A group of 12 dedicated students from this college are regularly involved in planning and implementing large-scale sustainability initiatives achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2030
A group of 10 students from this Institute spends their winter break volunteering at a farm learning about composting, building terraces, working with livestock and more.
Each student is asked what are their views on the sustainability on their campus. This corner should inspire you to think about your campus. Is your campus taking the path to sustainability?
Women Duo: Student-Teacher for Community Resilience
The duo from this university are part of Community Resilience Working Group addressing areas impacted by climate change, focusing on community plans to mitigate the impacts.
Though trees are the solution for Carbon Sink are they reliable option? Research in this university needs to be urgently adopted and extended to optimised long-term climate goals.
The Campus of IIT Guwahati: Forts of Sustainability
Message on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji (Maharaj)
On 19th February 2024, I was at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, located in the Indian state of Assam. Assam is in the Eastern Region of India known as the ‘State of Rising Sun’. I was there on the IIT campus for the ‘Regional Workshop of the National Movement of Net-Zero University Campus to be held the next day, on 20th February.
During the preparatory meeting in the Dean’s office, I met a bright and dynamic final-year student Piyush Gulve, who hailed from the western state of India -Maharashtra. He informed me passingly that the birth anniversary of the Maratha King, Chhatrapati Shivaji (Maharaj) would be celebrated on the campus. I was surprised and excited because Chhatrapati Shivaji, the King from Western India never visited the Eastern state of Assam but now the birth anniversary of this ‘Rising Sun of Swaraj (self-governance)’ is being celebrated in the ‘land of rising Sun’!
Indeed Shivaji Maharaj was a visionary king, fearless combatant, protector of culture and the leader of good governance. ‘His life inspires the generations’, as PM Modi said in his Twitter message on the occasion. Many do not know however that Shivaji Maharaj was also the protector of the environment! Read More
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