Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources1 Institute for Social and Economic Change Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560072 Website: www.isec.ac.in 9. Research Studies * 9.2. Completed Sl. No. Project Title 1. Evaluation of Udyogini Scheme in Karnataka 2. 3. 5. Vulnerability Index Project under EOAM The Impact of Forest Coffee Certification Schemes on the SocioEconomic Sustainability: Case Studies from Health and Livelihoods of Community and Traditional Medicinal Plants: SWOT of Two Agroclimatic Zones of India Gender and Governance in Rural Services 6. Eco-threats of E-Waste: A Case Study of Bangalore City 7. Review of Developmental Programmes and Schemes of the Departments of Forest, Ecology and Environment Towards Improving Participatory Irrigation and Performance of Water Users Associations under JICA Assisted Irrigation Projects in India - Understanding the Institutional Dynamics, Performance and Benefits 4. 8. 1 Sponsorer Dr. K G Gayathri Devi Dr. S Erappa Dr. G.S. Sastry Dr. Bibhu Prasad Nayak Dr. K. Lenin Babu Dr. K.G. Gayathri Devi Dr. Regina Birner (IFPRI) & Dr. Madhushree Sekher (TISS, Mumbai) Dr. S. Manasi Dr. Bibhu Prasad Nayak Dr. Sunil Nautiyal Dr. R.S. Deshpande Dr. S. Manasi Dr. Bibhu Prasad Nayak Dr. K. Lenin Babu For details please contact respective authors (earlier Ecological Economics Unit) K V Raju, email: kvraju@isec.ac.in; M V Nadkarni, email: Mv_Nadkarni@rediffmail.com; R M Saleth. Email: r.saleth@cgiar.org; K N Ninan, email: ninan@isec.ac.in; Syed Ajmal Pasha, email: pasha@isec.ac.in; G S Sastry, email: Coordinator gssastry@isec.ac.in 1 Project Staff Date of Commencement Date of Completion June 2011 March 2011 May 2011 December 2010 December 2010 December 2010 December 2010 December 2010 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Forest Resources and Economic Growth: An Enquiry into the Growth Linkages of Forest Cover in Indian States Climate Change, Agriculture, Poverty and Livelihoods: A Status Report Evaluation of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of Uruguay Round on Supply Chain: A study on Tea sector of Nilgiri region of South India Urban Influence on Rural and Peri-urban Landscapes: Socioeconomic and Ecological Perspective Comprehensive District Development Plan (CDDP) Jajpur District (Orissa State) 14. To create content and learning modules for a mobile ecology laboratory 15. Strategy and Methodology for Improved IWRM – An Integrated Interdisciplinary Assessment in Four Twinning River Basins 16. Making Decentralisation and Local Governance Work for the Rural Poor: Lessons from India 17. Review and Strategy Guidelines and Institutional Mechanisms for Watershed Programs in India 18. 19. Electricity Pricing in Karnataka: An Analysis Quality Standards in International Markets: Challenges and Consequences for Smallholders and Tea Processors in Developing Countries Strategic Integrated Environmental and Social Assessment 20. Dr. Bibhu Prasad Nayak Dr. Sunil Nautiyal K.N. Ninan ISEC October 2010 Satyasiba Bedamatta -- September 2009 November 2007 Prapulla February 2009 July 2008 August 2010 SANEI, Islamabad, Pakistan K.V. Raju K. Lenin Babu ISEC Sunil Nautiyal Government of Orissa Bibhu Prasad Nayak R.S. Deshpande Agastya Foundation International, Bangalore Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway K.V. Raju K. Lenin Babu November 2007 November 2009 K.V. Raju S. Manasi S. Puttaswamaiah N. Latha Umesh Babu M.S. Harish Kumara B.K. -- July 2006 November 2009 November 2007 April 2009 K.V. Raju Madhushree Sekher December 2006 April 2009 K.N. Ninan K.V. Raju -K. Lenin Babu Jan. 2007 April 2007 March 2009 May 2007 K.V. Raju R.S. Deshpande July 2006 December International Food Policy Research Institute, USA International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Hyderabad ISEC University of Copenhagen, Denmark I&CAD, 2 K.V. Raju Madhushree Sekher August 2010 August 2010 February 2010 21. Multi-level Environmental Governance and Sustainable Local Management of Natural Resources 22. Global Scoping Study on Ecosystem Services 23. Tank Systems in the Mid-Godavari Basin – Valuation of Ecological, Economic and Social Services Urban Water Supplies: Emerging Alternatives – Case Study of the extent of Ground Water Use and its Implications in Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum Cities 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Role of Market Based Instruments in Industrial Pollution Abatement: A Comparative Study of India and France Rapid Assessment of Socio-Economic Aspects of Upper Bhadra Project Water Pricing and Productivity – A Review of Evidences with Special Reference to India Eleventh Finance Commission's Grants for Administrative Upgradation and Effective Service Delivery in Karnataka: with special reference to development and welfare programmes, 29. Rapid Assessment of Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh 30 Socio-economic and Ecological Feasibility Study of the Riparian Floodplain Restoration Programme for Increased Stream Flows Urban Infrastructure Imperative and Rain Water Harvesting: Opportunities and Challenges 31 Government of A.P. IFARInternational Food Policy Research Institute, USA World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) World Wide Fund (WWF) Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation, Bangalore ISEC, Bangalore Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited, Bangalore ISEC, Bangalore Finance Department, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore Development Support Centre, Ahmedabad SRTT SRTT Fellowship, in collaboration 3 K. Lenin Babu 2007 Madhushree Sekher Harish Kumara B.K. September 2006 July 2007 K.V. Raju Madhushree Sekher N. Latha S. Manasi K. Lenin Babu S. Manasi N. Latha N. Deepa Hema Nagaraj February 2006 December 2007 April 2005 December 2007 June 2007 K.V. Raju K.V. Raju G.S. Sastry -- Raju, K.V., S. Puttaswamaiah K. Lenin Babu K.N. Ninan -- Syed Ajmal Pasha -- K.V. Raju August 2005 January 2005 February 3, 2006 March 2006 March 16, 2006 January 1, 2006 April/June 2004 June 30,2006 Shashidhara H.L. January 2005 July 2005 Malavika Chauhan Kavitha B July 2004 March 2005 Syed Ajmal Pasha -- July 2004 March 2005 December 2005 32 Alternatives to Rural Water Supply: A Study of Gujarat and Karnataka 33 Institutions for Rural Infrastructure: Emerging Trends. 34 Energy use and policy in France and lessons for India 35 The Environmental Kuznet’s Curve – Evidences with Indian and Japanese Data Livestock-Environment Interactions: Issues, Problems and Prospects Urban Water Supply: A Comparative Study between Bangalore and Paris Urbanisation and Karnataka Environment 36 37 38 with Dr.K.V.M. Varambally, Director, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal International Water Management Institute-TATA International Food Policy Research Institute ISEC, Bangalore ISEC, Bangalore K.V. Raju -- May 2003 September 2004 K.V. Raju -- May 2003 September 2004 K.N. Ninan -- April 2002 K.N. Ninan -- Syed Ajmal Pasha -- January 2004 August 2001 September 2003 June 2005 SRTT G.S. Sastry -- Planning Commission G.S. Sastry -- 4 November 2003 September 2003 October 2004