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Year: 2025
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24 Jul 2025

Identity and Beliefs Dissonance

The School of Sustainability at IIT Madras is a hub for interdisciplinary learning and research. […]

📍 Mahatma Hall, HSB 357

⏰ 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM

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6–7 Aug 2025

SPARC Workshop on Hydrogen Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Value Chains: Fundamentals & Systems Engineering

The School of Sustainability at IIT Madras is a hub for interdisciplinary learning and research. […]

📍 Hall 3, ICSR, IITM

⏰ 09:00 AM – 5:30 PM

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22 Jul 2025

Brainstorming Session: Policy Directions for the Future

📍 Hall 2, IC&SR, IITM

⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

The School of Sustainability at IIT Madras is a hub for interdisciplinary learning and research. […]

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10 Jul 2025

IJBC BizCon2025 in partnership with IITM School of Sustainability!

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

Hosted by Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), the 4th India-Japan Business Conference aims to strengthen the growing partnership between the two nations, focusing on accelerating collaborations in technology, trade, and sustainability. Under the theme “Accelerating Indo-Japan Partnerships in Technology, Trade, and Sustainability,” this conference seeks to provide a platform for business leaders, policymakers, and industry experts to explore the vast potential for cooperation between both nations. Special emphasis will be placed on SMEs, fostering innovation, and leveraging shared strengths to enhance global competitiveness. As an academic partner, IIT Madras School of Sustainability will support IJBC in stimulating meaningful conversations on technology, policy and business model transformation.

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23 Jul 2025

SustainX ACE 2025 & 4th CO2 Conference Registration closes on June 15th!

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

Exclusively planned for showcasing cutting-edge research by students and early-career researchers across India, the 2-day conference will hold presentations and flash talks alongside the plenary address, keynote speeches, and panel discussions. Presenters and participants will have an opportunity to interact with a diverse and dynamic audience (academia, industry representatives, officials from relevant ministries, think tanks and non-profits, and financial institutions from India and abroad), deeply invested in CCUS, renewable energy systems, climate policy, and green and sustainable finance. The conference will be preceded by a thematic symposium (21-22 June), hosting insightful lectures from experts chartering new territories of decarbonization and energy transitionsTo know more including the illustrious speakers, check out the

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21 Jun 2025

SustainX ACE 2025 & 4th CO2 Symposium Registration closes on June 15th!

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

SustainX - ACE 2025 & 4th CO2India Meet is a national platform to explore innovative strategies for a low-carbon future. It’s a unique chance for students & researchers to learn from top experts, comprehend climate-smart technologies and their social and environmental dimensions, and dive into real-world sustainability topics. From capturing carbon to understanding how finance and communities shape energy transition, the Symposium covers it all! Join us to connect, share ideas, and be part of the journey. The symposium will be followed by a Conference (23-24 June), exclusively planned for showcasing cutting-edge research by student and early-career researchers across India. To know more including the illustrious speakers, check out the

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06 Jun 2025

Sustainability for Indian Businesses Cohort 3 commences!

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

With climate-related risks & associated multi-level esource pressures posing a real threat to industry worldwide, bringing sustainability into planning & execution is an opportunity for growth for industries. Be it value-driven, compliance-driven or mandate-driven, there is a growing realization within India's corporate sector that value can be created & reinvested through facilitating sustainable pathways. However, the notion of a trade-off between sustainability & profitability continues, necessitating both “top-down” & "bottom-up" reforms in all the four pillars of sustainability - Mitigation, Adaptation, Recovery, & Innovation. The 6-week Executive Education program "Sustainability for Indian Businesses" is designed to help industry professionals practically align Sustainable Development Goals with core business strategies. By bridging knowledge & application gaps, individuals & industries will unlock new avenues for growth & contribute towards India’s nationally determined contributions & its green, climate-resilient future. Enroll before May 26, 2025!

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02 Jun 2025

Sustainability for Indian Businesses Cohort 3 commences! Roundtable on Sustainability in the Built Environment in partnership with Schmidt Sciences and TLC2

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

The built environment accounts for nearly 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, making sustainable transformation a critical priority. The 2-day roundtable, funded by Schmidt Sciences, will bring together experts from academia, industry, and policy to explore actionable strategies for a more sustainable construction and operation practices. The discussions will span five thematic sessions: Energy, Design, Automation & Digital Technologies, Materials, and Business Models & Policy. The event aims to identify and promote scalable solutions, address adoption barriers, and outline research priorities to accelerate India’s transition toward a low-carbon, sustainable built environment.

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02 Jun 2025

Games for Good Governance Sustainable Urban Futures!

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

School of Sustainability is organizing a simulated gamified workshop in collaboration with an urban futures studio based in FLAME University! If you are working on shaping urban futures, join us for a stimulating yet fun gaming experience like you'd never had before! Through thematic games woven around the themes of Affordable and Sustainable Buildings, Participatory and Inclusive Governance, Energy Transition & Urban Decarbonization, and Disaster Preparedness and Urban Resilience, we can revolutionize the way we educate each other, build disaster preparedness and urban resilience in the language we all understand the most: Play!

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21 Jun 2025

Training Program: The Use of Al/ML for Environmental Audit iCED, Jaipur

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

School of Sustainability is organizing a simulated gamified workshop in collaboration with an urban futures studio based in FLAME University! If you are working on shaping urban futures, join us for a stimulating yet fun gaming experience like you'd never had before! Through thematic games woven around the themes of Affordable and Sustainable Buildings, Participatory and Inclusive Governance, Energy Transition & Urban Decarbonization, and Disaster Preparedness and Urban Resilience, we can revolutionize the way we educate each other, build disaster preparedness and urban resilience in the language we all understand the most: Play!

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03 Jun 2025

Short Course: Biopolymers for Sustainable Circular Economy

📍 IIT Madras

⏰ Full Day Conference

Join us for an exclusive short course by Dr Antonio Capezza, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, co-hosted by Department of Civil Engineering and School of Sustainability IIT Madras! Don't miss the opportunity to gain insights into cutting-edge biopolymer research and its real-world applications!

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