This is the official handle of the Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. KSS (@kss-iitk) is a multidisciplinary school with an integrated approach to #sustainability, #education, #research, #capacitybuilding & #outreach. It was launched on December 14, 2023 by the Hon'ble Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, in the gracious presence of Prof. Abhay Karandikar (Secretary, Department of Science & Technology) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation), Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Steel - India, Kotak Mahindra Bank leadership including Mr. C. S. Rajan, Current Chairman, Mr. Prakash Apte, Independent Director, KMBL, and Ms. Shanti Ekambaram, Prof. Subramaniam Ganesh, Director, IIT Kanpur. Also, present were Mr. Himanshu Nivsarkar, Senior EVP and Head CSR (KMBL), Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Prof. Ashish Garg, Professor-in-Charge of the School and Mr. Kapil Kaul, CEO, IIT Kanpur Development Foundation (IITK DF). #KotakSustainibilityhub #energytransition #sustainabledevelopment Sudhakar Kesavan Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi
Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur
Higher Education
Multidisciplinary school @IITK with an integrated approach to sustainability education, research and outreach..
About us
IIT Kanpur has established the Kotak School of Sustainability with the vision of making a major contribution toward preserving the environment and fighting climate change. The School’s establishment recognizes the need for the role of higher education institutions in finding appropriate solutions to fulfil the requirements of sustainable development and to connect academia with industry, businesses and other stakeholders. Enabled by a generous grant from the Kotak Mahindra Bank, the school will further cutting-edge research and conduct programs and courses that prepare future generations for leadership in sustainability. It will be a conglomerate of departments and centers at IIT Kanpur, bringing together academics and researchers working in different aspects of sustainability to develop interdisciplinary solutions suitable for the industry to adopt. The school will also strongly focus on capacity-building programs for working professionals, enabling them to understand and integrate sustainable solutions into practice. A core belief driving the establishment of the School is that meeting the global challenge posed by climate change and degradation of the environment requires cooperation and collaboration on an unprecedented scale.
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https://kss.iitk.ac.in
External link for Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur
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Sachchida Nand Tripathi Project Director AI-CoE Sustainable Cities and Dean Kotak School of Sustainability explains how artificial intelligence system can help solve real-world problems for developing and managing sustainable urban agglomeration in India. The Indian express article shares detailed insights. Centre of Excellence in artificial intelligence for sustainable cities is entrusted upon IIT Kanpur by the Ministry of Education under the mission ‘Make AI in India, Make AI work for India’. This national Centre is being established as a section 8 company under the aegis of Kotak School of Sustainability, IIT Kanpur. https://lnkd.in/gG6sAH2U Director, IIT Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur @AICPMU MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Kotak Mahindra Bank Dean of Resources and Alumni IIT Kanpur
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The Center of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Cities was awarded t0 IIT Kanpur by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Education on October 15, 2024. It was received by Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Dean Kotak School of Sustainability and Project Director, AI-CoE for Sustainable Cities. Directors from India’s premier educational institutions, researchers, start-ups, industry and civil-society representatives, government officials and journalists graced the event with their presence. AI-CoEs are at the center stage in the New Era of Scalable Innovation. For Phase-1, the Proof-of-Concept stage, 5 institutions were shortlisted from among the top 100 Higher Education Institutions of India and under-went a rigorous evaluation for 6 months. The IIT Kanpur led consortium demonstrated practical and novel solutions for air quality, energy, urban governance and mobility verticals in-turn being designated to address pressing urban challenges. AI-CoE for Sustainable Cities, will be under the ambit of Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT Kanpur. The Phase-2 journey despite not being so smooth, is achievable with the support and wishes of all stakeholders. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Director, IIT Kanpur Dharmendra Pradhan Climate Trends Meenakshi Sundaram B Shilpa Shirodkar Dr. Trailokya Saud #sustainability #AI #cities
