Sustainable Development Centre
Purpose
The purpose of the Sustainable Development Centre is to establish and leverage
IIT (BHU) strengths in
Green, Clean and Sustainable Technologies
to provide direction and motivation towards creating a good quality and healthy
environment including sustainable industry, carbon capture and related domains.
Vision towards Sustainable Development
Social
Improve the quality of life for all sections of society.
Environment
Conserve natural resources and minimize environmental impact.
Energy
Attain energy independence and promote clean and green energy.
Economy
Enhance national economic development through technology.
Activities & Initiatives
The Sustainability Development Center (SDC), in collaboration with the Teaching Learning Cell (TLC) of the institute, periodically organizes several training programs, workshops, etc., to create awareness of the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 2030) for the institute's community and other stakeholders. It also employs the open-source Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) tool (provided by Wexsus & SDSN) to assess the sustainability literacy of the institute's community and other stakeholders, identify knowledge gaps, make strategic action plans to fill them and disseminate sustainability knowledge to the communities through more focused training programs and other sustainability-related (economic, social and environmental) activities.