M.E Sanitation Science, Technology and Management

Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) focusses on Water and Sanitation and the tasks mentioned in SDG 6. Sanitation is also high on agenda of the Indian Government. Trained Postgraduate and working professionals are of high demand. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation had significantly invested in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme and they had funded UNESCO IHE and its 8 partners in developing e learning alliance. The foundation’s investment strategy in sanitation requires qualified and trained professionals. International Water Association (IWA) is an association of water professionals around the world and they too predicted the requirement of professional capacity needs in Water and Sanitation. According to IWA “The gap in 2014 was 700,000 individuals, but that gap has widened with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Curriculum

• Sanitation Technology
• Sanitation and Public Health
• Research Practice
• Sanitation Governance and Behavioural Change
• Sanitation Financing and Project Management
• Emergency Sanitation and Leadership
• Environmental Biotechnology and Solid Waste Management (elective)
• Environmental Management Systems Study in Advanced Topics: Biostatistics and Computers in Public Health, Bioconversion Technology, Environmental Health, and  Water and Waste Water Treatment (electives)