Energy
India faces tremendous challenges generating sufficient energy to propel its growth in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner. CSTEP is working on projects related to climate change, solar thermal energy, electricity market reform, and energy games. Read More ...

Information & Communications Technology
Information and communication technologies present great opportunities for countries such as India that are in the process of rapid economic development to create the groundwork for shared growth. CSTEP has worked on both general and specific issues related to ICT for development in an Indian and international context. Read More ...

Infrastructure
CSTEP is building a Next Generation Infrastructure Laboratory (NGIL) to study design and policy-related infrastructure questions with both innovative and conventional tools. The lab's main project is to create simulation-based games for policy analysis. Read More ...

Security
India faces security challenges of all types: internal, external, economic, political, social, environmental and CSTEP performs evidence-based analysis, some classified, of these challenges. Read More ...

New Materials
New materials are key to improvements in human welfare. Our focus is on new material development in the energy area, with an emphasis on batteries. This has implications for energy conservation and efficiency, disposal of waste and environmental sustainability, and innovations for new methods of energy use and storage. Read More ...