Project News Detail
| Project No : | 204288 |
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| Project Title : | IIT Madras to set up a sustainability campus in Auroville |
| Company Name : | Indian Institute of Technology |
| Project Detail : | IIT Madras is set to open a new campus in Auroville near Puducherry, dedicated to sustainability. It will be the fourth campus of IIT Madras. Auroville will be giving us 100 acres. We will set up a sustainability campus aligned to the objectives of Auroville. A test track for electric trucks will be set up as one of the first facilities on 20 acres,” Director V Kamakoti stated. With trucks consuming nearly 45 percent of fuel, he highlighted the environmental impact: a 50 percent reduction in fuel consumption could significantly cut carbon emissions. The test track will be part of the Centre of Excellence for Zero Emission Trucking (CoEZET). Alongside its main campus, IIT Madras operates a satellite campus at Thaiyur and a foreign campus in Zanzibar. The new facility is expected to be operational within two to three months. Union Additional Secretary for Heavy Industries Hanif Qureshi acknowledged India’s slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). “The focus is not only on increasing the EVs. The condition is that they must be indigenous,” he remarked. He also inaugurated the EV battery engineering lab, dedicated to battery technology and charging infrastructure. |
| Project Location : | Pondicherry - Pondicherry - India |
| Project Estimation : | Refer Document |
| Status : | Announced |