Events of CSEC
An institutional level collaboration has established between the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi today. Thus, the Centre for Studies on Environment and Climate (CSEC) at ADRI, Patna has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arun Duggal Centre of Excellence for Research in Climate Change and Air Pollution (CERCA) at IIT-D to strengthen the policy-based research at regional-level pertaining to environment and climate change.
CSEC-ADRI, who is closely working with the state government to support evidence-based policy research in the field air pollution, water resources management, climate change mitigation, etc,. Whereas, CERCA-IIT-D has been working towards devising solutions to fight air pollution and promote scientific research in the field of environment in India. The collaboration envisages strong handholding support from the regional level to the national and international agenda by identifying collaborative action for evidence-based policy research, broadly in the thematic areas like - Air Quality Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental Resources, and Data Governance, along with organizing scholarly events for demonstration or dissemination of research outcomes of State’s interests. Further the collaboration calls forth identifying opportunities for further extended collaborations with agencies/ institutions with similar interests.