IIT Madras Collaborates with Tel Aviv University to Launch Water Quality Course; Check Details Here

Content Curator | Updated On - Jul 9, 2024

The duration of the water quality course will be four months and will be imparted in hybrid mode through NPTEL online platform. Classes are scheduled to begin from July 29, 2024.

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has partnered with Tel Aviv University, Israel, and KMCH-Research Foundation (KMCH-RF), Coimbatore, to offer a water quality course. Registration for the course is ongoing and shall be open till July 20, 2024. Interested candidates can apply through the direct link given below:

Direct Link: IIT Madras Course on Water Quality Application

The duration of the water quality course will be four months and will be imparted in hybrid mode through NPTEL online platform. Classes are scheduled to begin from July 29, 2024. The course is ideal for final-year science and engineering students, and anyone with a technical background interested in water quality.

The aim of the course is to create water-literate citizens in India. “The course organisers are working towards building a water map of India and the world by students, who will contribute to building water literacy. After a detailed introduction to fundamental aspects of water quality, students will conduct practical tests including surveys. They will receive a certificate upon completion which may be credited as part of their degree program via their institution,” IIT-M said in a statement.

What will You Learn from the IIT Madras Water Quality Course?

Titled ‘A Hybrid Course on Water Quality: An Approach to People's Water Data’, the course will deliver 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 of water quality from diverse sources such as households, rivers, borewells, groundwater, and pipeline networks.

You can attend the lectures online or offline, or in recorded form. Those registering for the practical session will do measurements in the field and lab with hand-held instruments and field test kits, among others. 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 has been designed based on a pilot study done during the last summer in different places across Tamil Nadu (such as Chennai and Erode, among others) involving college students. The data from this endeavour was collated to create online data on water quality with spatial coordinates, and inputs from surveys.

Since practical sessions occur at different cities and villages, it is essential to have many participants enrol from a given location and contribute towards building People’s Water Data. IIT Madras has also encouraged universities to join hands in becoming a centre for practical sessions.

The participating student’s understanding of the concepts of water quality will be evaluated through online assignments and quizzes.

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