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TERI

The Energy and Resources Institute

New Delhi, India

Environment & ClimateCommunity developmentPoverty & HungerEmployment & Skills
Think tankInternational reach
Profile last updated: May 5, 2026

About

TERI is a think tank based in New Delhi, India working on environment & climate, community development, poverty & hunger +1 more.

TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) is a not-for-profit policy research organisation working in energy, environment and sustainable development. Its work covers industrial energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, electricity and fuels, energy assessment and modelling, climate science and climate policy, and sustainable agriculture, including bio-based inputs and nano-biotechnology for farmers. It also runs livelihood and skills initiatives for rural communities and youth, and carries out projects with partners in India and abroad, including Guyana and Bhutan. Its headquarters are in New Delhi, with regional centres across India.

Location

New Delhi, India

Organisation type

Think tank

Legal name

The Energy and Resources Institute

Focus areas

climate changeenergy transitionsustainable agriculturepolicy researchrenewable energyenergy efficiencybiofertiliserrural livelihoods

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & ClimateCommunity developmentPoverty & HungerEmployment & Skills

Works for

CommunitiesWomen & GirlsYouth

How they work

ResearchCapacity buildingAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Innovate4Environment

Employment & Skills · India, United Kingdom

A UK-India youth skills programme building climate-relevant technical and employability skills among young people.

Bakshi Ka Talab medicinal plants and solar technology project

Poverty & Hunger · India

A NABARD-supported project in Bakshi Ka Talab, Uttar Pradesh, that boosts farmers' incomes through medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation and solar technology integration in agriculture.

Responsible Energy Initiative India

Environment & Climate · India

An initiative under which TERI conducts assessments such as the Responsible Agri-PV baseline study of an agrivoltaics pilot in Telangana.

RECAP4NDC

Environment & Climate · India

Work connecting policy and finance for landscape restoration in Gujarat.

Countries of operation

IndiaGuyanaBhutan

UN Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 1 No povertySDG 2 Zero hungerSDG 7 Affordable and clean energySDG 13 Climate action

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

UNMAI Carbon Solutions, NABARD, CFCL, Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana, Renkube Pvt. Ltd.

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