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Capacity Building Workshop on UAV/Drone Applications in Environment and Natural Resources Management: A Hands-on training Program
Event Overview
TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERISAS), Emerson Centre for Sustainability Studies, TERISAS in Collaboration with Hokkaido University, Japan, IIT Roorkee and IIT BHU, are organizing "Environment and Natural Resources Management: A Hands-on training Program".
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)/Drones have gained significant attention in sectors such as agriculture and natural resource management due to their ability to provide efficient, cost-effective, and precise solutions for monitoring, data collection, and decision-making. As these applications continue to grow, there is an increasing need for workshops and capacity-building initiatives to equip stakeholders-such as farmers, natural resource managers, researchers, and policymakers-with the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to harness the full potential of UAV technology.
Register Now
Capacity Development Programme on Energy Management:
Event Overview
Our centre is excited to host the Capacity Development Programme on Energy Management, a focused training designed to empower professionals with the latest knowledge and skills in energy management. Recognising energy management as a vital tool for boosting industrial cost competitiveness and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this program will train professionals in various dimensions of energy use such as thermal and electrical, while also addressing current policy frameworks, energy assessment techniques, and audit processes. Participants will get the opportunity to learn from real-world case studies that will enrich their learning experience with practical insights.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for early to mid-career professionals from industries, government institutions, public sector units, corporate organisations, higher educational institutions, funding agencies, and research scholars keen on advancing their expertise in energy management.
Event Details
• Duration: 2 days
• Dates: Proposed for the 3rd - 4th week of January 2025
• Venue: TERI SAS Campus
Join us to advance your skills in energy management and contribute to a sustainable future!
Thematic Track at WSDS 2025 – Building Leadership for Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education Institutions:
Event Overview
The Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies (CoE) is thrilled to announce its thematic track, Building Leadership for Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), at the upcoming World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2025. This year’s summit is scheduled from March 5th -7th, 2025, and will emphasise developing Partnerships for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions, focusing on collaborative, solution-driven approaches to address global sustainability challenges.
Thematic Track Details
Our track will be on March 5th, 2025, from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM at Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, as a pre-event discussion. This session will bring together prominent voices from key institutions such as the University Grants Commission, NITI Aayog, leading colleges and universities, think tanks, and other organisations committed to advancing carbon neutrality in the higher education sector.
Objective
Past Events
Resource Efficiency and ESG leading to net zero
The certificate course waste about training participants on key aspects of resource management at the industry level and achieving resource efficiency which not only reduced environmental footprint of their operations but also results into reducing GHG emissions arising from resource saving. The participants were also exposed to conducting resource efficiency cleaner production audits along with case studies on how different resources – energy, water and raw materials can be conserved leading to financial savings as well.
Sustainable Packaging for Circular Economy
The source on sustainable packaging looked at addressing the present problem of using low value plastics as packaging materials, looking at various plastic packaging alternatives like glass, paper, and bio based materials. Use of life cycle assessment approach to decide most suitable packaging alternative and also advantages and disadvantages of each of the plastic packaging alternatives. The advance phase of the course also covered kind of care which is taken while producing packaging intended to be used for packaging food items to avoid contamination.
Life Cycle Assessment and product benchmarking
All the products introduced in the market have certain environmental impacts and industry now-a-days is looking for option which has least environmental impact. Life Cycle Assessment is one such tool which can be used while designing the product so that its has minimal impact on the environment including contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The course therefore was structured towards training the participants on the basic aspects of LCA, and how it can b e used by the industry to design a product with minimal environmental impact.
News
NCS National Roundtable
The Emerson Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainability Studies at TERI SAS organized the National Roundtable on Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) with support from The Nature Conservancy (TNC). This National Roundtable was a culmination of 16 State-level Roundtables organised through collaboration with the State Forest Departments in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand.
Deliberations from Prof. Shaleen Singhal, Director Emerson CoE, TERI SAS, Project In-Charge, NCS; Prof. Suman Kumar Dhar, Vice Chancellor TERI SAS; Mr William McGoldrick, Regional Managing Director of Asia Pacific, TNC; Dr. Anjali Acharya, Managing Director, Nature Conservancy India Solutions (NCIS); Mr Rajesh S Kumar, IFS, Inspector General of Forests, Government of India; Smt. Kanchan Devi, DG, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE); Dr. N Bala, ICFRE; Dr. Deep Narayan Pandey, (Former PCCF HoFF, Rajasthan) Senior Consultant, NCS, TERI SAS; Dr. Sudipto Chatterjee, Program Director, NCIS, enriched the discussions at the National Roundtable.
Senior level forest officials, practitioners from think tanks, faculty members, PhD Scholars, Post- graduate scholars from various colleges, joined the event on campus and through online mode.
