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The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Member since 2007
Council Member

Pradeep Srivastava

Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Technology Bhavan, AI Block, 5th Floor, New Mehrauli Road
110016, New Delhi

NMO Secretary

Ms. Sangeeta Baksi

Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Technology Bhavan, AI Block, 5th Floor, New Mehrauli Road
110016, New Delhi

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:

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Improving land, soil, and water management in India

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Energy and climate change modeling

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Increasing India’s resilience to natural disasters

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Projecting India’s demographic changes

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Managing India’s forests for the future

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Smart ways to clean up India’s air

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News

Mountain spring water flowing out of a rock

22 September 2022

An integrated modeling framework to assess surface and groundwater resources

Against the backdrop of climate change and rising water demand, tools for adequately modeling water availability are much needed. In a new study, researchers applied a large-scale model linking surface water to groundwater, which can be used for estimating water resources at a high spatial resolution.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

29 April 2022

FairSTREAM updates

In 2021, the fairSTREAM project was selected as one of the first high impact Strategic Initiatives at IIASA. Below is an update on what the project has achieved to date.

Strategic Initiatives (SI)

Tractor spreading fertilizer on field before planting

13 September 2021

Balancing food security and nitrogen use

Environmental targets to limit excess nitrogen require the large-scale deployment of dedicated nitrogen mitigation strategies to avoid a strong increase in the risk of food insecurity. Without these measures, the amount of dietary energy available to people would be greatly reduced, which would in turn lead to high food prices and an increase in the number of undernourished people.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Focus

Dhobi Khana at Veli in Fort Kochi, where the Tamil-speaking Vannan community carry out laundry works, the profession practiced by the community traditionally. Hand washed clothes drying in sunlight in Cochin, India.

02 September 2022

Why one size does not fit all

Pooja Ramamurthi is a 2022 Young Summer Scientist Program (YSSP) participant. This summer, she is exploring the fascinating intersection between energy consumption, social norms and attitudes, and cultural differences.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental Impact (MESSAGEix) India United States of America

21 October 2021

United scenarios

Policy Brief #31, October 2021. A harmonized scenario framework can help to align national climate policies with global goals.

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Publications

Patange, O. , Garg, A., & Jayaswal, S. (2022). An integrated bottom-up optimization to investigate the role of BECCS in transitioning towards a net-zero energy system: A case study from Gujarat, India. Energy 255 e124508. 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124508.

Dimitrova, A., Marois, G., Kiesewetter, G., Rafaj, P. , Pachauri, S. , K.C., S., Olmos, S., Rasella, D., & Tonne, C. (2022). Projecting the impact of air pollution on child stunting in India – synergies and trade-offs between climate change mitigation, ambient air quality control, and clean cooking access. Environmental Research Letters 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e89. (In Press)

Jha, C.K., Ghosh, R.K., Saxena, S., Singh, V., Mosnier, A., Perez Guzman, K. , Stevanović, M., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. (2022). Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-022-01193-0.

Marois, G. , Zhelenkova, E., & Ali, B. (2022). Labour Force Projections in India Until 2060 and Implications for the Demographic Dividend. Social Indicators Research 10.1007/s11205-022-02968-9. (In Press)

Wang, X., Folberth, C. , Skalský, R. , Wang, S., Chen, B., Liu, Y., Chen, J., & Balkovič, J. (2022). Crop calendar optimization for climate change adaptation in rice-based multiple cropping systems of India and Bangladesh. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 315 e108830. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108830.

Bhar, S., Lele, S., & Rao, N. (2022). Beyond income: correlates of conspicuous and luxury consumption in India. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 18 (1) 142-157. 10.1080/15487733.2022.2029041.