Future scope and strategies in energy education

Abstract

The paper identifies the scope and strategies in energy education related to Mechanical Engineering. The global and local trends in energy sources, technologies and social & environmental aspects with reference to standard scenarios have been identified This information together with the current status of energy education in the country has been utilized to establish the scope and strategies for the future energy education at tertiary level based on two time horizons: short term and long term that are mainly dominated by trends, policies and conditions in global and local contexts respectively.