SR

Projects

Status of the Projects

Funding Agency

Grant Amount

1.      

Multi-Hazard Mapping and preparation of Disaster Management Plan for Twenty Four Industrial estates in Goa

Ongoing

Centre for Environment Education (CEE)

16.58 lakhs

2.      

Understanding the impact of climate change on photosynthesis and forest productivity from cellular to ecosystem level

Ongoing

Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF)

10 lakhs

3.      

LULUCF sector Studies for India’s First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR-1), Fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR-2), and Fourth National Communication (4nc)

Ongoing

MOEFCC

 25 lakhs

4.      

Modelling Forest Phenological Parameters from Time Series Remote Sensing data (Outcome of the project)

Ongoing

ISRO

29.07 lakhs

5.      

Assessing the Impact of Climate change on mountain communities in Spiti Basin

Ongoing

ISRO

24.84 lakhs

6.  

Assessment and Monitoring of tree biodiversity in semi-evergreen Forests in Goa

Completed

GSBB

3.00 lakhs

7.      

From NDCs to pathways and Policies: Transformative climate Action After Paris

Completed

IDDRI, Paris, France

13.30 lakhs

8.    

Capacity Building for modelling India's Long-term Land use emissions

Completed

ISEF,

30,643 dollars

9.      

Third National Inventory: GHG emissions from the LULUCF sector

Completed

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi

10.   

Scenarios for carbon sequestration potential in India’s forest sector in context of global goals of limiting warming below 1.5degC and 2degC and in context of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and Bonn Challenge on reclamation of degraded

lands

Completed

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India

Total budget INR 41.00 lakh in partnership with IIM Ahmedabad, BITS independent share = INR24 Lakh

11.   

The Climate Vulnerability in Mint Cropping System in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh

Completed

IORA Ecological Solutions

4.72 Lakhs

12.   

Studying the ecology of wetland and importance of monitoring natural wetland Ecosystem

Completed

Forest Department, Govt. of Jharkhand

17.00 lakhs

13.   

Undertaking study for mapping forest arears vulnerable to climate change in India based on high resolution computer model based projections

Completed

Forest Survey of India

9.13 lakhs

14.   

Implications of Ujjawala scheme for forest conservation efforts in the state of Jharkhand

Completed

Forest Department, Govt. of Jharkhand

9.68 lakhs

15.   

Preparation of Goa state Action plan on climate change, concept note and DPR

Completed

NABARD

3.65 lakhs

16.    

Studying the climate vulnerability in peanut cropping system in Gujarat

Completed

IORA Ecological Solutions

2.75 Lakhs

17.    

Climate Change Impact Assessment in Thiruvananthapuram Division Kerala

Completed

IORA Ecological Solutions

4.81Lakhs

18.    

Risk & Uncertainty Assessment for Railway Infrastructure due to Impacts of Climate Change

Completed

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

2.24 Lakhs

19.   A consortium project titled “Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST)” led by IIASA, Vienna, Austria, with BITS Pilan Goa campus listed as a National member Organization partner (NMO), has been sanctioned on 7th July 2022, for a total consortium funding of EUR 200,000/- over three years.