Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore is registered with GRIHA as a Gold member under the GRIHA CATALYST membership. Under the ambit of this membership, a 1-day online student training programme was conducted on 31st May, 2022.

The programme was designed to facilitate the students to develop an understanding on GRIHA and create awareness on general concepts and processes under GRIHA and its variants. The programme commenced with a presentation on the major environmental challenges faced due to today’s building sector and the need to create green buildings. This was followed by an overview of GRIHA rating system and its variants, highlighting the intent of the sections and their criteria. Criteria related to the engineering background of the students were detailed out and explained. Exercises on water management and construction management were also carried out as a part of the training programme.

The programme received an overwhelming response and was attended by 22 students.