Students interested in the Minor are required to take a total of 20 credits. They should select courses from at least two different thematic areas (including water, pollution and waste management, energy, and environment/ biodiversity/ earth systems) as mentioned below, for the Minor in Sustainable Development. The Minor is currently open to undergraduate students of IIT Gandhinagar. Other relevant institute norms for selection of courses will be applicable.
Water
- CE 605: Remote Sensing of Land and Water Resources
- CE 611: Advanced Engineering Hydrology
- CE 637: Infrastructure Systems: Planning and Management
- EH 602: River Morphology and Ecology
- EH 612: Ocean and Global Change
Pollution and waste management
- CE 634: Air Pollution Control Engineering
- CE 691-VI: Special Topics in Civil Engineering: Domestic Wastewater Engineering (Treatment and Reuse)
- CE 691-VII: Special Topics in Civil Engineering: Engineering practices in drinking water treatment
- ES 635: Water Quality Engineering
Energy
- EE 426: Electric Vehicle Technology
- EE 691 – V: Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Regulation of Electric Sector
- EE 691 – VII: Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Economics of Regulation in India
- ES 632: Energy Systems
- ES 663: Smart Renewable Energy Systems
- ES 665: Advanced Transportation Electrification Technology
Environment/ Biodiversity/ Earth Systems
- EH 605: Modelling of Earth System & Sustainability
- EH 608: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development
- EH 691: Data Analysis for Earth System Sciences
- HS 515: Politics of the Environment
- IN 304: Ancient Indian Technology
Administrative Framework
The Minor in Sustainable Development will be administered by a faculty advisor. The advisor will:
- Assist students in identifying relevant courses based upon their interests;
- Review project-based courses students may be taking with other faculty to ensure they are related to sustainability to approve them for meeting the minor requirements;
- Help students process any other requests related to minor requirements.
Faculty Advisor Details:
Prof Naran Pindoriya
naran@iitgn.ac.in
