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India’s Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) represents India and its scholarly community at IIASA. TIFAC has established a national committee for the India–IIASA Programme to oversee research collaborations and capacity-building activities between the Indian research community and IIASA.
Main areas of collaborations:
Improving land, soil, and water management in India
Energy and climate change modeling
Increasing India’s resilience to natural disasters
Projecting India’s demographic changes
Managing India’s forests for the future
Smart ways to clean up India’s air
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News
14 August 2023
IIASA Director General's mission to India: paving the way for sustainable growth and collaborative partnerships
IIASA Director General, Albert van Jaarsveld, visited New Delhi from 27 to 29 July 2023. This trip marked a momentous opportunity for IIASA to strengthen its ties with India and global partners, as well as contribute to the advancement of the Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy.
08 August 2023
Decarbonizing India's road transportation brings major co-benefits, notably reducing air pollution
India's road transport transition requires energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources to combat emissions growth and air pollution.
06 June 2023
New book sheds light on adult mortality in India
A new book titled, Adult Mortality in India: Trends, Socioeconomic Disparities, and Consequences, provides an in-depth analysis of adult mortality patterns in the country and addresses crucial issues related to public health and policy.
Events
05 September 2022 Virtual event
fairSTREAM open-house project meeting
10 August 2022 New Delhi
International Conference: Systems Analysis for Enabling Integrated Policy Making
06 January 2022 Virtual, New Delhi
Science, technology, and innovation policy for reducing disaster risk in India
Focus
19 September 2023
Engaging communities in resilience planning: Insights from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance learning event
IIASA researchers Teresa Deubelli-Hwang and Jung Hee Hyun share insights from a decade of collaborating on fostering flood resilience in communities around the world following a recent Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance learning event.
26 June 2023
Citizen science: Co-creating a better future
Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Citizen science is the new buzzword. Science is no longer confined to ivory towers, it is something that anyone and everyone can participate in. With numerous citizen science initiatives around the world, you can be anything from an astronomer for a day, counting stars in the night sky, to a marine biologist decoding whale sounds.
23 June 2023
Q&A: At the intersection of sustainability and economic growth
Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Q&A with IIASA Honorary Scholar Prof. Kirit Parikh, a long time IIASA collaborator and supporter of the institute's Young Scientists Summer Program.
Publications
Chandel, R.S., Kanga, S., Singh, S.K., Ðurin, B., Oršulić, O.B., Dogančić, D., & Hunt, J. (2023). Assessing Sustainable Ecotourism Opportunities in Western Rajasthan, India, through Advanced Geospatial Technologies. Sustainability 15 (14) e11473. 10.3390/su151411473. Hagen, I., Allen, S., S.Bahinipati, C., Frey, H., Huggel, C., Karabaczek, V., Kienberger, S., Mechler, R. , Menk, L., & Schinko, T. (2023). A reality check for the applicability of comprehensive climate risk assessment and management: Experiences from Peru, India and Austria. Climate Risk Management e100534. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100534. (In Press) DeFries, R., Liang, S., Chhatre, A., Davis, K.F., Ghosh, S., Rao, N. , & Singh, D. (2023). Climate resilience of dry season cereals in India. Scientific Reports 13 (1) e9960. 10.1038/s41598-023-37109-w. Moradhvaj, M., Yildiz, D. , & K.C., S. (2023). The Role of Maternal Education in Reducing Excess Deaths among Girls in India. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-006 K.C., S. & Moradhvaj, M. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the age-sex pattern of COVID-19 deaths in India. Asian Population Studies 1-20. 10.1080/17441730.2023.2193077. Moradhvaj, M. & K.C., S. (2023). Differential impact of maternal education on under-five mortality in rural and urban India. Health & Place 80 p. 102987. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102987.