Hindu: The IGCS was set up in 2010 as a collaborative research partnership between IIT Madras and leading technical universities in Germany in the broad area of sustainable development. Senior scientist, IIT Madras, P. Sasidhar places the significance of the IGCS in the backdrop of mounting energy needs in the country. “How do we achieve energy security while meeting the requirements of environmental sustainability? Germany has well-established sustainability centres. Their expertise is going to be useful…