every village, which is not connected to the grid, by providing each
village with clean and reliable lighting.
Director-General’s Message
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he year 2013-14 was a momentous period in TERI’s history and evolution.
Of particular significance was the step that TERI took in venturing into the
implementation of a major project to clean up a part of the massive oil spills left in
the wake of the first Gulf War in Kuwait in 1990-91. TERI over the years had developed
its microbial technology for cleaning up oil spills, patented as Oilzapper, and had
established a track record of successful bioremediation projects being implemented in
several parts of India by the major oil companies in this country. The project in Kuwait
was a gigantic challenge in terms of scale and complexity, because not only did it
involve the use of TERI’s microbial technology, but also several other methods by
which a large part of soil affected by the oil spill could be treated and restored to
normal conditions.
TERI also expanded and consolidated various other initiatives that involve scaling
up of innovations, such as its major campaign on Lighting a Billion Lives. In this
activity TERI expanded its methodology and experience of a solar charging station
in every village, which is not connected to the grid, by providing each village with
clean and reliable lighting. But it diversified its solutions by actually venturing into
the establishment of micro grids using photovoltaic technology as well. Lighting a
Billion Lives had not only covered over 2,000 villages in India, by the end of the year
under review and some other countries, but had also trained an equal number of
entrepreneurs, mainly women, to undertake this activity in each village by using a
solar panel on the entrepreneur’s rooftop for charging TERI-designed solar lanterns
during the day and renting them out at night to homes in that particular village. The
TERI-initiated solar micro grids also involves an entrepreneur who essentially invests
in the creation of the grid connecting a limited number of households in a village and
providing power for which payment is received from each household, such that clean,
reliable, LED-based lighting is made possible in the homes thus connected, and a small
amount of power also made available that is sufficient to run a blower in an improved
cookstove with forced draught.
TERI’s research activities continued to focus not only on cutting edge scientific
research to permit innovations directed at a range of technologies involving the
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prospects of large-scale applications to promote sustainable development, but also on
a range of policy issues by which institutional and policy changes could be brought
about to promote action that would generate activities in the direction of sustainability.
These include innovations that could revolutionalize agriculture by reducing
dependence on chemical fertilizers and other inputs, which are now seen to have
growing environmental impacts in several parts of the country, particularly those that
are identified as having been pioneers in the so called green revolution.
A large range of renewable energy technologies are also receiving growing
attention in TERI’s programme of activities, such as the possibility of large scale solar
parks, wherein substantial capacity is to be established for producing electricity from
both photovoltaic as well as solar thermal technologies. A detailed feasibility study
was carried out in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative for two solar parks
in Rajasthan and Gujarat. As an outcome of this effort the solar park in Rajasthan is
making some headway and is likely to become a major solar energy-based power
generating facility in the country. TERI’s efforts at biomass gasification continued
towards a higher level of technology sophistication with the development of a twostage biomass gasifier. It is expected that this technology can now be used on a large
scale in the country since the new design of gasifier reduces the need for frequent
attention which with other designs becomes essential for removing tar deposits that
make the functioning of a gasifier problematic. Work has also been taken in hand in
the development of pyrolysis technology and production of biochar, which could be a
useful option for carbon sequestration.
With rapid urbanization in the developing countries there is need for research on
sustainable habitats increasingly in the urban sector. There is a need to show the path
by which countries in the developing world can break out of their current practice of
somewhat ad hoc urban development strategies. In view of this imperative TERI has
launched in-depth research on transportation systems for urban centres as well as
consolidated its work on resource efficient building design and rating. TERI’s own rating
system Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) has made substantial
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advancement. Not only have a large number of buildings been subjected to rating
using the GRIHA system, but a number of government bodies right down to local
municipalities have adopted this system, even providing a set of incentives from their
own budgetary resources for those buildings which attained a certain level of efficiency
as certified by GRIHA.
TERI has had a significant record of assisting industrial units in auditing of energy
use and the use of critical resources such as water. The experience generated in this
sector was expanded during the year to focus essentially on small and medium
enterprises (SMEs). This sector in India not only employs a large number of people, but
is also a significant contributor to the country’s economic output. Yet, the efficiency
of use of energy and other resources in SMEs requires substantial improvement. It
is for this reason that an institution like TERI, whose sole purpose is to bring about
improvements, in the use of resources deployed to advance human activities, becomes
crucial. TERI now has a number of clusters of SMEs where, in partnership with other
organizations, the Institute is working with industrial units to bring about a significant
improvement in the efficiency of use of energy, water, and other resources. Learning
In view of this imperative TERI has launched in-depth research on transportation
systems for urban centres as well as consolidated its work on resource efficient
building design and rating. TERI’s own rating system Green Rating for Integrated
Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) has made substantial advancement.
from this effort would help TERI expand its reach not only to other units in this country
but also possibly to other parts of the world.
In the policy arena, TERI’s work on climate change at the global level continues
to help not only in scientific understanding of the drivers of climate change, but also
solutions by which this growing challenge at the global level can be met effectively
The TERI University, established through the initiative of TERI as an entity recognized by the University Grants Commission as a Deemed to be University, received ‘A’ Grade through
the scrutiny and assessment carried out by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
and in the most economically efficient manner. In the work TERI has been carrying
out in this field the crucial aspects of ethics, equity, and the principle of “Common but
Differentiated Responsibility” have been kept fully in focus, and TERI’s efforts advanced
to support the application of these considerations in global negotiations under the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). TERI has also
focused increasingly on the issue of energy security, which for a country like India is
becoming increasingly important with growing imports of petroleum and coal.
In all these areas and particularly in the pursuit of objectives of sustainable
development, education and awareness creation are essential foundations for change
in the right direction. There is no better stage to mount educational efforts and
awareness creation than at the level of schools and for the explicit benefit of school
children. It is for this reason that TERI’s activities targeting environmental education and
an understanding of sustainable development practices has been expanded to schools
across the country. This is an area of work in which TERI would certainly expand its
reach globally as well.
The TERI University, established through the initiative of TERI as an entity recognized
by the University Grants Commission as a Deemed to be University, received ‘A’ Grade
through the scrutiny and assessment carried out by the National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC). The teaching and research activities of TERI University
have expanded considerably in scope and depth during the year, and so has the
introduction of new and innovative teaching programmes.
Overall, the year 2013-14 has been a period of consolidation and expansion,
and an opportunity wherein foundations were laid for major expansion of TERI’s
activities to different parts of the country as well as overseas. The Institute’s activities
in Africa were expanded, with the establishment of a presence in Addis Ababa and
the implementation of programmes in a number of countries including East Africa,
the Horn of Africa, and some parts of West Africa as well. Some preliminary work
was also done in preparation for campuses of TERI University and TERI to come up in
Hyderabad, Navi Mumbai, and Hunsur in Karnataka. Plans were also taken in hand for
the establishment of a campus of TERI University in Guwahati, the focus of which would
be to help in the development of the northeast region, and extend teaching and
research activities focusing on countries in Southeast Asia, particularly those in the
Mekong region.
TERI is now poised to not only expand its infrastructure and activities in India but
also transition to a higher level of activity and visibility in other parts of the world. In
moving forward, TERI’s efforts have not only benefitted to an enormous extent from the
guidance and direction provided by the Institute’s Governing Council but also from the
strength and support of a large number of partner organizations, as well as financial
support from a number of multilateral and bilateral organizations, the Government of
India, several state governments, the corporate sector, some philanthropic foundations
and organizations working as partners to TERI, which have shared resources from their
own sources of financial support, such as the European Commission. With a clear path
of expansion ahead, TERI colleagues look forward to expanded support from all these
and other friends, patrons, and well-wishers.
R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI
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Governing Council*
Chairman (up to August 20, 2014)
Chairman
Dr A Ramachandran
Dr R K Pachauri
Former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
Prof. B V Sreekantan
Hon. Visiting Professor
National Institute of
Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science
Campus, Bangalore
Dr (Ms) Wakako Hironaka
Former Environment Minister
Japan
Mr Deepak S Parekh
Chairman, Housing
Development Finance
Corporation Ltd
Mumbai
Ms Naina Lal Kidwai
Group General Manager &
Country Head, The Hongkong &
Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd
(HSBC), India; Executive Director,
HSBC Asia-Pacific, New Delhi
Director-General, TERI, and Chairman, IPCC
Dr Shailesh Nayak
Secretary, Ministry of
Earth Sciences,
Government of India
Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Mr Hemendra M Kothari
Chairman &
Managing Director
Biocon Ltd
Bangalore
Chairman
DSP BlackRock Investment
Managers Private Ltd
Mumbai
Dr Henrik O. Madsen
Group President & CEO
DNV GL Group
Norway
Advisory Board*
Mr Sanjeev S Ahluwalia
Mr J K Dadoo
Ms Preety Kumar
Dr Pronab Sen
Dr R S Tolia
IAS (Retd), Sr Public Sector Specialist
The World Bank
IAS, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Managing Partner
Amrop India Consultants Pvt. Ltd
Chairman
National Statistical Commission
Former Chief Secretary and Chief Information
Commissioner, Uttarakhand
Mr K C Mehra
Mr Prabir Sengupta
Mr B C Tripathi
Dr Vibha Dhawan
Resident Director, Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Ltd
Distinguished Fellow
The Energy and Resources Institute
Chairman & Managing Director
GAIL (India) Ltd
Mr Prasad Chandran
Chairman and Managing Director,
BASF India Ltd
Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee
Director General and CEO
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
Mr Arup Roy Choudhury
Chairman and Managing Director
NTPC Ltd
Executive Director (Planning and Coordination)
Mr Zubin Irani
Sr Managing Director, Commercial Companies
United Technologies Corporation India Pvt. Ltd
Mr Kiran Karnik
President, India Habitat Centre
Mr Prasad R Menon
Chairman, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd
Mr Manjeev Singh Puri
Ambassador of India to Belgium,
Luxembourg and the European Union
Mr Arun Seth
Ms Veerle Vandeweerd
Chairman, Alcatel-Lucent India Ltd
Director, Environment and Energy Group
Bureau for Development Policy
United Nations Development
Programme
Dr Leena Srivastava
Vice Chancellor, TERI University and
Honorary Executive Director (Operations)
* As of December 31, 2014
The Management Team*
Mr Shirish Garud
Mr Dinesh Varma
Energy Environment
Technology Development
Mr Pronab Dasgupta
Ms Mili Majumdar
Training & Infrastructure
Southern Regional Centre
Sustainable Habitat
Mr Girish Sethi
Dr Annapurna Vancheswaran
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI
Mr I H Rehman
Social Transformation
Mr Prabir Sengupta
Dr Prodipto Ghosh
Knowledge Management
Earth Science and
Climate Change
Information Technology
and Services
Educating Youth for
Sustainable Development
Dr Alok Adholeya
Dr Banwari Lal
Biotechnology and
Management of
Bioresources
Environmental and
Industrial Biotechnology
Dr Anjali Parasnis
Ms Suruchi Bhadwal
Ms Sangeeta Gupta
Outreach
Ms Ranjana Saikia
Sustainable Habitat
Dr Leena Srivastava
Earth Science and
Climate Change
Dr Rajiv Seth
TERI University
Honorary Executive Director,
Operations; Vice Chancellor,
TERI University
Mr G R Narasimha Rao
Mr Debajit Palit
Mr Pradeep Kumar
Sustainable Habitat
Dr Vibha Dhawan
Executive Director,
Planning and Coordination
Mr Anshuman
Water Resources
Dr Suneel Pandey
Green Growth and
Resource Efficiency
Mr Pravin Kumar Agarwal
Dr Dipankar Saharia
Mr Sanjai Joshi
Support Services and Protocol
Environmental and
Industrial Biotechnology
Human Resources
Distinguished Fellows*
Mr S Sundar
Mr C Dasgupta
Mr Nitin Desai
Dr Prodipto Ghosh
Mr Prabir Sengupta
Professor, TERI University
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Surface Transport, Government of India
Former Ambassador of India to
European Union and China
Former Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations
Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment
and Forests, Government of India
Former Secretary, Commerce, Petroleum
and Natural Gas, Defence Production,
Government of India
Mr M M Joshi
Mr Shri Prakash
Mr K Ramanathan
Dr P G Dhar Chakrabarti
Mr S Vijay Kumar
Air Commodore (Retd.)
Director, TERI
Former Member (Traffic) Railway Board,
Ministry of Railways, Government of India
Former Member, Central Electricity Authority
Former Director, SAARC
Disaster Management Centre, India
Former Secretary, Department of Mines,
Government of India
Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar
Mr Ajai Malhotra
Mr Pronab Dasgupta
Mr Ashok Jaitly
Prof. S L Rao
Former Secretary
Ministry of Water Resources and DoPT
Former Ambassador of India
to the Russian Federation
Distinguished Fellow and Director
Industrial Energy, Southern Regional Centre
Former Member, TDSAT
Former Chief Secretary,
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Distinguished Fellow Emeritus
Former Director General, National Council
of Applied Economic Research
Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources
Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology
Green Growth and Resource Efficiency
Energy Environment Technology Development
Sustainable Development Outreach
Technology Dissemination and Enterprise Development
Sustainable Habitat
Earth Science and Climate Change
Educating Youth for Sustainable Development
TERI University
Water Resources
Human Resources
Information Technology Services
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Research Divisions
Environmental and Industrial
Biotechnology
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Biotechnology and Management
of Bioresources
T
he Division comprises four areas, each one specializing in different but
related fields of Biotechnology. The Centre for Mycorrhizal Research (CMR)
promotes cost-effective, environment-friendly alternatives to ensure
higher plant productivity in agriculture, unproductive lands, reclamation of
wastelands created by the industry using beneficial mycorrhizal fungi.
The TERI–Nanobiotechnology Centre is involved in biosynthesis of
nanoparticles, seed coating with nano/biomaterials, early detection of
phytopathogens, biotic stress tolerance, nanobiopesticides, biofuel production
using algal strains cataract control and chimeric drug delivery vehicles for
the targeted delivery. The Micropropagation Technology Park, located at Gual
Pahari, Gurgaon, focuses on large-scale production of tissue cultured plants of
various economically important plant species with an annual capacity of over
2 million plants. This facility is ISO 9001 certified and is also accredited under
the National Certification System for Tissue Culture Raised Plants (NCS-TCP)
by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Government of India, for the production of quality planting material through
tissue culture. Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology (PTCMB) has been
working on the themes of: a) Genetic improvement of crops to achieve food
and energy security under changing environments with a wide array of
crops of high economic value; b) Bioprospecting and production of valuable
compounds for agriculture and health; and c) Livelihood augmentation
through dissemination of agritechnologies to the farming community.
he Division focuses on basic and applied research exploring diverse
microbial and plant resources to achieve the goal of sustainability while
dealing with environmental pollution and energy security issues. With
the key flagship programmes on management of oil spill and oily sludge
remediation, enhancing oil recovery from stripped oil wells, and protection of
agricultural crops from pests though biological methods, the Division has also
made some significant developments in the field of nutritional security and
bio-energy in the recent years.
After the various success ventures of indigenously developed ‘Oilzapper’ in
mitigating oil spills in India, last year the Division kickstarted its operations in
treatment of oil contaminated areas in Kuwait though a project by the Kuwait Oil
Company (KOC). Apart from attempting to repair the damage done to the natural
landscape as a result of oil operations over many decades, this current project,
also aims to rehabilitate the contaminated features to ecologically functioning
areas that would again be able to support a typical range of native plant species.
Along with the Oilzapper technology, the other two commercialized
technologies for Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) and prevention
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of paraffin deposition in oil pipelines by Paraffin Degrading Bacteria (PDB) is
being carried out through the joint venture, operated as ONGC–TERI Biotech
Limited (OTBL). The Division is currently focusing on various aspects of bioenergy from biomass. A major networking initiative in collaboration with seven
European organizations and six Indian institutes is being coordinated for various
biotechnological interventions in biomass and bio-waste valorization. Apart from
investigating options for production of hydrogen for cleaner energy forms, there
are new initiatives for conversion of synthetic gas to liquid fuels and enhancing
production of coal-bed methane. The investigators are also exploring the bioelectrochemically derived systems of microbial fuel cell and microbial electrolysis
cell for wastewater treatment and product recovery.
Keeping in view the ill-effects of chemical pesticides, the Government of
India has adopted Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as the cardinal principle
of its plant protection strategy in which biopesticides can play a central role.
Contributing to this, the Division, in a breakthrough project, has developed an
eco-friendly eucalyptus extract-based biopesticide effective on various pest
complexes, especially Helicoverpa armigera which is detrimental to more than 181
plant species.
The Division is also involved in the promotion of the IPM module across
various states through a combination of need-based application of synthetic
pesticides and TERI’s ‘Bollcure’ to combat the ecological and health-related
problems arising due to the injudicious usage of synthetic pesticides. The IPM
modules designed and developed by TERI offer a promising solution to the
multiple problems arising due to intensive agriculture. This also offers advantages
to farmers, such as increased marketable surplus and better quality of produce,
thus offering higher value realization with enhanced bargaining power, reduction
in usage of chemical pesticides by around 50–60 per cent, ecosystem approach,
and better management/utilization of available resources, etc.
Bio-prospecting of endophytic microorganisms isolated from different
microhabitats in search of novel molecules of biological importance is another
important area of research. More than 1,500 endophytes have been isolated from
different medicinal plants growing in Northeastern India and screened against a
plethora of plant pathogenic fungi for antagonistic activity, phytotoxicity studies,
and anti-feedancy activity against pests of economically important crops. A
significant number of endophytes have shown promising results and bioactive
metabolites produced by these endophytes have been characterized. These
endophytes are currently under various stages of evaluation and subsequent
development, and in the near future, may become a part of the IPM programme.
Beside Bio-prospecting of endophyte, the Division is also involved in Bioprospecting of plant diversity. It is working on screening of biodiversity of
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bioactive molecules either by identifying new active molecules and screening
the diversity of the active principle or by comparing the whole chemical profile
by using fingerprinting technique in different accessions growing in different
parts of India. Like in one of the recent projects, the Division is working on
Berberis plant to study its variability profiling by using fingerprinting study. In
the energy sector, the Division is contributing with variability study on biodiesel
crops such as Jatropha and Pongamia.
For outreach programmes, the Division organizes various workshops and
conferences like the “International Conference on Best Practices in Food Safety
Implementation” and “Food Systems Innovation in the South and Southeast Asia
Region”. It also conducts various training programmes such as “Bio-prospecting
of Medicinal Plants” and “Training Programme on GC and HPLC Techniques”
on yearly basis. In these training programmes, PhD students, research fellows,
scientists, and academicians who are using these techniques, participate and
further use these methods for their research.
The Division has developed a full-scale pilot fermentation technology facility
at FTRC (Fermentation Technology Research Centre) which was augmented
with new production facilities in the current year. The Fermentation Facility is
designed to help researchers to develop new fermentation technologies and
products and to provide pilot scale fermentation equipment. FTRC has a good
infrastructure, spread over 33,000 sq. ft area with state-of-the-art equipments and
fermenters. The Centre consists of a well-resourced quality control lab, molecular
lab, analytical lab, pilot scale fermenter lab, production fermenter lab, cold storage
facilities, and utility building.
Laboratories are well-equipped with standard laboratory equipment and
analytical instrumentation, including other equipment facilities such as HPLC,
GC/MS, TLC, UV spectrophotometer, and electrophoresis units.
Facility having bioreactors of varying capacities ranges from 5L to 13KL (3.5L,
13L, 30L, 100L, 150L, 300L, 1,500L, 13,000L) and dosing vessels, media batching
tanks and CIP machines. Fermenters are also supported by the steam generating
boiler, air compressor, chiller, and RO water plant and in addition there is a facility
having nitrogen generator unit for anaerobic fermentation process. The FTRC
facility would cater the immediate and huge demand of Oilzapper/ Oilivorous-S/
Oilivorous-A of oil industry. Production facility at FTRC has a production capacity
of 1,000 tonnes of oil degrading microbes (Oilzapper) per year and enabling the
division to take bioremediation jobs in various oil companies at national and
international level.
The Centre has successfully developed batch dark fermentative bio hydrogen
and photo fermentative bio hydrogen production on pilot scale and is engaged
with scale up of 2–3 butane diol.
Green Growth and Resource
Efficiency
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he Green Growth and Resource Efficiency Division brings together all
the sector specific initiatives that TERI is pursuing within the framework
of protecting the environment, conservation, and sharing strategies for
natural resources. The Division also imparts responsible development to assist
India’s efforts at developing a positive vision for resource efficiency, ensuring
inclusive and green development.
Key research initiatives includes the China–India project on low carbon
development, initiative on green growth and development in India, facilitating
green budgeting for Punjab, and developing an investor’s guidebook on low
carbon development for India-Japan cooperation. Researchers are represented
in initiatives like the Task-force on Greening Rural Development (Ministry of
Rural Development), the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive
Economy, and are also active in global initiatives like the Green Growth
Knowledge Platform and the Green Growth Best Practice Initiative.
The national level MARKAL model was used to explore energy options for
India under alternative energy security and low carbon pathways. Additionally,
the Division has been involved in exploring energy access, transition questions
for rural households across several states of India. Researchers are also working
on various tools and frameworks to analyse energy-air pollution–health
impacts linkage; water–energy nexus; integrated land use and transportation
modelling; and rare-event risk modelling. A Computable General Equilibrium
(CGE) model for India has been built to understand impacts on socio-economic
and macroeconomic variables of the Indian economy due to energy sector
interventions such as green growth interventions and implication of energy
taxes and subsidy. Researchers have also provided inputs to the Low Carbon
Expert Committee of the Planning Commission, Government of India.
The Division took forward its work on federalism and compensation and
governance through research studies and stakeholder workshops. It undertook
a study on “Equitable Sharing of Benefits among Coal Rich States” for the
Planning Commission which recommended a mechanism for compensating
coal bearing states for coal mining and power generation related externalities.
A study on “Forests and Federalism” was undertaken which explored CentreState issues in conservation and management of forests. As part of its work on
Resource Governance, the Division undertook a study on open government
data in the energy sector.
Research work is on-going on the topic of Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), in preparation for the development agenda Post 2015, its work on the
issue of resource efficiency and its annual project on the TERI Environmental
Survey. It also started a project on greening of the State domestic product for
Uttarakhand in the wake of the natural disaster that occurred during the year.
In addition to this, a project on estimating Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)
for Himachal Pradesh and a project on understanding the implications of
renewable energy on land were completed during the year.
The Division also completed some research on examining the conceptual
underpinnings and the institutional framework for green innovation in
India and a study on policy research in emerging technologies with a
focus on nanotechnology in South Asia. It is also involved in a study in the
sphere of sustainable agriculture policy in India, analysing the policy and
implementation mechanisms for sustainable agrifood systems.
Researchers also undertook activities on intellectual property rights and the
linkage between trade and climate change. It also completed some research
on regional cooperation on water resources management. Export restriction
on natural resources, and the role of pulses in providing nutritional security in
India, in the context of environmental stress, were significant additions to the
Division’s research agenda.
In the area of Energy Security, the Division works at the global level where
the team has explored India’s energy ties with the European Union; and has
been engaged in projects exploring regional energy cooperation in South
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Asia. At the local level, some of the projects that the team members have been
engaged in include studying the impact/effectiveness of Direct Cash Transfers
for Kerosene initiated at Kotkasim in Rajasthan; examining transition to modern
sources of energy in rural households in India.
There were many capacity-building activities organized during the year,
such as the Blended Learning Programme on “Policies and Practices for Natural
Resource Management”, training programme on sustainability for a leading
government company and ITEC courses on “Resource Security and Governance:
Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities and Trade and Sustainable Development”.
Workshops were also organized on “Sustainable Consumption and Production:
An Overarching Objective of Sustainable Development and on Coastal and
Marine and Plateaus and Hills” as part of its Environmental Dialogues Series.
The Division is the research fulcrum of flagship publications such as TERI
Energy Data Directory and Yearbook, Energy Security Insights, GALT Update, The
International Journal on Green Growth and Development and is also engaged in
bringing out an Energy Security Outlook which undertakes an extensive supply
and demand sector analysis, coupled with long-term projections.
