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Introduction

Master of Science (Environmental Science) Programme aims at generating skilled man power to tackle the growing environmental and developmental problems and changes arising from the transition to a sustainable society. This programme will give an insight into the socio-economic causes and the characteristics of pollution and degradation of the natural environment, including the effects on human beings, the atmosphere, ecosystem and the other organisms. The programme will provide learners with the necessary means to develop the capacity to carry out independent assessments on environmental issues. In addition, learners will be well equipped to analyze and assess environmental systems and problems; be able to propose sustainable solutions to environmental problems; and contribute to the development of policies and strategies for environmental planning. Being an interdisciplinary field of knowledge, environmental science includes specializations with multidisciplinary scope in which the students will learn to address the challenges of maintenance of environmental integrity for sustainable development in relation to human activities.

Objective

To equip the learners with knowledge and understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes of the environment.
To expose the learners with theoretical principles involved in air, water and soil pollution and monitoring systems
To emphasize the principles and practices involved in sustainable natural resources management and environmental management
To impart knowledge and understanding in impact assessment, environmental audit and laws.

Courses Structure

MEV-011: Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Ecology

Credits: 4
Semester 1

Course Title:	Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Ecology
Course Code:	MEV-011
Coordinator:	Prof. Shachi Shah
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course deals with fundamentals of environmental science, environmental issues at local, regional,and global levels and rising environmental problems like global warming, climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain etc.

Course Title:	Earth Processes
Course Code:	MEV-012
Coordinator:
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course explains the various processes of the Earth including its orgin, formation and movements of its plates.

Course Title:	Environmental Chemistry
Course Code:	MEV-013
Coordinator:	Prof. Boyina Rupini
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The courses explains the fundamentals of Environmental chemistry. It also throws light on the chemistry of air, water and soil pollution.

Course Title:	Environmental Science Lab Course -1
Course Code:	MEVL-011
Coordinator:	Dr. Deeksha Dave
Course Type (Credit):	Lab (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	Ecological Studies related practicals have been explained in the Course. The experiments mentioned detail the methodology, scope and importance with expected outcomes.

Course Title:	Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Course Code:	MEV-014
Coordinator:	Prof. Shachi Shah Dr Shweta Tripathi
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The Course deals with the importance , classification and types of natural resources. The importance of Sustainable management of Natural resources has also been explained giving examples and case studies.

Course Title:	Environmental Pollution, Control and Management
Course Code:	MEV-015
Coordinator:	Dr. Deeksha Dave
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course deals with the various types of Environmental Pollution. The sources, effects and mitigation measures of air, water, noise, soil, radiation pollution are explained giving suitable examples and case studies.

Course Title:	Environmental Impact Assessment
Course Code:	MEV-016
Coordinator:	Prof. Boyina Rupini
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course comprehends the various steps involved in the development activites. The Environmental impact of these activites is foreseen so that there is no adverse consequence of these actions.

Course Title:	Environmental Science Lab Course -2
Course Code:	MEVL-012
Coordinator:	Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Lab (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The Practical course deals with importance, principles and methods of water analysis. The experiments related to water quality analysis have been explained with proper methodology and procedures.

Course Title:	Environmental Legislations
Course Code:	MEV-017
Coordinator:	Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course deals with the national legislations on environmental protection, environmental pollution control laws, conservation laws and global environmental laws.

Course Title:	Environmental Health and Ecotoxicology
Course Code:	MEV-018
Coordinator:	Dr. Deeksha Dave
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The interrelatedness between Environmental quality and human health has been described in the Course. The learners will learn about the toxicity of various heavy metals, carcinogenicity and toxicology has been elaborately explained in the Course.

Course Title:	Research Methodology for Environmental Science
Course Code:	MEV-019
Coordinator:	Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course deals with research formulation, research design, data collection and management, statistical analysis and research paper writing.

