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Integrated Research for Action and Development - IRADe
President	Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh
Chair	Dr. Kirit Parikh
Staff	20
Address	44 B-Block, Shivalik, Malviya Nagar
Location	New Delhi, India, New Delhi, New Delhi, India
Website	http://www.irade.org/

Integrated Research for Action and Development, commonly known as IRADe, is a research institute based in New Delhi that focuses on energy, climate change, and the environment, with a goal of developing effective policies.

Introduction

IRADe is a fully autonomous advanced research institute, which aims to conduct research and policy analysis and connect various stakeholders including government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), corporations, and academic and financial institutions.^[1] Its research covers many areas including energy, climate change, and the environment, as well as the policies that affect these areas.

Staff

IRADe has about 20 employees, with research professionals from various disciplines pertaining to issues of environment, energy, and economics.^[2] The Executive Director of IRADe, Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh, is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change – India and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007.^[3] The chairman of IRADe, Dr. Kirit Parikh is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and Fellow of the World Economic Forum, Davos.^[4]

Activities

The Key Programme Areas of IRADe are:^[5]

Energy and Power Systems (EPS)
Urban Infrastructure and Services (UIS)
Climate Change and Environment (CCE)
Poverty Alleviation and Gender (PAG)
Policy Analysis and Reforms (PAR)
Action Research, Training , Monitoring and Evaluation (ARTME)

Awards and achievements

The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) organized a Birthday Honor Conference in honor of IRADe Chairman Dr. Kirit Parikh's 75th birthday on October 26-27, 2010.^[6]
IRADe co-hosted the international conference "A Global Green New Deal? Towards Green Energy Policies for Sustainable Development" with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.^[7]
In cooperation with the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA), IRADe has published several papers relating to indoor air pollution, cooking with biofuels, and the health impact on rural women.^[8]

References

External links

irade.org - official site.

[1] ttp://www.unep.ch/etb/areas/irade.php (United Nations Environment Program)

[2] ttp://www.irade.org/staff.html

[3] ttp://www.direc2010.gov.in/pdf/jyoti-k-parikh.pdf

[4] ttp://www.indiapolicyforum.org/user/14

[5] ttp://irade.org/IRADe%20Highlights.pdf

[6] ttp://www.igidr.ac.in/eventdet.php?eid=107

[7] ttp://www.fes-globalization.org/events/download/Program_A_Global_Green_New_Deal_24250910.pdf

[8] ttp://www.pciaonline.org/node/165

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