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T
he industrial sector plays a very important role in any country’s economy,
in terms of its contribution to economic growth, overall development,
and employment opportunities. TERI’s Industrial Energy Efficiency
(IEE) Division has accompanied and supported changes and developments
of India’s industrial sector over the years through its services in the field of
energy efficiency. The pool of engineers in the Division, many of whom are
accredited energy auditors with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government
of India, regularly conduct energy audits in industries to identify options for
energy conservation at the plant level. With expertise and deep knowledge
of applicable technologies, TERI is able to offer the corporate sector, high
quality technical advice on ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Services are
offered in the areas of detailed energy audits, harmonic audits, technology
development and implementation assistance, training, capacity-building, and
other related fields. In addition, the Division also researches and provides
services in all vital sub-sectors of electricity regulation. The Division has
significant experience in working on tariff rationalization, load forecasting,
load flow analysis, loss assessment, strategic system planning, framing and
evaluation of policies/regulations, etc.
During the year, TERI undertook nearly 20 energy audits in India as well as in
few other developing countries. Other highlights of work undertaken, include,
providing technical assistance to MSMEs located in the chemicals, forging,
and foundry sectors in Southern and Western India, in terms of identifying
options for energy savings and helping small units adopt these measures in
their plants. Demand Side Management (DSM) plans have been developed by
TERI for six electricity Distribution companies (DISCOMs) located in Gujarat for
submission to the Regulatory Commission.
Energy Environment Technology
Development
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he Division focuses on developing and implementing sustainable
technology solutions to address the challenges related to energy,
including access to energy, efficient use of resources, and environmentfriendly technologies. This year, first-of-its kind web-based GIS tool and mobile
phone applications were developed to assess the solar rooftop power plant
potential and the resultant savings for Chandigarh Solar City on pilot basis.
Besides, three different models of decentralized mini-grids, using a combination
of AC mini-grids, AC pico-grids and DC micro-grids, including various smart
features were implemented in Odisha, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh.
The Division has established state-of-the-art facility for testing and
performance assessment of solar lighting systems under the Lighting Asia
Programme of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). This Solar Lighting
Laboratory in TERI is the nodal test centre for solar lighting solutions for the
South Asian region for IFC’s programme.
The Division through its licensee manufacturers also commissioned about
40 thermal gasifiers in small and medium industries for variety of applications.
TEAM technology-based plants to produce biogas from organic waste are
becoming popular. During the year, six plants were commissioned including
one at the prestigious new office complex of Navi Mumbai Municipal
Corporation. On the biofuel research front, apart from commissioning of fully
automated 100 kilogram per day capacity pyrolysis plant—suitable for pyrolysis
of seven different agro-industrial residues, research is being done on Catalytic
Pyrolysis for upgradation of biomass derived bio oils.
In a pioneering exercise, the Division developed the renewable energy
strategy and road map for one of India’s major oil company. Besides this, their
field work on biomass powered village cold storage system is continuing with
focus on addressing different operational aspects.
Biodegradable polymers for packaging, biomedical, EMI shielding, and fire
resistant applications are being developed. These works on utilization of waste
materials cover fly ash filters, waste derived catalyst, and waste derived carbon
adsorbents. Work on implementation of resource efficiency and demonstration
of acid/rinse waster recovery systems in metal finishing SMEs is also underway.
Internationally, the Division worked on developing renewable energy
projects in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon on biomass and small hydro, solar
photovoltaics in Republic of Guinea, and renewable energy feasibility study
in Myanmar.
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and Broadcasting, Government of India for its thematic programming on
sustainable agriculture. It also won the ‘Manthan Award’ by the Digital
Empowerment Foundation for using community broadcasting to enable
growth and development in the Kumaon region.
The TERI–BCSD area of the Division is a group of motivated corporate
organizations, observing and supporting the aim of sustainable development
for India’s economy. TERI–BCSD has introduced the Chief Sustainability
Officers’ Forum, India’s first-ever platform which brings together sustainability
champions from companies. In 2013–14, over 50 companies participated to codevelop three reports. The Forum continues to nurture meaningful dialogues
and action planning towards driving sustainability within businesses.
The Communication Services area of the Division is TERI’s link with the
media, and facilitates smooth exchange of information with various media
platforms. It regularly interacts with the media and stakeholder groups,
projecting various activities of TERI towards a sustainable and equitable future.
With a strengthened Social Media presence, the team hopes to fill information
gaps in a fast-paced Internet-driven world. The Area also focuses on developing
new strategies to share TERI’s work and perspectives with the national and
global community.
Sustainable Development Outreach
T
he Sustainable Development Outreach Division, through its four
areas , ensures that TERI’s knowledge and research is shared with
discerning global audiences.
The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), TERI’s annual flagship
event since 2001, is a leading forum for sustainable development debates and
discussions. DSDS 2014, titled “Attaining Energy, Water, and Food Security for
All”, engaged leaders from government, industry, civil society, and the media.
The 15th edition of the Summit will be held from 5–7 February 2015 under the
theme, “Sustainable Development Goals and Dealing with Climate Change”. This
event would be preceded by the curtain-raiser High Level Corporate Dialogue
on 4 February 2015.
The Film and Television Unit (FTU) of the Division, produces a range of films
and audio-visuals on issues concerning the environment and sustainable
development. This year two TERI films won accolades at the 7th CMS Vatavaran,
India’s leading environment film festival. TERI’s community radio in Uttarakhand,
Kumaon Vani, also received a National Award from the Ministry of Information
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The technology dissemination team of TDED promotes TERI’s technologies at
various exhibitions, trade shows, and conferences. The ecotourism cell aims
at achieving the twin objectives of increasing awareness about the value
of biological diversity of our country and highlighting the importance of
the sustainable use and conservation of locally available bio-resources, by
organizing ecotourism programmes at TERI’s Dera Green, Mukteshwar, for
school children and interested organizations. The ecotourism programme aims
to utilize local resources, generate employment for local people, and sensitize
visitors towards sustainable tourism. Major schools, colleges, and corporates
visit Dera Green on a regular basis through these ecotourism programmes.
The Division actively facilitates the framing and signing of commercial
agreements, identifies potential licensees and network agents, and ensures
intellectual property protection by patenting. One of the key goals of the
Division is to develop strategic alliances and partnerships for the marketing
and dissemination of technologies mutually benefiting TERI and its partners.
Under the TERI–SDC Biomass Programme (TSBP), the Division is heading
the delivery and dissemination component with respect to accelerated
dissemination of biomass gasifiers. Over the past few years, TERI has effectively
disseminated its research with joint ventures and partnerships such as Glori
Energy, OTBL , TIME, and TERI–CPW.
Technology Dissemination and
Enterprise Development
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ERI has been developing a range of sustainable technologies and
solutions ranging from organic pesticides and oil-eating microbes to
biomass gasifiers and low-cost membrane filters since the past three
decades. The Technology Dissemination and Enterprise Development (TDED)
Division of TERI ensures smooth and systematic movement of TERI technologies
from laboratories to industry. Some of our emerging technologies include
bio-plastics, Smart Mini Grid, and TEAM process. These technologies have been
developed with an understanding of current-day concerns and the need for
sustainable solutions to address the same.
The primary objective of this Division is to bring together a diverse group of
people with multi-disciplinary skills for effective technology dissemination. The
Division comprises an accounts and materials department, ecotourism cell, and
a technology dissemination team. It also takes care of the affairs at TERI RETREAT
Gual Pahari and Mukteshwar.
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India, collaboration with the Public Sector Undertakings and the corporates
for design and implementation of innovative interventions was strengthened.
The team has also successfully piloted ICT-based solutions for reporting,
monitoring and streamlining operations.
The year 2013–14 saw significant scaling up of activities, both in terms of
geographical spread and lives impacted. Through its activities, ST joins TERI in
reaching out to 2.3 million plus lives globally as part of energy access initiative.
Internationally, the Division has successfully overseen the commissioning of
over 123 Solar Charging Stations (SCS) in rural communities, touching lives of
nearly 1, 00,000 plus people across Africa and Asia.
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s the action research arm at TERI, the Social Transformation (ST) Division
implements interventions at grass-roots level. The best practices and
challenges from these interventions are translated into knowledge
for the policy-makers and other key stakeholders. From conceptualizing
to commissioning development interventions, sustainability is the key
mantra of the Division. Hence, best practices such as institution building
and participatory design are inherent components of its activities. Over the
years, the Division has built expertise in areas including Integrated Rural
Development, Watershed Development, Natural Resources Management,
Corporate Social Responsibility and Energy Access. Going beyond
conventional approaches, ST integrates livelihood and gender aspects in its
implementation and holds unique expertise in binding individual components
of a development project into shared services. Implementing TERI’s flagship
programme, Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL), ST has years of rich experience in
executing and managing large-scale programmes. .
During the year, TERI has been successful in signing an agreement with the
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya and with the Horn of Africa
Regional Environment Centre and Networks (HoAREC&N), Ethiopia to promote
wider dissemination of improved lights and cookstoves to the energy poor. In
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Sustainable Habitat
T
he Sustainable Habitat Division of TERI is actively engaged at both policy
and practice levels to steer the attainment of sustainable urbanization
and habitats. It has partnered with global initiatives, such as the City
Development Initiative of Asia (CDIA), the Asian Cities Climate Change
Resilience Network (ACCCRN) of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that are poised to bring together the
collective strengths of organizations working on urban sustainability issues.
At the national level, the Division is engaged with key ministries dealing with
urbanization in the country, and has been recognized as a Centre for Excellence
by the Ministry of Urban Development and a National Resource Centre by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India.
Among the urban issues, the Division has recognized the key challenges
associated with climate change and growing urbanization and has been
focusing on building resilience for Indian cities.
A key challenge for India’s cities in the future will be the provision of
transport infrastructure and services in a sustainable manner. The Division
focuses on policy research and city-level studies to provide decision-makers
and stakeholders the right perspective on how to develop sustainable
transport systems. Some of the recent works by the Division focus on
promoting the dying mode of cycling in Indian cities, helping the Government
of NCT to address the unregulated growth of e-rickshaws, creating new
knowledge in the field of informal public transportation, understanding the
feasibility of introducing Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) buses in the fleets of public
transport companies, and understanding the regional trends in electro-mobility
in India, among others.
In continuation of the Division’s work on the implementation of the
Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) of India, it is now monitoring
the energy performance of buildings where ECBC has been implemented. It
has also carried out a study on policy transition to efficient lighting in South
Asia, provided expert inputs in regional workshops to develop NAMA for
the building sector in four Southeast Asian countries, and has developed a
methodology and rationale for the inclusion of resource-efficient and climatefriendly solutions in low-cost (social) housing in Nepal and Bangladesh.
The Division has also joined hands with the Philips Lighting University to
offer courses on sustainable lighting solutions.
One of the achievements of the Division in 2013–14 was to facilitate the
design of a net zero energy “Rural Electrification Corporation” building. It has
been working with the National Housing Bank of India and the KfW Bank group,
Germany, on a promotional programme to facilitate uptake of energy-efficient
residential buildings in India through innovative financing mechanisms.
Relevant to Indian climatic factors, the Division is also working with many
industry partners in defining parameters that should be considered for thermal
performance evaluation of building materials.
Since 2013, the footprint of buildings and habitats that have committed to
be green as per GRIHA requirements has increased to over 15 million square
metres, marking the commitment of both the government and private entities
towards incorporating resource efficiency in the built environment. The key
projects that have received the highest GRIHA Rating of a 5 Star include
the Akshay Urja Bhavan, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency
(HAREDA); the Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon; Govardhan Eco Village,
Thane; and the Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Delhi. In all, 12 projects have received
GRIHA Rating this year. GRIHA Prakriti for existing schools was also launched
this year .
The GRIHA Trophy was launched at the Annual Convention of National
Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) held at Hyderabad. Vijayawada’s
School of Architecture and Planning won first prize. Governments of the
states of Delhi, Goa, Maharashtra, and Punjab have incentivized GRIHA for
upcoming projects in respective states. Additionally, the Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has offered rebate in interest rate on
loans for GRIHA-certified projects.
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Earth Science and Climate Change
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he warming of the earth’s surface has highly adverse consequences for
all life forms on the planet and poses a challenge to global policy. At
the same time, local environmental degradation has more immediate
impact on social well-being and requires policy reforms.
The Earth Science and Climate Change Division has core competencies
in environmental monitoring and modelling, impact assessment, and policy
analysis. The Division uses state-of-the-art quality models for suggesting
measures to improve air quality at urban and regional scales. The group has
also been active in advocating policies for clean and sustainable transport in
the country. Energy–environment relationships in urban, industrial, and rural
settings have received continued interest in a number of research studies
that involved both quantitative modelling and participatory field-based
methods. Over the years, the Division has built expertise on establishing and
assessing the environmental health linkages which have been instrumental
in driving the policies worldwide. In the context of climate change research,
the Division focuses on climate modelling impacts, vulnerability, and
adaptation assessment; policy analysis; climate change mitigation and GHG
(greenhouse gas) inventorization; and capacity-building and outreach as its
key thrust areas. The Climate Modelling work focuses to address the gaps in
understanding the timing and extent of the effects of climate change. It also
aims to develop a better understanding of climate variability and climate
change at different spatial and temporal scales in an effort to effectively link
climate science to policy research. It uses state-of-the-art global and regional
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climate models such as CCSM 3.0, CESM 1.0, GFS, and Met Office Unified
Model (GCMs) and PRECIS, WRF and COAWST (regional coupled) (RCMs), to
linking these regional climate projections to various Impact Assessment
Models such as ADCIRC (for storm surge and coastal circulation), SWAT (for
water resources), DSSAT (for agriculture), IBIS (for forestry), DIVA (for coastal
zones). It has a 5 TFLOP high performance computing architecture which
helps in performing these model simulations.
The work on impacts and vulnerability assessment focuses on key
sectors such as water, agriculture, and health through engagement with
multi-stakeholders including policy-makers as well as local communities.
The research also emphasizes on various aspects of adaptation such as
identification, prioritization, monitoring, and evaluation and capacitybuilding for policy-makers and other stakeholders on different issues. The
group also works on policy analysis and recommendations on climate
change and sustainable development at national and international level,
including analysis and innovation for global climate policy negotiations from
developing country perspective on mitigation, adaptation, technology and
finance; analysis, recommendation and consultancy on market mechanisms,
including CDM and emerging new market mechanism; generation and
analysis of data on GHG emissions, including carbon foot-printing; focused
analysis, innovation and consultancy on negotiating, designing and
implementing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs);
focused analysis and innovation on climate finance at national and
international level.
The Division also gives importance to ecosystems and its services by
focusing on emerging issues related to climate change and forests, as well
as issues of long-standing interest, such as participatory natural resource
management, natural resource economics, productivity enhancement, and
biodiversity conservation and management. It has been regularly carrying
out capacity-building programmes for different stakeholders on different
subjects like air quality modelling, indoor air quality measurements, biostatistics, etc. Recently, the Division has started extending its research and
capacity-building activities to other developing countries and emerging
economies, including a major e-learning programme on the science and
policy of climate change.
A strong research-based collaborative programme is already in place for
Africa. A number of international collaborations with institutions of global
repute have ensured that there is exchange of knowledge and expertise and
strengthening of the core competencies within the Division.
Educating Youth for Sustainable
Development
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to provide a platform for
students in India to share information on climate change; a Climate Change
awareness programme for schools is underway in Goa; Project SEARCH
(Sensitization, Education, and Awareness on Recycling for a Cleaner Habitat), a
school EYSD programme on waste management in their daily lives; Project E for
Energy Efficiency, a programme to sensitize students, teachers and the larger
school fraternity on energy conservation.
Project Vigyan Sanchar Kendra, supported by the Department of Science and
Technology, is a project on sustainability communications wherein resource
centres have been established for rural communities for their capacitybuilding. A project titled “Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Education in Schools
in Mangalore” helped to augment the provision of safe drinking water and
improved sanitation facilities in schools. LEADearthSHIP is a youth initiative on
leadership and business sustainability for undergraduate and post-graduate
students. YUVA meet is an annual gathering of youth from across the country
and abroad to deliberate on issues related to sustainable development.
The Green Centres project reaches out to students through its “Education
to Empowerment” in schools and families with its environmental-friendly
livelihood support.
Project SABEE (Sustaining Activity Based Environmental Education) is
a training programme for teachers and students with a view to inculcate
environmental sensitivity. As an organization empanelled by CBSE, regular
training programmes are conducted for teachers and school leaders.
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t has been proved time and again that youth form the backbone of a
nation’s well-being. The Educating Youth for Sustainable Development
(EYSD) Division works diligently to enable youth to comprehend the
importance of the environment and makes concerted efforts to conserve it. It
firmly believes that governments, civil society organizations, and individuals
have to work in solidarity for the protection of nature. Besides the youth, it
works with school teachers, policy-makers, and NGOs.
The Division is also involved in developing content on Education for
Sustainable Development, in publishing books, newsletters, workbooks,
manuals, films, and other IEC materials.
Various projects undertaken by the Division stand testimony to their reach
and influence, like the GREEN Olympiad and TERRAQUIZ, which paves a way to
encourage school students to learn and quiz more about the environment.
The Division undertook several other projects for school children, such as
Project Climate EduXchange, a school programme that harnesses the power
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TERI University
T
he TERI University, a deemed university recognized by the UGC, has
evolved an organizational structure drawing on the research activities of
TERI. There are two faculties — the Faculty of Applied Sciences and the
Faculty of Policy and Planning.
Besides its own faculty members, the University also draws on about 30
research staff of TERI who are qualified to meet the eligibility criteria to be a
faculty member at a university. The faculty at the TERI University comprises core,
adjunct, and visiting academicians.
Being a research university, its doctoral programmes cut across
disciplinary boundaries and integrate a holistic view with more traditional
fields. Its research activities focus on natural resource management, policy
and governance, environment and development, business sustainability,
biotechnology and renewable energy.
MSc programmes are offered in the fields of Environmental Studies
and Resource Management, Climate Science and Policy, Geoinformatics,
Water Science and Governance, Plant Biotechnology and in Environmental
and Resource Economics. The University also offers programmes leading
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to the award of MA (Public Policy and Sustainable Development), MA
(Sustainable Development Practice), MTech (Renewable Energy Engineering
and Management), MTech (Urban Development and Management) and
MTech (Water Science and Governance). MBA programmes are offered in
Infrastructure, and in Business Sustainability.
Students at TERI University are exposed to a variety of subjects, tools and
methodologies in the interdisciplinary mode. Very typically, they converge
upon an area of focus based upon their interest, having been exposed to a new
way of thinking that looks at problems not from the lens of a subject specialist,
but from the perspective of one who recognizes the complex linkages between
man and his environment.
The University uses modern pedagogical tools, richly supplemented by ﬁeld
visits, live industry projects, and hands-on applications. It also provides the very
best in laboratories, equipment and instruments, including state-of-the art
computer hardware and software, video-conferencing facilities, and access to
electronic and print resources in its library.
Accredited with an ‘A’ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation
Council of India (NAAC), the University has received accolades for incorporating
new and innovative elements in education.
In keeping with its global outlook, TERI University has academic
collaborations with select foreign universities, which provide for joint research
and curriculum development as well as faculty and student exchanges. Top
performers in the Masters programmes get an opportunity to carry out their
major project abroad. The University attracts students from all over the country
and also a fair number of international students.
Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27–29 November 2013,
which was a major forum for sharing and exchange of knowledge on
contemporary library tools and techniques.
TERI Press, the publishing arm of TERI, develops and distributes higher
education and reference books, knowledge books for children, and various
journals and periodicals within the Institute’s mandate of energy, environment,
and sustainable development. It also offers editorial services and turnkey
solutions to external clients to help them develop and disseminate content
tailor-made for their specific needs and publishes in Indian regional languages
as well. The handpicked team of professionals at the TERI Press is trained
to bring out a wide range of publications from scratch, along with offering
several supplementary services such as generating audio-visual and electronic
communications, building interactive project-specific websites, and conducting
workshops and campaigns. Partnerships with corporations, multilateral and
bilateral institutions, and government agencies have helped TERI Press to magnify
its outreach capacity which is now close to one million children across India.
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s a research organization, TERI emphasizes on knowledge creation and
global dissemination of its research on sustainable development. Its
objectives are fulfilled through the provision of a library, information,
documentation, and publication services. The Division manages databases of
TERI’s research activities through a well-designed, state-of-the-art knowledge
management system. The Library and Information Centre (LIC) caters to
the knowledge needs of both institutional and external professionals by
collecting, collating, and disseminating knowledge products and services
documented in a wide array of resources, including books, reports, periodicals,
and e-resources. Besides providing research assistance to users, the core
competency of LIC professionals includes providing innovative services,
web content development, contributions to publications, and setting up
specialized information centres on contemporary themes such as transport,
renewable energy and environment, mycorrhiza, and climate change. The
Institute also runs a Specialized Library on Climate Change (SLCC) supported
by the Norwegian Government. The Centre organized the 4th International
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Human Resources
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Water Resources
T
he Water Resources Division provides services in core areas, such as
applied research, training, consultancy, and implementation. Integrated
water resources management is the main objective of the research
projects carried out for various clients in the sector. The Division has core
competencies in quantitative and qualitative assessment of water resources,
water footprinting, water auditing, urban water demand management,
development of water management framework, glacier research, climate
change and water, sanitation sector, water pollution studies, and policy analysis.
It has been endorsed as the Regional Knowledge Hub for Water and Climate
Change Adaptation by the Asia Pacific Water Forum. It has also been recognized
as the National Key Resource Centre for rural drinking water and sanitation by
the Ministry of Rural Development.
Through a robust and efficient outreach channel, the Division successfully
organized the 2nd India Water Forum in 2013. With a strong network of clients
from government, international, and bilateral organizations, the Division strives
towards providing solution-oriented services and reaching a wider group
of beneficiaries.
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he objective of the Human Resource Division is to provide the
organization with a pool of satisfied employees who diligently work
towards the realization of the vision and mission of TERI and, in turn,
serve society. Its role is not only to identify and acquire the required ‘talent’
for TERI, but also take initiatives for talent management and retention. Apart
from facilitating the training of staff as per their roles and requirements, the
Division endeavours to facilitate smooth induction of new employees, and
enhances the motivation levels of existing employees using various HRM tools.
Colleagues at all levels, across the institute are exposed to training programmes
on a variety of soft skills. These programmes aim at refining leadership skills,
enhancing personal effectiveness, sharpening interpersonal skills, improving
time management, and building people management skills. The outbound
learning activities focus on promoting team dynamics at work and on building
a proactive approach for generating new research ideas.
TERI’s system of secondary affiliation encourages professionals to
contribute to areas other than their primary research area, thereby enhancing
interdisciplinary work. The Division encourages TERI’s employees and their
families to participate in diverse activities such as sports, quizzes, and music
recitals. Other recreational activities such as yoga sessions are also organized
from time to time. A system of rewards and recognitions, over and above
the annual appraisal system, recognizes colleagues for their significant
contributions at work. The quarterly employee magazine, brought out by the
Division, provides a glimpse of events and news from all the regional centres
of the organization. The Division plans to continuously upgrade its skills
and strategies to cater to the changing needs of the organization and, most
importantly, to develop new strategies to keep employees happy and engaged.
Information Technology Services
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T
he Support Services and Protocol Division provides the necessary
administrative and maintenance support to all the facilities located at the
TERI headquarters at the India Habitat Centre; its regional centres located
at Bengaluru, Goa, Guwahati, and Mumbai; and the campus at TERI Gram. The
strength of the Division lies in its well-motivated, dedicated, and qualified
staff that supports all operations of TERI round the clock. It maintains and
runs all amenities and utilities meeting international standards. TERI’s Quality
Management System (QMS) is certified as per ISO 9001:2008 standards, its
Health and Safety Management System as per BS OHSAS 18001:2007 and its
Environment Management System as per ISO 14001:2004.
TERI’s growing reach and visibility make it an integral part of the
itineraries of many international dignitaries and delegates, including heads
of governments. The professional coordination and conduct of all such visits
continues to receive appreciation from the Heads of Missions in New Delhi.
