Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI).
AAETI is an education and training initiative and innovation centre of CSE, which aims to communicate the science, complexity and politics of environment across India, South Asia and the world. Designed to look for and find appropriate and affordable solutions to some of the most pressing environmental and developmental problems faced by the Global South, AAETI serves as a research, academic and capacity-building hub that conducts a number of short- and long-term courses and training programmes.
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