Driving Sustainable Innovation for a Greener Future
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Circularity
The transition to a circular economy is essential to ensure sustainable use of resources, reduce environmental impact, and build resilient communities. Our efforts focus on promoting reuse, recycling, and sustainable materials management through innovation, capacity building, and community engagement.
Energy Transition & Decarbonization
A sustainable future depends on how effectively we shift to low-carbon energy systems. We support innovations and collaborations that drive clean energy adoption, improve energy efficiency, and accelerate industrial decarbonization. Our work spans cutting-edge technologies, policy support, and sector-wide transformation.
Clean Mobility
Sustainable mobility is central to reducing emissions and building smart, connected communities. We focus on enabling clean mobility solutions through training, innovation, and ecosystem development that support electric vehicles and related infrastructure.
Innovation & Startups
- We nurture early-stage ventures working on sustainability challenges, providing them access to funding, mentorship, and platforms to scale.
- SISF, Energy Leap
Mission-Aligned Projects
- We implement projects aligned with national and state priorities, piloting real-world solutions and facilitating technology deployment across sectors.
- Green Hydrogen Valley, Roadmap for Green Hydrogen, JICA Projects, RAMP, Alternate Chemistry battery Energy storage, DREAMS project
International Collaborations
- We engage with global partners to share knowledge, co-develop solutions, and strengthen sustainability outcomes through joint efforts.
Ecosystem Building
- We convene stakeholders, establish Centers of Excellence, and advocate for forward-looking policies to drive systemic and scalable change.
- Smart EV Training center, CoE on e waste, Coe on ai for sustainability, International Cluster on Green Energy Materials for Sustainability, Inter Cluster Collaboration
Ecosystem
Smart EV Skilling Centre
Project Objective
- Setup a MSME industry focused EV skilling center in collaboration with ni-msme, EV skilling players and international collaborators
Role of RICH
As an ecosystem enabler, RICH is involved in defining the structure of program, onboarding and defining roles and responsibilities of the partner institutions and securing CSR funding for setting up labs in the EV skilling center. Global Wales offered a weeklong immersion session to Indian engineering colleges to showcase its capabilities.
Impact
- Impart employable skills to students from Tier 2 & Tier 3 regions and marginalized communities, and address the manpower requirements of the MSME sector players in the EV industry
- Develop a self sustainable model for international collaboration in the skill development and capacity building area
- Establish strong collaboration between ni-msme and EV industry for internships and employment of students
- Offer internationally recognized EV courses along with international partners like NPTC and Global Wales
Project Partners
Smart EV Skilling Centre
Project Objective
- The project aims to setup a CoE on AI for Sustainability and ensure future readiness of the nation in using AI technologies for Sustainable Cities, Energy, Waste & Water Management, Governance etc.
Role of RICH
Ensure alignment between Research and industry in the AI for Sustainability area
- Contribute with subject matter expertise in Sustainability, Life Sciences and Agriculture fields
- Liaison between municipalities, civic administration and IIT Hyderabad for ensuring access to real world data for training AI models
- Develop robust mechanisms for access to high quality data and data sharing templates between multiple agencies
Impact
Promotes industry facing research and IP generation in the AI area and development of skilled resources for industry
- Open AI models delivered for public consumption as a part of the CoE.
- Approaches for data sharing between multiple agencies for better management of issues such as Traffic management, Civic issues tracking and resolution, Smart Cities, Energy, Disaster management etc.
- Future readiness of country to handle a swift and efficient transition to AI driven future.
Project Partners
International Center on Green Energy
Project Objective
- The project aims to setup a CoE on Green Energy focusing on Energy Materials, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency and Energy Transition Technologies
Project End Beneficiary
- Clean Tech Industry, Government, Research institutions, Startups
Role of RICH
Onboard key industry partners for funding the CoE, and international research partners for joint research
- Ensure alignment between Research and industry in the Cleantech and Energy areas
- Promote Entrepreneurship and accelerate technology transfer to industries
Impact
Promotes industry facing research and IP generation in the Green Energy area
- Development of Skilled manpower for the clean tech industry
- Future readiness in Energy materials, Energy Storage, Energy Transition and Decarbonisation areas.
- Indigenisation of technologies and positioning India as a key player in accelerating the pace of innovation in the above themes
Project Partners
Projects
Green Hydrogen Valley
DREAMS project
Greening MSME
Raising & Accelerating MSME Productivity (RAMP)
Project Objective
- Identify MSME clusters with high Resource Intensity (Energy, Water, Material) and assist in the green transition of over 2000 MSMEs in Telangana over the next 2 years.
Project End Beneficiary
- MSME’s, Power companies
Role of RICH
Oversee the project implementation for RAMP scheme focusing on Energy Efficiency and Technology solutions.
- Work with MSME’s on awareness creation, onboarding industries, designing solutions and implementation on ground
- Create a dashboard of energy intensive industries and proposed interventions for these industries
Funding Agency
World Bank & Momsme
Impact
Promotes industry facing research and IP generation in the AI area and development of skilled resources for industry
- Help in future proofing MSME through Energy Security by raising and accelerating MSME productivity
- Improve energy efficiency of MSME’s and penetration of Clean Energy into MSME’s
- Provide a compendium of technological interventions that can be leveraged by MSME’s in the focus sectors
- Come up with Policy and Regulatory guidelines based upon the project learnings
Project Partners
Alternate Chemistry Battery Energy Storage
Project Objective
- Develop a Hybrid energy storage system comprising Conventional Batteries and Zinc Air batteries for application in Microgrids.
Project End Beneficiary
- Utilities, Battery industry
Role of RICH
RICH is acting as the ecosystem enabler and strategic convenor for the consortium. RICH shall assume the role of project management unit once the project is funded.
- Lead the consortium in identifying industry requirements and conceptualising the project idea for hybrid energy storage along with the consortium
- Ensure that the proposed research objectives are matching industry expectations and that there is a market for the developed technologies
Impact
- Develop a Hybrid energy storage system that integrates different chemistry batteries and having application in Microgrids
- Understand the suitability of various battery systems for application in microgrids and energy communities.
- Accelerate the pace of innovation and strengthen collaboration between academia and industry in the area of energy storage.
- Enhance and optimize efficient, low-cost, clean energy use by 10% within Microgrid applications.
- Gain access to field-ready technologies and technical know-how in Sodium ion and Zinc-air battery production technologies.
Project Partners
Water Management (JICA)
Project Objective
- Provide an approach for the problem of water management and lake rejuvenation in the vulnerable areas at multiple levels.
Project End Beneficiary
- Communities, Municipalities, State
Role of RICH
RICH shall plan and implement novel interventions for the problem of wetland degradation with participation from the communities.
- Serve as a project management unit and oversee the project implementation (identifying implementation agencies, shortlist the project ideas / designing use cases, conduct awareness creation drives
- Liaison with administration, municipalities and communities
Impact
- Improve the situation in vulnerable communities with regards to access to clean water and wetland management
- Publish a playbook which will serve as a ready reference for future projects in the wetland management area
- Come up with Policy and Regulatory guidelines based upon the project implementation learnings
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