The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), TERI’s annual flagship
event, and other conferences, events, and workshops that attract worldwide
participation are successfully organized by the Division.
he Information Technology and Services division of TERI is responsible
for providing state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, latest communication
platforms, and smart applications to other Divisions for their smooth
operations. The Division is also responsible for developing customized
applications for researchers as well as web and online platforms as part of
providing support for knowledge sharing, capacity-building, and outreach
activities of TERI.
Helping TERI in knowledge sharing and training, the Division has developed
e-learning modules on various topics such as energy access, climate change
and renewable energy. The courses have been developed using latest
pedagogical tools like webinars, virtual labs for hands-on training, simulationbased tools for real life experience for the learners, and can be delivered as
MOOCs or facilitated training.
The Division is using latest web conferencing tools to help researchers in
conducting webinars to reach out to a wider group of stakeholders across
the globe. The Division lays special emphasis on keeping track of latest web
technologies and techniques in social media space. By leveraging them, it has
enabled TERI to further enhance its presence on the internet and social media
platforms. Internet users are moving from desktops to mobile devices and so
cross-device friendly websites and applications have been developed this year.
The Division has extensively used the CRM platform to remain connected
with TERI’s stakeholders through e-mailers and newsletters. The Division has
strengthened communication networks and deployed unified communication
tools and smart mobility solutions. This has enabled collaboration across
TERI’s offices and centres through instant messaging, web conferencing,
and videoconferencing and has allowed researchers on the move to remain
connected and work remotely. In our effort to optimize resource consumption,
smart printing, and cloud computing were introduced as Green IT initiatives.
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TERI Southern Regional Centre, Bengaluru
TERI–Goa
TERI Northeastern Regional Centre, Guwahati
TERI–Mumbai
TRISHA, Mukteshwar
TERI North America, Washington, DC
TERI Europe, Utrecht
TERI Japan
TERI Africa
Domestic Operations
Creating a broad framework for continued and sustained research and analysis of the various facets of environment conservation requires dedicated work across several sectors and
support from partners. TERI has been engaged in forging long-term linkages and partnerships with agencies and organizations, including the government, so that the effort towards
a green tomorrow never ceases. In keeping with this agenda, TERI has established regional presence in various nerve centres of the country, supported by the headquarters in
New Delhi. TERI’s regional centres continued to generate interest in the field of energy, environment, and sustainable development in the year of reporting.
TERI Southern Regional
Centre, Bengaluru
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he TERI Southern Regional Centre, Bengaluru,
provides comprehensive service packages to its
clients in areas such as energy efficiency and also carries
out other environmental services, rural extension,
consultancy for green buildings and sustainable
habitat activities, research on resource-efficient
process technologies, and educating the youth on
sustainable development. The researchers at the Earth
Science and Climate Change Division communicate
climate modelling results to local communities and
government officials and use innovative methods to
understand micro-scale differences in vulnerability to
drought and coastal salt water intrusion, contribute
to state and district-level policy on climate change
adaptation, and carry out carbon foot-printing and
capacity- building of the private sector.
An integral part of the Centre, the Forestry and
Biodiversity area, works with various departments
in the field of sustainable forest management and
biodiversity conservation. The Industrial Energy group
offers energy efficiency services to both domestic and
international corporates. Its services have also been
extended to offshore oil and gas exploration units.
The group has shared its expertise with regulatory
commissions in Karnataka on various fronts, including
the review of the implementation of the Nirantara
Jyothi Scheme, sustainability of biomass-based power
plants, and prudence check of capital investments by
the transmission companies. The outcomes of these
studies have been integrated in tariff revisions.
The Educating Youth for Sustainable Development
group aims to instil a sense of responsibility among
the youth towards the environment, and encourages
them to formulate out-of-the-box solutions for various
environmental problems. They work with schools,
colleges, youth groups, vulnerable communities,
citizen groups, ministries, government agencies,
corporate houses, and other national and international
organizations. The Sustainable Building Science group
is carrying out research as well as green building
consultancy services for corporate and public sector
units and is strongly pursuing GRIHA in southern
India. The group has organized major workshops and
the GRIHA Regional Conference in South India. The
group also works at the grass-roots level to implement
sustainable building concepts in rural India. The
Water Resources group at the Centre is currently
implementing and contributing to several studies
in the areas of water supply and sanitation, climate
change and water, and industrial water use. It has
successfully implemented projects on water quality
assessment, establishment of water quality labs, and
implementation of drinking water interventions in
Mangalore. The Rural and Renewable Energy (RRE)
group at the Centre focuses its activities on enabling
rural communities to face the challenges of energy
and natural resource management in a sustainable
manner. It has expanded its focus from biomass to
other renewables, and also initiated collaborative work
with international and government agencies in the
southern region.
In addition, the RRE group in Bengaluru is actively
associated with a TERI–DFID project to provide clean
energy access and efficient cooking solutions in
the household sector in Kenya and Ethiopia and to
strengthen their national capacities. The RRE Area
based out of TERI-SRC focuses its activities on enabling
rural communities to face challenges of energy
and natural resource management in a sustainable
manner. It has expanded its focus from biomass to
other renewables, and also initiated collaborative work
with International and Government agencies in the
southern states of India.
TERI-Goa
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he Coastal Ecology and Marine Resources
Centre, Goa, which has been established as a
multidisciplinary research centre under the Western
Regional Centre, has been implementing research
in the areas of sustainable agriculture and forest
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resources, marine and coastal resources, and water
resource management. In addition, an environmental
awareness programme for schools is under execution.
A project supported by the Forest Department of Goa
on plant tissue culture is looking at reinstating the old
plant tissue culture laboratory to its fullest functional
potential that will train forest officials to successfully
run the tissue culture laboratory and develop
protocols for endangered forest species. Another
project sponsored by the Department of Science,
Technology and Environment, Goa, is examining
environmental factors that affect the productivity of
green mussels in the coastal environment. The Centre
is also involved in an extensive survey across Goa to
study rural energy transitions. Based on the findings,
sustainable local options would be promoted. Studies
related to assessment of climate change impact on
water resources are also carried out at the Centre. It is
also involved in dissemination and outreach activities
in collaboration with key stakeholders through events
and workshops, such as conducting a three-day
evaluators’ training programme on GRIHA. A series of
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were also organized
on three different topics for the relevant stakeholders.
These were on (i) solid waste management at village
panchayat level, (ii) assessing opportunities and
promoting action towards greening the construction
sector in Goa, and (iii) approaches to forest biodiversity
conservation. These FGDs sought inputs on the
concerned issues from the respective stakeholders and
provided pragmatic and realistic solutions.
management programme, biofuels, production of
quality planting materials, biotechnological research
and outreach in the region. Further, the Centre has
initiated research activities in new areas such as
“Biofuel through Algal Biorefinary Approach” using
wastewater inputs, molecular genomics through
nextGen sequencing for understanding Seabuckthorn
fruit ripening and Mustard aphid control through
entomopathogenic fungi. With the experience gained
during preparation of DPR (Detailed Project Report)
and implementation of watershed project, the Centre
has now stepped into evaluation of IWMP (Integrated
Watershed Management Programme) projects in
Assam. The advantages of quality planting materials
produced by the Centre more than a decade back
is reaping economic benefits to the farmers. The
Centre hence continues to demonstrate these efforts
in economically important horticulture crops of the
region like Khasi mandarin, black pepper, Assam lemon,
and banana. To narrow down the gaps in demand and
supply of Muga DFLs (Disease Free Layings), the Centre
has established grainage facility for production of DFLs
and formulated certain technological refinements
related to rearing of the worms that are being
demonstrated in the farmers’ field. The Centre has
stepped into a new area for reducing man–elephant
conflict by plantation of elephant food plants in
natural habitat and natural barrier plants in village
fringe areas. The Centre is also continuing its routine
capacity-building programmes in the prioritized areas.
region specific issues pertaining to sustainable
development in the urban as well as the rural areas.
In the urban areas, the Centre has provided
consultancy for resource management, data analysis
and reporting to Municipal Corporations, Urban
Local bodies and State Nodal agencies, under its Eco
City initiative where a city level carbon inventory
was developed for Navi Mumbai. The Centre has
worked elaborately on developing Environmental
Status Report for MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan
Region Development Authority) which has provided
recommendation to tackle the city level challenges. It
also has a GRIHA cell in the region, which is not only
associated in establishing strong network with the
associated stakeholders through various outreach
activities, but also desires to undertake research
on emerging concepts like cool roofs and living
walls which is known to reduce UHI (Urban Heat
Island) effect. In the rural areas the centre focuses
on issues of regional significance like livelihood
opportunities, malnourishment and extends support
for implementation of LaBL (Lighting a Billion Lives)
programme in the remote unelectrified areas of the
state. In the year 2013-14 approximately 40 villages
in the Wada and Mokhada blocks of Thane District
in Maharashtra were commissioned with the solar
lighting by the Centre in collaboration with the LaBL
team and Thane Zilla Parishad.
TRISHA, Mukteshwar
TERI Northeastern Regional
Centre, Guwahati
T
ERI’s Northeastern Regional Centre continued
its effort in the areas of integrated watershed
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TERI Western Regional Centre,
Mumbai
T
he Centre, established in 2007, has developed a
strong network with the government and corporate
sector in the state. The Centre focuses on addressing
T
ERI’s Research Initiative at Supi for Himalayan
Advancement (TRISHA), situated at a height of 7,500
feet in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand, is a unique
endeavour. A herbal garden has been established at the
Supi farm to assess the suitability of various culinary,
medicinal, and aromatic plants under local conditions,
thereby infusing confidence among the local farmers
to undertake cultivation using biofertilizers on a
commercial basis. Saplings and cultures of various
species of herbs from the herbal garden are provided
to the locals. The produce of herbage from such farms
results in an additional source of revenue for the local
farmers. There are various facilities at Supi, including a
vermicomposting unit to produce biofertilizer, climate
change laboratory, polyhouses and glasshouses,
distillation unit, herbal garden, knowledge-cumtraining centre, the Kumaon Vani facility (a community
radio service for the local populace), and rainwater
harvesting systems.
TRISHA has expanded its fieldwork to other
districts and regions of Uttarakhand, including
Bageshwar, Chamoli, Gopeshwar, and Munsiyari.
TERI has linkages with farmers across Uttarakhand
and is constantly working to improve their
socio-economic conditions.
Global Operations
TERI, with a vision to address the universal nature of the problems that human society faces today, continues to make efforts, on a global scale, to create a sustainable future for
the society. Over the years, TERI’s global affiliates and centres have developed strong linkages with like-minded institutions and organizations to further the cause of sustainable
development. In the year 2013–14, TERI’s global operations expanded their horizons and attempted to forge a resilient path towards a green globe.
TERI North America,
Washington, DC
T
ERI North America (TERI NA) was established in
the year 1990 to foster new partnerships between
the United States and India, addressing bilateral
concerns about energy, environment, and sustainable
development. Through its initiatives, TERI NA strives to
enhance the understanding and collaborative efforts
between the developing and the developed world.
A quarterly newsletter titled “TERI NA Alert: Voices
from India” was introduced in August 2013 to ensure
coverage and share perspectives on latest issues
and events. This newsletter aims to facilitate regular
interaction as well as provide updates on TERI and TERI
NA activities, focusing especially on energy.
In collaboration with Yale University, TERI NA has been
organizing the annual US–India Energy Partnership
Summit since 2009. The fourth edition of the Summit,
titled “Stimulating Technology, Trade and Development”,
was held in Washington, DC in May 2013, with over
100 participants from government, industry, thinktanks, academia, and financial institutions. Strategies
and activities for US–India collaboration on energy
security were discussed by several eminent speakers,
including Mr Al Gore, Former Vice-President, United
States of America; Dr Farooq Abdullah, Former Minister
of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India;
HE Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to USA; Dr
John Holdren, Assistant to President Obama for Science
and Technology; Mr Daniel Poneman, Acting Secretary
of Energy, USA; Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special
Envoy & Coordinator International Energy Affairs,
Energy Resources Bureau, USA; and, Dr Rajiv J Shah,
Administrator, United States Agency for International
Development (USAID).
The fifth edition of the US–India Energy Partnership
Summit was held in the fall of 2014 in Washington, DC
coinciding with the visit of the Indian Prime Minister
to the United States. The Summit broadly addressed
“Accelerating Resilient Growth and Development”.
TERI Europe, Utrecht
T
he TERI Europe (Utrecht) team has built a network
of public, private, and academic partners and
facilitated interlinking of the network of the Utrecht
region to TERI India’s network, as was set out in the
MoU between TERI and the Province of Utrecht,
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the City of Utrecht, and the University of Utrecht.
TERI Europe (Utrecht) has submitted proposals on
climate policy, smart grids, sustainable farming, and
mycorrhiza to various funding sources such as the
Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO),
the Turing Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An MoU has been
signed between TERI India, TERI Europe (Utrecht) and
the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
In 2013-14, TERI Europe (Utrecht) also organized a
workshop on governance models in drinking water
supply and wastewater management in urban areas in
collaboration with University of Utrecht and TERI India.
TERI Japan, Tokyo
T
ERI Japan was established in 1998 and has
been functioning as part of TERI, located in the
office premises provided by the Institute of Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES). TERI, therefore, has a
presence in the prestigious Press Centre Building in
Tokyo. TERI’s presence in Japan reflects the growing
relationship between India and Japan.
In recent years, Japan–India relations have undergone
a significant and qualitative shift. In late November 2013,
Their Imperial Majesties Emperor Akihito and Empress
Michiko of Japan paid a state visit to India, followed by a
visit to India by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the
chief guest at the Indian Republic Day Celebrations on
January 26, 2014. And in August this year, after the largest
democratic elections in the world, India’s new Prime
Minister Modi paid a memorable and a very successful
visit to Japan, accompanied by a strong delegation of
Indian corporate leaders.
Many of the priority areas identified by Prime
Minister Modi such as infrastructure, manufacturing,
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smart cities and others are areas in which Japan has
the expertise and technology. Japan has provided
consistent support for the development of the
Indian economy and is deeply involved in India’s
infrastructural
development. The
Japan–India
comprehensive economic partnership agreement
signed in 2011 has opened up new opportunities in
the bilateral economic engagement. This includes
collaboration and technology transfer in the areas of
energy conservation and renewable energy sectors,
which are areas of direct interest to TERI.
TERI Japan continues to promote relationships
with Japanese institutions, universities, governmental
agencies, and NGOs interested in the issues of energy,
environment, and sustainable development. TERI
continues to collaborate closely with the Institute of
Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), where the
office of TERI Japan is located. TERI’s Delhi Sustainable
Development Summit (DSDS) 2014 was attended
by Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the IGES Board
of Directors, and other IGES researchers as well as a
number of representatives of Japanese institutions
and Japanese government officials, which provided
opportunities to discuss possibilities of future
collaboration.
Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General of TERI, visited
Japan twice in 2014, in March to attend the IPCC
Meeting and again in July to participate and deliver
the keynote address at the 2014 International
Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP),
organized annually by IGES in Yokohama, Japan, on
the theme “Bringing Regional Voices to the Post-2015
Development Agenda: Solutions for a Low-carbon,
Resilient and Inclusive Asia-Pacific”. During both these
visits, Dr Pachauri also took the opportunity to meet
several dignitaries in Japan including JICA and major
corporate leaders.
A strong high-level team from IGES led by Chairperson
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, participated in DSDS 2014 as
in the previous years.
TERI Africa
T
ERI’s South-South Cooperation, over the past few
years, has expanded to several African countries.
During the year 2013–14, the South–South Cooperation
activities of TERI have been strengthened in Africa
through a series of collaboration with agencies of
the United Nations (UN), such as the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UN
Habitat, United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), as well as regional organizations, universities,
civil society, and government bodies. Regional
organizations include the Centre for Renewable
Energy and the Energy Efficiency (ECOWAS), Horn
of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network
(HoAREC&N). Collaboration with universities such as
the Addis Ababa University, University of Cairo, and
government bodies such as the Ministry of Water and
Energy, Ethiopia, deserve a mention.
TERI has also engaged in building up an alliance
for promoting the cause of renewable energy-based
application through a partnership with the Alliance for
Renewable Energy in Africa (AREA). In 2013–14, TERI
also worked on dissemination of clean cooking and
lighting solutions in a number of African countries,
which include Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Kenya, Uganda, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, and Sierre
Leone. Collaborative projects in Ethiopia and Kenya,
with the support of HoAREC&N and the African
Centre for Technology Studies, as part of TERI–DFID
Africa Initiatives, have only further strengthened the
partnership in the Horn of Africa region.
In 2013, collaboration has been carried out with
various local partners for implementing these projects.
Additionally, capacity-building training programmes
have been conducted by TERI to consolidate its South–
South Cooperation initiatives with the countries of
Africa. These training programmes include capacitybuilding initiatives on issues of Energy Access and
Human Development, supported by the UNDP; and
programmes related to biotechnology applications,
decentralized energy solutions, renewable energy
and energy efficiency, energy environment and
sustainable development, resource governance,
integrated approach to sustainable development,
trade and sustainable development, climate change
and sustainability, and energy and water efficiency,
supported by the Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India.
from Africa and other developing countries supported
by UNIDO. As a commitment to strengthen a long-term
India–Ethiopia partnership, TERI has also organized
a capacity-building training programme on energy
policy with support from the Ministry of Water and
Energy, Ethiopia.
TERI is now operating from an office space in
Addis Ababa supported by HoAREC&N, Addis Ababa
University.
Additionally, TERI also conducted a programme
titled ‘Sustainable Energy Leadership’ for participants
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Climate Change
Water
Forestry and Biodiversity
Agriculture
Urbanization and Transport
Environment
Energy
Climate Change
TERI has been focusing its research on climate science and it has undertaken work on climate modelling impacts,
vulnerability, and adaptation.The organization has been actively engaged in implementing projects related to mitigation
and adaptation, with a focus on building renewables and energy efficiency, promoting sustainable livelihoods in rural
and urban areas, and building capacity through various stakeholder-oriented training programmes, consultations, and
workshops.
To simulate the climate at local scales, TERI in collaboration with the UK Met Office,
has developed an in-house capacity to project climate change scenarios over
the Indian region at high spatial resolution.
Climate Modelling
T
ERI aims to build its capacity in Earth system modelling
and high resolution regional climate model activities
to understand climate-related risks. The high performance
computing facility at TERI helps in generating climate
projections both at global and regional levels. Under the
Norwegian Framework Agreement (NFA), TERI has formed
a long-term collaboration with the Bjerknes Centre for
Climate Research (BCCR) to undertake joint research
on global and regional climate modelling. To simulate
the climate at local scales, TERI in collaboration with the
UK Met Office, has developed an in-house capacity to
project climate change scenarios over the Indian region
at high spatial resolution. These high resolution climate
modelling inputs are validated over the region with the
observations, and the results are then tailored to feed into
the Impact Assessment Models. TERI has been awarded
a project by the Ministry of Earth Science, under its
prestigious programme on National Monsoon Mission.
As part of this initiative, TERI is collaborating with the
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting,
Noida, and Indian Meteorological Institute, Delhi, and
working on improving the diurnal variability of global
models in simulating the Indian summer monsoon.
Under the on-going NFA, work is being done on coupling
of atmospheric and ocean model at regional scales.
This coupled model is expected to refine the climate
modelling outputs at the regional scales and provide
key inputs to extreme event analysis. The group’s activity
spectrum ranges from the use of state-of-art global and
regional climate models such as Community Climate
System Model (CCSM 3.0), and Community Earth System
Model (CESM 1.0), for Providing Regional Climates for
Impacts Studies (PRECIS), and Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF). The Institute has a well-equipped
climate modelling infrastructure consisting of a 5TFLOP
supercomputer to carry out the climate simulations at
various spatial and temporal scales along with high-end
servers for running impact models.
Impacts, Vulnerability, and
Adaptation
TERI is linking the regional climate projections to
various Impact Assessment Models, such as ADCIRC
(ADvance CIRCulation model for storm surge and
coastal circulation), Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT for water resources), Decision Support System
for Agro-technology Transfer (DSSAT for agriculture),
Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment (DIVA for
coastal zones), etc. A two-dimensional depth averaged
hydro-dynamical model (ADCIRC) which provides the
maximum probable surge height has also been ported to
understand the extent of inundating land owing to storm
surges. The study was conducted for the eastern coast
of India.
TERI has initiated a new project as part of a research
consortium, led by the International Centre for
Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal,
comprising Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
(PARC), Bangladesh Centre for Applied Sciences (BCAS),
and ALTERRA-Wageningen University and Research
Centre in the Netherlands for a Collaborative Adaptation
Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), to look
into issues of influence of climate change in glacier-fed
river basins of South Asia. The project will look into the
temporal dimension of risks and its matches/mismatches
with decision-making from the community to public
policy. The project is in its inception phase and is a fiveyear activity with a focus on multiple geographical scales
within Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra river basins. This
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project was launched in Nairobi, Kenya, during March
4–7, 2014. An Asia launch was organized on May 1, 2014
in Kathmandu which was hosted by ICIMOD and brought
together various experts, donors, and governance
representatives working in the region for a meaningful
deliberation with different consortia partners.
TERI has an on-going project ‘Too-India’, as part
of Indo-Norwegian research collaboration between
TERI and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research
(NIVA). The project aims to understand and assess
the impacts of climate change on the hydrological
system with respect to water availability and
quality in the dry lands of Maharashtra. The project
also intends to gauge the subsequent impacts of these
changes in water availability and quality on the socioeconomic aspects of interlinked sectors and livelihoods
and propose technical as well as non-technical
adaptation solutions based on these assessments. Two
districts in Maharashtra, viz., Pune and Satara, have been
selected as case study sites as examples of districts that
face problems related to water scarcity, rural-urban water
allocation issues, and poor drinking water quality.
On June 7, 2014, on the occasion of the World
Environment Day, TERI, with the Department of
Environment, Government of Maharashtra, and the
Norwegian Embassy, hosted the “Science and Policy
Dialogue on Extreme Events and Adaptation in
Maharashtra” in Mumbai. This was the final workshop in
the two-year pilot project “Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities
and Community-Based Adaptation in India (EVA)”, funded
by the Norwegian Embassy in India. The EVA project is a
collaboration between TERI, AFPRO, and the Norwegian
CIENS institutes, which include, the Norwegian Institute
for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norwegian
Institute for Water Research (NIVA), and the Center for
International Climate and Environmental Research in
Oslo (CICERO). The dialogue provided a platform to share
the findings of the EVA study with key policy-makers
and practitioners to understand the constraints faced by
them, and identify their needs for support and scaling up
community-based adaptation.
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TERI has an on-going project ‘Too-India’, as part of Indo-Norwegian research
collaboration between TERI and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research
(NIVA). The project aims to understand and assess the impacts of climate
change on the hydrological system with respect to water availability and
quality in the dry lands of Maharashtra.
TERI, with the support of the Asia Pacific Network
(APN) for global change research, is completing a
one-year project on “Building Capacity for Adaptive
Governance through Participatory Modelling: Rural and
Urban Flooding in India”. A capacity-building project aims
at finding normative principles to operationalize adaptive
governance in the context of flood management in
India. Under the project, a four-day workshop on the
topic “Systems Thinking and Adaptive Governance” was
organized during January 28–31, 2014 at TERI-Guwahati,
on the basis of a case study on flooding in villages of
Lakhimpur district of Assam. A two-day workshop on
the same topic, but on the basis of a case study on
water-logging in Bengaluru, was also organized in TERIBengaluru during April 24–25, 2014. The workshops
comprised panel discussions and lectures, and introduced
techniques of participatory systems modelling. This
helped the stakeholders in understanding the issues
of flood from different perspectives, and learn about
the challenges brought forth because of uncertainty
associated with the same, and strategize accordingly.
TERI has also been commissioned
by the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) to carry out
scoping studies on climate-resilient
low-cost housing in Nepal and
Bangladesh.
