B.Sc. (Information Technology) Green IT Practices and Sustainability Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the TY BSc IT syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Green IT Practices and Sustainability
This is a paper of the Information Technology Minor, for students whose college runs that Minor. In Semester 6 you sit one pair: Cloud Computing Fundamentals and Digital Forensics Practical, or AI Ethics and Green IT Practices and Sustainability. From 2026-27 your college sets and marks Minor papers itself.
Module I: Green ICT -History, Agenda, and Challenges Ahead: Introduction, Industrial
- Revolution, The Emergence of Information and Communication Technologies, The Agenda and Challenges Ahead Emerging Technologies and Their Environmental Impact: Introduction, Number of Connected Devices, Increased, Functionality, Increased Number of Separate Functions, Increased Demand for Speed and Reliability, Obsolescence—The Problem of Backward Compatibility, The Other Side of the Balance Sheet, Video conference as an Alternative to Business Travel, Dematerialization of Product Chain, Travel Advice/Road Traffic Control, Intelligent Energy Metering, Building Management Systems, Saving IT. Measurements and Sustainability: Introduction, ICT Technical Measures, Ecological Measures and Ethical Consideration, Systems Engineering for Designing Sustainable ICT-Based Architectures.
Module II: Sustainable Cloud Computing: Introduction, Challenges in the Use of Cloud
- Computing As Green Technology, Cloud Computing and Sustainability, Sustainable Applications of Cloud Computing, Technologies Associated With Sustainable Cloud Computing, Future Prospects of Sustainable Cloud Computing, Reflections on Sustainable Cloud Computing Applications. Sustainable Software Design: Overview and Scope, Evaluating Sustainability Effects, Sustainability and the Product Life Cycle , Direct Effects: Sustainability During Use, Runtime Energy Consumption Basics , Analysing the Energy Consumption of an Application , Energy Consumption Reduction Using Physical Properties of Semiconductors, Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Compiler Techniques, Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Runtime Approaches.
Text Books
- 1 Green Computing and Green IT Best Practice by Jason Harris, Emereo
- 2 Green Computing Tools and Techniques for Saving Energy, Money and Resources by Bud E. Smith, CRC Press
- 3 Green Data Center: Steps for the Journey by Alvin Galea, Michael Schaefer, Mike Ebbers, Shroff Publishers and Distributors
- 1 1.Green Information Technology – A Sustainable Approch, Mohammad Dastbaz Colin Pattinson, Babak Akhgar, Elsevier, 2015 Inc.
- 2 San Murugesan; G. R. Gangadharan, Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, Wiley-IEEE Press.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Information Technology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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