BWI: TERI Acquires WIPRO’s Supercomputer to enhance Climate Modeling Capabilities

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Source: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:05 PM IST (06:35 AM GMT)
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TERI Acquires WIPRO's Supercomputer to enhance Climate Modeling Capabilities


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, March 14, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as a premier institute working on climate change issues has acquired the latest state-of-the-art supercomputer from WIPRO, to address the gaps and develop a better understanding of climate variability and climate change at different spatial and temporal scales.

Climate change has emerged as a global challenge to sustainable development and world wide climate scientists are focused on constantly improving the understanding of the climate dynamics and associated impacts. Indian is significantly vulnerable to climate change and there is still a significant lack of institutional capacity in the country for generating the right kind of strategic knowledge that can help policy makers in informed decision making to deal with climate change.

As a renowned global institute, TERI has been consciously endeavoring to upscale its institutional capabilities for climate change projections, both at global and regional scales, and to assess climate impacts on important sectors like agriculture, water resources and health. With the acquisition of Wipro's supercomputer, TERI will not only become one of the leading centers of excellence on climate modeling in the Indian subcontinent but also a hub for regional and global data, training, and capacity building.

"Climate modeling at TERI envisions addressing key environmental challenges from global to local levels, by providing plausible scientific knowledge on climate change issues with the help of next generation climate models. WIPRO's supercomputer will help in fine-tuning the complexities attached in predicting the climate patterns so that they can be used for climate change projections and regional impact assessment studies" said Dr R. K Pachauri, Director General TERI. "

Mr. Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited said, "A successful development policy can be formulated only if the uncertainties in climate impact assessments can be minimized, or at least quantified. I am happy that TERI has acquired Wipro's supercomputer to perform the new generation Earth's climate system simulations."

Impacts of climate change in India are unique due to the diversity of ecosystems and topography. In order to develop a deeper understanding, especially at the regional level, TERI's Climate modeling activities strives to understand the climate system through observations and modeling tools. Some of the key collaborations on climate research include those with Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, Norway, United Kingdom Meteorological Office, UK and Asian Disaster Preparednes Center, Thailand. TERI is also active at the moment in contributing to the state action plans on climate change in a number of states in India.

About TERI:

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established in 1974. A dynamic and flexible organization, activities in TERI ranges from microbiology to global climate change, from smoke-filled rural kitchens to plush corporate boardrooms, from schoolchildren to heads of state-no sphere of human endeavour is unfamiliar to TERI. The organization works on formulating local and national level strategies to suggesting global solutions to critical energy and environment-related issues. Headed by world-renowned economist Dr R K Pachauri also head of the Nobel Prize winning UN Climate panel IPCC. TERI is best described as an independent, not-for-profit research institute focused on energy, environment, and sustainable development and devoted to efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. TERI is headquartered in New Delhi, TERI has established regional offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Guwahati and Mukhteshwer in the Himalaya's and International centers in Japan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Washington DC, and London.


CONTACT DETAILS
Rajiv Chhibber, TERI, +91 98 10426698, rajivc@teri.res.in
Lalima Bose, TERI, +91 9810161449, lalima.bose@teri.res.in

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