The students of the Symbiosis Centre of Management Studies (undergraduate) have undertaken a research on developing low carbon society for the city. This research project is being undertaken jointly with the National Institute for Technical Teacher’s Training and Research (NITTTR) ), Bhopal and the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal, which will be the knowledge partners. The students will be involved in collecting data and survey. A model for low carbon society has already been developed for cities like Bhopal and Ahmedabad. Anupama Suresh Rawat, director SCMS (UG) told that they will use the same model and the techniques but there will be some changes to make a separate plan that will suit Pune. This research work will make future projections of how Pune will look like after thirty years. The emission level of pollutants, their sources, the present level, projections and mitigation measures will be studied to finally come up with a low carbon society policy. According to Rawat, participation of local self-government bodies like the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and other organizations for support and funding will play an important role as the projection is for the city.
