Syllabus
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Course Code: MEMT-201 Course Name: Environmental Assessment and Management |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Approaches, objectives, principles and frameworks. Purposes and aims of environmental impact assessment, EIA methodology, EIA processes: Project screening, scoping, base-line data, impact identification: prediction, evaluation, valuation of environmental impacts, mitigation, public participation, presentation, review and decision making, monitoring and auditing. | |
| 2 | Environmental Management Plan, Environmental components of EIA. Environmental procedures in India; Impact, identification and methods, Case studies of EIA of hydroelectric dam and river valley project, Thermal power plants and petroleum exploration,; Types of environmental audits ; Environmental audit and EIA. National Environmental Policy - 2006, EIA notifications. | |
| 3 | Energy audits-energy conservations; Provision of energy conservation Act, 2001, List of energy Intensive industries and other establishments, Physical and operational data for the facility, Energy audit procedure, safety considerations, safety checklist, conducting the audit visit in industries. Primary identification of energy conservation opportunities: Post-audit analysis, energy audit report, energy audit report format, energy action plan. Institutional designs for renewable energy resources. |
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| 4 | Environmental management systems in India, ISO-14001. Environmental sustainability - dimension and sustainability models. Environmental sustainability indicators, sustainability index, strategies for sustainable development, Traditional knowledge systems for sustainable development. Introduction to environmental law and environmental protection act in India. Role of Judiciary in environmental conservation in India. Vocational prospects of EIA and EMS. | |
