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MODULE-1: Essentials of Sustainability
Faculty Incharge:
Prof. Sathyanarayanan Seshadri, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras
Dr Charuta Kulkarni, Principal Scientist, School of Sustainability, IIT Madras
Prof. Venkatraman Srinivasan, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Indumathi Nambi, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Dr Kaushal Kumar Jha, Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Engineering Design, CEO, Center for Excellence in Energy and Telecommunications (CEET), IIT Madras
Dr Rahul Muralidharan, R & D Specialist, The Energy Consortium, IIT Madras
Dr Christoph Woiwode, Visiting Professor, Indo-German Centre For Sustainability, IIT Madras
About the Module:
This introductory module speaks about the nuts and bolts of Sustainability and dives into the concept of circularity in the context of today’s world. It scaffolds into brainstorming why sustainability makes sense for the businesses, helping shape the mindset essential for ideating real-world sustainable business strategies.
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MODULE – 2 : Sustainability in the Corporate Ecosystem
Faculty Incharge:
Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Mr Madhavan Nampoothiri, Dept. of Management Studies, IIT Madras & Co-Founder, NordESG, Germany.
Dr Parama Roy, Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Executive Director, Okapi Research and Advisory Pvt Ltd
Dr Rahul Muralidharan, R & D Specialist, The Energy Consortium, IIT Madras
About the Course
Starting with making sustainability as business case, the module provides a critical review of the existing sustainability frameworks (e.g. ESG). The module unfolds the Corporate Scenario Analysis toward climate-related risks and opportunities as an intrinsic mechanism, thereby making a way for weaving external mechanisms in implementing sustainability.
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MODULE 3 : Measuring, Reporting and Re-assessing Sustainability
Faculty Incharge:
Mr Raghuttama Rao, CEO, Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras
Prof. Santosh Kumar Sahu, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras
Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
Mr E. Nandakumar, CEO, International Centre for Clean Water, IIT Madras
About the Module:
This module’s delivery is rooted in the geopolitical context of India and its shifting Policy Landscape that, in turn, has implications for industries. The discussion goes on introducing upcoming toolkits toward environmental measurement frameworks and gets into the mechanics of environmental economics, thinking aloud its limitations and ways forward
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MODULE 4 : Sustainability Toolkit
Faculty Incharge:
Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Vinu R, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Sivakumar Palaniappan, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
Prof. Ravindra Gettu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Sathyanarayanan Seshadri, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras
About the Module:
As the name suggests, the module offers the toolkit for ideating Sustainability pathways from cradle-to-grave. It deep dives into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using real-world examples from multiple sectors.
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MODULE 5 : Sustainability Worldview
Faculty Incharge:
Prof. Sathyanarayanan Seshadri, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
About the Module:
The modules 5 and 6 are embedded with hands-on strategies on actioning Sustainability in the respective business settings. It will help put Sustainability in context of Indian and global scenarios to the extent that can positively influence the process of ideating, planning, implementation, and troubleshooting. The module also consolidates an update of reporting frameworks and discusses Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) as part of India’s fight against climate change
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MODULE 6 : Actioning Sustainability
Faculty Incharge:
Mr Raghuttama Rao, CEO, Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras
Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
About the Module:
The modules 5 and 6 are embedded with hands-on strategies on actioning Sustainability in the respective business settings. It will help put Sustainability in context of Indian and global scenarios to the extent that can positively influence the process of ideating, planning, implementation, and troubleshooting. The module also consolidates an update of reporting frameworks and discusses Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) as part of India’s fight against climate change
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