Agriculture Climate Energy Environment Habitat Health & Nutrition Resources   Seventeenth Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture: 'India moving to the centre stage of global energy scenario'   Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) delivered the 2018 Foundation Day lecture at TERI on the topic 'The Global Energy Outlook and the Increasing Role of India'. Saying that India has tremendous potential for solar and wind power, he added that it is critical that India increase its investments in the energy sector. The future is electrifying, spurred by cooling, electric vehicles & digitalisation, he said. The lead discussants at the event were Dr Navroz Dubash, Professor, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), and Sumant Sinha, Chairman and CEO, ReNew Power. Presiding over the ceremony, Shri R K Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Power; and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, encouraged TERI to play a larger role in policy formulation towards India’s energy transition.   Upcoming events   High-level GCAS Official Affiliate Event: India Climate Actions 12th September, 2018     Training programmes on 'Social Impact Assessment, Resettlement and Rehabilitation' 10th-14th September, 2018   Anjora - The light TERI's Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) and Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) joined hands to implement JEEViKA, a collaboration supported by various other organisations. Under this collaboration, JEEViKA committed to support 50000 un-electrified households with clean cooking and lighting solutions in the backward districts of Bihar.     In conversation with Prem Shankar Jha This month, we begin a series called Conversations@TERI to highlight ideas, thoughts and actions that can help build a safer and cleaner world. In the first of this series, noted author Prem Shankar Jha compels us to imagine a future, in which India is no longer dependent on the use of fossil fuels. With hard facts, Jha speaks about the untapped potential and economic viability of two technologies- concentrated solar thermal power and thermo chemical conversion of biomass into transport fuel. Jha has dived deep into these possibilities in his recently published book 'Dawn of the Solar Age - An End to Global Warming and to Fear'. Click on the button below to watch the video. We would love to hear your feedback.       A look at TERI's research and development centre in Gurugram   In 1985, a piece of rugged land in Gurugram's Gwal Pahari village was granted to TERI by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to build its research and development centre. Guided by some of the finest minds such as architect Ashok Lall and forester A.N. Chaturvedi, the largely barren and desolate land was transformed into a sustainable habitat over the next few years. Now known as TERI Gram, it houses state-of-the-art facilities for developing green technologies, along with a residency called RETREAT (Resource-Efficient TERI Retreat for Environmental Awareness and Training).         Copyright © 2018 TERI TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003, INDIA Tel. (+91 11) 2468 2100, Fax (+91 11) 2468 2144 and 2468 2145, E-mail mailbox@teri.res.in Unsubscribe | View in browser