Chennai, IIT Madras has partnered with Tel Aviv University, Israel, and KMCH Research Foundation (KMCH-RF), Coimbatore, to offer a course on water quality aimed at creating water literate citizens, the institute said on Monday.
This four-month course, offered in hybrid mode through the N online platform, is ideal for final-year science and engineering students and anyone with a technical background interested in water quality, he said.
The course organizers are working to construct a water map of India and the world by the students, who will contribute to developing water literacy, the research institute said in a statement here.
"After a detailed introduction to the fundamentals of water quality, students will complete practical tests that include surveys," the release reads.
Candidates will receive a certificate upon completion, which can be accredited as part of their study program through their institution.
Registration for this course will close on July 20. Interested candidates can register through the following link: https://bit.ly/3zgpkMy. The course will begin on July 29.
Professor T Pradeep and Professor Ligy Philip from IIT Madras, Professor Hadas Mamane and Professor Ram Fishman from Tel Aviv University, and Dr G Velmurugan from KMCH-Research Foundation are the instructors of the course, in addition to the professors guests from IIT Madras, BARC and Purdue. University.
The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of important aspects of water quality, analysis of key parameters and their impact on human health. It will also establish a database on water quality from various sources, such as homes, rivers, wells, groundwater and pipeline networks, according to the statement.
Students will have the option to attend lectures online or offline, or in recorded form. Your understanding of the concepts will be assessed using online assignments and quizzes. "Those who register for the practical session will perform measurements in the field and in the laboratory with portable instruments and field test kits, among others," he said.
The water quality parameters studied include free chlorine, total chlorine, alkalinity, pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), temperature, turbidity, as well as presence and absence of E. coli and total coliforms. .
The course was designed based on a pilot study conducted last summer in different places in Tamil Nadu in which university students participated. Data from this effort were collected to create online water quality data with spatial coordinates and survey input.
Universities and institutes are encouraged to join hands to become a hub for the practical session. More details can be obtained from the course coordinators: Ramya Dwivedi, email: [email protected] (IITM) or Suzan Kagan, email: [email protected] (Tel Aviv University).
This four-month course, offered in hybrid mode through the N online platform, is ideal for final-year science and engineering students and anyone with a technical background interested in water quality, he said.
The course organizers are working to construct a water map of India and the world by the students, who will contribute to developing water literacy, the research institute said in a statement here.
"After a detailed introduction to the fundamentals of water quality, students will complete practical tests that include surveys," the release reads.
Candidates will receive a certificate upon completion, which can be accredited as part of their study program through their institution.
Registration for this course will close on July 20. Interested candidates can register through the following link: https://bit.ly/3zgpkMy. The course will begin on July 29.
Professor T Pradeep and Professor Ligy Philip from IIT Madras, Professor Hadas Mamane and Professor Ram Fishman from Tel Aviv University, and Dr G Velmurugan from KMCH-Research Foundation are the instructors of the course, in addition to the professors guests from IIT Madras, BARC and Purdue. University.
The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of important aspects of water quality, analysis of key parameters and their impact on human health. It will also establish a database on water quality from various sources, such as homes, rivers, wells, groundwater and pipeline networks, according to the statement.
Students will have the option to attend lectures online or offline, or in recorded form. Your understanding of the concepts will be assessed using online assignments and quizzes. "Those who register for the practical session will perform measurements in the field and in the laboratory with portable instruments and field test kits, among others," he said.
The water quality parameters studied include free chlorine, total chlorine, alkalinity, pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), temperature, turbidity, as well as presence and absence of E. coli and total coliforms. .
The course was designed based on a pilot study conducted last summer in different places in Tamil Nadu in which university students participated. Data from this effort were collected to create online water quality data with spatial coordinates and survey input.
Universities and institutes are encouraged to join hands to become a hub for the practical session. More details can be obtained from the course coordinators: Ramya Dwivedi, email: [email protected] (IITM) or Suzan Kagan, email: [email protected] (Tel Aviv University).
