Environmental pollution and Sustainable management (पर्यावरण प्रदूषण और सतत प्रबंधन)

By Dr. P K Ghosh and Dr. Reecha Sahu | Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

Learners enrolled: 433

The course on "Environmental pollution and Sustainable management" is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between the environment and human activities, along with the exploration of sustainable solutions to address contemporary environmental challenges. Environment Science is a mandatory course in all the undergraduate and diploma courses. The course content will contain recorded videos, which are based on the syllabus designed by the experts. All the participants, who are enrolled for the course, can take the course online. The students need to submit assignments and take proctored tests. On successful completion of the exam, the student shall be provided with a certificate declaring the participation and successful completion of the course by the candidate as per the guidelines.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Not Applicable
Language for course content :	Hindi
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Environmental Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Diploma
Start Date :	15 Jul 2025
End Date :	15 Nov 2025
Enrollment Ends :	15 Sep 2025
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1
1.	Introduction to Environment and Ecology
2.	Global Environmental challenges and its impact
3.	Environmental changes and its consequences
Week 2
1.	Impact of Environment pollution on Human health
2.	Social issues and impact of Environment
3.	Fundamentals of earth’s Sphere
Week 3
1.	Introduction to Natural Resources
2.	Use of natural Resources and its environmental impact
3.	Overexploitation of Natural Resources and its impact
Week 4
1.	Principles of Conservation of Natural Resources
2.	Fundamentals of Ecosystem
3.	Food Web, Food Chain, Niche, Ecological Pyramids
Week 5
1.	Introduction to Natural Resources
2.	Use of natural Resources and its environmental impact
3.	Overexploitation of Natural Resources and its impact
Week 6
1.	Levels of Biodiversity and Causes of Biodiversity Loss
2.	Concept of Megadiversity
3.	Threats to Biodiversity
Week 7
1.	Biodiversity Conservation
2.	Endangered plant and animal species
3.	India: A Megadiversity nation
Week 8
1.	Environmental Pollution
2.	Types and Sources of Environmental Pollution
3.	Direct and Indirect Impact of Pollution on environment and society
Week 9
1.	Prevention and Control of Pollution
2.	Hazard and Disaster: Tsunami, Flood, Earthquake
3.	Natural and manmade disasters
4.	Tsunami 2004: A Case Study
Week 10
1.	The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Case Study
2.	Disaster management
3.	Control, prevention and Mitigation of disaster
4.	Concept of Environment Regulation
Week 11
1.	Environment Regulation in India
2.	Nuclear Hazards, Industries & Waste Management
3.	Ethics of Environmental Education, Environmental Values
4.	Sustainable Environment Development
Week 12
1.	Environment Remediation Concept
2.	Sustainable Agriculture and Environment Remediation
3.	Biofuels
4.	Sustainable Urban development

Books and references

1) Bharucha E. (2013) Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses.

2) Carson, Rachel (1962) The Silent Spring

3) Leelakrishnan, P. (2006) Environmental Law Case Book (IInd Edition) LexisNexis Butterworths (Student Series) 466 p.

4) McKibben, Bill (1989) The end of Nature

Instructor bio

Dr. P K Ghosh

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

Dr. P K Ghosh is currently working as Director, UTD, CSVTU. Dr. Ghosh has more than 38 years of Teaching, Administrative and Research Experience. Before joining UTD, CSVTU, Dr. Ghosh has served as a Principal and Head in multiple institutes. He has published research papers in the domain of Environment Science & allied areas in national and International Journals of repute. Dr. Ghosh has been a coordinator in a Swayam MOOC Courses in previous sessions and successfully completed it.

Dr. Reecha Sahu

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

Dr. Reecha Sahu is a Ph.D. in Biotechnology, with a teaching experience of 5.5 years in the allied and applied life sciences disciplines. Her research area is in the field of application of nanotechnology in environment and health sciences. She has B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Biotechnology from reputed institutes with DBT scholarship. She completed her Ph.D. in 2018 from NIT Raipur in Biotechnology Discipline. Before CSVTU, she was a faculty in Biotechnology Department Amity University Chhattisgarh. Currently, 4 students are pursuing Ph.D. under her guidance. She has taken video lectures in Swayam MOOCs course.

Course certificate

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The online registration form has to be filled, and the certification exam fee needs to be paid.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) which will be available at the end of the course and 70 Marks will be allocated for end term proctored examination.

A minimum of 40% passing marks (i.e. at-least 12 marks in Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) & 28 Marks in external proctored examination) will be required for being eligible for SWAYAM Certificate.

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