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Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
IGCS @ 2020 Fireflies Dialogues in Bangalore
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.
Announcements
Workshop “Resilient cities: promises and paradoxes”
Application deadline: 30.03.2020! IGCS-Alumni Mariana Brito invites early-career researchers to participate in the international workshop “Resilient cities: promises and paradoxes”.
Alumni
Take a glimpse into the world of IGCS fellows of 2019!
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.
Waste Management
IGCS @ International Solid Waste Association World Congress
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.
Summer & Winter School
IGCS Summer School 2019 review
Growing through diversity The IGCS Summer School on Smart Grids – Electricity Networks as the Backbone of a Carbon Neutral Society was conducted on the campus of the Technische Universität…
Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
IGCS @ Urban Resilience 2
In October 2019, 15 German scientists from Geoverbund ABC/J, under lead of RWTH Aachen University, met a delegation of Indian researchers at IIT Madras to discuss the influence of climate change on flooding at rivers and coastal areas.
Archive
Exchange semester in India: Prepatory workshop for DAAD fellows
Exchange semester in India: Prepatory workshop for DAAD fellows Cologne, June 28-30 2019, organized by DAAD IndiAlumni e.V. The alumni association IndiAlumni e.V. invites DAAD fellows from Germany who plan…
Summer & Winter School
IGCS Winter School 2019 review
Broadening horizons at the 2019 IGCS Winter School Hannah was one of the 30 students who was selected to participate in the IGCS Winter School 2019 in Chennai. With this…
Summer & Winter School
IGCS Summer School 2018 review
IGCS students Soumita Banerjee and Sujay Bandyopadhyay published a short summary of this year’s summer school on coastal and river hazards & management strategies which took place in the second…
Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
IGCS Alumni Meeting and Indo-German Dialogue 2018
Alumni Meeting | November 6 and 7, 2018 | Heidelberg For the very first time, an Alumni meeting of the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) at the IIT Madras, Chennai,…