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

Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras

About the Module:

As the name suggested, the module offers the toolkit for ideating Sustainability pathways from a cradle to-grave. The discussion goes on introducing upcoming toolkits toward carbon and water measurements and gets into the mechanics of environmental economics, thinking aloud its limitations and ways forward.

Concepts Covered :

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Significance, Stages, Tools, Challenges, Examples
• Carbon and Water Footprint Measurement Frameworks
• Environmental Economics

Learning Outcomes:

• Existing and upcoming frameworks for measuring and reporting sustainability

• Elements of environmental economics

MODULE – 2 : Measuring, Reporting and Re-assessing Sustainability

Faculty Incharge:

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

Mr Raghuttama Rao, CEO, Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande, Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship,
IIT Madras

Prof. Santosh Kumar Sahu, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras

About the Module:

The module provides a critical review of the existing sustainability frameworks (e.g. ESG) to support envisioning practical sustainable scenarios beyond 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 (e.g. Public Private People Partnerships; Small-Medium Enterprises and Grassroot-level Innovations) in implementing sustainability. The discussion is rooted in the geopolitical context of India and its shifting Policy Landscape that, in turn, has implications for industries.

Concepts Covered:

• ESG Assessment
• Intrinsic and Extrinsic Sustainability Scenarios
• State and Fate of Reporting Frameworks
• India’s Policy Landscape

Learning Outcomes:

• How can we measure sustainability better using existing frameworks, both quantitatively and qualitatively?
• Why is it essential to go beyond the existing ESG reporting frameworks?
• How fine-tuning the intra-organizational policies can make a way for implementing external and socially-just means of implementing sustainability?
• Where is India in terms of defining climatic and environmental goals and what are its business implications?

MODULE 3 : Sustainability Toolkit

Faculty Incharges:

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

Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

Mr E. Nandkumar, CEO, International Centre for Clean Water, IIT Madras

Prof. Santosh Kumar Sahu, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras

About the Module:

As the name suggested, the module offers the toolkit for ideating Sustainability pathways from a cradle-to-grave. The discussion goes on introducing upcoming toolkits toward carbon and water measurements and gets into the mechanics of environmental economics, thinking aloud its limitations and ways forward.

Concepts Covered:

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Significance, Stages, Tools, Challenges, Examples
• Carbon and Water Footprint Measurement Frameworks
• Environmental Economics

Learning Outcomes:

• Existing and upcoming frameworks for measuring and reporting sustainability

• Elements of environmental economics

MODULE 4 : Actioning Sustainability

Faculty Incharges:

Prof. Sathyanarayanan Seshadri, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras

Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

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 final module is 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.

Concepts Covered:

• Case Studies from the Developed and Developing Worlds
• Crafting a Sustainable Strategy for Your Business
• Review of Best Sustainability Practices and Key Takeaways

Learning Outcomes:

• International and national view into sustainability management
• Peer-learning through industry-specific case studies
• Development of action items for effectively implementing sustainable pathways