Given the importance of building resilient urban cities,
TERI carried out a study on building urban resilience
for the cities in Guwahati and Gorakhpur, which was
supported by the Rockefeller Foundation as part of
the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
(ACCCRN). TERI undertook a study supported by the
International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED), London, where the objective was to study the
various ACCCRN methodologies that have been used
for risk and vulnerability assessment and components of
resilience strategies that have been developed so far for
Indian ACCCRN cities. The aim was to see the replication
potential of each of these methodologies and determine
their usefulness in other cities in India while planning for
climate resilience. TERI has also been commissioned by
the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to carry out
scoping studies on climate-resilient low-cost housing in
Nepal and Bangladesh. The focus is on low- and middleincome households who are vulnerable to climate risks
and natural disasters. Often robust housing designs and
technologies exist but households are either unaware of
these technologies or unable to afford the same. These
scoping studies aim to assess the market potential for
climate resilient housing and design feasible business
models which would encourage private sector financial
institutions and property developers to venture into
this market. Detailed household level surveys have been
carried out in six districts of Nepal, and are being planned
in eight districts of Bangladesh. Extensive stakeholder
interviews have been conducted with government
organizations, banks, insurance companies, developers,
non-governmental organizations, and donor agencies
active in the housing sector in these countries.
Inventorization and Mitigation
India currently does not have any mandatory reporting
requirements of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for
the corporate sector. TERI, in partnership with the World
Resources Institute (WRI) and the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII), launched the India Green House Gas
Protocol (GHGP) Programme, which aims at establishing
a voluntary, economy-wide, self-sustaining GHG
measurement and reporting programme in India, and
also serves as a Centre for Excellence on GHG accounting,
and builds the Measuring, Reporting, and Verification
(MRV) capacity of businesses to account for corporate/
facility-level GHG emissions using best practices.
The programme aims to focus on capacity-building,
creating a culture of corporate inventorization, and
building the knowledge base for developing credible
and verifiable inventories in the country. The existing
practice of undertaking energy audits, and a ready pool
of energy managers and auditors, has made it possible to
implement the Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) scheme
in the country. Similarly, this programme will help
build the MRV framework and resources in the country
necessary for effectively implementing climate policies.
Another study, supported by the Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC), “HFCs Phase-down in India:
A Techno-Economic Feasibility Study in the Room Air
Conditioning Industry”, has been initiated with an aim to
undertake a techno-economic feasibility assessment of
HFC phase-down in India in the Room Air Conditioning
sector (RAC industry).
The growth of economies today, generally, pertains to
high industrial growth and modern luxuries which in turn
means very high amount of carbon emissions.The growth
often depends on high usage of coal and other fossil
fuels. GHG emissions from fossil fuels are anthropogenic,
i.e., those attributable to various human activities, and
are increasingly contributing to the warming of global
temperatures and thereby causing climate change. TERI
being an environment-based thinktank realizes the
gravity of the situation and constantly endeavours to
walk the sustainable growth path. It is with this pretext
that TERI launched the Knowledge Paper on “Low Carbon
Growth” at the Leadership Summit for Sustainable
Development on October 29, 2013.
This paper advocates the low carbon development
trajectory for Indian industry, which shall in turn, support
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the next stage of technological innovations for the
country. The paper also asserts that these interventions
may not make immediate economic sense but are
essential from the standpoint of sustainable economic
development in the long run. Three most carbonintensive industrial sectors have been identified which
can contribute substantially to carbon and emission
reduction, at the same time, making a note of the pivotal
technological developments within these sectors that
can have immense carbon reduction potential.
International Negotiations and
Domestic Policy
TERI’s work on NAMAs was presented at four international
platforms: (1) Regional Workshop in Promoting
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TERI being an environment-based thinktank constantly endeavours to walk the
sustainable growth path. It is with this pretext that TERI launched the Knowledge
Paper on “Low Carbon Growth” at the Leadership Summit for Sustainable
Development on October 29, 2013.
International Collaboration to Facilitate Preparation,
Submission, and Implementation of NAMAs in Asia
and Pacific, Singapore (August 13, 2013) organized by
the United Nations Framework Convention on Cimate
Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat; (2) Summer School on
“Tracking Progress and MRV for Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reductions”, Vietnam (August 22, 2013), organized by
the International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV;
(3) International Conference on “Urban Development with
Climate Co-benefits: Aligning Climate, Environmental, and
Other Development Goals in Cities”, New Delhi (December
9, 2013), organized by the United Nations University
(Tokyo), the School of Planning and Architecture (Bhopal),
and TERI; and (4) the Development and Mitigation Forum,
Cape Town (January 27–29, 2014), jointly organized by
the MAPS programme, the Energy Research Centre of
An advance publication of the collaborative study on low carbon development
for China and India was launched at the 3rd China-India Strategic Economic
Dialogue.
Report of collaborative study on low carbon
development for China and India
the University of Cape Town, and the Centre for Policy
Research, New Delhi. An update was also presented at
another regional workshop on NAMAs in Asia and Pacific,
organized by the UNFCCC Secretariat in Lao PDR from
April 22–25, 2014. The findings of an online questionnaire
survey were published under a section titled “Issues
and Options for Designing and Implementing NAMAs:
Findings from an Online Survey” in the Annual NAMA
Status Report 2013. A new initiative, Global Good Practice
Analysis of LEDS, NAMAs and MRV, being implemented
by an international consortium consisting of ECOFYS,
Germany (consortium lead); TERI, India; INCAE Business
School, PERU; and ECN (Energy Research Centre of the
Launch of the China-India collaborative study report at the Third China-India Strategic Economic,
Beijing, March 18, 2014
Netherlands) was also accomplished this year. This
project developed 21 good practice analysis case studies
in 21 countries. TERI contributed seven country case
studies on Bhutan (Gender Assessment to Identify Entry
Points and Targets for Women to Participate in LEDS
and NAMAs), Ethiopia (Comprehensive Green Growth
Strategy combining Vision for Green Economy, Climate
Resilience and Development Goals in a Least Developed
Country), India (Developing Renewable Energy Targets
and Supporting Strategies), Philippines (Effective
National Coordination of Climate Change Action through
a National Climate Change Commission, Climate Change
Act, National Framework Strategy on Climate Change,
and National Climate Change Action Plan), Republic of
Korea (Implementation of a Green Growth Strategy and
Emission Trading Scheme), Thailand (Thailand Alternative
Energy Development Plan (AEDP) and its integration
with waste management policy framework at national
and sub-national level), and Vietnam (Implementation
of Vietnam’s Comprehensive National Energy Efficiency
Programme Targeting all Sectors of the Economy).
An advance publication of the collaborative study
on low carbon development for China and India was
launched at the Third China-India Strategic Economic
Dialogue. The study—carried out by TERI, National
Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International
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Cooperation, Central University of Finance and
Economics, and Zhejiang University—is directed
towards low carbon development and strategies such
as financing, technology and innovation policy, and
sub-national actions. The publication—Low Carbon
Development in China and India: Issues and Strategies—
was launched at the Third Strategic Economic Dialogue
(SED), that concluded in Beijing on March 18, 2014. Dr R K
Pachauri focused on the need for enhanced collaborative
research between China and India, stating, “The two
countries operate in similar contexts in terms of local and
global environmental issues that confront them today
and will become increasingly important in the future.
While economic capabilities and institutional systems
vary between the two, coordinated knowledge-driven
processes between China and India will be instrumental
in moving both towards global sustainability goals.” A
pre-launch event was also held at the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) complex on March 17,
2014 in Beijing.
Capacity-Building
TERI with support from the Ministry of Rural
Development and the Ministry of Agriculture, organized
a two-day workshop titled “Addressing Challenges of
Climate Variability, Change and Extreme Events at State
Level” during January 16–17, 2014 in New Delhi. A fiveday residential programme for officials from the state
of Bihar was organized by TERI. It also organized a fiveday residential programme co-sponsored by the USAID
funded ADAPT Asia-Pacific project during July 22-26,
2013 at TERI RETREAT, Gual Pahari for policy-makers
from India and other South Asian countries on the issue
of ‘Climate Finance’. The programme was conducted
in three modules: Module A-introduction to climate
finance, Module B-means to access climate finance, and
Module C-practical examples related to project finance
and other case studies. The programme was held with
the help of lectures, case studies, negotiating games, and
other group exercises. Experts from the Basque Centre
for Climate Change (BC3), TERI, and TERI University
played a vital role in designing and delivering the
modules. External resource persons from the Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy (MNRE), and United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) also shared their practical
experiences on Climate Finance. The programme was
well received by the participants. One of the participants,
Mr Mohammad Didarul Ahsan, Additional Secretary,
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of
Bangladesh and Managing Director, Bangladesh Climate
Fund noted, “I am taking back an enriching experience
from this workshop and would recommend more such
Climate EduXchange, an initiative of TERI and DELL, aims at harnessing the
power of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) to reach out to
students and teachers on key issues related to climate change.
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programmes in future.” The workshop aimed at building
capacity of state officials from different states of India
for facilitating integration of adaptation measures with
development plans in the wider context of climate
change and disaster risk reduction. Climate EduXchange,
an initiative of TERI and DELL, aims at harnessing the
power of Information Communication and Technology
(ICT) to reach out to students and teachers on key
issues related to climate change. The project provides a
platform to students and teachers to share information
and ideas across disciplines through a web resource—
www.climateeduxchange.org—a valuable tool not only
in terms of engaging students across the country but
also for enhancing knowledge of the target group on
various issues related to environment. In its fifth phase,
the project has reached out to marginalized schools in
Delhi/Gurgaon, Chandigarh/Mohali, Pune, Hyderabad,
Chennai, and Bengaluru, targeting schools that lack
ICT infrastructure—by arranging computers and other
assistance which were provided by students from other
public/private schools and also DELL employees.
The “Capacity-building Programme on Urban Climate
Change Resilience in India” is a one-year programme
sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global
Change Research (APN). It focuses on designing and
delivering a capacity-building programme on urban
climate resilience to the following set of stakeholders in
four states of India, namely, (a) elected representatives;
(b) policy-makers; (c) city officials and practitioners; and
(d) students and researchers.
A week’s training for IAS officers on impacts,
vulnerability, and adaptation is also conducted every
year by the group.
Water
India is one of the water stressed nations with its
continuously declining per capita water availability from
about 5,177 m3 in 1951 to 1,654 m3 in 2007. Water demand
in India is expected to grow annually by 2.8 per cent to
reach 1,500 bcm (by 2030) while the current supply is
only about half (viz., 744 bcm). This grave situation calls
for the need of integrated water resources management
and TERI is one of the leading institutes to take forward
integrated water resources management strategies
through its various projects.
In the field of water quality,
TERI is carrying out
comprehensive water quality
assessment throughout the
stretch of River Ganges at
strategic locations.
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ne of the main services provided by TERI in water
sector is in the field of water audit and water footprinting. TERI, in 2013–14, conducted five water audits
and water foot-printing exercises for various industrial
sectors such as thermal power plants, chemical industry,
IT sector, cosmetic industry, as well as institutions, and
helped them identify opportunities for improving water
use efficiency and implement relevant interventions.
Water audits of thermal power plants, for example, had
revealed a significant immediate water saving potential
of about 18–23 per cent of their daily freshwater intake.
TERI has carried out an interesting research on the
important issue of climate change–water–energy nexus
and has identified key policy recommendations for the
four study states of India. This project used an innovative
methodology for quantifying the nexus at state level
and it included various exercises such as water demand
modelling, future projection for water and energy
demand, water foot-printing, etc. The main outcome of
the project was in the form of strategic recommendations
for decision-makers which could provide potential
solutions to harmonize the nexus.
In the field of water quality, TERI is carrying out
comprehensive water quality assessment throughout
the stretch of River Ganges at strategic locations. For
River Ganges, TERI did an evaluation study on the water
quality assessment with an objective to identify the
key issues and assess the water pollution. The study
revealed that the river is subjected to heavy pollution
load in terms of physico–chemical parameters such as
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), bacteriological
parameters such as total coliform bacteria, and heavy
metal contamination in terms of Mercury. Another study
was carried out to assess the mobilization of Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the River Ganga. The results
reveal high concentrations of POPs (DDT, HCH, and HCB)
in the Ganges river water in all the sampling sites. All
these studies align well with the mission Clean Ganga.
In regional context, TERI did a research study on
water resources management in South Asia. It was
recognized that an integrated management of water
resources in the region will require holistic cooperation
where local, national, and basin-level issues are dealt
with appropriately.
In addition, TERI hosted the second India Water Forum
(IWF) in 2013 that focused on one of the objectives of
National Water Mission of enhancing water-use efficiency.
The forum was inaugurated by the Hon’ble President
of India and it brought national and international
experts on a common platform for knowledge and
experience exchange.
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The Forestry and Biodiversity group of TERI has major research interest in technical forestry, participatory forestry
approaches, governance, rehabilitation of degraded areas, clean development mechanism, and emission reductions. In
addition, this group is engaged in monitoring and evaluation of forestry and watershed development-related activities.
Besides, studies on biodiversity and payment for ecosystem services are undertaken. Capacity-building activities
particularly for state forest departments is an important activity for this group.
TERI endeavours to facilitate the creation and development of models, systems,
and concepts for conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources.
The organization has not only put considerable effort into documenting the
research findings but has also stressed on outreach and training component by
sensitizing the policy-makers, government officials, educational institutes and
common people through various outreach activities.
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n the year 2013–14, the major focal area for TERI was
Carbon Forestry and Biomass Estimation where TERI
undertook a detailed study of Clean Development
Mechanism project assisting the state forest department
of Uttar Pradesh. TERI is currently engaged in preparing
impact evaluation design for REDD+ projects in India
and Nepal. Other carbon forestry projects are ongoing at
Angul forest division in Odisha and at Chemfab alkalies
limited in Puducherry. Also a biomass survey assessment
was conducted in six districts of India with University of
Eastern Finland in the year 2013.
Another thrust area for TERI is Biodiversity and
Conservation, where a variety of national and international
projects like Assessment of Community Conserved Areas
in Nagaland, Feasibility Study for Biodiversity Centre
at the University of Guyana, and biodiversity mapping
of protected areas of Uttar Pradesh were planned and
executed. In addition, TERI is also involved in monitoring
and evaluation of projects and is doing consultancy
for impact assessment of Mid Himalayan Watershed
Development Project in Himachal Pradesh, Forestry
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Sector Development Project in Odisha, and evaluation of
National Medicinal Plant Board schemes in India.
Besides, TERI has also been active in training and
capacity-building of state forest departments and has
regularly conducted training programmes including the
mid-career training programme for IFS officers. TERI, at
present, is also engaged in Capacity Development for
Forest Management and Training of Personnel in Arunachal
Pradesh and Assam. TERI also works actively in the field of
natural resource management and is currently engaged
in developing and facilitating community development
plans in Mizoram and Tripura under North East Rural
Livelihoods Project. TERI has further conducted preliminary
study on implementation of FRA and vulnerability of
forests and forest-dwelling communities in Maharashtra.
TERI has also contributed immensely in the field of
biotechnology and is the leading research organization
with the Centre for Mycorrhizal Culture Collection aiming
at conservation of Mycorrhizal biodiversity. The germplasm
bank has now been upgraded as a Second Generation
Germplasm Bank and is a user friendly high-tech in situ
culture collection facility. Over a period of time, the bank
has been able to harness a diverse collection of above
3,000 different isolates (285 are ecto mycorrhizal (EMF)
and over 2,800 are Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AMF). TERI’s
Plant Technology Centre of Molecular Biology (PTCMB)
has characterized over 100 accessions of agarwood
(Aquilaria malaccensis), an economically important tree
from Northeast India, using DNA fingerprinting. The
PTCMB has identified over 2,000 novel microsatellite
markers through next generation sequencing. In 2013–
14, the germplasm bank has successfully established
735 traps and rose over 1,436 monosporal cultures.
TERI, thus, endeavours to facilitate the creation
and development of models, systems, and concepts
for conservation and sustainable utilization of natural
resources. The organization has not only put considerable
efforts into documenting the research findings, but has
also stressed on outreach and training component by
sensitizing the policy-makers, government officials,
educational institutes, and common people through
various outreach activities.
Agriculture
Agriculture holds the key to the overall development
of a country’s economy. Almost 80 per cent of the rural
poor in India are engaged in agricultural activities, and
make a sizeable contribution of more than one-fourth
to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). There
is a dire need to adopt an integrated approach to rural
development that is holistic and multi-sectoral, focused
on improving the well-being of rural people by building
their productive, social, and environmental assets.
Globally, one million hectare
of land area has been applied
with TERI’s mycorrhiza and
approximately 6.25 lakh farmers
have been able to harness
TERI’s mycorrhizal benefits.
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ERI’s approach is designed to address these
challenges. It offers cross-sectoral, technology-based
solutions that are to be implemented in an integrated
manner for achieving equitable and sustainable results.
This approach encompasses:
Usage of environment-friendly technological
solution sets which enhance crop production,
proper waste management for composting, natural
resource management; and
Promoting conditions enabling technology diffusion
and technology adaptation to specific needs,
building capability of the community, and market
mechanisms.
The steps taken by TERI in this regard have helped
dissemination of new technologies and, as a result,
have led to improvement in quality and productivity in
agriculture as also in the rural economy.
Un-inoculated potato plants
Mycorrhizal Biofertilizers
and Plant Growth Promoting
Rhizobacteria for
Improved Yield
TERI’s patented mycorrhizal technology is a groundbreaking invention offering a partial substitute to
chemical fertilizers, thus providing an edge to plants to
thrive better and offer enhanced yield and establishment
in nutrient-poor conditions. In 2013–14, TERI laid more
than 200 field demonstration trials together with the
National Seeds Corporation, State Farm Corporation
of India and Industries for major cereals, pulses, and oil
seed crops located in different states of India, North
America, and the European Union countries. The major
crops tested were wheat, maize, soybean, barley, gram,
TERI’s mycorrhiza inoculated potato plants
baby corn, sweet corn, pea, safflower, groundnut, and
cotton. The new products of mycorrhiza fortified with
nitrogen-fixing bacteria, phosphate-solubilizing bacteria,
and potash-solubilizing bacteria is launched and used in
the demonstration trials. TERI announced the biological
seed coating product and technology at the Seventh
International Conference on Mycorrhiza (ICOM7) held
at New Delhi and for the first time in Asia. Several seed
coating industries such as Kwizda, KWS, and Incotec have
conducted multi-location field trials with seed coating
products in India and abroad. The crops for industrial
seed coating included maize, soybean, and cotton. The
overall results of the demonstration trials have been very
encouraging and yield increase of 2–20 per cent were
observed, with 25 per cent reduced dose of inorganic
nutrients as compared to the practiced recommended
dose. Globally, one million hectare of land area has been
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applied with TERI’s mycorrhiza and approximately 6.25
lakh farmers have been able to harness TERI’s mycorrhizal
benefits. TERI is also undertaking basic research for
thorough understanding of how microbes benefit root
growth of plants. Interestingly, a correlation between
Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) overexpression, tryptophan, and
Nitric Oxide (NO) metabolism was observed indicating
crosstalk between IAA and NO which has implications in
use of such strains as biofertilizers.
TERI has initiated a project titled “Ushering Local Food, Nutritional and
Environmental Security and Sustainability Utilizing Biodiversity through
Harmonization of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge with Scientific Methodology in
Uttarakhand” supported by Louis Dreyfus Foundation. The objective of this study
is promotion of traditional crops/knowledge and protection of local agricultural
biodiversity in order to usher food security at the grassroots level in Uttarakhand.
Bio-control of Pests and
Diseases and IPM Modules
Keeping in view the ill-effects of chemical pesticides,
the Government of India has adopted Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) as the cardinal principle and main
plank of plant protection strategy in the country and to
which, bio-pesticides can play a central role. Contributing
to this vision, TERI has developed a bio-pesticide, in
funding support with the Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India. The product named as ‘Bollcure’
has been tested effectively for its usefulness against
Helicoverpa armigera in cotton and chickpea in India and
abroad. The field trials of Bollcure on crops other than
cotton and chickpea for the control of pests other than
Helicoverpa spp are at different stages of completion. So
far, field demonstration trials have been made on crops
like rice, wheat, sugarcane, cabbage, potato, chillies, beans,
cauliflower, tomato, okra, eggplant, and cucurbits for its
effectiveness against Spodoptera, Diamond Black Moth,
Cabbage looper, Silver leaf whitefly, Melon aphid, Asian
citrus psyllid, Root knot nematode, Thrips, and Jassids.
The product is licensed; Central Insecticides Board and
Registration Committee (CIBRC) registered and has also
been registered for use as an input in organic agriculture.
This makes Bollcure suitable for use in conventional/
IPM/ organic farming systems. TERI is also involved in
the promotion of IPM Module across various states
of the country through combination of need-based
application of synthetic pesticides and Bollcure. It has
offered increased marketable surplus, better marketable
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quality of produce, and reduction in usage of chemical
pesticide by around 50–60 per cent. TERI is also working
on RNAi Approach for Control of Colletotrichum sps
causing Anthracnose in chilli and tomato. In 2013–14,
CgACR1, CgORP1, and CgCOM1 genes isolated from
C. gloeosporioides pathogen have been found to be
differentially expressed during infection in chilli fruits. On
challenging mycelial growth of C. gloeosporioides under
in vitro condition using siRNA of CgACR1 showed 20
–25 per cent growth retardation. These genes are being
cloned in plant RNAi vector for raising chilli and tomato
RNAi transgenic lines which will be resistant against
anthracnose disease.
Promotion of Traditional Crops/
Knowledge in Uttarakhand
TERI has initiated a project titled “Ushering Local Food,
Nutritional and Environmental Security and Sustainability
Utilizing Biodiversity through Harmonization of
In three districts of Assam, viz., Kamrup, Morigaon, and Dhubri, TERI is
promoting agri-biotechnologies for livelihood enhancement of the agrarian
population. Farmers were mobilized to undertake large-scale cultivation of elite
varieties of turmeric, ginger, banana, and papaya using scientific methods of
cultivation.
Indigenous Traditional Knowledge with Scientific
Methodology in Uttarakhand”supported by Louis Dreyfus
Foundation. The objective of this study is promotion
of traditional crops/knowledge and protection of local
agricultural biodiversity in order to usher food security
at the grass-roots level in Uttarakhand. The Louis Dreyfus
Foundation and TERI, with the intent to encourage
dialogue on agricultural bio-conservation and to set
up an opportunity to explore the connect between
biodiversity conservation and food and nutritional
security, organized a focus group discussion on “Nexus
of biodiversity with food, nutritional, and livelihood
security” as a special event during the Delhi Sustainable
Development Summit in February 2014.
Rural Development in
Assam through Agribiotechnologies and DiseaseFree Layings (DFLs) Production,
Demonstration and Capacitybuilding in Muga Sector
With a goal for rural development, TERI has undertaken
a large-scale capacity-building programme for rural
development in Assam by production of Disease Free
Layings (DFLs) and demonstration of Muga food plant
cultivation, rearing, reeling along with awareness
generation. Muga culture is a part of ancient tradition
in Assam and Muga silk plays a vital role in the rural
economy of Assam. TERI has conducted several training
programmes on Muga culture, right from selection
of seed cocoon, food plant management, grainage
operation, rearing, and pest and diseases management
including on issues related to post-cocoon sector at
different rural sectors in Assam. These programmes have
benefited 128 beneficiaries, and farmers have been able
to get an additional income up to `31,980 from a single
crop by rearing 400 DFLs of Muga silkworm within a span
of one and a half months. This also helped in creating
employment opportunities in the reeling and weaving
sectors. In three districts of Assam, viz., Kamrup, Morigaon,
and Dhubri, TERI is promoting agri-biotechnologies for
livelihood enhancement of the agrarian population.
Farmers were mobilized to undertake large-scale
cultivation of elite varieties of turmeric, ginger, banana,
and papaya using scientific methods of cultivation. So far,
training has been imparted to over 1,500 beneficiaries.
A total of 20 vermi-units have been established in which
farmers are using locally available feedstock such as
water hyacinth, banana leaves, areca nut leaves, cow
dung, etc. To promote entrepreneurship and enhance
their agri-livelihood, one turmeric processing unit and
banana fibre extractor has also been established.
Development of NitrogenFixing Rice Plant
Rice is the most important food crop, and its productivity
relies heavily on the application of synthetic nitrogen
fertilizers, which have negative environmental impact.
