Completed Projects

The second phase of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) project was launched on April 1, 2019 with the aim to strengthen evidence supporting effective community-driven forest landscape restoration and its linkages with formal and customary rights. The study was a part of a larger research programme to expand existing knowledge on restoration, land and forest rights and climate change in to understand the role that communities play in FLR and the large climate change discourse.

Objectives of the project:

• Assess the risks posed by existing or proposed FLR initiatives which don’t effectively address the rights of IPs and local communities.
• Combine the evidence to make a strong case of incorporating forest and land rights as a core strategy of FLR and highlight best practices.
• Better inform policy makers and climate finance community on the importance of tenure security for the sequestration of carbon and achieving sustainable development goals through FLR.
• Categorize countries/ regions based on demographic, political and socio-economic attributes and provide a guidance mechanism to determine priorities for FLR investments to maximize social and ecological benefits.

Bharti Institute of Public Policy had undertaken the agroforestry project in an agreement with The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya. The primary goal was to develop a data visualization tool that will help harness the potential of trees on farms to meet biodiversity targets. Termed the ‘Trees on Farms for Biodiversity’, the project was launched in March 2019.

This project had two main goals :

• Data Visualization : Develop an online interactive data visualization tool that will help collect, manage and share key facts and evidences in relation to agroforestry.
• Manage Visualization : Populate, manage and share the visualization of numerical facts and evidences with key stakeholders.

• The Bharti Institute worked for the Department of Water Supply & Sanitation (DWSS) Govt. of Punjab. 
• A study on the Techno-Economic aspects was completed to recommend the best and cost-effective Water Metering System to be installed in Large Surface Water Supply Scheme at Moga, Punjab. The draft report was been submitted.

• The team at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy worked on the Finance Commission, Government of India on “Evaluation of State Finances of Punjab”, and “Evaluation of State Finances of Telangana”.
• The draft report containing recommendations to improve financial performance of the States was submitted respectively.

The Objective:

• To secure future of clean energy in India by aiding the design & Implementation of policies that encourage energy efficiency & renewable resources

This research project is on health and agricultural impacts of coal-fired power plants in India. This project is funded by the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, and a collaboration between Bharti Institute, Climate Policy Initiative, and SSEF. This has the approval of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (without funding). This was approved in June 2016.

• Commonwealth Secretariat Case Study on UPSC:  Public  Sector Governance Unit, Commonwealth Secretariat, awarded Professor Prajapati Trivedi a consultancy to write a case study on the Union Public Service Commission of India. (new project)
• The case study is completed and submitted to Commonwealth Secretariat Case Study.

• CSF is funding work on following two initiatives – Quality of Education Management Index (QEMI) and Education Management and Accountability Toolkit (EMAT).
• QEMI is intended to be a ‘leading’ indicator of quality of management of school education system in the State.
• EMAT is envisaged to be a toolkit for State Governments to improve the performance of their School Education Departments.

• The objective of the project was to identify the potential of cold supply chain in Fruits-and-Vegetable distribution in India
• The project analyzed  the ‘Potential of cold-chain for Fruit-and- Vegetable Distribution in India’ with a case study on a particular supply chain for 'kinnow' fruit. The data (costs and revenues) for the supply chain was collected and the profitability was calculated for all stakeholders investing in cold chain. The impact of food wastage and carbon in the supply chain was also studied.

• The objective of the book would be to give the reader a coherent, wholesome view of all important aspects related to the past, present and future of coal in India.
• The book would focus on the unique account of the management of coal resources in India. Citing interviews, cases and intriguing data, the book will scrutinize policy decisions that have led to the virtual stagnation of the coal industry, along with critical shortages and the Supreme Court’s reprimand. More specifically, the book will carefully examine the process followed for allocation of denationalized coal blocks, the effects of this allocation, and also the retention of Coal India’s monopoly of majority of coal resources.

• Rights and Resources Group and the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB) are collaborating on the project Forest Tenure Security Index, under the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). 
• The objective of the project is to develop a comparative index of forest tenure security. Dr. Ashwini Chhatre, as the lead of this project for the Indian School of Business, will evaluate the data sources and potential indicators, and conduct expert consultations in order to develop a robust framework for assessing tenure security across countries.
• The Tenure Security Index will first be piloted using data from all states in India. It is also intended that the framework of the Forest Tenure Security Index will be applied to three additional countries.

• To launch a Mission to assist DCI with the finalization of their KPIs for the year 2016-17
• This is a preliminary scoping mission and its primary objective is to understand the requirements of the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) with regard to the technical support required to support their on-going efforts to develop a truly world-class system of KPIs.

• Development of training modules on various themes of governance and capacity building of the faculty of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) and the National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR).
• This project will be done in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of India.

• The Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business developed a framework analyzing government interventions in food economy with a special focus on, (i) steadily rising MSP for cereals, (ii) burgeoning buffer stocks for cereals, (iii) persistent food inflation and (iv) increasing food subsidies.
• The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

• The briefs describe the key policies and legislation on the subject, provide an overview of the relevant public debates and parliamentary action.
• The team prepared internal briefs and policy briefs (for policy-makers) focusing on education, child labour, child marriage, malnutrition and sanitation.

• The Government of India launched the RMSA in March 2009 with the objective of enhancing access to secondary education (Class 9th and 10th) and improving the quality. Some of the important quality improvement interventions provided under the scheme are: (a) appointment of additional teachers; (b) focus on Science, Math and English education; (c) in-service training of teachers; (d) science laboratories; (e) ICT enabled education; (f) curriculum reforms; and (g) teaching learning reforms.
• The World Bank is supporting the Government of India in implementing the RMSA. In order to understand the challenges of implementing RMSA, the World Bank plans to undertake a set of studies that will examine issues which have direct import on the objectives of the government for RMSA.
• The Bharti Institute of Public Policy has been assigned to undertake a study to examine teacher recruitment and education policies of states and Union Territories.

• UNICEF India has identified advocacy as a key strategy to influence and leverage government resources and align government policies and other stakeholders towards its core priorities - nutrition, child survival, child marriage and labour, sanitation and education.  UNICEF seeks to engage with elected representatives in focused manner so that it is able to achieve its aim of influencing policies, laws, programmes and resource allocation in support of the rights of women and children and to accelerate achievement towards the Millennium Development Goals.
• The Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business would support the activities of UNICEF by preparation of internal briefs and Policy Briefs on key issues and Tracking of developments in Parliament regarding key UNICEF advocacy issues
• Research study on stakeholder reaction to new policing approach: Bharti Institute has taken up a commissioned research project for the Bureau of Police R&D to study stakeholder reaction to a new approach to policing experimented with in Bihar in controlling a mob situation in the wake of the murder of a caste-militia leader in mid-2012. The research is under progress.

• Research study on understanding stakeholders reaction to police action in violent mob situation
• The project was commissioned by Bureau of Police research Development (BPRD)

• The objective of the project was to assess the effectiveness of outsourcing a key Government service and its effect on the accountability and efficiency of the Police system.
• Bharti Institute has been commissioned to do an evaluation of the 181 helpline service instituted by Punjab Police, Prof. Siddharth Singh is the faculty advisor to the team at the Bharti Institute being led by Sukhmeet Singh.
• Three districts were covered in Sep 2016 for collecting the primary data: Ludhiana, Fathegarh Sahib and Mohali. These primary findings are being analyzed and collated and a draft of the report is being prepared.