(2-year Programme — 4 Semesters Regular Programme with relevant annotation)
| Sr. No. | Themes / Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS501 | Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainability Interdisciplinary course on Climate Change and Sustainability |
02 |
| CCS502 | Process of Climate Change Defining the process of climate change in all its forms |
04 |
| CCS503 | History & Science of Climate Change History, science and causes of climate change; divergence of opinion: climate skepticism causes and evidence |
04 |
| CCS504 | Implications of Climate Change Implications: Economic; social; environmental; geopolitical, including security and other indirect and intangible impacts |
04 |
| CCS505 | Scenario Analysis: No‑Action vs Adaptation No action cost evaluation, and climate‑induced natural disasters and societal implications. |
02 |
| CCS506 | Mitigation and Adaptation Measures Approaches to a possible solution: Vision; mitigation; adaptation; resilience; carbon sequestration; capture and storage; integration of traditional knowledge in the tool kit and Net zero: needs, targets and measurements including NDC. |
04 |
| Total | 20 |
| Sr. No. | Themes / Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS5021 | Green Transition of Energy Transition away from fossil fuels: efficiency gains; new cleaner sources of energy; renewables, including nuclear energy, cost of green transition. |
04 |
| CCS5022 | Introduction to South Asia Energy Mix Socio-economic and political factors underlying the region in South Asia. Energy endowment and usage. |
02 |
| CCS5023 | Global South Capacity Gaps Plugging the global south’s capacity gaps: technology transfer; finance, including damage and repair funding; special and differential treatment for implementational enforcement for commitments by global south; climate justice. |
02 |
| CCS5024 | Emissions Trading Emissions trading: carbon assets accounting; pricing; legal framework and mechanism |
02 |
| CCS5025 | South Asian Climatic Landscape South Asian Climatic Agrarian landscape and climate implication including air, water and disaster episode. |
02 |
| CCS5026 | Emerging Global Legal Framework Emerging global legal framework; Kyoto, Paris; the COP outcomes; UNFCCC process and other environmental treaties and agreements and their implications |
04 |
| CCS5027 | Research Methodology Qualitative and quantitative aspects of Research and implications on research outcomes and dissertation writing, non-market valuation techniques, cost benefit analysis and intergenerational discounting |
02 |
| CCS5028 | Climate Negotiations History, process and impact of COPs on multilateralism climate talks |
02 |
| Total | 20 |
| Sr. No. | Themes / Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS601 | Climate Change in South Asia South Asia climate change situation, facts, implications, mitigation and adaptation measures; net zero targets and processes; Government’s pro-climate schemes and their assessment |
04 |
| CCS602 | Dissertation Preparation Proposal writing. |
04 |
| Electives: Any 06 (each 02 credits) | 12 | |
| Total | 20 | |
Elective(s): Any 06 of the following, each carrying 02 Credits depending on the availability of Experts / Faculty Members.
Choose elective(s) to fulfill the requirements of Scheme of Course
| Sr. No. | Name of Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS603 | Climate Communication Media and Climate Communication methods for public advocacy. |
02 |
| CCS604 | AI Tools for Climate Policy AI as a Tool for understanding Climate Change, Policy and Adaptation. |
02 |
| CCS605 | International Climate Laws International Laws in context of climate change |
02 |
| CCS606 | Sustainability Dimensions of Climate Change Climate Tech, Blue economy, carbon credit, carbon market, Fintech, Financial Inclusion |
02 |
| CCS607 | Best Practices Global and national best practices for mitigation, adaptation, legal framework, finance etc. climate advocacy through all of society approach |
02 |
| CCS608 | Beyond SDG 13 Climate aligned skills and livelihoods; alignment with the SDGs beyond SDG 13. |
02 |
| CCS609 | Climate modelling and simulation Climate modelling and simulation for assessment and prediction of climate episodes. |
02 |
| CCS610 | Climate, Water and Energy Nexus | 02 |
| CCS611 | Climate interface with sustainability Climate interface with the larger sustainability discourse. |
02 |
| CCS612 | Environment impact assessment Climate change as a factor in environment impact assessment; |
02 |
| CCS613 | Climate tech and feedback loops Climate aligned industry and technologies, including regulation, monitoring and feedback loops. |
02 |
| CCS614 | Financial Mechanisms Climate/sustainability aligned financial mechanisms: grants, loans, equity, bonds, investment etc. |
02 |
| CCS615 | AI for data visualization AI for data visualization for devising, mitigation and adaption for policy formulation |
02 |
| CCS616 | ESG reporting for climate change Management Tools for ESG Reporting and climate change |
02 |
| CCS617 | Urban Sustainability Urban sustainability in context of climate change episodes |
02 |
| CCS618a/b/c* | Any one of the three CCS618a – Basics of Thermal Engineering CCS618b – Basics of Electrical Engineering CCS618c – Basics of Process Engineering |
02 |
| CCS619 | GIS for Climate Change GIS for application to understand climate change |
02 |
| CCS620 | Environmental Diplomacy Environmental Diplomacy and Sustainable Water Management |
02 |
| CCS621 | Biotechnology for Agriculture Biotechnology for climate resilient agriculture |
02 |
| CCS622 | Arts Appreciation for Climate Immersive Arts Appreciation Course on Climate Change and Sustainability for public advocacy. |
02 |
| CCS623 | Wealth Economy, SDG and Law The Key Essentials: The Wealth Economy, SDG and Law |
02 |
| CCS624 | Paris Climate Treaty (2015) | 02 |
| CCS625 | Nature based Solutions | 02 |
Semester 4: Dissertation & Electives
| Sr. No. | Themes / Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS635 | Dissertation MS Dissertation |
08 |
| CCS636 | Directed Reading | 02 |
| CCS637 |
Lab Work Internship Seminars |
06 |
| Electives (2 × 02 credits) | 04 | |
| Total | 20 | |
Elective(s) any 02 of the following each carrying 02 Credits depending on the availability of Experts/ Faculty Members
Choose sufficient elective(s) to fulfill the requirements of scheme of Course
| Sr. No. | Name of Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CCS638 | Ecology, Society, Culture and Economy – Impact of ecology on society, culture & economy | 02 |
| CCS639 | Life Cycle Assessment – LCA for sectoral circularity | 02 |
| CCS640 | Sustainable Agriculture – For food security & development | 02 |
| CCS641 | Machine Learning for Environment – ML techniques for environment & climate | 02 |
| CCS642 | Climate Compatible Infrastructure – Sustainable infrastructure development | 02 |
| CCS643 | EIA Methodology – Environmental impact assessment methodology | 02 |
| CCS644 | India’s Role in Clean Energy – Solar energy, resilient infrastructure, biofuels | 02 |
| CCS645 | Energy Security – Socio-economic & political challenges; multilateral strategies | 02 |
| CCS646 | Supply Chains of Critical Minerals – In AI age | 02 |
| CCS647 | Sustainable AI Technology – Energy intensity of AI & sustainability strategies | 02 |
