Our Institute is Establishing the first Sustainable Science and Technology School In India

[sayak83]

Basically what it says in the title. Its happening in partnership and collaboration with renewable energy industry. The Department of Climate Change (which includes me) is leading the establishment of the school and its research and course curriculum. Hoping that it will play a part in getting India into zero carbon future. I will be very busy with getting this school up and running over the next few years I think. Hoping it is a success.

Greenko, IIT-H sign pact to set up School for Sustainable S&T

 

[loverofhumanity]

Congratulations and I wish you all the best for success.

 

[exchemist]

Basically what it says in the title. Its happening in partnership and collaboration with renewable energy industry. The Department of Climate Change (which includes me) is leading the establishment of the school and its research and course curriculum. Hoping that it will play a part in getting India into zero carbon future. I will be very busy with getting this school up and running over the next few years I think. Hoping it is a success.

Greenko, IIT-H sign pact to set up School for Sustainable S&T

Excellent news - and a project you can be proud to be associated with.

 

[danieldemol]

Outstanding @sayak83

 

[GURSIKH]

Good to know about Department of climate change, very rare to find such dept in Indian institutes. Are you PhD , Post-doc or faculty ? Physics background ?

 

[ChristineM]

Basically what it says in the title. Its happening in partnership and collaboration with renewable energy industry. The Department of Climate Change (which includes me) is leading the establishment of the school and its research and course curriculum. Hoping that it will play a part in getting India into zero carbon future. I will be very busy with getting this school up and running over the next few years I think. Hoping it is a success.

Greenko, IIT-H sign pact to set up School for Sustainable S&T

Good news, something to be proud of. Perhaps other countries will follow suit

 

[Subduction Zone]

Obviously this plan has been in the works for a while. Did this year's heat help at all? Or was it pretty much a done deal before nature told India that climate change was resl?

 

[sayak83]

Obviously this plan has been in the works for a while. Did this year's heat help at all? Or was it pretty much a done deal before nature told India that climate change was resl?

India has been working aggressively to transition to clean energy. The rising heat related issues, pollution as well as the fact that country needs to import most of it's oil and gas means clean energy technology makes both environmental and economic sense.

 

[sayak83]

Good to know about Department of climate change, very rare to find such dept in Indian institutes. Are you PhD , Post-doc or faculty ? Physics background ?

Faculty. My parent Dept is Mechanical Engg. but I specialise in energy and thermochemistry. Hence I am also Co-faculty with Climate Change Dept.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Basically what it says in the title. Its happening in partnership and collaboration with renewable energy industry. The Department of Climate Change (which includes me) is leading the establishment of the school and its research and course curriculum. Hoping that it will play a part in getting India into zero carbon future. I will be very busy with getting this school up and running over the next few years I think. Hoping it is a success.

Greenko, IIT-H sign pact to set up School for Sustainable S&T

India has promised zero carbon emission by (I think) 2050. India never renegades on its word. The efforts of your institution and your own are highly welcome. Best wishes for your collaboration. As you said, makes sense environmentally as well as economically. India is vigorously working on that. That will also help us to improve on atmospheric and river pollution, two of our major problems.