UGC Sponsored Certificate Course in Environmental Protection

  • Certificate program code – CC – 5
  • Name of program – Certificate Course in Environmental Protection
  • Year of Introduction – From 2013 – 2014 to2017 – 2018
  • Duration – One academic year
  • Eligibility – 12th Science pass
  • Fees – 500 per student
  • Intake – 30 – 40 students
  • Students benefited – 206 students
  • Syllabus copy – Click here 
  • Number of times course has been conducted – 5 times

Goals and Objectives –

  1. The course contents are framed for knowing the importance of Environment, conservation, importance of biodiversity etc.
  2. This course also aims to understand the students about fragile ecosystems of Western Ghats.
  3. To make the students aware regarding the environmental issues, causative factors etc.

Need and Assessment –

  1. Junnar Tehsil is in Dist. Pune. Pune and adjoining areas are having a huge industrial zone.
  2. The trained students will get job opportunities in the companies for environmental safety.
  3. The hands–on–training is also useful for the students to get employment opportunity in pharmaceutical industries.
  4. This also helps in educating the youth for the conservation of the environment and biodiversity of Western Ghats.

Course Materials –

  1. Fundamentals of Ecology – E. P. Odum,
  2. Modern Concepts in Ecology – H. D. Kumar,
  3. The book of Indian Animals – BNHS Oxford,
  4. Conserving wildlife in India – S. K. Chadha,
  5. Practical Microbiology – R. C. Dubey and D.K. Maheshwari
  6. Manual of Environmental Pollution Analysis – N. N. Bandela, M. Sultana and U. P. Patil.