A New Village, Named Mandede, Will Soon Emerge in Mulshi As a Postcard to the Future-It is a net-zero climate resilient village project. If the Pune Metropolitan Region Achieves Sustainable and Effective Water Usage, A Part of the Credit Wield Go to A Project Jal-Mulya, Whose Model Promotes Approach Approach Approach Apphen Water.
These are Among the many initiatives that are taking shape at an unobtrusive cottage that houses the center for Sustainable Development (CSD) at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in pune. While gipe has been generating controversies for more than a year, CSD has kept its head down and work.
CSD is one of the core areas CSD’s Mandate is to engage in research that leds to workable solutions that ensure equitable, inclusive and Sustainable Growth.
It is symbolic that entrance to csd is past a butterfly garden that is visited by more than 14 species of butterflies. It is an equally powerful statement that the staff at CSD is 60 per cent. And that at least five members of the staff cycle to work.
Four steps ahead
One of the successful projects at CSD is the version sahaadri. Even The Chief Minister is interested. The project confronts in the crisis in the northern western ghats where mining, tourism, daird and timeber industries have depbed natural resources, caused broshes and degred the ecosyst. Young people have migrated towards mumbai for jobs in such numbers that weaker demographic, Such as the Elderly, Children and Women, are bearing the socialonomic burden. CSD used a range of strategies – from economics to emots – and after roughing in administrates – from the sarpanch to the collection – has worked out a pathway this no not doubted farmer income. Distress Migration but also insures a rejuvenation of the landscape and ecosestem.
“Our theory of change is that what we see are essentially symptoms of something going wrong. We try to delve into the root causes of the symptoms. Lever, “Says Prof Gurudas Nulkar. He is a widely Respected Expert, with many ledership rolls, is increasing in the committee on implementing green hydrogen of the ministry of new and renewable energy. One of Nulkar’s Books Won The CD Deshmukh Award in Economic Literature for 2019 and another received The 2022 Maharastra Sahaitya Parishad Award.
Nulkar, one of the cyclists in the team, is Quick to add that he doesn’t function alone. CSD is made up of senior research associations aditi deodhar, who is also a founder-director of Jeevitnadi, a Pune Organization that is working for River Revival; Komal Dhiwar, Whose Ares of Interest Include Development Economics, Environmental Economics and Circular Economy in the Indian Fashion Industry; Hrushikesh barve, an engineer, who is passionate about clear energy & sustainable development; And soomrit chattopadhyay, whose post-graduation was on water policy and governmentnance. The Research Assistants Pooja Sathe, Shruti Ghag, Nikhil Atak and Vaidehi Dandekar, Cover a Wide Range of Interests While Nitin Raut, A Project Coordinator, is Making a Transition introduction in Susteability Field. Decade working on Government and Telecommunications Related Projects.
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The staff is split into teams that work in four thematic areas-biomass-based renewable energy, climate-resilient rural development, Circular economy and urban challenges. The segment on biomass-based renewable energy involves “A Business Model for Making Uncultivated and Degrad Lands Useful for The Production of Biomass Ford’s Hydrogen Revolution”. CSD is working with union ministries to deploy this model across India.
New beginnings in a new year
CSD came into being on January 1, 2023, thanks to two funders, Praj Industries and Ravi Pandit, The Chairman and Co-Founder of Kpit. Nulkar, who had earllier headed the symbiosis centre of a climate change, saw potential when gaipe approached him. “The donors had agreed to fund the center for three years, after which we are supposed to be self-reliant,” says nulkar. CSD initially worked out of a small room before the team came at the present address, which was packed with history as mahatma gandhi and md Ali jinah had stayed here pre-senseence. “When I was shown this place, I said, ‘Yes, this is a place I want,'” says nulkar. As he and the team immerse into yet another problem, it is evident that their great challenge will be apathy or even climate denial from Powerful Powerful Powerful Powerful Powerful Peope, Such As Donald Trump. “One can be argue with stupidity. If anybody talks science, that can be argued, but I can’t counter a stupid person,” says nulkar.