Capacity Building Workshop on UAV/Drone Applications in Environment and Natural Resources Management: A Hands-on training Program
Event Overview
TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERISAS), Emerson Centre for Sustainability Studies, TERISAS in Collaboration with Hokkaido University, Japan, IIT Roorkee and IIT BHU, are organizing "Environment and Natural Resources Management: A Hands-on training Program".
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)/Drones have gained significant attention in sectors such as agriculture and natural resource management due to their ability to provide efficient, cost-effective, and precise solutions for monitoring, data collection, and decision-making. As these applications continue to grow, there is an increasing need for workshops and capacity-building initiatives to equip stakeholders-such as farmers, natural resource managers, researchers, and policymakers-with the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to harness the full potential of UAV technology.
Register Now
Capacity Development Programme on Energy Management:
Event Overview
Our centre is excited to host the Capacity Development Programme on Energy Management, a focused training designed to empower professionals with the latest knowledge and skills in energy management. Recognising energy management as a vital tool for boosting industrial cost competitiveness and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this program will train professionals in various dimensions of energy use such as thermal and electrical, while also addressing current policy frameworks, energy assessment techniques, and audit processes. Participants will get the opportunity to learn from real-world case studies that will enrich their learning experience with practical insights.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for early to mid-career professionals from industries, government institutions, public sector units, corporate organisations, higher educational institutions, funding agencies, and research scholars keen on advancing their expertise in energy management.
Event Details
• Duration: 2 days
• Dates: Proposed for the 3rd - 4th week of January 2025
• Venue: TERI SAS Campus
Join us to advance your skills in energy management and contribute to a sustainable future!
Thematic Track at WSDS 2025 – Building Leadership for Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education Institutions:
Event Overview
The Emerson Centre of Excellence for Sustainability Studies (CoE) is thrilled to announce its thematic track, Building Leadership for Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), at the upcoming World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2025. This year’s summit is scheduled from March 5th -7th, 2025, and will emphasise developing Partnerships for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions, focusing on collaborative, solution-driven approaches to address global sustainability challenges.
Thematic Track Details
Our track will be on March 5th, 2025, from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM at Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, as a pre-event discussion. This session will bring together prominent voices from key institutions such as the University Grants Commission, NITI Aayog, leading colleges and universities, think tanks, and other organisations committed to advancing carbon neutrality in the higher education sector.
Objective
The session will explore how HEIs can lead in achieving carbon neutrality, sharing successful strategies and insights, and setting an action-oriented agenda that supports India’s climate neutrality goals of 2070 through educational innovation and sectoral leadership. Join us for this impactful session as we build partnerships that drive sustainable change in higher education!
Past Events
Resource Efficiency and ESG leading to net zero
The certificate course waste about training participants on key aspects of resource management at the industry level and achieving resource efficiency which not only reduced environmental footprint of their operations but also results into reducing GHG emissions arising from resource saving. The participants were also exposed to conducting resource efficiency cleaner production audits along with case studies on how different resources – energy, water and raw materials can be conserved leading to financial savings as well.
Sustainable Packaging for Circular Economy
The source on sustainable packaging looked at addressing the present problem of using low value plastics as packaging materials, looking at various plastic packaging alternatives like glass, paper, and bio based materials. Use of life cycle assessment approach to decide most suitable packaging alternative and also advantages and disadvantages of each of the plastic packaging alternatives. The advance phase of the course also covered kind of care which is taken while producing packaging intended to be used for packaging food items to avoid contamination.
Life Cycle Assessment and product benchmarking
All the products introduced in the market have certain environmental impacts and industry now-a-days is looking for option which has least environmental impact. Life Cycle Assessment is one such tool which can be used while designing the product so that its has minimal impact on the environment including contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The course therefore was structured towards training the participants on the basic aspects of LCA, and how it can b e used by the industry to design a product with minimal environmental impact.
News
NCS National Roundtable
The Emerson Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainability Studies at TERI SAS organized the National Roundtable on Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) with support from The Nature Conservancy (TNC). This National Roundtable was a culmination of 16 State-level Roundtables organised through collaboration with the State Forest Departments in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand.
Deliberations from Prof. Shaleen Singhal, Director Emerson CoE, TERI SAS, Project In-Charge, NCS; Prof. Suman Kumar Dhar, Vice Chancellor TERI SAS; Mr William McGoldrick, Regional Managing Director of Asia Pacific, TNC; Dr. Anjali Acharya, Managing Director, Nature Conservancy India Solutions (NCIS); Mr Rajesh S Kumar, IFS, Inspector General of Forests, Government of India; Smt. Kanchan Devi, DG, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE); Dr. N Bala, ICFRE; Dr. Deep Narayan Pandey, (Former PCCF HoFF, Rajasthan) Senior Consultant, NCS, TERI SAS; Dr. Sudipto Chatterjee, Program Director, NCIS, enriched the discussions at the National Roundtable.
Senior level forest officials, practitioners from think tanks, faculty members, PhD Scholars, Post- graduate scholars from various colleges, joined the event on campus and through online mode.