Environment and Energy



Ongoing Projects

  • A report on the impact of Energy Efficiency schemes in Tamil Nadu

  • Offshore wind energy in India

  • Energy Policy – A roadmap to 2050


Completed Projects

  • Workshop on Energy Efficiency and Engineering - IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai

  • Workshop on Growth & Environment Conference, New Delhi

  • Cheyyur 4000 MW UMPP – Financial Analysis and Study

  • Stateholder Consulation meeting on Energy Efficiency in Industrial Motors

  • Fast Tracking Nepalese Economy Recovery And Development

  • A Discussion On Road Maps For Accelerating Nepal’s Economic Progress


Our priority areas:

  • Energy efficiency in SMEs

  • Policy options to reduce carbon intensity

  • Develop and launch carbon indexing of Indian listed companies

  • Low carbon energy efficient LED technology in street lighting

  • Energy – water nexus

  • Decentralized generation and Rural electrification

  • Electronic waste / Bio-medical waste management in TN / India

  • Urban eco-systems and environmental management in TN / India – focusing on drinking water, air pollution and solid waste management

Foreign Policy


Ongoing Projects

  • Reviving India – Nepal Relationship

  • A Report On India – Taiwan Technological And Economic Cooperation


Completed Projects

  • Fast Tracking Nepalese Economy Recovery And Development

  • A Discussion On Road Maps For Accelerating Nepal’s Economic Progress



Our priority areas:

  • India’s role as a global actor

  • Vision paper for developing a long term policy* towards every neighbouring country (Pak, SL, Nepal, Bangladesh) and every region (SAARC, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, ASEAN) and every major economy (US, China, Russia, Japan)

  • Shaping India’s foreign policy in the 21st century

  • Sovereignty tradeoffs and international institutions

  • Humanitarian intervention – revisiting India’s stance in need of the broader role India should play as a global actor based on its values and its strategic goals

  • India’s nuclear politics

  • The state of India’s defence industries

  • Geo-political implications of resource distribution

  • The states’ role in framing India’s neighbourhood policy