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Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, University of Minnesota, and University at Buffalo recently conducted the Sustainable GeoCommunities (SGC) Planning Workshop on June 24-25 at IIT Kanpur Outreach Center in Noida. The event was attended by the delegates from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa, AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus and more than 20 other organizations. The workshop participants discussed the SGC concept and its alignment with global priorities, opportunities and challenges in community centric projects, role of universities and future collaborative projects. The event was graced by the presence of Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director of IIT Kanpur, who welcomed the delegation. The opening remarks were delivered by Prof. Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Provost of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Prof. Dhirendra Katti, Director of IIT Goa, Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director of IIT Bombay, and Barbara Snyder, President of the Association of American Universities (AAU). The workshop's central focus was on #Sustainable and GeoCommunities (SGC), bringing together experts to address global community #challenges and identify #collaboration themes. Key highlights included engaging discussions on existing programs and the importance of local solutions. The workshop successfully identified themes, action plans, and challenges for an #India-US partnership to foster resilient and #sustainable communities. #Sustainability #SGC #CommunityResilience #Collaboration #IITKanpur #KotakSchoolOfSustainability #SustainableDevelopment #IndiaUSPartnership #Innovation #Research Shashank Priya, Venu Govindaraju, Ashish Garg, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Katey Pelican, Len Kne, Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Dr. Anita Gupta, Saurabh Kumar, Shobha Shukla, Thaseem Thajudeen, Charu Lata, Pravin Bhagwat, Bineesha Payattati, Agendra Kumar, Greg Scott, Vishal Sharma, Bina Shetty, Suresh Chandra Srivastava, Raju Kumar Gupta, Deepika Swami, Pradip Swarnakar, Rajeev Jindal, Aaditeshwar Seth, Surajit Sen, John Atkinson, Satish K. Tripathi, India DST, University of Minnesota, Research & Innovation Office (RIO)
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Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur, Chandrakanta Kesavan Center for Energy Policy and Climate Solutions & Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur is organising a lecture by Mr. Chandrashekhar Chincholkar, Director – Corporate Advisory at CES India Pvt Ltd, Pune on the topic, " Broad Strategy for ESG and Corporate Sustainability – Understanding the BRSR". Do join us for an insightful session on June 28, 2024 (Friday), 05:00 - 6:00 PM at LH-08, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, that will cover deep aspects of #ESG from its emergence to its current implications, its benefits for companies and mandatory compliance with the BRSR framework. #Sustainability #CorporateResponsibility #ESG #IITKanpur #LectureSeries #EnergyPolicy #ClimateSolutions Ashish Garg, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kapil Kaul, Rajeev Jindal, Sudarshan Narayanan, Lalit Pant, Prabodh Bajpai, Deepika Swami, Aakash Rai, Amarendra Edpuganti, Srinivas Yadavalli, Soumyabrata Roy, Kesavan Center, Energy Policy and Climate Solutions
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Join us on the Sustainable GeoCommunities Workshop on June 24-25, 2024. The Sustainable GeoCommunities Workshop brings together academia, industry, non-profit and community-based organizations, and government to strategize on the evolution and implementation of the Sustainable GeoCommunities program, strengthening partnerships between the United States and India at all levels. This workshop will include plenary sessions, discussions, panels, and forming workgroups for various topics. Day 1 will include setting the stage for the SGC with a diverse range of leaders from India and the United States: #Sustainable GeoCommunities objectives #Funding priorities Community engagement #Universityprogramming #Tools, technology, and approaches for informed decision making. Day 2 will be focused on creating new partnerships to address several key SDGs including: Issues: water and waste; energy/climate mitigation; #SustainableGeoCommunities #GeoCommunitiesWorkshop #USIndiaPartnerships #CommunityDevelopment #AcademiaIndustryCollaboration #GovernmentPartnerships #NonprofitCollaboration #GlobalPartnerships #GeoCommunityEvolution Ashish Garg, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kapil Kaul, Raju Kumar Gupta, University of Minnesota, Research & Innovation Office (RIO), University at Buffalo, AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Sudhakar Kesavan, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kesavan Center, Energy Policy and Climate Solutions
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Important sustainability initiative for IITK and NSI. Himanshu Nivsarkar Kapil Kaul Kotak Mahindra Bank
