Anant National University has announced the launch of Anant School for Climate Action, which the university claims to be first-of-its-kind school in India to academically train students in climate studies, climate impact and implementing measures to facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation.
The school will begin with two foundational courses namely, the four year Bachelor of Technology programme specialising in Climate Change, and one-year Anant Fellowship for Climate Action.
“Climate change is not a theoretical concept, it is a reality that people around the world are seeing and especially in an ecologically sensitive zone like India. With three million renewable energy jobs in India and $2.5 trillion opportunities in climate-resilient infrastructure in India by 2030, there is a gaping lack of technically skilled people qualified for these jobs. Our education system does not cover climate change and climate action subjects or courses at any level. Recognising the need for specialised climate studies and programmes is the need of the hour. Our school will focus on pioneering new studies, research, technologies, training and programmes in this fast-growing, absolutely essential, climate action industry,” Anunaya Chaubey, provost, Anant National University, said.
Consolidated under the Anant School for Climate Action, the Bachelor of Technology Programme is designed to equip students with the skills to use engineering rigour and tools to create technology-driven solutions to climate change. Students enrolled will have access to a climate lab at the Ahmedabad campus, running climate simulations and various apparatus for weather measurements, solar radiations, and PV systems. The lab will also house equipment for the testing of renewable energy sources, and more. The market-oriented degree course prepares students for positions in every industry as all companies need to mitigate the impacts of climate change. It also prepares students for roles requiring climate modelling and analysis, positions in government agencies and independent laboratories conducting climate research. The admissions for the Bachelor of Technology programme have already begun and the last date for the admission is August 15, 2022.
The one-year Fellowship programme gives Anant Climate Action Fellows the opportunity to work with climate pioneers across the world. Based on a mentor-mentee framework, the programme is designed to help Fellows to develop the skills required for leading large-scale solutions to mitigate climate change.
“Measuring, predicting, mitigating and adapting to climate change needs an influx of new technologies as well as people skilled in the use of existing and new technologies. The objective of the Anant School for Climate Action is to equip students with the latest knowledge to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Bachelor of Technology specialising in climate technologies provides students with specialised training so that they are absorbed by the industry as world-class professionals in the field,” Miniya Chatterji, founding director, Anant School for Climate Action, and CEO of Sustain Labs Paris said.
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