The Department of Energy Science and Engineering (DESE) has a vision to develop sustainable systems and solutions for the future. DESE aims to achieve this through a two-pronged strategy:

• New innovative academic programmes meeting the future needs for capacity building in the energy sector.
• Establishing strong research groups and state of the art research infrastructure in energy.

In addition to the existing M.Tech and Ph.D programmes in Energy Systems Engineering, the new department  has started an integrated M.Sc-Ph.D programme in Energy from 2007 and a dual degree (B.Tech-M.Tech) programme from 2008.The Department of Energy Science and Engineering is thus setting new standards in the field of energy with its expertise in renewable energy, power systems and energy conservation and providing the nation with much needed pool of talent to make our country energy self-sufficient in the coming years. Sustainable development is the benchmark of growth of nation. This could be achieved through an intermingling of ideas from industry and academic world. Energy Day is an action that aims to involve the wider public in a wide range of activities related to the production and use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Hence with this objective in mind Energy Day will be celebrated on March 19, 2011.

Energy Day 2011 also aims to disseminate the postgraduate research student in energy industry and to strengthen industry-academic relationship. The program involves presentations by the students showcasing the research work, poster presentation and a panel discussion.

The purpose of presentations of the students is to bridge the gap between the industry and the academic world in terms of technology transfer. This also helps the people from IIT to understand what future research work is to be carried out to support the industries.

The topic for this year's panel discussion is "Green Jobs and Energy Education"