Principal Investigator Robert Stoner
Co-investigators Jesse Kroll , Robert Armstrong , Rohit Karnik , Anastasios Hart , Douglas Hart , Hamlin Jennings , Daniel Cohn , Abhijit Banerjee , Richard Roth , Charles Fine , Chintan Vaishnav , Leslie Bromberg , Richard de Neufville , Ahmed Ghoniem , Jeffrey Grossman , Randolph Kirchain , John Ochsendorf , Rajeev Ram , Ramesh Raskar , Leon Glicksman , Donald Sadoway , Anjali Sastry , Sanjay Sarma , Alexander Slocum , Gregory Stephanopoulos , Kripa Varanasi , James Wescoat , Amos Winter , Olivier deWeck , Mircea Dinca , Richard Fletcher , Jeremy Gregory , Susan Silbey , Ben Miller , John Lienhard , Miho Mazereeuw , Libby McDonald , Rajesh Nair , Maria Yang , Angeliki Rigos
Project Website http://tatacenter.mit.edu/
The MIT Tata Center for Technology + Design was founded in 2012 with generous support from the Tata Trusts. The Center’s research and education mission is to develop solutions to challenges facing resource-constrained communities globally, with an initial focus on India.
Center-affiliated Faculty and graduate student Tata Fellows engage in hands-on projects, with an approach that is rigorous and relevant to societal, economic, environmental, and political factors. The Center is proud to partner with its sister-centre, founded in 2014 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
The Tata Center brings together technical, pedagogical, and organizational expertise from across MIT to provide holistic support to more than 40 projects in the developing world.
Tata Fellows develop, engineer, and research solutions to a broad spectrum of issues facing India and other developing countries. These include low-cost consumer products, systems and software, and case studies that benefit communities in underserved areas, taking into account economic, social and political factors as well as environmental constraints. The Tata Fellows travel in India for six weeks in the summer and at least two weeks between semesters, establishing relationships within communities and conducting extensive fieldwork.
Projects span six overlapping thematic areas, and range widely within each area, reflecting the diversity of opportunities for impact and the many strengths of Tata Center students and faculty.
Agriculture -- Improving food security and the livelihood of the agricultural workforce through technology, systems, and knowledge.
Energy -- Addressing the developing world’s massive disparity in energy demand and availability, from sustainable energy production to isolated power grids.
Environment -. Confronting India’s primary environmental challenges, including waste management, pollution control, and sanitation.
Health -- Developing cost-effective health solutions that can support quality care for large numbers of people with limited resources.
Urbanization -- Providing solutions for housing India’s growing urban population while emphasizing safety and affordability.
Water -- Analyzing water issues and deploying technology to improve availability, delivery, and cleanliness of water throughout India and the developing world.