PROGRAMMES ON OFFER (ONLINE)

• Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS)
• Appreciation Programme on Sustainability Science (APSS)
• Leadership Programme on Nutrition Security and Sustainable Development (LPNSSD)
• Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of Wetlands (APSMW)
• Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of  Ganga – A Scientific Approach (APSMG)
• Leadership Programme on Himalayan Ecosystems ( LPHECO)
• Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of Biodiversity (APSMBIO)

PROGRAMMES UNDER PREPARATION

• Post Graduate Certificate in Climate Change and Sustainable Development
• Appreciation Programme on Population and Sustainable Development (APPSD)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment
• Master in Sustainability Science

DETAILS OF PROGRAMME

I.   Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS)

Programme Objectives:

Enhance awareness and impact knowledge on urgent measures to be taken to limit population explosion, unsustainable lifestyle, and generation of non-and slowly recyclable-waste, synthetic chemicals.

• Transform green revolution into evergreen revolution so that agriculture is no longer a destroyer of forests and biodiversity.
• Put “ecology” in the centre of economic development.

Eligibility Requirements:

All graduates from social and natural sciences streams

Policy makers, administrators, scientists and educators as well as general public interested in paradigm shift from the present unsustainable to sustainable development.

Programme Coordinator:

Dr. Y.S.C. Khuman

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II.   Appreciation Programme on Sustainability Science (APSS)

Programme Objectives:

• The core objective of this programme is to build the capacity of policy makers, administrators, scientists and educators as well as the general public in the science and art of environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development.
• The programme will help the participants to develop and Agenda 21 Plan of Action for their respective village/town/city.
• To help those involved in agriculture to launch an era of ever-green revolution which can help to enhance productivity in perpetuity without ecological harm.

Eligibility Requirements:

The programme is open to the candidates who are Graduate in any discipline or its equivalent from any recognized University. The preference will be given to the post graduate scholar, scientists and policy makers working in the areas of agriculture, rural development, environmental science and sustainable development.

Programme Coordinator:

Dr. Y.S.C. Khuman

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III.   Leadership Programme on Nutrition Security  & Sustainable Development (LPNSSD)

Programme Objectives:

This Nutrition Security Programme is intended to sensitise and guide policy and programme leaders to rely more on evidence based programming for achieving nutrition security and sustainable development.

Eligibility Requirements:

The programme is open to candidates who are graduates or equivalent in any discipline from any recognized University. There is a special focus on candidates working in the health and nutrition sector, including policy makers and programme implementers, civil society and public health nutrition professionals.

Programme Coordinator:

Dr. Boyina Rupini

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IV.   Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of Wetlands (APSMW)

Programme Objectives:

• To provide introduction to the importance of wetlands, the cause of their degradation, restoration efforts and sustainable management.
• To enhance awareness on the role of wetlands on social, cultural and livelihood dimensions of the dependent communities.
• To build capacity to meet the challenges of global warming, sea lever rise and safeguarding live and livelihoods of the coastal communities.
• To enhance preparedness to mitigate harmful influence of changes in hydrological conditions due to altered rainfall both in pattern and intensity.
• To emphasize the uniqueness of the “below sea level farming” in Kuttanad, Kerala, as an example of traditional adaptation to sea level rise elsewhere.

Eligibility Requirements:

The programme is open to the candidates who are Graduate in any discipline or its equivalent from any recognized University. The preference will be given to the post graduate student, researchers, scientists and policy makers working in the areas of environmental science, agriculture and rural development, and sustainable development.

Programme Coordinator: 

Dr. Sushmitha Baskar

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V.   Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of Ganga – A Scientific Approach (APSMG)

Programme Objectives:

• To create awareness about the significance of National river Ganga and its connectivity with our civilization and culture;
• To specify the source, origin and journey of the Ganga – tributaries, upstream and downstream linkages;
• To characterize the Indo-Gangetic Plains covering agriculture, industrial development, ecology and environment aspects and issues thereof;
• To identify and analyse issues related to:

                       1) Public health – water and vector-borne diseases, sanitation and waste disposal systems

                       2) Economy

                       3) Livelihood security

                       4) Demographic dimensions;

• To paraphrase the scope for research and development, and use of technologies;
• To summarise various measures for capacity-building for implementation of various programmes largely covering the above objectives;
• To illustrate socio-cultural aspects and issues related to policies, programmes legislations, regulations and various nodal institutional arrangements; and
• To analyse the role of public, media (electronic and print), NGOs, research and academic institutions, industrial houses and other stake holders.

Eligibility Requirements:

The eligibility for joining this course would be a Graduation degree in any subject. The post graduate students, researchers, scientists, engineers, medical doctors, stake holders, policy makers, administrators and other professionals with requisite educational qualifications will be given preference. 

Programme Coordinator: 

Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan

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VI.   Leadership Programme on Himalayan Ecosystems (LPHECO)

Programme Objectives:

• To sensitize and strengthen awareness about the Himalayan Ecosystems in the context of Sustainable Development.
• To link and evolve the linkages of livelihood and ecological security in the mountain region
• To improve the awareness among the stakeholders about the impact of climate change and management.

Eligibility Requirements:

The programme is open to the candidates who are Graduate in any discipline or its equivalent from any recognised University. The preference will be given to the post graduate scholars, scientists and policy makers working in the areas of agriculture, rural development, environmental science and sustainable development.

Programme Coordinator: 

Dr. Nehal A. Farooquee

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VII. Appreciation Programme on Sustainable Management of Biodiversity (APSMBIO)

Programme Objectives:

The conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the eradication of extreme poverty are two of the main global challenges. It has been recognized by the international community that these two challenges are intimately connected, and require a coordinated response. The sustainable management of biodiversity is one of the most important challenges facing humanity; one that requires the active participation of dedicated professionals who are committed to the interdisciplinary nature of the subject. Our generation has the unenviable task of making hard, possibly irrevocable, decisions on sustainable management of biodiversity at local, regional and international levels. In this context, the aim of this Appreciation programme is to provide a critical and conceptually sophisticated understanding of biodiversity science and the socio-economic, political, cultural and institutional environments within which sustainable management of Biodiversity and policy decisions are made. This programme promote awareness and capacity building for sustainable management of biodiversity for mainstreaming biodiversity into the daily lives of individuals, recreating the relationship between people and nature,
securing the linkages between forests, rivers, and the sea and taking actions in a global context.

Eligibility Requirements:

The eligibility for joining this course would be a Graduation degree in any subject. The post graduate students, researchers, scientists, engineers, medical doctors, stake holders, policy makers, administrators and other professionals with requisite educational qualifications will be given preference.

Programme Coordinator:

Dr. Shachi Shah

Email:- sshah@ignou.ac.in

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