At Swami Vivekanand Subharti University we have always been vigilant towards our duties towards Mother Nature. We have started numerous projects towards a ‘Greener India’ in alignment with ‘National Objectives’ and initiated many steps to ‘awaken’ our youth towards their duty towards the environment.
Subharti University has tapped the power of youth so that they can play an active role in protecting and improving the environment. A ‘Subhartian’ is encouraged to adopt eco-friendly and sustainable life practices in their daily routine. They are encouraged to make their homes, hostels and institutes environment friendly by adopting eco-friendly practices, recycling of different materials as well as preserving valuable resources such as water and electricity. Engaging youth in environment protection has created a direct impact in changing their behaviour and attitudes. The students are encouraged to avoid paper and adopt digital platforms, save water & electricity, buy recyclable garbage bags, recycle books, use a cloth bag instead of polybags and buy eco-friendly supplies and so on.
- Paperless Reforms.
- Battery operated Vehicles.
- Solar Power
- Sensor-based lights
- Reclaiming the waste
- Segregate and recycle
- Awareness, Encouragement and Involvement
1.) Paperless Reforms:
- Around 15 billion trees are cut down each year to make paper. With the aim to make the university paperless, our in-house IT cell has made several modules of ERP such that most of the functioning of the university is conducted online.
- ‘KIOSKs’ are installed from which the students can check their profiles and are encouraged to make online entries, online queries, online payments etc. Soon we are planning to launch a ‘Subharti App’ to further strengthen our initiative.
- There are places where paper is still required. Use of rough or single side used paper is encouraged. Students are encouraged to take prints on both sides to utilize every bit of the paper.
2.) Battery Operated Vehicles: Another contribution towards the environment is by minimizing our carbon footprint. We encourage the use of battery-operated vehicles within the campus. The university is using battery-operated rickshaws, scooters, and carts for in-campus transportation. Our students are also encouraged to research, build and use electric vehicles.
- E Cycle: An E-cycle made by our student of Subharti Institute of Engineering is successfully made and is even in production. The E cycle assists the rider’s pedal power and uses rechargeable batteries. It has the top speed of 25 km/h. E-bikes are a source of exercise and also allows the rider to take short breaks from pedalling. The University intends to make this as a part of cardiac rehabilitation programmes, as a study has shown that it can reduce deaths in people with coronary heart disease by around 27%.
- Twin Bicycle: John F Kennedy very aptly said “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bicycle” and what makes it more pleasurable is when you have someone to ride with you. The twin bicycle has been designed by Dr Krishna Murty, an illustrious student of Subharti Medical College and the design has been industrial designed too (Reg No. 306717). The twin cycle is available for use both for the residents and non residents of the campus within the campus. The twin cycle, campus residents have started enjoying evening rides rather than taking any other form of transportation. The residents can take the cycles from the designated parking places and can leave them at other dedicated parking spaces. The concept has gained popularity just like carpooling; the residents prefer the cycle pooling.
- Garbage Van: The University garbage van has been fully mechanised and electrically driven enabled by the students of the mechanical engineering department. The University’s garbage is collected and disposed of in the designated place with the help of this van.
3.) SOLAR POWER: The University has been slowly getting solar electricity panels, solar heaters, etc. installed on the campus roads and roofs. Meanwhile our students took inspiration and built;
- Solar Rickshaw: Another variant of the e-Rickshaw which has been designed by the students of Subharti Technical Campus is solar-powered e Rickshaw being fitted with solar panels. Currently two solar rickshaws are on ply in the campus and are being exclusively utilized for the waste disposal.
- Solar based water purifier: Solar water purifier has been designed by the students of Subharti Technical campus and has been installed near the Vice Chancellor office. The water is purified based on solar radiation treatment and water distillation with additional use of solar heating.
4.) SENSOR BASED LIGHTS: Our students of Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering are committed towards adopting the newer means of energy conservation; with a firm belief that every unit of energy saved can be utilized in the future they have installed electronic motion detector based sensor lights at 125 different locations in the University campus.

5.) RECLAIMING THE WASTE: Our multitalented founder who has started a blog of her own called ‘busy bee’ has inspired many of our students to do the same. Our students from the Faculty of fine arts, department of interior design, keep making several sculptures and art items from ‘scrap’. This not only redefines creativity but also reduces the waste create e.g. Lamp Shades from waste, Cartoon characters from discarded newspapers; waste carrying man sculpture and many more.
6.) SEGREGATE AND RECYCLE: The University initiates, encourages and ensures the segregation of waste along with its adequate disposal. Along with it we involve our students in recycling the green waste into compost.
- Bio compost: The University has 3 pits for utilising the green waste and making it into bio compost.
- Vermicompost: The University has defined an area for making vermicompost.
In both the projects the students of the Faculty of Science and department of agriculture are made to participate to learn and practice the same at home and personal level to spread awareness.
7.) ENCOURAGEMENT, AWARENESS, AND INVOLVEMENT:
- All days like ‘Environment day’ ‘Plantation day’ are celebrated, our students are encouraged to plant saplings, donate trees to encourage them to realize the importance of nature.
- The University gifts planters on all events, and gets students to prevent plucking of flowers, and encourage growing of plants.
- Students are involved in ‘nukkad natak’, ‘poster competition’ etc, on such themes to encourage their mindset towards encouraging ‘Green India’.
- Regular blogs, Facebook campaigns for using environmentally friendly things, like ‘own cloth bags’ instead of plastic ones, carry own bottles instead of using plastic bottles, not using single time plastic etc..
8.) Rain Water Harvesting: In order to maintain the campus groundwater table, the University have installed 23 rainwater harvesting system at different locations within the campus. These areas help us capture the rainwater by directing it from large surfaces (e.g. Roofs, Fields, Parking etc.) with the help of channel drains to an underground holding tank installed at different locations. The rainwater is then sent to the treatment plant or utilised directly for irrigation and other purposes./