If a nitrogen-fixing system akin to legumes could be
assembled in the rice plant, it would enable the plant
to fix its own nitrogen for growth, thus rendering the
rice plant independent of chemical nitrogen fertilizer
for crop production. Research conducted by TERI has
evidenced that the genetic pathways which can support
the development of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis are
partially conserved in rice. Based on these crucial leads,
a research project is being initiated at TERI to engineer
critical genetic networks that would bridge the gaps and
enable rice plant to enter into symbiosis with nitrogenfixing rhizobia.
Supply of Superior Quality
Tissue Culture Plants
Superior quality planting material can play a vital role
in enhancing crop productivity. During 2013–14, using
tissue culture technology, TERI had distributed, over a
very large area, more than 2.2 million disease-free plants
of banana, sugarcane, citrus, potato, and ornamentals to
farmers and agro-based companies, either directly or
through state horticulture departments.
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Policy Recommendations for
Sustainable Agriculture
In the project titled “Policy and Institutional Support for
Organic Agriculture: Enabling Pathways for Inclusive
Sustainable Development” supported by the Ministry
of Agriculture and undertaken with National Institute of
Science, Technology, and Development Studies (NISTADS),
the study analyses the contexts, implementation
mechanisms for organic agriculture, examining its
sustainability and viability in Punjab, Uttarakhand, and
Karnataka. Policy and institutional assessment, value
chain analysis, and impact assessment are core themes
alongside assessment of national level programmes
and international experience. The study recommends
strengthening participatory research—extension systems,
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In another project, TERI with support from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
and nodal support from the Punjab Department of Science Technology and
Environment is undertaking an assessment for the state of Punjab. Soil and Water
Assessment Tool will bring out impact of existing, alternative, and possible future
management and technological practices for plants (crop and forest) with relation
to natural resources (water and land) and climate (past and future).
building comprehensive market linkages and community
awareness, and creating ecosystems for developing
organic production systems in villages. In another
project, TERI with support from the Global Green Growth
Institute (GGGI) and nodal support from the Punjab
Department of Science Technology and Environment
is undertaking an assessment for the state of Punjab.
Soil and Water Assessment Tool will bring out impact of
existing, alternative, and possible future management
and technological practices for plants (crop and forest)
with relation to natural resources (water and land) and
climate (past and future). The model will give policy
recommendations based on alternative management
strategies such as cropping mix, land use, land use change
and forestry activities, technological changes, and soil and
water conservation practices.
Urbanization and Transport
The economic efficiency of our cities and the well-being of their urban inhabitants are directly dependent on the level
of mobility of the citizens or the lack of it. In the light of increasing travel needs and the growing impacts of our current
transport systems on energy, environment, and society as well as on economy, TERI strives towards promoting low
carbon and sustainable modes of transport. TERI’s recent research includes studies on promoting cycling in Indian
cities, creating new knowledge in the field of informal public transportation in India, understanding the feasibility
of introducing Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) buses in the fleets of public transport companies in the cities in India, and
understanding the regional trends in electro-mobility.
TERI is involved in a study to capture the existing as well as ‘anticipated’ trends,
and future prospects of electric mobility in India. Trends related to technology
development, government policy, research and development, market growth,
infrastructure development, and power generation were studied to assess the
potential growth of electric mobility.
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o further its work on promoting sustainable modes of
transport, TERI has published a report titled “Pedaling
towards a Greener India: A Report on Promoting Cycling
in the Country”. The study examines the key trends and
issues constraining the growth of cycling and makes farreaching recommendations on promoting cycling, both in
urban and rural India and also making the cycle industry
in India globally competitive. Realizing the importance
of informal public transport modes in Indian cities, TERI
is also undertaking a study to improve this scenario
with the main idea of bridging the existing knowledge
gap in this field and influence policies. The study aims to
understand the role played by various informal transport
modes (like auto rickshaws, mini buses, cycle rickshaws,
etc.) in meeting the mobility demand of our cities; the
key issues related to their operations and also propose
solutions for addressing them. TERI has also completed a
study on electric rickshaws in Delhi wherein the technical
and operational characteristics of electric rickshaws were
studied and recommendations were made to check
their unregulated growth. Another study focusing on
optimization of routes for transporting imported coal
from ports to power stations in Central India has also
been completed.
In its endeavour to promote electro-mobility,
TERI is involved in a study to capture the existing
as well as ‘anticipated’ trends, and future prospects
of electric mobility in India. Trends related to
technology development, government policy, research
and development, market growth, infrastructure
development, and power generation were studied to
assess the potential growth of electric mobility.
The Planning Commission of the Government of India,
commissioned TERI to develop various transport-related
energy trajectories for India as part of the 2047 Energy
Calculator (also known as the India Energy Security
Scenarios 2047). This open source tool gives its users
options to select various transport demand trajectories
to see the sector’s energy demand and its implications
on national energy security. The publication presents the
long-term impacts of multi-sector policy measures on the
energy and emissions trajectories of India.
TERI has also completed a study with the Nomura
Research Institute (NRI), Japan, on the impact analysis of
removal of diesel subsidies on the automobile industry
in India. Subsidies and taxes can lead to a change in the
fuel mix for transport in the country. Through sensitivity
analysis, the study also estimated the potential impacts
of such subsidy removals on different kinds of fuel and
energy use in personal passenger transport in India.
TERI, along with the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD), CARB, initiated the India–California Air Pollution
Mitigation Programme (ICAMP) with an objective to
mitigate vehicular emissions and improve air quality
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in Indian cities. A 12-point agenda was developed to
reduce vehicular emissions in India, along with the
identification of key stakeholders to implement the same.
The programme was supported by the World Bank.
TERI has also provided significant inputs to the Auto
Fuel Vision Committee of India which is discussing the
future roadmap for advancement of fuel quality and
emission control norms in India. In a project supported
by the DFID, a strategic assessment of the state of air
environment under alternative policy interventions
(stringent vehicular emission and fuel quality norms) was
carried out. Cost and benefit of advancements of fuel
quality and vehicular emission norms were estimated and
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TERI is also working on implementing a strategic action plan to develop and
promote the city of Navi Mumbai as an Eco-city. The major objective of the
project is to appropriately utilize and conserve the municipal-level natural
resources and promote sustainable development in the city.
submitted to policymakers. Various scenarios analysed in
the current project show that benefits outweigh the costs
of advancement to BS-IV, BS-V, and BS-VI norms.
TERI is also working on implementing a strategic action
plan to develop and promote the city of Navi Mumbai
as an Eco-City. The major objective of the project is to
appropriately utilize and conserve the municipal-level
natural resources and promote sustainable development
in the city. The first phase of the Eco-City project consists of
developing baseline carbon emissions and estimating the
city’s carbon footprint and formulating a comprehensive
action plan to promote Navi Mumbai as an Eco-City.
Environment
TERI, over the past, has worked on assessing and improving the environmental quality in many regions. While efforts
have been made to assess and report the status of environmental quality, several initiatives were undertaken in 2013–
14 to mitigate pollution and sensitize the stakeholders. All this has yielded considerable benefits and in certain cases,
has significantly helped policy formation.
TERI, in alliance with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), has commenced work
on Green Growth and Development in India, with an aim to scrutinize strategies to
be pursued at the national and state (Punjab and Himachal Pradesh) levels.
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n 2013–14, TERI worked towards developing the
environmental status report for the Mumbai Metropolis
laying emphasis on air, water, and land resources.
Consultancy was provided to the Maharashtra Pollution
Control Board (MPCB) for compilation of data of air and
water quality from different locations across the state.
The data collected was instrumental in generating the Air
Quality Index (AQI) and Water Quality Index (WQI) reports.
TERI, in alliance with the Global Green Growth
Institute (GGGI), has commenced work on Green Growth
and Development in India, with an aim to scrutinize
strategies to be pursued at the national and state
(Punjab and Himachal Pradesh) levels. The project
is under the guidance of a steering committee that
comprises experts and representatives from government
and multilateral organizations.
For mitigating vehicular emissions, TERI joined hands
in 2013–14 with the University of California, San Diego,
and California Air Resources Board (CARB) to initiate
India–California Air Pollution Mitigation Programme,
and to come up with an action agenda for control of
vehicular emissions and consequently improving the air
quality in Indian cities. For a similar objective, TERI also
gave significant inputs to the Auto Fuel Vision Committee
of India for coming up with a future roadmap for
advancement of fuel quality and emission control norms in
India. In a DFID-supported project, a strategic assessment
of the state of air environment under alternative policy
intervention was carried out. Cost-benefit analysis of
advancing the vehicular emissions and fuel quality
norms in the country were presented to the stakeholders.
TERI, with financial aid from the Department of
Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Government of India, has developed a technology termed
‘Oilzapper’, a cost-effective, sustainable bioremediation
of oily sludge and oily spills. The technology is being
successfully used by various oil companies. TERI, through
a global competitive bid, has been awarded a pilot scale
project by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to restore the
effluent pits and repair environmental damage so as
to rehabilitate the remediated site. Work has also been
streamlined for the same.
Another project is underway in Visakhapatnam. This
project aims at developing a sustainable green cover
over 18 acres of land filled with phospogypsum waste
(an acidic solid waste). In 2013–14, around seven acres of
land have been covered with selected plant species. TERI
is also doing similar work at two sites of Tata Chemicals
in Gujarat covering 42 acres of land. It has also been
involved in implementation of resource efficiency and
acid/rinse water recycling in metal finishing in Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). A detailed analysis of
approximately 100 selected SMEs was conducted and
based on the same, recommendations were provided.
Implementation of TERI’s Oilzapper technology
TERI is also involved in an Indo–EU collaborative
project for treatment/recovery of components from
industrial wastewater and in remediation of land irrigated
with wastewater. A project on enzyme supplemented
membrane bioreactor for degradation of recalcitrant
compounds, and thereby treating industrial wastewater,
is also underway. Various projects on microwaveassisted synthesis of super absorbent biopolymericnano
composites and synergistic effect of using fly ash-based
mixed flame retardant system in thermoplastics have also
been initiated.
To spread awareness on critical environmental
issues, TERI organized the Green Olympiad 2013, which
witnessed participation from thousands of schools
from Asia and the Middle East. More than 260 teachers
attended the 5th National School Educator’s Conference,
held in, 2013 on the theme of “Innovation and Leadership
in Education for Sustainable Development”.
A Knowledge Paper (a ready-reckoner) has also been
prepared for the corporate sector. The Paper is a step-bystep guide to various approaches, duly supplemented
with case studies, to help companies get started with
the process of integrating sustainability dimensions in
their value chains, irrespective of their size. The reckoner
focuses on the manufacturing and the financial sector to
validate the business case of implementing sustainability
in value chains.
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Energy
Energy consumption, in all its forms, has been steadily increasing over time since it is the basic requirement for
most processes, whether domestic or industrial. Considerable pressure is now being felt particularly on the already
diminishing fossil fuel reserves of the planet. These sources of energy also contribute significantly to climate change
which is becoming a major cause for concern, thus necessitating an enhancement of the share of clean and reliable
sources of energy in the overall energy mix.
The LaBL programme, launched in 2008, aims to bring light into the lives of people
in rural areas, in India and across the world, by replacing kerosene lamps and
candles with solar lighting devices, and providing livelihood opportunities at the
individual and village levels.
Annual Flagship Publication on
Energy
T
ERI Energy and Environment Data Directory and
Yearbook (TEDDY) is an annual flagship publication
of TERI. Since its inception in 1986, the publication
has become a reference for information on energy
and environment on India. TEDDY is TERI’s highest
impact publication and is widely cited in national
policy documents, intergovernmental reports, and peer
reviewed journals. The 28th edition, for the first time,
features a section on conceptual issues for goals around
energy and environment. It is envisaged that in future
TEDDY could become a periodic source for a discussion
on energy and environment goals in the context of the
post-2015 development agenda.
Energy Access
Providing access to clean and reliable cooking and
lighting energy is one of the biggest challenges facing
the world. Over 1.3 billion people around the world have
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no access to electricity and 2.6 billion people lack access
to clean cooking facilities. As per Census 2011, in India
as well, only 67.3 per cent use electricity as their main
lighting source, while only around 29 per cent depend on
the use of clean energy (LPG, Biogas) as their main sources
of cooking. TERI, through its initiatives—‘Lighting a Billion
Lives (LaBL)’ and ‘Rural Extension Activity’—adopts a
localized, bottom-up approach where the energy starved
population can benefit from clean and affordable solar
energy solutions.
The LaBL programme, launched in 2008, aims to bring
light into the lives of people in rural areas, in India and
across the world, by replacing kerosene lamps and candles
with solar lighting devices, and providing livelihood
opportunities at the individual and village levels. The
campaign provides access to electricity through offgrid, micro-, and mini-grid solutions, including targeted
applications for productive uses. Among other things, the
project focuses on creating a renewable energy based
rural distribution network to provide multiple services,
including mobile charging stations, for purposes other
than lighting, such as cooking. The initiative provides
illumination that advances education, health, and
livelihood activities; facilitates creation of new jobs by
training villagers to operate and maintain equipment,
and replaces the use of polluting kerosene as a lighting
fuel.
TERI is also involved in several energy access activities
in Africa, providing its expertise to a wide range of
stakeholders, including the government, academic
institutions, and NGOs on technical and commercial
aspects. During 2013–14, TERI has signed an agreement
with African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
and with Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre
and Networks (HoAREC&N), Ethiopia to promote the
wider dissemination of improved lights and cookstoves
to the clean energy deprived inhabitants, so that the
sustainable market value chain can be developed. In
addition to technology dissemination, the organization is
also involved in local competency development process,
wherein training and workshops for the respective
stakeholders are provided.
TERI, with support from the Sales Force Foundation,
implemented a CSR project in Hatti village of Koppal
district. The main focus of the project is to enable 20
landless poor rural women to take up income-generation
activities to supplement their household income, thus
enhancing food security and facilitating 20 women to
adopt renewable energy technologies for cooking and
lighting. This will improve the indoor environment through
reduced exposure to smoke, reduce the usage of kerosene
and firewood, and reduce drudgery for women. Four SelfHelp Groups have already benefited from this project, and
since it is an ongoing project, more benefits will accrue.
This year, TERI was asked by the Planning Commission to examine the
demand for a more equitable benefit sharing from coal mining and power
generation amongst producing and consuming states. The study examined
externalities and administrative costs of coal mining and power generation on
the states.
increased the production of cookstoves from 10 to 130
stoves per day.
The year 2013–14 saw significant scaling up of
activities, both in terms of geographical spread and
lives impacted. Through its activities, TERI reached out
to 2.3 million plus lives globally as part of energy access
initiative. Internationally, TERI has successfully overseen
the commissioning of over 123 Solar Charging Stations
(SCS) in rural communities, touching lives of 111,000 plus
people across Africa and Asia.
Energy Governance
Ms Chandbi, SHG women using TERI biomass
stove for cooking
Under the Cookstove Initiative Project of DFID, TERI,
has extended its activities on stoves in Karnataka and
other states of south India and for quality control and
monitoring of stove production at the factory in Phoenix
Udyog, Kalaamb, and Himachal Pradesh. To disseminate
the cookstoves technology, the team identified a few
stakeholders in Karnataka. There are about 12 energy
entrepreneurs and three NGOs empanelled as partner
organization to promote cookstoves. There are several
awareness programmes conducted at the village level
and one stakeholders’ workshop conducted at the district
level. Presently, 250 cookstoves have been adopted
in three districts—Dharwad, Gadag, and Tumkur—of
Karnataka. The team also monitored the quality and
production of cookstoves at the factory level, and
TERI is involved in studying various aspects of the energy
sector which impact India’s energy security, from groundlevel perception analysis to macro-energy planning.
This year, TERI was asked by the Planning Commission
to examine the demand for a more equitable benefit
sharing from coal mining and power generation
amongst producing and consuming states. The study
examined externalities and administrative costs of coal
mining and power generation on the states. It further
examined the existing regulatory and legal framework
for sharing revenues between the centre and the state
from coal production and power generation. The impact
on tariff from agreeing to the states’ demand for free
power was examined. After taking into consideration
the impacts and current compensation mechanism,
TERI recommended a cess on coal mining and power
generation for uncompensated impacts. It was
recommended that the proceeds of the cess should be
set aside in a dedicated fund to be used by the states
for addressing environmental and social impacts of coal
mining and power generation. The study also emphasized
on the need for strengthening enforcement of existing
rules and regulations to mitigate impacts of coal mining.
Ensuring that energy subsidies reach and benefit the
target population, in addition to streamlining the subsidy
regime, is a crucial task of the government. In December
2011, the Government of Rajasthan, with support from
the central government, launched a pilot scheme in
Kotkasim, Alwar, to test a system of direct transfers to
the bank accounts of ration cardholders for distributing
subsidies for kerosene. TERI carried out an Evaluation
of the Pilot Project on Direct Transfer of Kerosene
Subsidies in Kotkasim, Alwar supported by International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). It focused
on answering the following issues: (1) how has the pilot
project performed against its stated policy objectives; and
(2) how has the pilot project impacted keroseneconsuming households, including their ability to access
the subsidy, and effects on household expenditure. The
study also looked into the policy implications for the
reform of the kerosene subsidy system more generally.
TERI also undertook a study on “Assessment and
Implications of Rationalizing Fossil-Fuel Subsidies”
supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with
partnership of the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) and
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
As a part of the project, TERI worked with an international
team of economic modelling experts dealing with
macroeconometric and social accounting matrix based
Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. An
experimentation exercise was carried out in the project
where energy system model (MARKAL) was integrated
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with CGE (developed by an international team) and a
macroeconometric model (developed by Cambridge
Macroeconometric Team). From the inventory of Indiaspecific consumer and producer fossil fuel subsidies, three
scenarios were constructed to analyse how sectoral energy
demand, system costs, prices of energy, energy intensity,
investment requirements, electricity-generation capacity
could vary for three different scenarios of subsidies. For
each of these scenarios, the changes in sectoral energy
demand, energy prices, and scope of fuel switchovers in
future were projected using TERI’s energy system model
complemented by short- and long-term time series
econometric models. Moreover, Monte Carlo Simulationbased uncertainty scenarios were built up to understand
how final retail prices of fossil fuels behave for uncertain
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changes in the various components of the price built up.
Changes in the pattern of energy demand under different
scenarios indicated the degree, nature of sectoral policy
prioritization, and targeting while taking into account
the price inelastic behaviour of sectoral energy demand
under different subsidy removal scenarios.
TERI is also working on a project to study the
pricing mechanisms prevalent in the energy sector
of the economy in collaboration with Department for
International Development (DFID), UK Government. As
part of this study, a dynamic analysis of the impact of
subsidies on various socio-economic parameters like
income inequality, employment, labour compensation,
etc., is being carried out through a Social Accounting Matrix
(SAM) based CGE model. The TERI team has constructed
TERI is also working on a project to
study the pricing mechanisms prevalent
in the energy sector of the economy
in collaboration with Department for
International Development (DFID),
UK Government.
a 25-sector SAM incorporating demographic aspects of
income distribution as well as components of taxes and
subsidies to analyse energy pricing in India through a
systems approach. This macro-study is complemented
by a qualitative micro-level analysis of the value chains of
various fossil fuels with an aim to understand the flow of
subsidies within various stakeholders.
Energy Efficiency
TERI’s activities in the field of energy efficiency in the
industrial sector encompass large energy-intensive
industries as well as Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs). TERI provided Energy audit services to large
industries in the sugar, steel, chemicals, food-processing,
and oil and gas sectors. TERI also conducted detailed
energy audits for the airport located at Hyderabad
and a few hotels and corporate buildings at other
locations. Services to a few Designated Consumers (large
industries having high energy consumption) are also
being provided by TERI under the Perform, Achieve, and
Trade (PAT) scheme of Government of India.
Apart from serving clients in India, TERI also worked
closely with the Government of Guyana, the Ethiopian
Electricity Agency, and two factories located in Lithuania
and Thailand during the year and identified energy
conservation options in various facilities located in these
countries. The activities in Guyana were undertaken
by TERI as a part of Guyana’s on-going Low Carbon
Development Strategies (LCDS) programme that is,
amongst other fields, also focusing on energy-efficiency
improvements in core economic sectors, such as sugar
and rice mills. Through a systematic performance
evaluation of energy-consuming equipment in selected
sugar and rice mills, TERI was able to identify and
implement significant reduction in diesel consumption
Apart from serving clients in India, TERI also worked closely with the Government
of Guyana, the Ethiopian Electricity Agency, and two factories located in
Lithuania and Thailand during the year and identified energy conservation
options in various facilities located in these countries.
used across the Diesel Generators used in factories.
In addition, in Guyana, as a part of the collaborative
initiative with the Office of the Climate Change, energyefficient induction lamps have been demonstrated for
street lighting near the Indian Heroes monument in
Georgetown. The monitored energy savings realized
through this pilot initiative is 30 per cent. The Ministry
of Housing, Government of Guyana, has proposed to
integrate this street-lighting energy-efficiency initiative
in its new upcoming housing projects.
In the small-scale sector, TERI worked for energyefficiency improvement of MSMEs in Kolhapur (foundry),
Pune (forging), and Ankleshwar (chemical) clusters as
part of a Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported
project on Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs
being implemented by The World Bank through Small
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). In another project on
energy efficiency, TERI, in collaboration with its Japanese
research partner, the Institute of Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES), demonstrated the Gas Heat Pump
(GHP) and Electric Heat Pump (EHP) technologies at four
sites in India. In parallel, several unit-level diagnostic
studies were also conducted in MSMEs to recommend
energy savings by adoption of Best Operating Practices
(BOP) in electric induction furnaces and compressed air
systems. The project was funded by the Japan Science
and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
In addition, TERI jointly with NEDO, Japan, also hosted
the fifth edition of India Japan Energy Forum in 2013 that
focused on expanding technology cooperation in energy
efficiency, renewables, and smart community spheres.
GRIHA
The demographic trends of India indicate a consistent
rise in urbanization. It is estimated that by 2030, over 33
per cent of the total Indian population would be in urban
areas. The rising population and the rapid urbanization
would push the demand for housing and commercial
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spaces, providing a further impetus to the rising growth
of the construction sector in the country. With a near
consistent 8 per cent rise in annual energy consumption
of the residential and commercial sectors, the building
energy consumption in India has seen a significant
growth from a low of 14 per cent in the 1970s to nearly
33 per cent in 2013–14. As per TERI estimates, there is an
annual increased demand of about 5.4 billion units (kWh)
of electricity for meeting end-use energy requirement
for residential and commercial buildings. This is in
addition to energy requirements for manufacturing of
building materials/equipment and energy used during
construction (comprising the embodied energy of
materials and machinery).
In order to ensure sustainable development in built
environment, TERI developed the Green Rating for
Inegrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) rating framework
to ensure design, construction, and implementation
of regionally relevant and resource efficient buildings.
GRIHA enhances energy use optimization by promotion
of bio-climatic passive architectural practices; facilitates
enhanced energy efficiency by ensuring mandatory
compliance with the Energy Conservation Building Code
of India, the National Building Code, and other relevant
codes and standards for efficiency and comfort; and
mandates renewable energy integration (optional for
residential projects). It is a five star rating system for green
buildings (five stars being the highest rating), which
stresses on passive solar techniques for optimizing indoor
visual and thermal comfort. Developed for commercial
and residential buildings, the rating system sets
benchmarks for air conditioned and non-air conditioned
buildings in five climatic zones, namely hot-dry, warmhumid, composite, temperate, and cold.
Based on performance of rated projects, is it estimated
that 10 million sqm of GRIHA 5 star certified project can
save enough electricity to power about 100,000 urban
homes, enough water to meet needs of 22,000 urban
homes, facilitate 6 MW PV installation to enhance supply,
and provide monitored data to ensure compliance on site.
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GRIHA enhances energy use optimization by promotion of bio-climatic passive
architectural practices; facilitates enhanced energy efficiency by ensuring
mandatory compliance with the Energy Conservation Building Code of India, the
National Building Code, and other relevant codes and standards for efficiency
and comfort; and mandates renewable energy integration (optional for residential
projects).
