Instructor

Prof. Satish Vitta

Semester

Autumn ‘21

Course Difficulty

Course is pretty chill. The assignments are done without any need of lectures usually, and the exam(only 1 end-sem, nothing else) was pretty straightforward. The seminar was a bit demanding though

Time Commitment Required

4ish hours for assignments would be maximum. The seminar took some effort. Most reports were graded very stringently. Not much could be prepped for Endsem as the content is more to do with basic EVS and common sense.

Grading Policy and Statistics

8 AA, 15 AB, 61 total

Attendance Policy

None

Pre-requisites

None

Evaluation Scheme

Assignments, Seminar Report + PPT, Endsem

Topics Covered in the Course

1. Background: Materials & History; Concept of embodied energy; classification of materials based on embodied energy; Index of materials classification. 2. Sustainability & Sustainable development: Definition; Concept emphasis; 3 P’s of sustainable development; Examples. 3. Methodology of assessing sustainable development: Tools and check lists for assessment; Examples. 4. Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index: Methodology of indexing; Corporate responsibility vis-à-vis Sustainability; Examples. 5. Methodology for Case studies. 6. Case studies from across the spectrum: Energy; Construction; Steel; Food;. 7. Guidelines for future development: Ecological considerations; circular materials economy; typical examples. The course will have classical teaching mode together with a short project and discussion. the split will be about 70 to 30 for the two formats respectively. Evaluation will be based on test, examinations, class participation and project report-cum presentation.

Teaching Style

He did not provide slides, but only recordings, which made endsem prep cumbersome. Lectures were not very engaging, as was evident from attendance. Overall, not a good learning experience.

Tutorials/Assignments/Projects

Some assignments were time consuming, as the questions asked may not be readily available in lectures or on the net.

Feedback on Exams

Endsem prep was very short as content seemed very generic and there were no slides.

Motivation for taking this course

I wanted to do institute electives for my open electives, and was looking for low effort/grade ratio course.

Course Importance

I do not believe this course was very important. ES 200 covered the important concepts I believe. So, It’s better to look for something else if the content intrigued you.

When to take this course?

7th sem. Doing in non-placement sem would be better.

Review By: Shardul Burde