Projects
Welcome to the Projects page of Morsel Research and Development Pvt Ltd. Here, you can explore our diverse range of research and development projects, each designed to provide innovative solutions and insights. From large-scale surveys to targeted market studies, our projects demonstrate our commitment to excellence, data-driven decision-making, and impactful results. Discover how we bring research to life and drive meaningful change.
Electricity Consumers and Compliance: Trust, Reciprocity, and Socio-economic Factors in Uttar Pradesh
Karthik Ganesan (Research Fellow from CEEW ) , Kapardhi Bharadwaj (Program Associate from CEEW ) , Kanika Balani (Research Analyst from CEEW ) , and Johannes Urpelainen (Professor from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies )
Under Saubhagya scheme, Uttar Pradesh added the largest number of households to its existing consumer base – as many new consumers as served by state distribution companies (discoms) before the launch of the scheme. Household consumption significantly impacts the overall…
Location: Uttar Pradesh
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Access To Clean Cooking Energy And Electricity (2015 & 2018)
Johannes Urpelainen (Professor from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies ) , Abhishek Jain , Namrata Ravindra Chindarkar (Professor) , and Sudatta Ray (Assistant Professor from Yale-NUS College )
This project was funded by Shakti Foundation and Columbia University. Council on Energy, Environment and Water is also a partner of the project. This project aimed to collect household information on energy and fuel usage and equipment. For this, MORSEL selected households (HHS) by using PPS design…
Location: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal
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Understanding Exposure to Air Pollution
Jacob Kopas ( Senior Attorney from Columbia University ) , Erin York (Assistant Professor from Columbia University ) , S.P. Harish (Assistant Professor from College of William & Mary, ) , Victoria Shen (Assistant Professor from University of Virginia ) , and Johannes Urpelainen (Professor from Johns Hopkins University )
This study represents an important advance in social science knowledge on how the public forms its opinion on controversial environmental policy such as air pollution. The study is linking survey responses to geospatial data on air quality, and thereby test…
Location: Uttar Pradesh
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Cool Roofing Solutions for Reducing Heat Stress: An evidence from Slums in Delhi
This project was conducted by Morsel on behalf of The University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute based in Delhi. This was in continuation of a research study about the impact of passive cooling technologies on indoor temperature and quality of life. For this, Morsel conducted a…
Location: Delhi
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Solar Village Project Sales and Finance Transition Pilot Project
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Under this project, researchers are trying to gather information for a planned organizational transition from charitable giving model to a sales/financed based model. For this Morsel is carrying out the field work which involves selling 25 solar lanterns in cash and 25…
Location: Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh
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Behavioral effects of solar lighting in rural India
Johannes Urpelainen (Professor from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies )
This study tried to understand the benefits of improved lighting in rural India. A better understanding of these benefits can lead to informed state government policy and thus contribute to rural development. In the baseline, Morsel conducted 200 Households interviews in 50…
Location: Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh
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High energy and power density solutions to large energy deficits
Ian Walker , and Aimie Hope
Researchers tried to understand expectations of energy supply in both urban and rural areas of India and availability of different kind of energy (solar, grid and mini-grids) in different regions from mountains to the plain area of India. Researchers also…
Location: Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
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Adopting Solar for Irrigation: Farmer’s Perspectives from Uttar Pradesh
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This project was funded by Shakti foundation and supervised by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The aim of this research was to elucidate farmer’s perspectives on solar pumps and understanding barriers that prevent them from adopting solar pumps for irrigation. The…
Location: Uttar Pradesh
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Rural electrification and groundwater pumps in India: Evidence from the 1982–1999 period
India’s groundwater extraction is heavily dependent on diesel pumps, and one reason is the lack of reliable power supply. The widespread use of diesel pumps is an economic problem due to the inefficiency and high cost of said pumps. Could…
Location: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat
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supply, expectations and willingness to get green energy
David Blakeslee, (Assistant Professor of Economics from NYU Abu Dhabi )
The Researcher is working in this region with Boond (an NGO), which is installing solar micro-grids in selected villages in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. Researchers selected 100 revenue villages. 50 villages got treatment by the deployment of solar micro-grids. 50 villages…
Location: Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
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Inverterless Survey
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IIT Madras has deployed about 4,000 DC solar home systems in remote habitations of Western Rajasthan. CEEW and IITM are conducting this study to understand people’s energy needs and their willingness to pay for a certain level of energy services, as well as the impact…
Location: Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, Rajasthan
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Improving Accountability in Electricity Supply: A Field Experiment in Rural India
MORSEL conducted a study to investigate whether information and citizen empowerment can improve participatory governance and in the long run quality of electricity supply in rural India. This project is directed by Brian Blankenship, Johannes Urpelainen and Jason Wong. This project consists sample size of…
Location: Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh
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