1,600 years ago, Nalanda in Bihar was the world’s first residential university. Today, it’s back —powered by the sun, watered by the rain, and built for the future!
Imagine a campus so green, it produces more energy than it consumes! Nalanda’s new 446-acre campus generates all its own electricity, harvests every drop of water, and even turns waste into energy.
No ACs, no problem! Ancient cooling secrets meet modern tech — thick earth walls & the futuristic DEVAP cooling keep buildings naturally comfortable. Even the bricks are eco-friendly compressed earth!
100 acres of shimmering lakes — but here’s the twist! These aren’t just pretty water bodies. They’re part of an ancient ‘Ahar-Pyne’ system that harvests monsoon rains to keep the campus self-sufficient.
From waste to watts! A 1.5 MW biogas plant turns organic waste into clean energy. Even sewage gets a second life — DeWAT systems recycle it for irrigation. Zero waste, zero excuses.
Why burn bricks when the earth can breathe? Instead of polluting kiln-baked bricks, Nalanda used compressed stabilised earth blocks (CSEB) — 5x greener, naturally insulating, and cheaper!
At Nalanda, students don’t just study sustainability—they live it. From solar farms to water recycling, every corner teaches green innovation.
17 countries, 1 mission. Scholars from China, Australia, South Korea and more come here, proving sustainability has no borders. Global problems need global classrooms.
Awarded the GRIHA 5-Star (India’s top green rating), Nalanda isn’t just rebuilding history—it’s rewriting the future. A zero-carbon campus. A global classroom. A lesson for the world.