IIT Kanpur establishes department for sustainable energy engineering

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has established a department of sustainable energy engineering. IIT Kanpur is the first among the IITs to launch such an initiative, said a statement from the institute.

The department was accorded approval by the Board of Governors of the institute on Monday as informed by Abhay Karandikar, director, IIT Kanpur.

Speaking on the occasion, Karandikar said, “The new department aims to contribute to India’s bid to become a global leader in the widespread adoption of sustainable energy technologies impacting a variety of sectors such as electricity and transportation.”

IIT Kanpur department

The new department’s academic programmes shall aim to provide multiple skill-sets to its students, with relevant courses from core engineering disciplines blended with sciences and humanities.

The curriculum will train the students to become well-rounded energy engineers who will become assets to the industry as well as academia and research organizations, the statement further said.

“The Department’s research will be classified under four major verticals of energy capture and generation, energy storage and distribution, alternative fuels as well as energy, environment and policy,” added Karandikar.

Further, the new department will also emphasize on the translation of its research outcomes into indigenous technology development, prototyping and commercialization, in alignment with Indian government’s flagship programmes such as Make in India, Skill India, Swachchha Bharat and Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Help for initiation of the department

The US-based Mehta Family Foundation has come forward to support the new department.

K Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur said, “starting an academic department in this area is a vital initiative serving the educational and technology development related needs of the country".

“This initiative comes at an opportune time when the Indian government has committed to source at least 40 percent of its energy requirement from clean and renewable energy sources by 2030, as pledged in the Paris Agreement,” says the statement.

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