IIT Kanpur and National Sugar Institute, Kanpur sign an MoU to establish a Centre of Excellence for Biofuels, where both institutes will engage in the joint projects to conduct cutting-edge research and develop and adopt state-of-the-art technology to enhance biofuel production in the country with improved efficiency and sustainability. The signing of the MoU took place in the presence of Shri Ashwini Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Sugar), Department of Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India; Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IIT Kanpur; and Dr. Seema Paroha, Director, National Sugar Institute, Kanpur. The focus area of this collaborative research work will take up the study on enhancing the production of Ethanol, Methanol, Bio-CNG, Aviation Fuel, and Green Hydrogen, etc. from biomass, a renewable source of energy. The occasion was also witnessed by Prof. Rajeev Jindal and Prof. Debopam Das from IIT Kanpur, along with Shri Vinay Kumar, Shri Anoop Kumar Kanaujia, and Dr. R. Ananthalakshmi from NSI Kanpur. #centreofexcellence #Biofuels #renewableenergy #IITKanpur #iitk MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry Of Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) MoE's Innovation Cell ChiniMandi.com
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Congratulations to Indra Sen, Koumudi Patil, Pradip Swarnakar of IITK and other winners. Thanks to Mr. Sudhakar Kesavan and his family for generous support. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Some of you may recall that MIT has a seed fund program that funds collaboration with technical and scientific institutions in 40 countries. India is not one of the countries. To fill that gap, I provided the initial funding to set up such a program this past year. I am pleased to announce that the MIT Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) has announced the five winners of this year's MIT-IIT Kanpur Seed Fund Program. They are: 1. Integrating geochemistry and engineering for mineralization carbon capture MIT: Professor Rohit Karnik, Mechanical Engineering Collaborator: Associate Professor Indra Sen, Department of Earth Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 2. Playing for climate: Nudging players towards pro-environmental behavior MIT: Professor Eric Klopfer, Comparative Media Studies Collaborator: Assistant Professor Koumudi Patil, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 3. Repurposing coal fired power plants in India: Exploring the best socio-technical interventions MIT: Robert Stoner, Director, Tata Center for Technology & Design, MIT Energy Initiative Collaborator: Professor Pradip Swarnakar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 4. Sustainability in maritime logistics MIT: Professor Alan Edelman, Mathematics Collaborator: Associate Professor Vijaya Dixit, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi 5. University-industry engagement: what can IIT Bombay learn from MIT? MIT: Professor Jason Jackson, Urban Studies & Planning Collaborator: Associate Professor Anush Kapadia, Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Congratulations to the winners! Director, IIT Kanpur Abhay Karandikar Ashish Garg Nureen Das Megha Hegde Pawan Sinha Pradip Swarnakar Kapil Kaul Kantesh Balani Kesavan Center, Energy Policy and Climate Solutions, Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur Anita George Pravin Bhagwat Leif Ulstrup Subramaniam Ganesh Arijit Bose Ranu Boppana Manya Ranjan
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Kotak School of Sustainability - IIT Kanpur held a faculty interactive #meeting on May 31, 2024, to discuss the grand challenges or problem statements that will be undertaken as #collaborative projects by the interdisciplinary teams comprising experts from science/engineering, policy, economics, and sociology. The discussion also emphasised the need for community outreach, talks for raising sustainability awareness and tangible sustainability action plans. #Interdisciplinary #innovation Ashish Garg, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Rajiv Shekhar, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kapil Kaul, Rajeev Jindal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Sudhakar Kesavan, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Raju Kumar Gupta, Ankush Sharma, Kanwar Nalwa, Deepika Swami, Srinivas Yadavalli, Anubha Goel, Sudarshan Narayanan, Shikhar Misra Ph.D., Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kesavan Center, Energy Policy and Climate Solutions
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On World Environment Day, we present four expert talks on our YouTube channel on topics related to the environment & sustainability. · Prof. Chandrashekhar Upadhyay: Plant-based structure materials. https://lnkd.in/gHzatFYW · Prof. Sudarshan Narayanan and Prof. Srinivas Yadavalli: Harnessing the sun for a sustainable tomorrow. https://lnkd.in/gXmmRft6 · Prof. Debopam Das: Wind Energy (live streaming at 10:30 IST) https://lnkd.in/gtG2kSwd · Prof. Kanwar Nalwa: Batteries & storage devices (live streaming at 17:00 IST) https://lnkd.in/g6PXTCS3 #WorldEnvironmentDay #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment Link of YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/g9crBqNr Ashish Garg, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kapil Kaul, Rajeev Jindal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Sudhakar Kesavan, Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kesavan Center, Energy Policy and Climate Solutions
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