IIT Madras and Aachen University join hands to fight climate change
Posted on: 12/Apr/2013 12:14:14 PM
IIT Madras has tied up with RWTH Aachen University of Berlin to work on a project titled ‘Building an international Research Network on Sustainability to Enhance Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change’. The project is estimated to cost Rs. 5.33 crores and has been recently sanctioned by the Department of Science and Technology.
Centre Coordinator of the Indo – German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) at IIT Madras Prof. Sudhir Chella Rajan said, ‘The MoU will help us to work on new projects in addition to the project funded by the department of science and technology… Over the next three years, IGCS will identify and carry out, with the collaboration of German partners, five research projects in energy, land use, waste and water around sustainability challenges that will be exacerbated by climate change. The projects will focus on sustaining urban water bodies and improving public sanitation, ensuring local air quality, improving access to energy services, setting up a framework for sustainable urban and peri-urban land-use, and helping frame sustainable climate policy with emphasis on integrated solutions for climate adaptation.’
