Launch Of A New School Of Sustainability At IIT Madras; View New Curricular

Today, October 7, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) opened its new School of Sustainability. The school aims to offer fresh, interdisciplinary sustainability courses, collaborate on research projects to address global issues and offer a venue for hosting events and showcasing technology that can influence practice and policy.

Faculty from several Institute departments and research centres will be included in the new School of Sustainability, conceptualised as a Centre of Excellence.

The new school intends to offer a number of sustainability-related capacity-building programmes to working professionals both in-person and online, in addition to a minor degree in sustainability and an interdisciplinary master's study in the topic.

The school's operations will be centred on fundamental scientific research, technology development and transfer, real-world project implementation, and policy advisory activities, according to a statement from IIT Madras.

In addition to the minor course in sustainability that will begin in 2024, the IIT Madras School of Sustainability announced that it would introduce an Integrated Dual Degree Programme (IDDD) on Sustainability in the following three to five years.