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IIASA and India Highlights
January 2014
CONTENTS
1. Summary2. National Member Organization3. Research Partners4. Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights5. Capacity Building6. Further Information
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
Research partners 40 institutes in India
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
Research partners 40 institutes in India
Areas of research collaborations
Land, soil and water managementPathways to sustainable energy systemsTackling air pollutionDisaster risk managementPopulation projectionsEnergy and climate change modeling Forest management
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
Research partners 40 institutes in India
Areas of research collaborations
Land, soil and water managementPathways to sustainable energy systemsTackling air pollutionDisaster risk managementPopulation projectionsEnergy and climate change modeling Forest management
Capacity Building 25 young Indian scientists took part in IIASA’s capacity building programs17 training workshops in India
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
Research partners 40 institutes in India
Areas of research collaborations
Land, soil and water managementPathways to sustainable energy systemsTackling air pollutionDisaster risk managementPopulation projectionsEnergy and climate change modeling Forest management
Capacity Building 25 young Indian scientists took part in IIASA’s capacity building programs17 training workshops in India
Publication output 139 publications
SUMMARYNational Member Organization
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Membership start date 2007
Research partners 40 institutes in India
Areas of research collaborations
Land, soil and water managementPathways to sustainable energy systemsTackling air pollutionDisaster risk managementPopulation projectionsEnergy and climate change modeling Forest management
Capacity Building 25 young Indian scientists took part in IIASA’s capacity building programs17 training workshops in India
Publication output 139 publications
Events Over 460 Indian nationals at IIASA events
NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION
• Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
• Prof Ranjan, Executive Director, TIFAC is IIASA’s Council Member
• National committee for the India-IIASA Programme chaired by Dr Parikh, former member, Planning Commission, & Chairman, IRADe
RESEARCH PARTNERS
• 40 institutions in India, including: • Centre For Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) • Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) • Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad • Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)• Institute for Social and Economic Change • Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)• National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)• The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
Selected Highlights:• Sustaining and improving food security and
livelihoods in India• Global Energy Assessment and India• Tackling air pollution in India • Increasing India’s resilience to natural disasters• Projecting India’s future population
SUSTAINING AND IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS IN INDIAWater Management Climate Change
AdaptationSoil Nutrient
Balances
BundelkhandWater management tool to select measures to adapt to impending
scarcity of fresh water resources
GujaratIdentify strategies for
vulnerable rural communities to cope with the impending impacts of
climate change
KeralaEstablish a decision support system for
sustainable soil management in different
agro-ecological environments
GIS/DSS:Spatial assessment and interactive data access
system
Policy Options for Sustaining and Improving Food Security and Livelihoods
• Adaptation to climate change• Water management options• Soil nutrient management
GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND INDIA
• GEA co-Chair, 4 convening lead analysts, and several lead analysts were Indians
• GEA’s energy scenarios developed into a global energy vision for India till 2050 with IRADe
• Spin-off report on GEA’s insights into providing two billion access to clean modern energy had focus on India
• UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All initiative adopted GEA’s key findings and IIASA with TERI providing knowledge to achieve these objectives
2010 2020 20300
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0.15
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0.25
0.3
Additional population that needs to be electrified to achieve uni-versal electrification by 2030
65 kWh420 kWh
No. o
f peo
ple
(billi
ons)
POPULATION NEEDING NEW CONNECTIONS TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS BY 2030 IN INDIA
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.075
CO2 MITIGATION IN MAJOR ECONOMIES IN 2°C REGIMES
van Sluisveld, M.A.E., Gernaat, D.E.H.J., Ashinab, S., Calvin, K.V. Garg, A., Isaac, M., Lucas, P.L., Mouratiadou, I., Otto, A.A.C., Rao , S., Shukla, P.R., van Vliet, J., van Vuuren, D.P., : Regional differences in mitigation efforts across modeled current and emerging major
economies in 2°C regimes. Special Issue, Climate Change Economics (LIMITS)
TACKLING AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA
• GAINS ASIA identified advanced air pollution measures for India for next 20 years which will:
• Increase life expectancy by 2.8 years• Avoid 2.5 million premature deaths• Pay for themselves by improving health, reducing lost work
days, and increasing productivity
DOI: 10.1021/es402867r
INCREASING INDIA’S RESILIENCE
DOI: 10.5595/idrim.2012.0033
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.22 Billion
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATIONRAPID DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Projections 2030 - SSP1
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.5 Billion
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATIONRAPID DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Projections 2060 - SSP1
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.5 Billion
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.22 Billion
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATIONSTALLED DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Projections 2030 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.6 Billion
PROJECTING INDIA’S FUTURE POPULATIONSTALLED DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
100000 75000 50000 25000 0 25000 50000 75000 100000
India - Projections 2060 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales2.1 Billion
IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON POPULATIONRAPID VERSUS STALLED DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
1000
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5000
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000 0
2500
050
000
7500
0
1000
00
India - Projections 2060 - SSP1
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales1.5 Billion
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
1000
0075
000
5000
025
000 0
2500
050
000
7500
0
1000
00
India - Projections 2060 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Age
(in
Yea
rs)
FemalesMales2.1 Billion
WATER AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
• Gulbenkian Think Tank on Water and the Future of Humanity
• Members include: Sunita Narain, Director-General, Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi & Pavel Kabat, Director-General IIASA
• Changes to the way we access, provide and use water
CAPACITY BUILDING
20 Indian nationals won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program between 2007 and 2013
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS• Narasimha Rao (2011-2013): Relationship between electricity
access, livelihoods and carbon dioxide emissions in India. (7 journal articles)
• Tapas Mishra (2007-2008): Demography and economic growth. (7 journal articles)
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS• Upasna Sharma • PhD: Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay• Postdoc with IIASA’s risk and
vulnerability team 2009-2011• Researched reducing vulnerability to
natural disasters in India and published 5 journal articles.
• E.g. Compared landslide management in India and Italy and found landslide risk benefits from a decentralized approach.
• Today: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and continues to collaborate with IIASA
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0300-8
ACADEMIC TRAINING WORKSHOPS
• 17 workshops in India since 2007, including:• CEPT University, Ahmedabad (2011)• Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal (2010)• Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), (2012)• Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (2010)• International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai (2010)• International Training Programme Air Pollution Management,
Pune (2010)• Madras School of Economics, Madras (2010)• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI),
Nagpur, (2012)• National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee (2011)• National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies
(NISTADS), New Delhi (2009)
THANK YOU
Further InformationIIASA and INDIA
www.iiasa.ac.at/indiaIndia-IIASA ProgrammeTIFAC (www.tifac.org)[email protected]