Study on the need for Sustainable Development in Educational Institutions, an ecological perspective - A case study of College of Engineering- Guindy, Chennai

Sustainability has become the key word of the developing world and it is evident in many of the issues the growing economy is facing nowadays. Sustainability is the need of the hour for the Indian economy to support our future generation with a cleaner, safer environment. Legal framework implemented by the governing bodies such as Pollution Control Board is also supporting the implementation of sustainable Development by new enforcements introduced then and there, but it’s questionable as to the effectiveness of this frameworks. Most of the enforcements are focusing to imply the sustainability in industries or equivalent organizations but not putting thrust on all polluting bodies-educational institutions is one among them. Recent growth in educational scenario in India which had increased the number of educational institutions to a large extent also increased the effect on environment by their activities. Growth of the educational sector and the number of institutions catering various fields of education is needed for India but the growth should be optimized in a way such that it is sustainable and eco-friendly. Various methods are developed recently to find out the exact problems associated with the environment. Geographical Information System (GIS) is one among them taking a big leap in the recent years in the area of environmental problem identification. This paper provides the details of the environmental impacts of educational institutions with case studies and also suggests a sustainable framework to make them environmental-friendly by the use of (GIS).