Our Work

The CSD works on four major themes: 

  • Biomass-based renewable energy: We have crafted a business model for making uncultivated and degraded lands useful for the production of biomass for India’s hydrogen revolution. We are working closely with ministries in the central government to deploy this model across India. 
  • Climate-resilient rural development: In this theme we work on two major projects: Project Mandede—a model netzero climate-resilient village—and Journey from Conflict to Coexistence, crop damage by wild animals. 
  • Circular economy: In this theme, we are working on solving the marine lube-oil pollution problem on India’s coastline and Mission City Chakra, which aims are ‘refusing’ plastic and making behavioural changes for waste management. 
  • Urban challenges: We are working on project Jal-Mulya, which is on urban drinking water.