"Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies" launched at TERI School of Advanced Studies on June 30, 2022, as a part of their long-term collaborative relationship. The Centre will focus on promoting and strengthening research based learning on key areas of sustainability. The Centre shall align with the 'Greening With' theme of the sustainability agenda of Emerson.
Mr. Michael Train, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Emerson and Dr. Amit Paithankar, Managing Director, South Asia, Emerson, Prof. Prateek Sharma, VC TERI SAS and Prof. Shaleen Singhal, Dean (Research and Partnerships), faculty members of TERI SAS and Emerson delegation members, launched the Centre of Excellence.
Professor Shaleen Singhal is Director of the Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies. Dr Singhal had served the Dean positions at TERI SAS from 2020-24. He had been a Visiting Fulbright Professor at Yale University in 2018, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and had been the Lecturer in Sustainability Design at University of Ulster, UK. He has over 27 years of research, consulting, teaching, and academic administration experience in India and the UK. He is a board member of ProSPER.Net alliance in Asia-Pacific region; member of the Technical Advisory Committee, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat; and member of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project Council, US. He led establishment of the Emerson Centre at TERI SAS and had also worked with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Tata Trusts towards establishing a think tank focusing on applied sustainability solutions. ... Read More
Dr Sapan Thapar, Associate Professor
Dr Sapan Thapar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sustainable Engineering, TERI School of Advanced Studies. He completed his doctoral research as well as Masters, both in the field of energy, from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr Thapar, a certified Energy Manager, has over two decade long experience in the energy sector, with expertise in energy policy, green finance and energy efficiency. He has several research publications to his credit. In the past, Dr Thapar has been associated with IREDA (a government of India financial institution), The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) and Tata Consultancy Services (Energy Division)... Read More
Dr Anand Madhukar, Assistant Professor
Dr. Anand Madhukar presently works as Assistant Professor at TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), New Delhi, India. He also serves as Program Coordinator for M.Sc. (Climate Science and Policy), Member (Board of Studies) for the Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Coordinator for TERI SAS participation in UNFCCC COP events, Member (Institute Innovation Council/IIC), and Member (Doctoral Programme Executive Committee) at TERI SAS. He has supervised 16 master's theses (including masters students from Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, JC Bose University of Science & Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, and TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi) and is guiding doctoral students as part of their Student Research Committee (SRC) or as Supervisor... Read More
Dr Chandan Kumar, Assistant Professor
Dr Kumar holds expertise in Demographic and Public Health issues. Possessing his academic training in disciplines such as Geography, Population Studies, and Development Economics, Dr. Kumar embraces an authentic command in dealing with a wide spectrum of population development research with the application of a multidisciplinary approach. He is an alumnus of University of Oslo, Norway and University of Dundee, Scotland, where he has completed his course work in “International Development Studies” and “Epidemiology and Global Health”, respectively. Before joining to TERI SAS, Dr. Kumar dispensed his services to the Uttar Pradesh-Technical Support Unit (UP-TSU), Lucknow Office, at the behest of the India Health Action Trust under the supervision of the University of Manitoba, Canada... Read More
Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, TERI
Dr Suneel Pandey is Senior Fellow and Director, Environment & Waste Management Division, TERI. In addition, he is affiliate faculty member, Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies. He has more than 30 years of consultancy/ research experience in the areas of municipal, industrial and hospital waste management, plastic waste management, waste-to-energy issues, impact assessment, air, water and soil quality monitoring, site assessments, performance evaluation of ETP and institutional strengthening and capacity building. He has obtained his Ph. D. degree in hazardous waste characterization from Nagpur University while working as Project Fellow at NEERI, Nagpur... Read More