Performance monitoring is a key strength and
differentiation for GRIHA as a green building rating
system. No building is awarded the final rating until the
performance is efficient and effective. The recently BEE 3
star-rated Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh (the only hospital
in Delhi to receive BEE star rating) is also TERI GRIHA 3
star rated and has an operating energy performance
index of 157 kWh/m2/year (HVAC and lighting energy),
which is significantly better than its initially calculated
energy performance.
TERI has carried out studies in several buildings
rated under GRIHA. This includes HAREDA building at
Panchkula, Pimpri Chinchwad New Town Development
Authority (PCNTDA) office at Pune, and the Green One
building of Suzlon at Pune. With operating GRIHA energy
performance indices of 18, 9, and 33 kWh/m2/annum,
respectively, all these GRIHA 5 star rated projects qualify
for BEE 5 Star level rating.
GRIHA has been adopted by the Government of India
and various State Governments to ensure design and
implementation of sustainable habitat. With measured
impact on resource efficiency, GRIHA rating for buildings
and developments has also been linked to incentives in
the form of additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR), property
tax rebates, and cheaper loans for developers across the
country.
GRIHA has been embraced by organizations including
the National Building Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC)
and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) where the
building standards and specifications have been revised
to meet minimum 3 Star GRIHA requirements. With a
negligible impact on initial investment, the payback
period for any GRIHA rated building is not more than 2–3
years.
In March 2014, GRIHA had over 500 registered projects,
covering a built-up area of over 20 million sqm.
Alternate Energy
Biomass-based decentralized solutions have enormous
potential to meet clean energy challenges faced at various
levels in industry, domestic usage, and daily life. TERI has
been working on development of such solutions for over
two decades now. These solutions when implemented
have resulted in large-scale energy savings, reduction
of carbon footprint, and high economic benefits to
the beneficiaries.
The TERI–SDC biomass partnership (TSBP) programme
has been integral to the technical and commercial
development of biomass gasifiers for thermal applications.
TERI has successfully licensed this technology to
manufacturers across India and created a market for
its thermal applications. In its current phase, the TSBP
programme focuses on accelerated usage of biomassbased clean energy solutions.
TERI has developed 10 licensees across India and
simultaneously developed a market place for its
applications. TERI has further entered into a joint venture
agreement with M/s Chanderpur Works for accelerated
research, development, and commercialization of
biomass gasifiers. This technology has been successfully
implemented in many industries such as powder coating
units, sand drying industry, and rubber drying units, etc.,
located across the country.
The TDED division is working on the ‘Delivery and
Dissemination’ component of the programme. For
the purpose of up-scaling the technology, a market
research study was conducted by the Indian Market
Research Bureau (IMRB) in collaboration with TERI to
gain a better understanding of the thermal gasifier
market in India. This exercise helped identify key
barriers and opportunities with respect to accelerated
dissemination of the biomass gasifier. Several clusters
were studied and classified as low, medium, and high
potential markets for biomass gasifiers. Additionally, in
the past demo workshops, stakeholder consultations,
market development activities, and licensee formation,
and participation in numerous exhibitions have been
organized by TERI to promote the biomass gasifiers in
Gujarat and Karnataka (Belgaum and Peenya). Several
other similar programmes/events are being planned
for this year in Maharashtra (Kohlapur), Gujarat,
and Karnataka.
Biotechnology
Energy is a vital input for socio-economic development
of any nation and thus the energy strategy of a nation
aims at efficiency as well as at security for its economic
development. Owing to the fast depletion of conventional
fossil fuel sources and increased Green House Gas (GHG)
emissions, there has been an increased global concern
for energy security and energy has become the most
important commodity for national as well as international
policies and politics. TERI has undertaken several projects
to strengthen the role of biotechnology in helping to
address some of India’s energy security challenges.
Under the ‘Genetic Improvement of Biodiesel
Feedstocks’ project, interspecific hybridization was
carried out in Jatropha to widen its genetic base and
introgress various economically important traits such
as hard stem, increased flowering and oil content from
a related species, Jatropha integerrima. A linkage map
based on next generation sequencing is currently
being developed for future application in marker
assisted breeding. An ethyl methane sulphonate
(EMS) treated population of over 250 individuals has
been created to develop novel phenotypes through
induced mutagenesis. An in vitro micropropagation
protocol is being standardized for elite genotypes of
Pongamia pinnata, another potential biodiesel feedstock
tree species.
Bioprospecting of microalgae and selection of novel
strains/species best suited for production of biofuel
is also underway at TERI. A photobioreactor based on
a sunlight distribution design has been developed to
improve outdoor areal productivity and reduce land
footprint. The reactor has yielded 1.5–3 times higher
areal productivity compared to the standard system.
Harvesting microalgae has been a decisive barrier in the
field of algal biofuels. A harvest methodology based on
specific segregation features of selected algae (including
rare marine strains) and a collection mechanism to
recover such algae from the growth system itself has
been developed at TERI. An advanced-stage module of
the aforementioned photobioreactor design (630 l), a
stirred tank reactor (350 l), and a tubular reactor (600 l)
have been added to the outdoor demonstration facility
that already houses a raceway pond (1,000 l) and the first-
The TDED division is in working on the ‘Delivery and Dissemination’ component
of the programme. For the purpose of up-scaling the technology, a market
research study was conducted by the Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB)
in collaboration with TERI to gain a better understanding of the thermal gasifier
market in India.
stage design photobioreactor (1,800 l). Active work has
been taken up on efficient recovery of lipids from algal
cells and developing new and better-suited extraction
techniques for the extraction of high-value bioactive
compounds and pigments for value addition.
Production of waxy crude oil is a serious concern for
the oil producing companies. Waxy crude oil is highly
viscous due to which it blocks the oil well tubings.
Conventional techniques for removal of paraffin/wax
deposition in the oil well tubing/oil pipelines are highly
expensive and plagued with other associated problems.
TERI and Institute of Reservoir Studies (IRS) ONGC have
developed and commercialized a microbial-based,
cost-effective sustainable technology for prevention of
paraffin/wax deposition in oil well tubing/oil pipelines.
This technology helps in increasing the oil production
and has been successfully applied to prevent paraffin/wax
deposition in 181 oil wells of ONGC and Oil India. With a
converging desire to mitigate GHG emission and improve
energy security, TERI in partnership with HPCL and with
financial assistance from Center for High Technology,
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, developed a 100
litres pilot scale process for hydrogen production from
organic waste through the biological route by integrating
dark fermentation process with photo fermentation
process. A specially designed in situ sterilized photo
bioreactor facility at Fermentation Technology Research
Centre (FTRC), TERI Gram was employed for photo
fermentative hydrogen production scaling process.
Further, dark fermentative hydrogen production process
was successfully scaled up to 1,000 litres in pilot scale
that significantly enhanced the hydrogen yield efficiency
from organic waste. These research explorations
contributed to filing a patent. TERI is also working with
the Ministry of Coordination of Environmental Affairs
(MICOA), Mozambique in tackling land degradation
issues near Chibo.
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Scale up of dark fermentative hydrogen
production in 100 litres scale at FTRC Laboratory,
TERI Gram, Gual Pahari
Scale up of dark fermentative hydrogen
production process in 1000 litre scale in 1500 litre
scale bioreactor at FTRC, TERI Gram
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A specially designed in situ sterilized photo bioreactor facility
employed for photo fermentative hydrogen production
Biogas generated during fermentative hydrogen
production was quantified by passing through gas
flow meter
Enlarged view of photo bioreactor
vessel
With a converging desire to
mitigate GHG emission and
improve energy security, TERI
in partnership with HPCL and
with financial assistance from
Center for High Technology,
Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas, developed a
100 litres pilot scale process
for hydrogen production from
organic waste through
biological route by integrating
dark fermentation process with
photo fermentation process.
Awareness
To increase awareness about the need for sustainable
habitat and build a pool of professionals equipped to
contribute towards its development, TERI conducts
awareness workshops on Green Buildings and the GRIHA
rating system all over the country. In addition, many
activities are carried out to spread awareness about
energy conservation.
Clean energy technologies are being promoted
at Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, and Tumkur districts of
Realizing the need to share corporate experiences of implementing renewable
energy projects, incorporating efficient lighting and air conditioning and best
practices undertaken as a part of their sustainability drives, TERI has come up with
a Compendium of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Best Practices from
Leading Indian Corporates.
Karnataka under the DFID programme. Twelve people
are registered as energy entrepreneurs and three NGOs
are empanelled as partner organizations for promotion
of clean energy technologies. Under the programme,
several demonstrations and awareness programmes
have been conducted at villages as well as a stakeholders’
workshop at Belgaum for promotion of clean energy
technologies and marketed about 250 cookstoves in
Karnataka.
Various programmes and studies undertaken by TERI
strive towards increasing stakeholder engagement and
sensitization to the different challenges and issues in the
energy sector and on possible ways of addressing these
challenges.
Realizing the need to share corporate experiences
of implementing renewable energy projects,
incorporating efficient lighting and air conditioning
and best practices undertaken as a part of their
sustainability drives, TERI has come up with a
Compendium of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Best Practices from Leading Indian Corporates. It also
benchmarks these experiences and best practices with
global best standards. The compendium focuses on the
business case for implementing energy efficiency and
renewable energy interventions. In addition, factors
such as investment required, savings accrued, payback
period, tons of CO2 emissions saved were thoroughly
considered while describing the intervention. Case
studies from a total of 25 companies from nine different
industries, namely Agriculture, Automotive, Energy,
Engineering, Financial services, FMCG, Materials, IT, and
Telecom were considered.
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Partnerships and Networks
When trying to link policy, research, and practice, TERI recognizes the need to build collaborative partnerships and networks with the objective of sharing knowledge, enhancing
technological capabilities, fostering innovation, building local capacities, and strengthening competitiveness. It continues to team up with local, international, and bilateral institutions
to promote sustainable interventions. Our research collaborations, MoUs, and partnerships, along with their areas of interest, through the year 2013–14, are listed in the following table.
Bilateral and Multilateral Organizations
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
African Climate Policy Centre
Multilateral Organization
Climate policy
Collaborative research
Asian Development Bank
Climate change policy; energy; and
regional cooperation on climate
change adaptation in South Asia
Funding; knowledge
partner, funding support;
and Client; consultancy
for SAARC (South Asian
Association for Regional
Cooperation)
Climate Change and Development Division, Embassy of
Switzerland
Bilateral Organization
Technology development and
dissemination of energy efficiency in
MSME sector
Partnership agreement
Department for International Development
Development of Framework for
accelerated deployment of solar water
Pumps in India; Funding; Promoting
MDGs and clean energy access;
Sustainable development
Collaborative research;
Funding; and Partnership
agreement
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
GmbH
India’s Resource Requirements:
Dimensions, Challenges and Way
Forward; Resource efficiency,
environmental and resource use
management; and Training & capacity
building on leadership
partner; and Funding
support
Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
Urban energy access
Research network
International Development Research Centre
Development; Funding
Funding support
International Finance Corporation
Climate resilient housing and private
sector participation in adaptation;
Funding
Client; consultancy for Nepal
and Bangladesh; Funding
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Agriculture
Funding
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
SAARC
International Organization
Training & Capacity Building
Knowledge Partner
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Climate Change Adaptation and
promotion of renewable energy
technologies; and Dissemination of
biomass based clean energy systems
Partnership agreement and
Funding support from SDC
for dissemination activities
UN–Habitat
Intervention on water issues focusing
water quality monitoring
Collaborative partner
United Nations Development Programme
Environment
Funding support and
partner
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Climate change and capacity building
MoU
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
GREEN Olympiad
Endorsement
United Nations Industrial and Development Organization
250 kWe bamboo-waste based
biomass power plant using gasification
technology
Collaborative research and
demonstration
United Nations Industrial and Development Organization
Biomass and Solar feasibility studies;
Consultancy services;
Demonstration of a 100 kWe biomass
gasifier based system using rice husk
demonstration
for training and capacity-building;
Potential assessment for biomass
gasifier powered generation using sawmill
waste and rice husk. Demonstration
of a 20 kWe biomass gasifier-based
power generation using cashew shell
as fuel and capacity-building
USAID Low Emissions Asian Development
Green growth and development
Knowledge sharing and
outreach
World Bank
Forestry; Natural resource
management
Funding support partner
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
DONEAR
Government of India
Forestry
Funding Agency
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Government Agency
Forestry
Funding Agency
Government
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Agriculture Department, Government of Assam
Government Agency
Agriculture
Planting material for
demonstration
All India Cycle Manufacturers' Association
National Association
Cycling as a sustainable mode of
transport
Industry support for
research
Andaman & Nicobar Administration
Government Organization
Feasibility study of renewable energy
based power generation systems in
Andaman & Nicobar Islands to phase
out the existing diesel generating
systems
Consultancy services
Atomic Energy Commission
Government Agency
Energy
Funding support
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
Central Public Sector Undertaking
Occupational health exposure
Funding and research
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Government Agency
Energy efficiency
Funding
Central Board of Secondary Education
Government Agency
GREEN Olympiad / Training of teachers
& school management
Endorsement & Network
support
Central Silk Board
Government Agency
Sericulture research and training
Department of Environment and Forests, Arunachal Pradesh
State Government of India
Forestry and livelihood
Funding agency
Department of Environment Science and Technology, Himachal
Pradesh
Green growth and development
Nodal support and policy
incubation
Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation, Punjab
M&E of Forests
Funding agency
Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment, Nagaland
Funding agency
Department of Science and Technology
Department of the Government of
India
Green innovation; Livelihood and
entrepreneurship, WaSH
Funding support;
Department of Science Technology and Environment,
Government of Punjab
Green budgeting, green growth and
development
Research collaboration,
nodal support and policy
incubation
Directorate of Municipal Administration (Goa Urban
Development Department)
Storm water mitigation, drain clogging
issues
Seek funding support
Embassy of Norway
International Government
Organization
Climate change research
Funding
Ethiopia Electricity Agency
Government Agency
Electricity regulation
Funding
Finnish Meteorological Institute
International Government Agency
Aerosols research
Research
Government of Maharashtra
Climate change impacts and
adaptation
Client; preparation of State
Adaptation Action Plan on
Climate Change
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd
Government Agency
Electricity regulation
Funding
Hamriyah Free Zone Authority
Government of Sharjah, UAE
Economic free zone
Project partnership
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Energy recovery from lingo-cellulosic
ethanol effluent through algae;
Collaborative project;
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD),
Manipur
Government Agency
Biotechnology
Implementation of DBT
mission project
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Government Agency
Energy efficiency among SMEs
Implementation support
JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project)
Provide clean energy solution to rural
households in Purnia district of Bihar.
From the success of the pilot project,
the association was taken further and
TERI now plans to set up 3500 solar
home lighting system with efficient
cook stoves, together called IDES
(Integrated Domestic Energy Services)
in the households of SHG members.
Un-incorporated joint
venture
Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology
Council under the State Government
of India
Science & Technology
Agreement
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Government Agency
GREEN Olympiad
support
Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Government Agency
Agriculture
demonstration
Maharashtra Forest Department
Forest policy and climate change
Funding agency
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development
Government Agency
Rural energy and development
Board member
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of the Government of India
Monsoon research
Research collaboration
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Funding; GREEN Olympiad /
Conferences for teachers
Funding; Collaborative
partner
Ministry of External Affairs
South-South cooperation, training
programmes; energy
Funding support partner
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Rural and urban health
Funding
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Youth Seminars across the country
Mizoram Forest Department
Capacity-building and NRM Planning
Funding agency
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
National Biodiversity Authority
Government Agency
Biodiversity
Funding agency
National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC)
Government Agency
Low carbon development and SouthSouth cooperation
Research and international
cooperation
National Medicinal Plant Board
Government of India
Medicinal Plants
Funding agency
National Research Centre for Orchids, Sikkim
Government Agency
Orchid
mission project
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
Government Agency
GREEN Olympiad
support
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Government Agency
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization
International Government Agency
Energy efficiency, smart grids;
Low head microturbine, small wind
power, biofuels
Partnership; Collaborative
research
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of the Government of
Norway
Forestry; Trade, intellectual property,
energy, and sustainable development
Project Partner; Funding
support
Odisha Forest Department
Forestry
Funding agency
Odisha Space Applications Centre
Agriculture research
Office of the Climate Change, Guyana
Government Agency
Climate change
Funding
Planning Commission
Government Agency
Energy; India energy security scenarios; Funding support;
Forestry
Collaborative project;
Funding agency
Power Finance Corporation
To provide Clean Lighting and ICT
services to schools in the state of
Meghalaya, Odisha, and Andhra
Pradesh through solar PV energy. In
another project, TERI will install solar
power plants of cumulative capacity
of 250 kW in 50 primary health centres
across the states of Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and
Jammu and Kashmir
venture
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Karnataka
Department of the State
Government of India
Renewable energy
Evaluation
Sikkim Council of Science and Technology, Sikkim
Government Agency
Biotechnology
mission project
R & D collaboration
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
Forestry; Climate change
Funding support; Funding
agency
Uttarakhand State Medicinal Plant Board
Medicinal Plants
Funding Agency
Uttarakhand Watershed Department
Watershed
Funding agency
Domestic and Multinational Corporates
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Agriland Biotech Ltd
Corporate Organization
Develop, promote, and distribute fungi
consortium product for agriculture,
manufactured using TERI technology
Technology transfer
Biotech Consortium India Ltd
Develop, promote, and distribute
‘Bollcure’ bio-pesticide; developed
using TERI technology
Technology transfer
Chanderpur Works Pvt Ltd
Technology development, promotion
and dissemination of biomass gasifier
technology
venture
Container Corporation of India Ltd
Dell Global Giving Foundation
Harnessing the power of ICT for
sensitization & awareness building on
climate change issues
DS Group
Value chain development for herbal
products
Client for culinary herbs
Fabindia
products
Client for culinary herbs
Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd
Restoration and Rehabilitation
Knowledge Partner and
Funding Agency
Hindalco Industries Ltd
Restoration and Rehabilitation
Funding Agency
Indian Oil Corporation
ethanol effluent through algae
Collaborative Project
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd
ITC Ltd
Technical Forestry
Funding Agency
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd
Manufacturers of drip and sprinkler
irrigation systems and components
Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company
Sensitization & awareness / capacity
building & training on energy issues
JCB India Ltd
Sensitization & awareness including
infrastructure intervention for green
and sustainable schools
Laila Sugars Pvt Ltd
Water quality management
Collaboration/ support for
projects
Lavasa Corporation Ltd
Biodiversity Assessment
Funding Agency
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc
‘Bollcure’ bio-pesticide; developed
Technology transfer
NHPC Ltd
Ecosystem Services
Funding Agency
Nirmal Seeds
Development of nutritionally-improved Collaborative Project
mustard and disease-resistant okra
PEPSICO Ltd
Watershed
Funding Agency
Power System Operation Corporation Ltd
Sensitization & awareness / capacity
building & training on energy issues
SABMiller India
Manufacturers of beverages
Salesforce Foundation
Livelihood and Renewable Energy
Interventions in Hatti village &
Hand-in-Hand Experiencing Hampi
- Learning Social studies through
Practical Experiences
Partnership agreement
Shell Group of Companies
Energy modeling
Funding support
Symbiotic Sciences Pvt Ltd
mycorrhiza product, manufactured
Technology transfer
TerViva BioEnergy
Selection of high-yield variety of
Pongamia genotypes and licensing the
same to TerViva
Technology transfer
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd
Waste & Leadership / Business
Sustainability
Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc
Air pollution research
Partner
V S Dempo Holdings Pvt Ltd
Education for sustainable development Collaborative partner
Yes Bank
Assessment of wind power
Consultancy services
YES Bank Ltd
Climate Change
Knowledge Partner
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
State Bank of India
Financial Institution
To provide clean and affordable
venture
lighting in 100 villages of India
across Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh
World Bank
Financial Institution
Funding
Funding
Banks and Financial Institutions
Foundations and Manufacturing Companies
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Climate Works Foundation
Foundation
Energy efficiency in the industry sector
Funding
DL Shah Trust
Foundation
Activity-based environment education
Ferrotech Engineers
Manufacturing Company
Ferrotech Engineers Pvt Ltd has been
appointed as the manufacturer/
distributor of improved mudstoves
venture
Graffitti Foods
products
Herb processing
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Foundation
New energy (biofuels, solar and wind)
and implications for land; Sustainable
development and developing
countries
Funding support
Marrone Organic BioInnovations, USA
Biopesticides manufacturing and
marketing
Research partner
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Nirmal Seeds Pvt Ltd
Development of nutritionally-improved Research partner
mustard
Om Energy Saving Systems Pvt Ltd
Manufacturing and dissemination of
small-scale thermal biomass gasifier
technology for use in MSMEs
Technology transfer
Rockefeller Foundation
Foundation
Urban climate resilience
Research partners and
funding support
Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Foundation
Energy efficiency, demand side
management; Environment,
development
Partnership; Funding
support
Volkswagen Stiftung
Foundation
Energy
Funding support
World Wide Web Foundation
Foundation
Open web
Partnership
NGOs, Networks, Not-for-Profit, and International Organizations
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Action for Food Production (AFPRO)
National Non-government
Organization
Watershed development and climate
resilience in rural India
Partner; implementing partner
in Jalna district, Maharashtra
Action for Food Production (AFPRO)
Non-government Organization
Community-based adaptation
Adelphi Research, Germany
Not-for-Profit Research Institute
Policy analysis and strategy consulting
Advance Materials Consultants, Bengaluru
Not-for-Profit Organization
Composites/nanocomposites
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute
Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
Transformation
International Non-government
Organization
Capacity-building in the area of energy, Collaborative research
environment, health
Austria Recycling Verein zur Förderung von Recycling und
Umweltschutz in Österreich (AREC), Austria
Research in resource efficiency and
recycling
Care India
Climate change adaptation research
Research support
Cashpor Micro Credit
The intent of the partnership is to
capture a larger market for clean
venture
energy technology by financing energy
access. The partnership is primarily for
financing of improved cookstoves. CMF
focuses on Integrated Domestic Energy
Systems and Agni Rice Husk stoves in
eastern Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
R & D collaboration
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Centre for Development Orientation and Training
The partnership is engaged in
promoting SHGs in Nawada district
of Bihar. CDOT is primarily involved
in dissemination of IDES. The existing
Uttam Urja shop in district Nawada
is supporting CDOT in organizing
technology demonstrations and post
dissemination services.
venture
Centre Tecnològic de la Química de Catalunya, Spain
Research and development
EIRC Consultancy Pvt Ltd
Consultancy
Forum of Federations
International Not-for-Profit
Organization
Federalism
Funding/partnership
Global Green Growth Institute
International Development
Organization
Green growth and development;
Roadmap for renewable energy
in India
Research collaboration and
stakeholder engagement;
Green Growth Best Practice
Global Network of International
Organizations
International best practices and peer
learning
Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Global Network of International
Organizations
Knowledge management and
outreach
outreach
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Agricultural research for development
in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Not-for-Profit Research Organization
Agricultural research
Nageshwara Charitable Trust
NCT has partnered with TERI for
dissemination of 6,000 improved mudstoves in the districts of Chhindwara,
Betul and Seoni in Madhya
Pradesh; Amravati and Gadchiroli in
Maharashtra; and, Rajnandgaon in
Chhattisgarh.
