IGCS

The Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) conducts research on current sustainability challenges and disseminates the knowledge thus generated and facilitates exchanges of students and researchers. Major funders are the Indian Department for Science and Technology (DST), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through funds of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and our committed industry partner Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH. The Centre receives funding within the initiative of "New Passage to India" of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMBF and DAAD. It focusses on the protection of the environment considering water resources, energy, land use and sustainable urban and rural development and waste management. The Centre should promote the development of relevant ideas on and solutions to specific local issues by means of interdisciplinary research and study projects in the above mentioned areas. The IGCS will additionally contribute to the intensification of Indo-German cooperation in key academic fields. Research projects are funded by DST, Govt. of India, GIZ and Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, Regensburg, Germany.