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part-time employment may be possible Our background: In 2010, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and several German universities jointly established the IndoGerman Centre for Sustainability (IGCS), located on…

A virtual seminar co-hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to India andthe Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New DelhiThursday 22 October 2020 at 3.00 pm…

IGCS has made the decision to shift the Summer School to a later time this year: 28.09.2020 – 11.10.2020. Application deadline: 15.06.2020.

Graduate student Daniela and PhD student Katleen conducted research projects on the topic of waste management in India with support of IGCS. Of special interest were studies on the amount…

IGCS celebrated ten years of existence. With this milestone, well-known IGCS-faces from IIT Madras stepped down to welcome a new generation. The February meetings were accompanied by the German Embassy and Consul General Chennai, DAAD, DFG and a RWTH delegation.

Next deadline: 30.06.2020! IGCS is proud to announce the scholarship program for 2020. We are inviting excellent researchers (Master and PhD students, Postdocs and Professors) from German universities research institutions who plan to visit IGCS at IIT Madras in 2020 and from Indian universities (IIT Madras, IIT Tirupati, IIT Palakkad, IIT Manid) who plan a research visit to a German university or research institution in 2020 to apply for an IGCS scholarship. We collect applications until February 29 2020. Spread the word!

Organised annually by Pipal Tree of Fireflies Intercultural Centre near Bangalore, more than 60 participants from India and abroad met to discuss and share their views on climate change and environment along the key questions of the title “What Hope? What Action?…in the Anthropocene”. These dialogues are part of a global initiative Dialogues in Humanity to bring to the fore the human dimensions which are often neglected and marginal in sustainability and climate change response such as fear, grieving, and the multiple religious, spiritual and ethical aspects.

Application deadline: 30.03.2020! IGCS-Alumni Mariana Brito invites early-career researchers to participate in the international workshop “Resilient cities: promises and paradoxes”.

PhD students Lukas and Nina both spent some time at IGCS in Chennai to conduct a research project this summer. With their short reports they allow us a glance over their shoulder into their life in Chennai, the ups and downs conducting their research and explain in what way their research contributes to sustainability.

The Chair of Waste Management and Emissions at the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management (ISWA), University of Stuttgart, and IGCS were present at the International Solid Waste Association World Congress that took place from the 7th to 10th October, 2019 in Bilbao, Spain.