The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Founded in 1974, TERI began as a knowledge centre to cultivate action-oriented research in areas of climate change, environment, energy, and sustainable development. Over the next 4 decades, TERI’s work expanded manifold. It worked with the government to create policies for energy conservation. On the other hand, it worked at the grassroots, developing energy efficiency solutions for India’s small and medium businesses. TERI also worked intensively towards developing lighting and cooking solutions that have impacted over 5.3 million people in India and Africa. It pioneered the use of biotechnology in the petroleum and agriculture sectors in India. It initiated a distinguished series of annual summits, now known as the World Sustainable Development Summit, one of the largest international events dedicated to accelerating the pursuit of sustainable development.

Today, TERI is recognized as an independent, multi-dimensional organization, with capabilities in research, policy, consultancy and implementation. TERI’s work across several sectors is focused on

• Promoting efficient use of resources
• Increasing access and uptake of sustainable inputs and practices
• Reducing the impact on environment and climate

TERI’s research, and research based solutions have had a transformative impact on industry as well as communities. It has fostered international collaboration on sustainability action by creating a number of platforms and forums.

Research lies at the core of TERI’s work. TERI’s core strategies include translating its research into development of:

• Policy advisory: including interdisciplinary and integrated policy research and analysis, financing and business model development, consultancy and advisory, engagement and outreach, and capacity building among policy makers, academics, and youth
• Technology products: including technology development, demonstration through pilots, replication and scaling up, large scale production, and commercialization as well as capacity building among manufacturers, operators, and users
• Technical services: including consultancy and advisory, creating standard operating procedures, strategy development for corporates, testing and verification as well as capacity building and handholding of stakeholders

Headquartered in New Delhi, TERI has regional centres and campuses in Gurugram, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Mumbai, Panaji, and Nainital. TERI’s 1200-plus team of scientists, sociologists, economists and engineers delivers insightful, high quality action-oriented research and transformative solutions supported by state- of-the-art infrastructure.

TERI’s mission is to usher transitions to a cleaner and sustainable future through the conservation and efficient use of energy and other resources, and innovative ways of minimizing and reusing waste.

• The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is the annual flagship Track II initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Instituted in 2001, in 2021, the Summit series marked 20 years in its journey of making ‘sustainable development’ a globally shared goal. Over the past two decades, the Summit platform has pioneered conversations by bringing together governments, scholars, corporates, youth groups, thought leaders, and civil society representatives from across the world.
• TERI Gram located in Gurugram, 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).