venture
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Not-for-Profit Research Organization
Research and developmental studies
in environmental science and
engineering
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCAT)
Multi-stakeholder partnership
Organization
Sustainable urban transport
Network of peer
Organizations
Petroleum Federation of India
Energy
Funding support
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership
International Non-government
Organization
Energy conservation in metal casting
sector
Funding
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), India
Not-for-Profit Society
Apex Industry body representing
vehicle and vehicular engine
manufacturers in India
SOLAGRO, France
Biorefinery from agricultural residues
STENUM Asia Sustainable Development Society (STENUM Asia),
India
Not-for-Profit Society
Consulting in resource efficiency for
industries
United States Green Building Council
Sustainable Habitat and Rating System
Implementation and
knowledge partners
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
University of Eastern Finland
International Academic Institution
Biodiversity
Knowledge Partner
Agriculture Research Institute
Government Research Institution
Climate change
Alterra-Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Climate change research; Independent
research to the realisation of a high
quality and sustainable green living
environment
Partner
ANSAB, Kathmandu
International Research Organization
Climate Change
Knowledge Partner
Army Welfare Education Society
National Academic Institution
GREEN Olympiad
Network support &
endorsement
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
Capacity-building and knowledge
creation on climate change; Climate
change and capacity building
Client; Capacity-building
programme in Karnataka
and Assam; Funding
Assam Agricultural University
Agriculture
mission project
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh
Climate change
Research partner
Bangladesh Center for Applied Sciences
Partner
Resource management, environment
and development (RMED) issues by use
of existing intellectual, technology and
manpower
Research and Academic Institutions
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Climate resilient housing in coastal
Bangladesh
Partner: Implementing
partner in Bangladesh
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
GREEN Olympiad
Network support
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Climate modelling
Botany Department, University of Delhi
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for
medicinal plants
Center for Energy, The University of Western Australia, Perth
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research,
Oslo
Resilience to climate extreme events in
rural India
Partner; research partners in
district, Maharashtra
Center for Tropical Crops and Bio-commodities, Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
National Research Institution
Micropropagation of potato
Collaborative project
Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru
Government Research Institute
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
Low carbon development and finance
Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research –
Oslo (CICERO)
CIMMYT, Nepal
Climate change
Climate Works Foundation
Funding
Funding
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization,
Australia
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
National Research Organization
CSIC, Madrid
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresources Technology
Biodiversity
Project partner
CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship, North Ryde, New South
Wales
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
CSKHP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya
State Academic Institution
Biodiversity
Project partner
DBT-ICGB Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Centre for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical
Technology, Mumbai
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Research on Bioenergy, R&D
Centre, Indian Oil Corporation, Faridabad, Haryana
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
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R & D collaboration
Research in the field of Bioprospecting
R & D collaboration
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Deakin University Melbourne, Australia
Nanobiotechnology Research
Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory
Department of Chemical Engineering for Process System
Computations, Curtin University Perth, Western Australia
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
Deutsches Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus
Capacity building
DLR- Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft -und Raumfahrt e.V
DULAL
Research Institution
This partnership will work with TERI
on dissemination of SPT-0610 on an
enterprise-based model.
venture
Ecofys
Climate policy
French Institute of Pondicherry
Research Institution
Water and land management
Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad,
Pakistan
Climate change
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Guwahati University
Biodiversity
Project partner
IIT Guwahati
Algal research
Project partner
Imperial College, United Kingdom
India Meteorological Department
National Research Network
Atmospheric modelling
Indian Council of Social Science Research
Environment and sustainable
development; Resource security and
sustainable development
Funding support partner;
Funding support
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
Microbial fuel cell
R & D collaboration
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Microbial fuel cell
R & D collaboration
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
Training Programme for senior IFS
Officers
Programme Partner and
Funding Agency
INRA, France
Institute for Energy Economics, Japan
Energy efficiency, renewable energy
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Capacity-building on climate change,
energy efficiency; Delivering energy
access through clean energy in
Myanmar
R & D collaboration
R & D collaboration
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Natural resource management, low
carbon development
outreach
Institute of Advanced Studies for Science and Technology,
Guwahati
Biobased product
R & D collaboration
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
Micropropagation of apple
Institute of Transport Economics
Climate change and transport research
Institute of Transport Economics Norway
Transport and climate change
funding support
Institute of Urban Transport (IUT), India
Sustainable urban transport
funding support
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Climate change research; Mountain
development
Collaborative research; Lead
of HI-AWARE consortium
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Knowledge Partner
International Council on Clean Transportation
Sustainable and clean transportation
Research and awareness
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,
Nairobi, Kenya
Climate change
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
Climate Change
Funding Agency
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Partner
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Energy (fossil fuel subsidies)
Funding support and
research collaboration
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Forestry, Livelihood and Landscape;
Energy
Knowledge Partner; Funding
support
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and
Sustainable
R & D collaboration
Jawaharlal Nehru University
R & D collaboration
Jaypee Institute of Technology, Noida
Private Academic Institution
Consortia of biofertilizer and
biopesticial organisms
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Research and development
Michigan State University, USA
Research in the field of Integrated Pest
Management
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Mizoram University, Mizoram
Biotechnology
mission project
Monash University
Department of Epidemiology and
Preventive Medicine
Nagaland University, Nagaland
Biotechnology & Botany
mission project
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
National Research Network
Atmospheric modelling
National Climate Change Strategy Center, Beijing
Low carbon development and
innovations
National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
National Institute of Oceanography
Government Research Organization
To participate jointly in undertaking
marine and coastal research and
academic projects as per the expertise
available
MoU signed
National Research Centre for Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim
Micropropagation of orchids
National Technology University of Athens
National University of Singapore
Higher education and research
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Bioenergy
R & D collaboration
NIT Rourkela
Algal research
Project partner
Nomura Research Institute (NRI), Japan
Transport and energy
funding support
North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya
Botany
mission project
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research
Climate change research; Resilience to
climate extreme events in rural India
Jalna district, Maharashtra
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Climate change research; Resilience to
climate extreme events in rural India
Jalna district, Maharashtra
NOVA, Germany
Private Research Institute
ONGC Institute of Petroleum Safety, Health And Environment
Management
Government Research Organization
CSR activities
Collaboration/ support for
projects
R & D collaboration
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Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council
Advisory to Ministry of Food security
and research
Partner
Philips Lighting University
Sustainable Lighting Solution
Knowledge partners
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Testing of joint biofertilizer product
Contractual Research
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute
Water quality management
Collaboration/ Support for
projects
Regional Muga Research Station of Central Silk Board, Boko,
Assam
Sericulture
plantation
Regional Silk Technological Research Station, Station of Central
Silk Board, Assam
Sericulture
Silk testing
Songhai center
Research Institute
Feasibly study for training and
capacity-building to use biomass
gasifier based power plants for rural
electrification
demonstration
South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes
Trade
Funding support
South Asian Network for Development and Environmental
Economics
Environment and development
Funding support
Sultan Qaboos University
Center for Environmental Studies and
Research
Technical University Darmstadt
Energy
Research partners
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT, Finland
International Research Institution
Research on utilization of oil seed
waste
Research partner
Tezpur University
Tripura Biotechnology Council, Tripura
Biotechnology
mission project
Tshingua University
Climate policy
Tsinghua University
Partner
University of Agricultural Sciences Bengaluru
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
University of Cape Town
Climate policy
University of Dusseldorf, Germany
Research in the field of Agriculture
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R & D collaboration
Partner
Profile
Focus Area
Type of Association
University of Guyana
Biodiversity
Project partner
University of Jammu
Biodiversity
Project partner
University of Laguna, Spain
Research in the field of Bioprospecting
Research partner
University of Leiden, Netherlands
International Research Institution
Training/workshop
University of Melbourne, Australia
Research in the field of Biotechnology
Research partner
University of Pondicherry
Water and land management
University of Rhode Island
Department of Civil and Environmental Collaborative research
Engineering and the Department of
Geosciences
Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry
Biodiversity
Project partner
VDEh-Betriebsforschugsinstitut GmbH (BFI), Germany
Recycling technology for metal
finishing industries
demonstration
Virginia Tech, US
Research in the field of Integrated Pest
Management
VTT, Finland
Wageningen University & Research Centre Food & Biobased
Research
World Resources Institute
Climate change and capacity building;
and funding; Collaborative
research
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Electric mobility
funding support
Yale University
Programme Partners
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang
Low carbon development and finance
and sub-national initiatives
R & D collaboration
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Representation in National and International Expert Group Committees
Adholeya A. Chairman, Taskforce—Biological Agents
for Agriculture, Department of Biotechnology(DBT),
Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
Adholeya A. Chairman, International Mycorrhiza
Society, Canada (www.mycorrhizas.org).
Adholeya A. Member, Monitoring-cum-Evaluation
Committee for Monitoring the field trials of
transgenic crops in the jurisdiction of State
Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Department of
Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,
New Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, Monitoring-cum-Evaluation
Committee by Review Committee on Genetic
Manipulation (RCGM), Department of Biotechnology,
Adholeya A. Member, Expert Committee on the
Application of Nanotechnology in Agriculture and
Medicine, Department of Biotechnology(DBT),
Adholeya A. Member, Committee of Science and
Society, Department of Science and Technology
(DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, New
Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, Project Advisory Committee
(PAC) of Fly Ash Unit, Department of Science
and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and
Technology, New Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, Working Group on
Implementation of National Policy on Biofuels,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE),
New Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, Sectoral Innovation Council
for the Fertilizer Sector, Department of Fertilizers,
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, New Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, International Risk Governance
Council (IRGC), Switzerland.
Agency (NWDA), Ministry of Water Resources,
Adholeya A. Member, International Symbiosis
Society.
Bharat GK. Member, Technical Committee, Experts of
Planning Department, Government of Delhi.
Adholeya A. Member, The Economic Research
Institute of ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
Bharat GK. Technical Committee, ‘Ganga
Manthan’,
Ministry
of
Water
Resources,
Adholeya A. Member, Advisory Committee to the
Executive Board of the Louis Dreyfus Foundation.
Anshuman. Member, Technical Committee of ‘Water
Quality for Industrial Purposes’, Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS).
Anshuman. Member, Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC), National Institute of Hydrology (NIH),
Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India,
Uttarakhand.
Anshuman. Member, Technical Committee ‘India
Water Week-2013’, National Water Development
Agency (NWDA), Ministry of Water Resources,
Anshuman. Member, Inter-Sectoral Advisory
Group, ‘National Water Mission’, National Water
Mission Secretariat, Ministry of Water Resources,
Anshuman. Member, Steering Committee, Aquatech
India.
Balakrishnan M. Member, Chemical Division Council,
Bureau of Indian Standards.
Balakrishnan M. Member, BITS Pilani Senate.
Batra V. Member, Chemical Division Council, Bureau
of Indian Standards.
Bharat GK. Member, Technical Committee, “India
Water Week-2015”, National Water Development
Bharat GK. Nodal Officer, National Key Resource
Centre, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation,
Bharat GK. Member, Technical Committee, Central
Water Commission.
Bharat GK. Member, Indian Women Scientists’
Association.
Bharat GK. Member, American Chemical Society.
D’Souza F. Member, Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC), Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB),
Goa.
D’Souza F. Member, Ad-hoc Board of Studies in
Biochemistry, Goa University.
Datt D. 2014—till date. Member. Committee XII,
Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Central
Geological Programming Board.
Garud S. Member, Committee on Solar Thermal
Technology, Bureau of Indian Standards.
Garud S. Member, Committee, Preparing Quality,
Standards and Guidelines, Roof-top Solar Systems,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE),
Ghate Akshima T. Member, Committee on
E-rickshaw, Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways, Government of India.
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Ghate Akshima T. Member, Advisory Committee,
Knowledge Management, Centre at Institute of
Urban Transport under component 1A of SUTP,
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of
India.
Ghate Akshima T. Member, Research Committee,
Fourth Research Symposium on Urban Transport,
School of Planning and Architecture and Ministry of
Urban Development.
Goswami A. March 2013–October 2013. Member.
Internal Group Meeting, Indian Society for Ecological
Economics, mobilization discussions with Alliance
for Renewable Energy in Africa, Horn of Africa
Regional Environment Centre and Network, Global
Knowledge Initiative.
Goswami D. Editorial Board Member, International
Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Scientific and
Academic Publishing Co., USA.
Kumar A. September 2011–till date. Member,
Working Group, Analysis, Energy Saving Potential
in East Asia [Economic Research Institute for ASEAN
and East Asia (ERIA)].
Kumar S. Member, CED-30, Sectional Committee,
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Majumdar Mili. Member, Panel for Sustainability,
CED 46: P19, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Majumdar Mili. Member, Working Group Meeting
on “Building Envelope” and “Comfort System &
Controls”, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government
of India.
Mini G. 2012–till date. Member, Taskforce on Green
Jobs and Climate Change, Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Government of India.
Mohanty P. BIS ET-28 and IEC TC-82 for Solar
Photovoltaic.
Prakash Shri. Member, Centre for Transportation
Research and Management, New Delhi.
Prakash Shri. Fellow, Institute of Rail Transport.
Prakash Shri. Director, Coal India Ltd.
Ram Mohan MP. 2009–till date. India Focal Point.
World Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN.
Ram Mohan MP. 2011–till date. President, Nuclear
Law Association, India.
Ram Mohan MP. 2012. Reviewer, Paper Selection,
International Youth Nuclear Congress.
Ram Mohan MP. 2012–till date. President, National
University of Juridical Sciences Alumni Association.
Ram Mohan MP. 2012–14. Member, Governing Board,
International Nuclear Law Association, Brussels.
Goswami D. Associate Editor, Agricultural Segment
Journal, Rome, Italy.
Mohanty P. Steering Committee of “Energy for All”
Initiative, Asian Development Bank.
Ram Mohan MP. 2013–till date. Member, Nuclear
Energy for Peaceful Applications Sectional
Committee, CHD 30, Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS), Government of India.
Grover S. Member, American Geophysical Union.
Mohanty P. Member, Working Group-9, India Smart
Grid Forum.
Ramanathan K.
Committee, CERC.
Mohanty P. Representative, Technical Committee of
Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG), Rural
Electrification Corporation.
Ramanathan K. Member, Advisory Committee, DERC.
Grover S. Member, ‘India Water Portal’.
Grover S. Member, WESNET.
Kaushik
N. Member, Expert
Committee,
Development of Biopesticide Strategy Paper.
Kaushik N. Member, IUPAC Plant Protection
Committee.
Kedia S. 2011–till date. Member, Indian Society for
Ecological Economics (INSEE).
Kedia S. 2013–till date. Member, Indo-German
Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy.
Kedia S. 2013–till date. Member, Taskforce on
Greening Rural Development, Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India.
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Nayak BP. June 2013–till date. Member. National
Expert Committee, IIFM-NTCA Study on Ecosystem
Services of Tiger Reserves in India.
Pal P. Member, Empanelment Committee for
Empanelment of Energy Auditors on PCRAs Panel,
Petroleum Conservation Research Association
(PCRA).
Panandiker AP. Member, Goa State Expert Appraisal
Committee (SEAC), Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MoEF), Government of India.
Member,
Central
Advisory
Ramanathan K. Member, Advisory Committee,
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)sponsored project ‘Governance of Power Sector’.
Saikia R. Member, Working Group, Monitoring and
Indicators of the NGC, NEAC and other programmesEnvironment Education, Awareness and Training
(EEAT) Scheme, Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF), Government of India.
Saikia R. Member, GIZ ESD International Experts
Network (India, Mexico, South Africa and Germany).
Saikia R. Lead Member, Regional Centre of Expertise
(RCE) of United Nations University (UNU) in Delhi,
Goa and Mumbai—International RCE UNU IAS
Network.
Sharma D. Member, Consultation Committee,
ACCCRN-India.
Vancheswaran A. May 2011–till date. Member, Bayer
CropScience Child Care Program Advisory Council.
Saikia R. Member, Consultative Group, National
Nature Camping Programme (NNCP) for schools,
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF),
Sundar S. Member, High Level National Transport
Development Policy Committee.
Vancheswaran A. March 2013–till date. Jury Member,
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry/Bayer Sustainability Awards.
Sethi G. Member, Screening Committee of Petroleum
Conservation Research Association (PCRA).
Sundar S. Member, Committee on Road Safety,
constituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Sethi G. Member, Energy Management Sectional
Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS),
Vadivelu, Ananda, G. 2011–Till date. Life Member,
Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE).
Sethi G. Member, Examination Advisory Committee
for Energy Managers and Energy Auditors, Bureau
of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power,
Sethi G. Member, Steering Committee on Technology
and Quality Up-gradation Support to MSMEs,
Ministry of MSME, Government of India.
Sundar S. Member, Expert Committee, Asian
Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum, UNCRD.
Vancheswaran A. September
Member, Panel of Experts
Development, Abengoa, Spain.
2012—till date.
on Sustainable
Vancheswaran A. March 2011–till date. Member,
Advisory Board, BIMTECH (Birla Institute of
Management Technology)-ET 3rd Global CSR
Summit.
Vancheswaran A. November 2011–till date. Member,
Steering Committee, Annual Conference ‘Women
in Leadership Roles—The Way Forward’, All India
Management Association (AIMA).
Vancheswaran A. June 2012–till date. Advisory Group
Member, IICA-GIZ CSR Initiative.
Vancheswaran A. June 2012–till date. Member,
Awards Selection Committee, Ministry of Urban
Development.
Vancheswaran A. February 2013–till date. Advisory
Board Member, SESA, Goa.
Vashisht V. 2013–till date. Member, Indian Society for
Ecological Economics (INSEE).
Representation in National and International Journals
Adholeya A. Member, Editorial Board of the
International Mycorrhiza Journal, Springer Verleg,
Germany.
Adholeya A. Member, Editorial Board of the Indian
Journal on Microbiology, The Association of
Microbiologists of India, IARI, India.
Kedia S. 2013–till date. Contributing Author,
Chapters on high–level vision and options. Green
Growth Best Practice Assessment.
Adholeya A. Member, Editorial Board of the Swedish
Journal of Agriculture, Taylor & Francis Group.
Adholeya A. Member, Editorial Board of the Elite
Club of SDI editors, SCIENCEDOMAIN International.
Kedia S. October 2012–October 2013. Editor. Green
Growth and Development Quarterly.
Adholeya A. 2010—till date. Member, International
Advisory Board for the Bloomsbury Qatar
Foundation Journals, Qatar.
Adholeya A. Member, Selection Committee,
Introduction to Gaussian: Theory and Practice, New
Delhi, India.
Ram Mohan MP. 2006–till date. Annual Contributor.
Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford
University Press.

Kedia S. 2013–till date. Lead Author. Chapter on
Private Sector. Second Assessment Report on Climate
Change in Cities.
Ram Mohan MP. 2006–till date. Member. Editorial
Board, International Journal of Nuclear Law.
Adholeya A. Member, Editorial Board International
Journal of Ecology and Development (IJED), Indian
Society for Development and Environment Research
(ISDER), Roorkee, India.
Ram Mohan MP. 2007–till date. Member. Editorial
Board, Atoms for Peace: An International Journal.
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Ram Mohan MP. 2012. Guest Editor. International
Journal of Nuclear Law.
Jindal A. 2013. Interview on Light up Futures. ECO
Earth Care Magazine in November 2013.
Ram Mohan MP. 2012–till date. India Contributor,
OECD–Nuclear Law Bulletin.
Kumar, A. (2014, May 9). Innovations in green
buildings. Retrieved from Common Floor: http://
www.commonfloor.com/guide/innovations–in–
green–buildings–42168.html.
Ghate Akshima T and Sundar Sanjivi. 2013. Can We
Reduce the Rate of Growth of Car Ownership?
Economic and Political Weekly, June 8, 2013, XLVIII
(23): 32–40.
Ghate Akshima T. 2013. A Myopic View of
Transportation. Appeared in The Hindu Business
Line on March 16, 2014.
Kumar M, Singh S, Wilson S Ann and Ghate Akshima
T. 2013. A new report highlights best practices for
pro–poor mobility, Cities Today, Issue 11, September
2013. Can be accessed at http://pfdmedia.com/
read–online/ct_11_eng_sep_2013/.
Gupta S. (2013, October 16). Checklist for buying
your dream home. Retrieved from Common Floor:
http://www.commonfloor.com/guide/checklist–
for–buying–your–dream–home–32231.html.
Gupta, S. (2013, October 03). Tips for choosing
energy–efficient materials for your home.
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energy–efficient–materials–for–your–home–31616.
html.
Gupta, S. (March 2014). Green rating for habitat.
Civil Engineering and Construction Review, 66–68.
Gupta S. (April 2014). Renewable energy:
Installation in the building sector. Akshay Urja,
37–39.
Jindal A. 2013. Co–author of a book published by
TERI BSCD on Compendium on Energy Efficiency in
Buildings.
Jindal A. 2013. Article on Usage of lights during
festivals. Energy Next, December 2013.
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Kumar D E V S Kiran and Sastry, Minni. Predicting
improved micro climate with reflective roofs
and its impact on cooling loads of a typical
commercial building in Bengaluru, India; CISBAT
2013, International Conference: Cleantech for
Smart Cities and Buildings from Nano to Urban
Scale, September 4–6, 2013, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Kumar D E VS Kiran. Indoor Air Quality–Issues and
Solutions. Build O Tech. June 2013.
Kumar M, Kayal P, and Singh R. 2014. TERI–NFA
Working paper on Sustainable Urban Transport
Indicators, TERI: New Delhi. Can be accessed at
http://www.teriin.org/projects/nfa/pdf/working–
paper–11–Defining–Sustainable–Urban–Mobility.
pdf.
Kumar M and Gupta S. 2013. Environmentally
sustainable transport performance index for
residential neighborhoods, Urban Transport
Research Journal, The Urban Mobility India (UMI)
Research Symposium 2012, Institute of Urban
Transport (India): New Delhi, India.
Kumar Pradeep and Garg Tarun. Financial and
environmental benefits due to transition to
efficient lighting in South Asia.
Majumdar M.2014. Going Green: No longer an
option, HT Estates (Delhi), Hindustan Times, January
2014; HT Estates (Mumbai), Hindustan Times, March
2014.
Majumdar M. 2014. Towards sustainable
habitation, Buildotech. January 2014 (Vol 8) Issue 1.
Majumdar M. 2013. Ensure energy efficiency
without compromising on quality of life,
Hindustan Times, April 26, 2013.
Majumdar M. 2013. GRIHA–The Game Changer
in implementing Green Guidelines for a better
future. L’Avenir Elevator Digest. September 2013 (Vol
1) Issue 2.
Majumdar M, Kumar P, Sastry M and Kumar D E V S
Kiran. Sustainable Urban Development–Minimizing
Urban Heat Island and Imperviousness Factor.
Working Paper Series SANEI 2013.
Pal S. 2013. Taking stock of road transport in the
Northeast region, published in The FINER News and
Views: Highways of the North East. June /July 2013
(Vol 15), pp. 38–41.
Sharma D, Singh R, and Singh R. 2013. Urban Climate
Resilience: A review of the methodologies
adopted under the ACCCRN initiative in Indian
cities. Working Paper Series 5 : 2013, IIED, London.
Sharma Divya and Singh Raina. 2013. Climate
resilience mainstreaming plan for the city of
Gorakhpur city, India: A TERI–ACCCRN initiative.
Urban India, Vol 33 Issue 1. National Institute of
Urban Affairs (NIUA): New Delhi.
Sharma D, Singh R, and Singh R. 2013. Methodologies
for urban climate resilience: A review of ACCCRN
approaches in Indian cities. Published under the
ACCCRN Policy Briefs series. IIED, London.
Sharma D, Singh R, and Singh R. 2013. Climate
proofing Indian cities: A policy perspective. Published
under the TERI–DFID Policy Briefs series. TERI: New
Delhi.
Sharma D. 2013. Climate Resilience in the Built
Environment. Published under the UCCR Policy
Briefs series. ACCCRN: New Delhi.
Sundar S and Ghate A. 2013. Accidents and road
safety: Not high on the government’s agenda.
Economic and Political Weekly, November 30, 2013,
XLVIII (48): 77–83.
Raina Singh. 2013. It’s a long road to sustainability,
Appeared in The Financial Express on June 26, 2013.
Sharma D and Singh R. 2013. Building Urban
Resilience in Asia, Cities Today, Issue 9, March 2013.
Zia Hina. 2013. (as co-author). Risk Assessment and
Review of Prevailing Laws, Standards, Policies and
Programmes to Climate Proof Cities–synthesis: Report
for Guwahati.
Zia Hina. 2013. Guidelines for sustainable development
of human settlements in urban and rural areas of
Bhutan to minimise environmental impacts, Ministry
of Works and Human Settlement, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Zia Hina. 2013. Proceedings of the sustainable social
housing initiative consultation workshop. April 25,
2013; with UNEP.
Zia Hina. 2012. (as co-author). Mainstreaming climate
resilience in urban areas: A case of Gorakhpur city.
