University of Pune ties up with Japanese and Thai universities to address common concerns.
After a spate of development projects — local and international — that have come in the public eye for the environmental damage they have caused, the University of Pune (UoP) has decided to offer a comprehensive course on sustainable development.
The varsity has teamed up with two Asian universities. The course would be developed between the universities from India, Thailand and Japan with the degree being offered by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand.
Besides AIT, faculty from UoP and Chubo University (Nagoya, Japan) will be responsible for designing syllabi and conducting the course.
UoP’s head of physics department, Pandit Vidyasagar, who is a visiting faculty at Chubo University and delivers lectures on biophysics, besides participating in seminars on sustainable development, spearheaded the collaboration.
“We have been discussing on starting this course in collaboration with the two Asian countries for three years. The subject is universal and a topic of concern in all countries; yet our local experiences, problems and solutions are varied. That’s why we decided to pool our experiences and resources to develop a course that is comprehensive and of international standards,” said Vidyasagar.
The course is primarily targeted at working professionals and would teach them to study the environment assessment of projects and use technology from across the world to minimise the damage.
“Today so many projects are getting stalled for want of environmental clearance. This course will help students develop the expertise to conduct environmental impact assessment and save costs by developing eco-friendly projects,” he said.
The post-graduate degree course is open to all science graduates, preferably working professionals. “We are yet to finalise the syllabus, but are looking at starting it in 6 months. It is expected to be a full-time course and students will stay on the campuses of these three universities for some time,” Vidyasagar said.
Professors Rajendra Jagdale and Venkat Gunale from science and technology department and Nilima Rajurkar from environmental science department are also involved in the project. “Currently, it is a collaboration and not a joint degree. The acting vice chancellor has given the go-ahead for the project,” Vidyasagat added.
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