The Department contributes to research that has high societal relevance, participating actively in National and International Missions. Some of the ongoing R&D projects that are directly linked with National/International Missions are.

• National Clean Energy Mission
• National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC)
• CGIAR International on Sustainable Agricultural Practices for Carbon Emission Reduction
• NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission
• National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme (NCAP)
• The National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem
• Max Planck Society Partner Group on Climate Change Mitigation and Net-Zero Emissions