Heat Stress Monitoring for Outdoor Workers, Powered by EHI-N*

SHRAM provides real-time heat stress monitoring across India using EHI-N*, a physiologically-based model calibrated to MET levels developed by the IECC team. EHI-6* estimates heat stress experienced by workers doing heavy labor in direct sunlight.

View current conditions by district, 3-day forecasts, and sign up for personalized alerts when hazardous heat levels are detected.

CHAITRA – City Heat Action InTelligence and Risk Atlas Scaling evidence-based heat action planning in India

Heat Action Plans (HAPs) have evolved over the past decade into India’s principal framework for urban heat preparedness. Following national guidelines issued in 2016, many cities have established early warning systems, strengthened health system readiness, expanded public outreach, and, in some cases, developed vulnerability assessments and hotspot mapping.

EHI-N*: A Modified Extended Heat Index for Laboring Populations

Approximately 2.4 billion workers perform manual labor globally, yet current heat stress indices are calibrated to sedentary individuals, systematically underestimating risk for active workers.

Scaling data-driven heat action planning using CHAITRA – City Heat Action Intelligence and Risk Atlas

Over 250 Indian cities have adopted Heat Action Plans (HAPs), but fewer than a handful include ward-level vulnerability assessments or translate risk data into quantified intervention needs.

Manual Work Under Extreme Heat: Using EHI-N* to protect laboring populations

India’s roughly 380 million outdoor and heat-exposed workers face escalating danger from extreme heat, yet the metrics used to declare heatwaves and trigger protective action systematically underestimate their risk.

OPINION: India’s cheapest power needs new buyers

For decades, India’s power sector grappled with scarcity and affordability issues even as it undertook complex and ambitious power-sector reforms.

Demand-Side Resources Can Power India’s Clean and Affordable Energy Future

This report evaluates the role of demand-side resources—energy efficiency, load shifting, and demand response—in enabling India to achieve these goals cost-effectively while maintaining grid reliability.

Feasibility of Green Hydrogen Use in Natural Gas DRI Furnaces: A Technical and Economic Review

This paper examines the technical feasibility and economic viability of converting natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) furnaces to use green hydrogen.

Strategic Pathways for Energy Storage in India through 2032

India’s electricity demand is witnessing a rapid surge, nearly doubling every decade, fueled by strong economic growth. Dramatic cost reductions over the last decade for wind, solar, and battery storage technologies position India to leapfrog to a more flexible, robust, and sustainable power system for delivering affordable and reliable power to serve the growing power needs.

OPINION: Round-the-clock clean power is waiting to play the game changer

India stands at a pivotal moment, poised to translate its renewable energy achievements into broader economic gains.