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Environment and Sustainability

Environmental Science is a mandatory course in all the undergraduate programmes. Apart from

this, courses on ‘Environment Impact Assessment’, ‘Environment Quality Monitoring’,

‘Environmental Audit’ and several others address the issues related to Environment and
Sustainability. Students are involved in green auditing of the campus and keep track of carbon

footprint of the campus. As part of the course, events such as Water Conservation Week and
Energy Conservation Week are organized every year so as to sensitize the campus on the

sustainable developmental strategies. The students of architecture have courses on using natural
and sustainable resources in their curriculum. The organic cultivation for students of agriculture

showcase the importance of nature in Agriculture.

Human Values and Professional Ethics

Course on Ethics and Values is mandatory for all the undergraduate students. In addition to this,

other courses such as Bioethics, Corporate Ethics, Business ethics, Media Ethics are incorporated
in the curriculum of relevant programmes. Topics on manners and etiquettes are covered in

courses related to soft skills.

VIT has made the participation of students in extra-curricular activity as a mandatory requirement

for graduation. At present 90 clubs and 53 chapters are available for students. Students can register
in any one of these clubs / chapters, depending on their interest and undertake activities related to

the chosen field and in many instances the students extend their support to the social cause and
create awareness related to gender and address issues related to sustainable living. Visit to

orphanages, as part of their extracurricular activity, make the students to respect the human values

and make them understand the moral social responsibility. As part of the course, section of
students contribute to the NCC and NSS schemes. In general, participation in these extra-

curricular activities promotes gender equity, facilitates team work, enhances leadership skills,
builds confidence, personal social responsibility and enables the students to face the challenges in

the future workplace, as these mould them to be holistic individuals.

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