Students interested in the Minor are required to take a total of 20 credits from the list of courses below. They should select courses from at least two different thematic areas (including water, pollution and waste management, energy, and environment/ biodiversity/ earth systems), for the interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainable Development. 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
