BUILDING BETTER: Certificate Course for Sustainable Building Practices and Policies

April 15-17, 2015. CSE organised a training programme on ‘Sustainable building policies and practices’ exclusively for the CPWD officers from different technical backgrounds. The three day programme aimed to deepen the understanding of existing policies, their potential and constraints in promoting efficient use of resources and minimizing waste in public buildings.  The programme explored the scope of harmonizing the policy-driven and market-driven approaches to accelerate the adoption of resource-efficient practices in buildings. 

International Training Workshop

  India- Africa Experience Sharing Workshop / Training Programme         International Training Programme on Mainstreaming Sustainable Urban Water Management Date: March 23-26, 2015 Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka  

Question and answer

Media Team? Sheeba Madan Programme Officer ? 0091-8860659190 sheeba@cseindia.org? Rakhi Jain Deputy Programme Manager ?0091-? 8130041469 rakhi.jain@cseindia.org Anupam Srivastava Associate Director 0091-9910093893 asrivastava@cseindia.org Souparno Banerjee Programme Director 0091- 9910864339 souparno@cseindia.org   Blogs   The paranoia of pedestrian(s) Aug 29, 2012 A reflection on 'walkability' in South Asia By: Papia Samajdar A 'kurz' overview CSE Fellowship Media Briefing on 'Backs to the wall: Tigers, tiger habitats and conservation' By: Papia Samajdar    

Contact Address

  Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla   Programme Director   Email: srohilla@cseindia.org   Partner Websites      

Draft Agenda

Press Release:Feb. 28, 2014 Decentralised renewable energy is the solution to India's energy poverty Programme Brochure - Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014 [pdf] Concept Note [pdf] Factsheet [pdf] Presentations (Day 2) Session 1 Scaling up Renewable – a possible proposition? By: Nayanjyoti Goswami, Programme Director CSE Scaling up Renewable Energy in India By: Dr. Praveen Saxena, Advisor Ministry of new and Renewable Energy Government of India Session 2 Case for changing India's approach to solar By: Jasmeet Khurana,Head-Market Intelligence Bridge to India Session 3 Green norms for wind power By: Kanchan Kumar Agrawal, Programme Officer CSE Wind Resource Assessment By: Ranjit Bharvirkar, Advisor Regulatory Assistance Project Session 4 State of renewable energy A citizen’s report By: CSE Presentations (Day 1) Session 1 Energy Access and Renewables: Is a Leapfrog Possible? By: Sunita Narain, Director General CSE Energy Access and Renewable Energy By: Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri, Secretary Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Challenge of Energy Access in India By: Shri B.K Chaturvedi Session 2 “The chulha trap” Energy access for health security of the poor By: Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Executive Director CSE Why uptake of Improved Cook Stoves and Biogas plants has been slow in rural India? By: Priyadarshini Karve Samuchit Enviro Tech Prakti: Smart stoves for smart cooks By: Mouhsine Serrar Session 3 De-centralised Micro Grids in India By: Anshuman Lath, Co-Founder Gram Oorja Electricity Access through Decentralized Distributed Generation: Financing Issues & Challenges By: Mr. B.V. Rao Scaling up DECENTRALISED renewables for rural electrification By: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General CSE Session 4 Sustainable Energy Access in India - Enabling Factors By: Shirish Sinha, Senior Thematic Advisor – Climate Change, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation News Clippings Greater Kashmir | March 03, 2014 JK signs MoU for 7,500 MW solar power generation Greater Kashmir | March 02, 2014 JK non-performer in renewable energy: Report Central Chronicle | March 01, 2014 Renewable energy key to solve power crisis CSE BOOK State of Renewable Energy in India A Citizen's Report