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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

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Media Interaction on Impending Rural Crisis

Raipur Press Club, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Saturday, April 11, 2015, 11 a.m. National growth needs to be supported by a booming rural economy. Yet, all is not upbeat in rural India. A dip in wages, declining investments in rural schemes and agriculture, extreme weather events and changing rainfall patterns along with a host of other factors combine to indicate an impending rural crisis. We invite you to join Centre for Science and Environment experts in a discussion at the Raipur Press Club. Registration is on the spot and free.

Handholding support for Preparation of City Sanitation Plans in Telangana state: CSE - GIZ joint training programme(s)

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Decentralised Wastewater Treatment

A way to manage septage in Shimla CSE has submitted a report on septage management in Shimla as a part of its deliverable as Centre of Excellence in the area of Water Management under Ministry of Urban Development. Shimla city, being highly undulating encounter problems in laying conventional, gravity flow sewer lines that will connect each and every house in all residential areas.