Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur will establish the 'Chandrakanta Kesavan Centre for Energy Policy and Climate Solutions.
It will help policymakers and technologists with practical solutions to the problems of climate change.
An agreement to set up the centre was signed on July 15 between IIT Kanpur and Sudhakar Kesavan, an alumnus of 1976 batch from IIT Kanpur.
The Centre is named in memory of his mother Dr Chandrakanta Kesavan. She received her PhD in Acoustical Physics from Allahabad University in the year1942.
A Fulbright post-doctoral scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology she worked as a pioneering acoustical engineer and administrator at All India Radio.
Kesavan has pledged USD 2.5 million for supporting various activities of the centre.
The centre also aims to conduct a master's programme with a specialisation in Energy Technology and Policy, e-masters in Energy Technology, Economics and Policy for working professionals.There are other details too.