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Human Capital
At TERI, we consider all TERI-tes to be of utmost value and the key resource for the success of the Institution. The synergy brought about by our human resources is a result of the
freedom and flexibility that the institute provides to its research professionals. TERI fosters a culture, which respects diversity in age, gender, and education and realizes that each
individual is unique and that each one brings a fresh perspective and their own skill sets to the table, which in turn helps TERI build a collaborative culture. Our strength lies in the
diversity of our people and we respect the fact that their different views and ideas help us stimulate our minds intellectually. TERI encourages its researchers to work on crossfunctional and cross-divisional basis because it realizes that the interdisciplinary approach, the exchange of best work practices, and the concerted effort in thought and action leads
to the desired outcome, which in turn enhances sponsor and client satisfaction.
Other
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Infrastructure Facilities
An Institute of the calibre and spread of TERI requires the presence of state-of-the-art, modern, and vital infrastructure facilities, which are instrumental in facilitating research and
development on a large scale. TERI has developed a host of infrastructure facilities, across the length and breadth of the country, which continued to propel the Institute towards
greater success and achievement in the year 2013–14.
CMCC Germplasm Bank
The Centre for Mycorrhizal Culture Collection is stepping into its second generation level with an objective of supplying
well characterized mycorrhizal cultures to researchers and industry. The bank has three temperature-controlled
green-houses at Gual Pahari which house 2,800 isolates of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and 285 cultures of
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi (EMF) collected from different soil types from India and around the globe. Our molecular biology
and biochemical labs are equipped with avant-garde equipment which aid in characterizing each isolate and help in
generating an information database which is available on the CMCC website.
In Vitro Mass Production Technology
In vitro mass production technology produces viable, healthy, genetically pure, and high-quality mycorrhizal propagules
without any pathogenic contamination in a sterile environment.
Film and Television Unit
The Film and Television Unit has been producing some award-winning documentaries and owns the basic infrastructure
to execute a film or television shoot end-to-end. It has been constantly producing high-quality DV output meant for
television broadcast and theatre screenings.
Solar Lighting Laboratory
The Solar Lighting Laboratory is involved in design customization, lab- and field-based performance assessment and
training on distributed generation-based systems for various applications. These include solar lighting systems, solar
multi-utility charging stations for charging lanterns, mobile phones, and E-bikes.
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DNA Fingerprinting and Molecular Breeding Lab
The DNA fingerprinting facility is a state-of-the-art laboratory for varietal identification, mapping of genetic diversity,
and marker assisted breeding. The facility harbours a LICOR 4300 DNA analyser and other molecular biology related
equipment. The facility is being used for providing DNA fingerprinting services to state horticulture departments and
genotyping services to plant breeders for their breeding programmes.
Herbal Garden at Supi
The herbal garden is home to more than 60 different varieties of fresh and dry exotic vegetables, fruits, and herbs such
as Broccoli, Pockchoy, Kiwi, Plum, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, and Peppermint.
Plant Genetic Transformation and Functional Genomics Laboratory
This laboratory has all the basic equipment such as Real Time–PCR, gel electrophoresis systems and plant culture room.
It works on developing genetically modified plants for better quality and productivity under changing environments.
TERI–Deakin Nanobiotechnology Research Centre
The Centre bridges the gap between industry and academia through research and collaboration of leading international
experts to generate effective solutions for a sustainable future. This Centre is working towards a greener and more
advanced use of nanotechnology for resolving challenges in agriculture, biofuel production, and biomedical issues
through nanoparticles, nano-biosensors, nanocarrier-formulations, nanodelivery of agrochemicals, and seed coating
formulations.
Micropropagation Technology Park
Complete with infrastructural facilities ranging from modern laboratories and greenhouses to nurseries that are
required for mass production of tissue-cultured plants, the facility has an annual production capacity of over 2 million
plants.
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Fermentation Technology and Research Centre
The Centre is a state-of-the-art fermentation facility with a pilot-scale platform to carry out studies. It has a series of
fermentors of working volume ranging from 3.5 litres to 10,000 litres. Apart from mass-scale production of indigenously
developed oil degrading bacterial cultures, the facility has capacity to carry out research on anaerobic fermentation
processes. The facility also has the necessary analytical infrastructure for quality control and analysis of various
fermentation products.
Supercomputer to Enhance Climate Modelling Capabilities
TERI has acquired supercomputing facility to boost its activities on climate modelling. The supercomputer
consists of 512 cores that can draw a peak performance of 5.5 T Flops. Total RAM is 1,000 GB with 32TB of storage
space and about 24TB of backup storage. Models posted on the HPC system are CESM, CCSM, NorESM, WRF,
and PRECIS.
TERI Water Laboratory
Recognized and certified under the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 by the Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Government of India, the laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art field sampling, monitoring equipment, and
analytical instruments. The laboratory provides multi-disciplinary water quality and quantity monitoring, testing, and
related services.
Smart Mini/Micro Grid facility at RETREAT, Gual Pahari
It demonstrates the use of smarter control of distributed energy sources, combined with intelligent management of
loads to improve the efficiency and reliability of the overall mini-grid system.
Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory
The laboratory is an experimentation facility for the exploration of microbial diversity to provide biotechnological
solutions in the field of environmental restoration and biofuels. The facility has state-of-the-art molecular
biology set up with automated facility and real-time PCR systems. Infrastructure for both aerobic and
anaerobic microbiology facility is available. The laboratory is supported by analytical facility that is equipped
with necessary GC (with TCD and FID), GCMS, HPLC (with diode array and RI detector) systems with other
requisite instrumentations.
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Solar Power Pack
It is an integrated solar multi-utility charging station for charging lanterns, mobile phones, and e-bikes.
TRISHA
TERI’s Himalayan Centre at Latey Bunga exemplifies ‘ideal’ green environment. It is a symbol of optimum use of natural
resources such as solar and other forms of renewable energy.
TERI’s Research Facility in Bengaluru
The TERI Southern Regional Centre building is a judicious blend of technology and tradition that promotes energy
efficiency and sustainable development.
Library and Information Centre
The TERI library houses a wide array of resources on energy, environment, and sustainable development—from books,
journals, and papers to the world’s leading academic databases. A book digitization scanner — “Bookeye 4” — is
installed in the Library and Information Centre.
TERI Gram
TERI Gram is located on the outskirts of Delhi. It is a sustainable habitat consisting of residential as well as conference
facilities, powered by a specially designed renewable energy system to meet its energy requirements.
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Contributions to Journals and Proceedings
Biotechnology and
Management of Bioresources
Adholeya A, Singh R and Anand G. 2014. Can
smallholders make India food secure? ‘One World
South Asia’. Available at <http://southasia.oneworld.
net/peoplespeak/can-smallholders-make-indiafood-secure#.UwXDgGJ6WK4>.
Das M, Agarwal P, Singh R and Adholeya A. 2013.
A study of abandoned ash ponds reclaimed
through green cover development. International
Journal of Phytoremediation, 15: 320–329.
Das M, Goswami D, Anshuman and Adholeya A.
2014. Land Degradation, Water Scarcity and
Sustainability. In Handbook on Food: Demand
,Supply, Sustainability and Security (R Jha, R Gaiha
and A B Deolalikar, eds), Edward Elgar Publishing,
pp. 443–61.
Dhup S and Dhawan V. 2014. Effect of nitrogen
concentration on lipid productivity and fatty acid
composition of Monoraphidium sp. Bioresource
Technology 152: 572–575.
Gupta P, Sharma S, and Saxena S. 2014. Effect of
salts (NaCl and Na2CO3) on callus and suspension
culture of Stevia rebaudiana for steviol glycoside
production. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
172(6): 2894–2906.
Kannan DC and Pattarkine VM. 2014. Recovery of
lipids from algae. In Algal Biorefineries, Volume 1:
Cultivation of Cells and Products (Bajpai RK, Prokop
A, and Zappi M, eds), pp. 297–310. London: Springer.
Kannan DC. 2014. India Energy Security
Scenarios 2047—Bioenergy. Launched by
the Planning Commission. Available at <http://
planningcommission.nic.in/energy/energy.
php?sectors=energy_main>.
Singh R and Adholeya A. 2013. Diversity of AM
Fungi in Wheat Agro-climatic regions of India.
Virology and Mycology, 2: 2.
Sharma R K, Adholeya A, Das M, Puri A. 2013. Green
Materials for Sustainable Remediation of Metals
in Water. In Green Materials for Sustainable Water
Remediation and Treatment by The Royal Society of
Chemistry, DOI:10.1039/9781849735001-00011.
Sunkireddy P, Jha S N, Kanwar J R and Yadav S
C. 2013. Natural Antioxidant Biomolecules
Promises Future Nanomedicine Based Therapy
for Cataract. In Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
112: 554–562.
Barwal I, Sood A, Sharma M, Singh B and Yadav S C.
2013.* Development of stevioside pluronic f-68
copolymer PLA-nanoparticles as an antidiabetic
nanomedicine.
In
Colloids and Surfaces
B: Biointerfaces 10: 510–516.
Koul V, Adholeya A and Kochar M. 2014. Sphere of
influence of indole acetic acid and nitric oxide in
bacteria. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 54: 1–11.
Kochar M, Vaishnavi A, Upadhyay A and Srivastava
S. 2013. Bacterial Biosynthesis of Indole-3-acetic
acid: Signal Messenger Service. In Molecular
Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere, Volume 1,
Chapter 29, Wiley/Blackwell.
Kannan D C, Pattarkine V M. 2014. Recovery of Lipids
from Algae. In: Algal Biorefineries, Vol 1. (Rakesh K.
Bajpai, Ales Prokop and Mark Zappi, eds). pp. 297310.
Dhup S, Dhawan V. 2014. Effect of nitrogen
concentration on lipid productivity and fatty
acid composition of Monoraphidium sp. In
Bioresource Technology. 152: 572–575.
Kannan D C. 2014. India Energy Security
Scenarios 2047 – Bioenergy. Launched by
Planning Commission. Available at < http://
planningcommission.nic.in/energy/energy.
php?sectors=energy_main>.
Gupta P, Sharma S and Saxena S. 2014. Effect of salts
(NaCl and Na2CO3) on callus and suspension
culture of Stevia rebaudiana for Steviol

glycoside production. Applied Biochemistry and
Biotechnology. 172 (6) : 2894–2906.
Hazarika R, Neog B, Yadav R N S and Tripathi S B. 2013.
Genetic variability and diversity study on Bhut
jolokia (Capsicum chinense).In
Electronic
Journal of Plant Breeding 4 (1):1101-1107.
Sinha P,Negi M S, Sharma S S, Md Islam A and Tripathi
S B. 2013. Analysis of genome-wide homozygosity
in Jatropha curcas accessions using AFLP
markers. Int J Res Pharm Sci, 3: 191–201.
Sinha P, Tripathi S B. 2013. Molecular
characterization
of
Jatropha
genetic
resources through Amplified fragment length
polymorphism (AFLP) markers. International
Journal of ChemTech Research, 5: 735–740.
Dhar S R. 2014. Decrypting Calcium Signaling in
Plants: The Kinase Way. In Elucidation of Abiotic
Stress Signaling in Plants: A Functional Genomic
Perspective. Edited by GK Pandey. Springer Science,
New York.
Chanana N P and Chhabra N W. 2014.
Advancements in Plant tissue Culture: targeting
crop improvement. In Recent advances in plant cell
processing, Springer (In press).
Chanana N P and Mehra N. 2013. The Story of
P.E.O.P.L.E: Determination to Achieve Sustainable
Livelihoods. In Green Growth and Development
Quarterly, 1 (4).
Tripathi S B. 2013. Developing genetic resources
and tools in Jatropha for biotech assisted
improvement. Jatropha Updates, Thai Society
for Biotechnology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok,
Thailand.
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Basu S, Verma S, Singh RK, Batra VS, and Balakrishnan
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waste-derived extracts as sole carbon source.
International Journal of Environment and Waste
Management 14(3): 276–289.
Datta A and Mohanty P. 2013. A perspective on
enterprise GIS in India. IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter,
July 2013. Available at <http://smartgrid.ieee.org/
july-2013/907-a-perspective-on-enterprise-gis-inindia>.
Datta A, Mohanty P, and Gujar M. 2014. Accelerated
deployment of smart grid technologies in India:
Present scenario, challenges and way forward. In
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference,
2014 IEEE PES, 19–22 February 2014, Washington,
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Datta A and Mohanty P. 2013. Enterprise GIS and
smart electric grid for India’s power sector. In
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference,
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Datta A, Mohanty P, and Gujar M. 2013. Distributed
generation-based smart mini grid system using
NI CompactRIO and NI LabVIEW. NI.com, April
2013. Available at <http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/
doc/p/id/cs-15019>.
Datta A. 2014. Rooftop solar web-GIS tool for
Indian solar cities. Power Watch India 5(2): 87–88.
Dhingra S. 2013. Energy transitions related to
biomass gasification and its applications for
rural households and enterprises. In Clean Energy
Solutions: A Compilation of Studies from TERI India,
pp. 109–130. Washington, DC: TERI North America.
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smart-tech-in-promoting-distributed-generationbased-mini-grids.pdf>.
Dubey A, Basu S, Tewari PK, Singh RK, Batra VS, and
Balakrishnan M. 2013. Sewage treatment in a
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bioreactor with indigenous membranes from
bagasse ash. e-Planet 11(1): 1–4.
George AJ, Sundaray S, Sen R, Kumar N, and Mann L.
2013. Renewable energy sources and technology.
In TERI Energy and Environment Data Directory
and Yearbook, 2013–14, pp. 193–191. New Delhi:
TERI Press.
Gujar M, Datta A, and Mohanty P. 2013. Smart mini
grid: An innovative distributed generation based
energy system.In Innovative Smart GridTechnologiesAsia (ISGT Asia) Conference, 10–13 November, 2013,
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Kinjavdekar C. 2014. Global technological
advancements in CST for industrial process heat.
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Sharma N, Sarma PM, Tabacchioni S, Joshi P, and
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Sharma M, Varanasi JL, Jain P, Dureja P, Lal B,
Dominguiz-Benetton X, Pant D, and Sarma PM.
2013. Bioelectrocatalytic reduction of volatile
fatty acids to valuable chemicals using
sulphate reducing bacteria. Presentation made
at the International Conference on Advances in
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and X Convention
of the Biotech Research Society, 25–27 November
2013, Pune.
Sharma M, Dominguez-Benetton X, Sarma PM, and
Pant D. 2013. Bioelectrocatalyzed reduction of
organic acids by sulphate reducing bacteria.
Presentation made at the 64th Annual Meeting of
the International Society of Electrochemistry, 8–13
September 2013, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.
Dominguez-Benetton X, Sharma M, Sarma PM,
Alvarez-Gallego Y, and Pant D. 2013. Parametric
frequency response analysis of cathodic
SRB-electrocatalysis for acetic and butyric
acid reduction. Presentation made at the 9th
International Symposium on Electrochemical
Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS-2013), 16–21 June
2013, Okinawa, Japan.
Joshi P, Kwant K, Sharma N, and Sarma PM. 2013. A
related analysis of the biomass-related project
funding in India and EU for development of
future bio-based economy. Presentation made
at the International Conference on Advances in
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Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB 2013) and
X Convention of the Biotech Research Society, 25–27
November 2013, Pune, India.
Joshi P, Sharma N, and Sarma PM. 2013. Study
on biomass potential: A comparative analysis
of India and EU leading towards bio-based
economy. Presentation made at the International
Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER),
10–12 December 2013, Powai, India.
Sustainable Habitat
Jindal A. 2013. Organize Conference with UNEP on
South Asia en.lighten Initiative with UNEP in New
Delhi, September 2013.
Jindal A. 2014 Organize Conference with UNEP on
Ninth lites.asia Regional Lighting Policy Meeting in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2014.
Majumdar M. 2013. Solutions for inclusive, green
and sustainable urban development (building
and construction). Presentation made at Business
for the Environment (B4E) Global Submit 2013, 15
April 2013, New Delhi, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Labelling and certification
of commercial and residential buildings: Green
Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
(GRIHA). International Study Tour on Energy Efficiency
in Commercial and Residential Buildings, 22 August
2013, New Delhi, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. GRIHA case studies.
Presentation made at the 4th GRIHA Regional
Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Buildings,
15 November 2013, Bengaluru, India.
Majumdar M. 2014. Promoting energy efficiency:
Buildings and appliances. Presentation made at
UNIDO Workshop, 12 February 2014, Delhi, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Energy efficiency and smart
grid. Presentation made at The Economic Times India
Smart Grids Summit, 13 March 2013, New Delhi, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. PVC: Windows and green
buildings. Presentation made at the Vinyl India 2013,
3rd International PVC and Chlor-Alkali Conference,
11–12 April 2013, Mumbai, India.
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Majumdar M. 2013. Making Green Building
Investments Profitable. Interactive session:
Understanding the challenges and opportunities
“making green building investments profitable”.
A Training Programme for Financial Institutions and
Developers, 19 June 2013, Mumbai, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Grey to green: A journey
across the spectrum to achieve sustainability.
Presentation made at 2nd Annual iGen Design Forum
2013, 20 June 2013, Mumbai, India.
Majumdar M. 2013, GRIHA rating system for
campuses. Presentation made at One Day Workshop
on “Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
Applications in University Campus”, 19 July 2013,
Pune, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Energy efficiency and
buildings. Presentation made at Future of Cities
Forum 2013 in Hamburg, 7 September 2013,
Hamburg, Germany.
Majumdar M. 2013. About GRIHA Symposium on
Green Built Environment through GRIHA Platform,
19 September 2013, Indore, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Sustainable consumption and
production in built environment. First Asia Pacific
Meeting of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on
Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), 7
November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.
Majumdar M. 2013. Water management in
building. Presentation made at the 10th World
Plumbing
Conference
“Environment–Health–
Hygiene”, 14 November 2013, New Delhi, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Low carbon construction and
progress towards eco-towns. Presentation made
at Ecobuild India 2013, 16 April 2013, Mumbai, India.
Majumdar M. 2013. Energy efficient new
residential housing in India. Energy Efficient New
Residential Housing in India, 24 May 2013, Bengaluru,
India.
Kumar P. 2014. Need to develop design and
performance norms for efficient HVAC system
design. Presentation made at ACREX 2014,
7–9 March 2014, New Delhi, India.
Kumar P. 2014. Achieving energy efficiency in

existing buildings. Presentation made at HSBC,
16 January 2014, Delhi, India.
Kumar P. 2014. 2035 Sub-committee Draft Sectoral
Report on Habitat. To be submitted to Technology
Vision 2035, National Apex Committee (NAC).
Kumar P. 2013. Energy efficiency in existing HVAC
plants. Presentation made at Engineering Workshop
Organised by Armstrong, Canada, 21 November 2013,
Kolkata, India.
Kumar P. 2013. Simplifying simulation tool for
precise analysis of Energy performance of
buildings using original technical specifications
and part load data. Presentation made at Seminar
on Sustainable Architecture: Integrated Approach to
Energy-Efficient Building Design, 23 July 2013, New
Delhi, India.
Kumar P. 2013. Energy audit of energy systems in
buildings. Presentation made at MES, 20 June 2013,
Delhi, India.
Kumar P. 2013. Breaking 0.5 kW/TR barriers in
HVAC plant design in India. Presentation made
at Engineering Workshop Organized by Armstrong,
Canada, Bengaluru, as Chief Guest.
Zia H. 2014. Two sessions on co-benefits of
NAMA and NAMA in the context of sustainable
development as part of the Regional Workshop on
NAMA Development for the Building Sector, 17–18
March 2014, Bali, Indonesia.
Zia H. 2014. Curriculum Design, Facilitation for Elective
Course on Energy Efficient Buildings as Part of M. Tech
(UDM), June–July 2014, TERI University, Delhi.
Zia H. 2014. NRC-RAY Workshop, 13–14 March 2014,
Kolkata.
Zia H. 2014. Solutions for Sustainable Built
Environment and Settlements as part of BLISS 2014,
11 March 2014, TERI University.
Zia H. 2014. Seminar on Sustainable Urban
Development, 4 February 2014, TERI University, Delhi,
India.
Zia H. 2013, 2014. Role of PMC to facilitate
compliance of projects for GRIHA. NBCC
Workshop, 24 January 2014, TERI Gual Pahari,
Gurgaon, India.
Zia H. 2014. Water and wastewater management,
solid waste management in buildings.
Presentation as part of E & T, TERI University,
22 January 2014, New Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2014. Water and wastewater management
including rainwater harvesting in buildings and
neighbourhood. Presentation to Pak Delegation,
18 January 2014, Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. Training cum Awareness Workshop on
Energy Efficient Homes, 20 December 2013, Jaipur,
India.
Zia H. 2013. Co-benefits of green buildings
and habitat. Presentation made at International
Conference on “Urban Development with Climate Cobenefits: Aligning Climate, Environmental and Other
Development Goals in Cities”, 9 December 2013, New
Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. MDP-Biodiversity Conservation and
Ecosystem Management, 29 November 2013, New
Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. IGEF Presentation on Status and Lessons
Learned from IT Toolkit: Eneff Resbuild, 13 November
2013, New Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. Energy efficiency in new residential
housing in India. Presentation made through video
conferencing at the Nairobi Conference on ‘Financing
Green Building in Africa’, 17 September 2013.
Presentation as part of E & T Mumbai, 31 October
2013, Mumbai, India.
Zia H. 2013. Lecture on ‘Sustainable Buildings and
Habitat’ as part of M. Tech Course on UDM, 18
September 2013, TERI University, Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. MDP HUDCO Lecture for Town Planners,
23 August 2013, Delhi, India.
Presentation as part of E & T Delhi, 1 August 2013,
Delhi, India.
Presentation as part of E & T Mumbai, 28 June 2013,
Mumbai, India.
Zia H. 2013. Brainstorming Session on Identification
of Possible Areas of Cooperation on Alternate and
Emerging Housing Technologies, 12 June 2013, TERI,
New Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. Training cum Awareness Workshop on
Energy Efficient Homes, 2 July 2013, Pune, India.
Zia H. 2013. Training Workshop on Energy Efficient
Homes for Public Lending Institutions, 27 May 2013,
Delhi, India.
Zia H. 2013. Workshop on Sustainable Social Housing
Initiative, 25 April 2013, Delhi.
Zia H. 2013. Training Workshop for Implementation of
Guidelines, 14 April 2013, Bhutan.
Zia H. 2013. WHO Meeting, 9–11 April 2013,
Washington, DC.
Zia H. 2013. DISHA Outreach Program (Focus Group
Discussion), 25 March 2013, Goa.
Blogs
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Majumdar M. 2014. Going Green is a matter of
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2014. Available at <www.justprop.com/forum/67general-discussion/22543-going-green-is-a-matterof-survival>.
Majumdar M. 2013. Greener materials: Imperative
need for the sector. Economic Times, 19 November
2013. Available at <http://blogs.economictimes.
indiatimes.com/IssuesonSustainableHabitats/
entry/greener-materials-imperative-need-for-thesector>.
Majumdar M. 2013. Plan well for wellbeing.
Economic Times, 20 August 2013. Available at
<http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/
IssuesonSustainableHabitats/entry/plan-well-forwellbeing>.
Majumdar M. 2013. Cooling homes…heated
pockets. Economic Times, 5 June 2013. Available
at <http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/
IssuesonSustainableHabitats/entry/cooling-homesheated-pockets>.
Majumdar M. 2013. Glazed facades: Myths and
facts. Economic Times, 10 April 2013. Available at
<http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/
IssuesonSustainableHabitats/entry/glazed-facadesmyths-and-facts>.
Sharma D and Singh R. 2014. The experience of the
7 Indian ACCCRN cities: Lessons for replication,
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Financial Summary
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financial institutions, government agencies, grant-making bodies, and international academic institutions.
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About TERI
A dynamic and flexible organization with a global vision and a
local focus, TERI was established in 1974, with initial focus on
documentation and information dissemination. Research activities,
initiated towards the end of 1982, were rooted in TERI’s firm
conviction that efficient utilization of energy and sustainable use of
natural resources would propel the process of development.
All activities in TERI, the largest developing-country institution
working towards sustainability, move from formulating local and
national-level strategies to shaping global solutions to critical issues.
Buoyed by more than 30 years of excellence in research and
innovation, TERI is now poised for future growth, driven by a global
vision and outreach, with a philosophy that assigns primacy to
enterprise in government, industry, and individual actions.
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