Course Title:	Environmental Science Lab Course - 3
Course Code:	MEVL-013
Coordinator:	Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Lab (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course is designed to familiarise with various microbiological analysis tool for the examination of soil, air and water samples. There are a total of twenty experiments in this course.

Course Title:	Dissertation/Project
Course Code:	MEVP-11
Coordinator:
Course Type (Credit):	Project (8 Credits)
Course Introduction:

Course Title:	Global Climate Change
Course Code:	MEVE-011
Coordinator:	Dr. G. Uma
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course covers climate system, causes of climate change, past and future climate, impacts of climate change and conventions on climate change.

Course Title:	Environmental Management
Course Code:	MEVE-012
Coordinator:	Dr. Deeksha Dave
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	Environmental Management is growing need of today in the wake of rising environemntal challenges. The Course deals with the Environmental Management practices , Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environmental Imformation System has been explained in the course.

Course Title:	Environmental Biotechnology
Course Code:	MEVE-013
Coordinator:	Prof. Shachi Shah
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course gives an overview of environmental Biotechnology, give a brief accunt of biodefgradation of natural and xenobiotic compound, and explain principles and applications of bioremediation and covers ecofriendly bioprocesses.

Course Title:	Biodiversity Conservation and Management
Course Code:	MEVE-014
Coordinator:	Prof. Shachi Shah
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course covers the basic concept of biodiversity, its value, ecosystem diversity and services, inventory and monitoring of biodiversity.

Course Title:	Disaster Management
Course Code:	MEVE-015
Coordinator:	Prof. Shachi Shah Dr. Sushmitha Baskar
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The courses focuses on disaster management, mitigation, preparednesss and the terminologies and events related to disasters are also explained.

Course Title:	Urban Environment
Course Code:	MEVE-016
Coordinator:	Dr. Deeksha Dave
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The Course deals with Urban environmental challenges. The importance of urban settings, challenges of urbanization and importance of sustainable urban development are described in the course. Topics such as Urban Greens, Vertical Gardens, Smart Cities, Eco citties are highlighted in the course.

Course Title:	Environment and Society
Course Code:	MEVE-017
Coordinator:	Dr. Sushmitha Baskar Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course corelates the environemtal conditions with the soiety. It discusses the mutual interependence between society and its impact on environment.

Master of Science (Environmental Science)(SOITS)

School of Inter-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies

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Introduction

Objective

Courses Structure

MEV-011: Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Ecology

MEV-012: Earth Processes

MEV-013: Environmental Chemistry

MEVL-011: Environmental Science Lab Course -1

MEV-014: Sustainable Natural Resource Management

MEV-015: Environmental Pollution, Control and Management

MEV-016: Environmental Impact Assessment

MEVL-012: Environmental Science Lab Course -2

MEV-017: Environmental Legislations

MEV-018: Environmental Health and Ecotoxicology

MEV-019: Research Methodology for Environmental Science

MEVL-013: Environmental Science Lab Course - 3

MEVP-11: Dissertation/Project

MEVE-011: Global Climate Change

MEVE-012: Environmental Management

MEVE-013: Environmental Biotechnology

MEVE-014: Biodiversity Conservation and Management

MEVE-015: Disaster Management

MEVE-016: Urban Environment

MEVE-017: Environment and Society

MEVE-018: Instrumentation Techniques for Environmental Monitoring

MEVE-019: Environmental Issues

Master of Science (Environmental Science)
(SOITS)

Course Title:	Instrumentation Techniques for Environmental Monitoring
Course Code:	MEVE-018
Coordinator:
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course focuses on the analysis of pollution,materials using various suitable instrumentation techniques.

Course Title:	Environmental Issues
Course Code:	MEVE-019
Coordinator:	Dr. V. Venkat Ramanan
Course Type (Credit):	Theory (4 Credits)
Course Introduction:	The course deals with atmospheric issues, land and soil issues, water-related issues and security and development issues.