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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B), one of India’s premier technical institutes and a centre for excellence in higher education and research activities, has collaborated with the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction to foster the use of sustainable construction practices in India.

As Partner University, IIT-B will provide technical competence in this area to Holcim Foundation. It will host the regional jury for the US $2 million Holcim Awards competition in 2011, and will also host the 4th International Holcim Forum (symposium) for sustainable construction in 2013.

With this agreement, IIT-B has joined the list of the world’s leading technical universities which act as dynamic partners of the Holcim Foundation, including the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA, Mexico) and Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Casablanca (EAC, Morocco).

“We believe IIT Bombay is eminently qualified to provide valuable inputs and real thrust to promoting the cause of sustainable construction in India,” said Dr Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Head of the Technical Competence Centre (TCC) of the Holcim Foundation and Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich.
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