The campus of Manipal University in Udupi has earned the distinction of making it to the list of green universities in the world.
The UI GreenMetric World Universities Ranking, 2011, has given 78th rank to the university. Among Indian institutes, only Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, ranks higher, at number 44.
Altogether, 178 universities in the world were found eligible for the ranking. Chairman of UI GreenMetric World Universities Ranking, Riri Fitri Sari, communicated Manipal University’s achievement on Saturday.
About 25 years ago, the Manipal University ‘s campus was a bald hill, with only monsoon grass and endemic shrubs growing there. PLNG Rao, the varsity’s director, quality assurance, told DNA that it was through a scientific approach that the area turned green.
He said the university started working on making the campus green only about 15 years ago.
He said the university started working on making the campus green only about 15 years ago.
He said measures such as recycling water, solid-waste management and soil conservation yielded results and the bald hill has now become green enough to make it to the list of top green varsities in the world.
The UI GreenMetric World Universities Ranking is the first world-wide college-based commitment to the development of sustainable infrastructure, education and research. The ranking methodology is based on a widely accepted principle that measuring sustainability should involve three things: Environment, Economics and Equity.
The ranking not only helps in raising awareness about these issues, but is also proving to be a catalyst to put in place green campus management policies around the world.
The aim of this ranking is to provide the result of online survey regarding the current condition and policies related to green campus and sustainability in the universities across the world.
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