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Why IIT Indore is starting India's first BTech in sustainability
Financial Express Kochi
|June 01, 2026
BEGINNING IN JULY, THE SCHOOL TARGETS GRADUATING ITS FIRST BATCH BY 2030
IN A GROUNDBREAKING move, the Mehta Family School of Sustainability (MFSOS) at IIT Indore is launching India’s first-ever undergraduate degree dedicated to sustainability this July.
While other Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have confined sustainability to postgraduate studies, IIT Indore is establishing a dedicated four-year BTech in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Engineering.
The school has been established through a generous endowment from the US-based Mehta Family Foundation, led by Rahul Mehta.
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This story is from the June 01, 2026 edition of Financial Express Kochi.
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