Text Box: EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING OBTAINED

 

Industry-or Government sponsored R&D projects

· Issues and Strategies Required for EIP Implementation in Ulsan, South Korea - Identified Based on Multi-actor Group Questionnaire Survey (2009) –Funded by BRAINPOOL Programme, Government of Korea  - Sudhakar Yedla and Hung-Suck Park, Ulsan EIP Center, University of Ulsan, South Korea.

    Responsibility      : Lead Author

· Book Writing Proposal on “URBAN TRANSPORTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT – Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Funded by IGIDR and Published by Narosa Publishers, India – Funds drawn from research projects funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

    Responsibility      : Project Leader and Author

· Establishment of Center for Energy and Environment, a Project Proposed under a scheme of “establishing 50 centers of excellence” by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India (with a proposed budget of about Rs. 100 Million) (2009) – in the finalization stage

    Responsibility      : Project developer and Coordinator (leader)

· Development of Low Cost Filter for the Removal of Pesticides from Water, A project being considered and finalized under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Government of India (with a proposed budget of Rs. 3 Million) – 2010

    Responsibility      : Principal Investigator and Project Leader

· Scoping Paper for the Establishment of a UNESCAP Eco-City Development Award (2008), A consultancy project funded by ESD Division of UN-ESCAP, Bangkok

    Responsibility      : Lead Author

· Strategies for promotion of energy efficient and emission reduction technologies in urban transport sector in selected Asian countries – A multinational research project funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) under the scheme of Asia Regional Research Programme on Energy, Environment and Climate Change Phase II (ARRPEEC Phase III) – Work involved Air quality modeling from non-point sources

    Responsibility      : Project Director (leader) (2002-2007)

· Analysis of technological alternatives for mitigating environmental emissions from the urban transport system in selected Asian countries – A multinational research project funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) under the scheme of Asia Regional Research Programme on Energy, Environment and Climate Change Phase II (ARRPEEC Phase II)

          Responsibility      : Project Investigator (1998-2001)

· “Socio-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing Countries” – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

          Responsibility      : In-charge for the Module on Environment (leader) (2002-2003)

· Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Estimation and Selection of Economically Feasible Abatement Methodologyfunded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the scheme of “Fast track proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001”

          Responsibility      : Principal Investigator (leader) (2001-2003)

 

Text Box: Industry-or Government-sponsored consulting assignments

· Cleaner Mobility in Urban Areas, Incremental cost analysis and Development of full project proposal for GEF, for the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India and UNDP

          Responsibility      : Incremental cost expert/consultant (February 2006 –March 2007)

· Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Development of Relocation & Rehabilitation Plan for a Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit at Lanjigarh, Orissa, India funded by Tata AIG Risk Management Services Ltd., India

          Responsibility      : Project Coordinator (leader) (2001-2002)

· Evolution of Environment in Mumbai, A Commission paper from Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

          Responsibility      : Lead Author (leader) (2002)

 

Capacity Building Programmes

· EETCPN Environmental Economics Training Program for the Private Corporate Sector under The World Bank’s EERC Project

          Responsibility      : Program Coordinator (leader) (June/July, 2000)

· Environmental Economics Training Programme under the sponsorship of the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, held at IGIDR, Mumbai

          Responsibility      : Program Coordinator (leader) (July 13-16, 2000)

 

Academic Programmes

· Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management to be held on 9-10 January 2009 by IGIDR, Mumbai, India

· Organizing Committee Member, “How to Bring the Global Concerns into Urban Context”, Organized by the Urban Environmental Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005

· Organized a Brainstorming/Inceptions Workshop on “Policies for the promotion of energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in urban transportation sector in India, 19th November, 2003, IGIDR, Mumbai, India

· Organizing Committee Member, Symposium on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, IGIDR, 6 – 7 July 2003.

· Organizing Committee Member, Inception workshop of Role of Agriculture (ROA) project funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 21-22 September 2002.

· Organizing Committee Member for the session “Energy Policy Issues and Power Sector Reforms” and “Environmental Management: Local and Global issues” in the “International Symposium on Development Policies for the Next Millennium” being held at IGIDR in July’00.