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Under Civilian Training Programme
Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) &
Special Commonwealth Assistance for Africa Programme (SCAAP)
Course Coordinators
Prof. Dr. S. Mohan
Dr. G. Janardhanan
Organized by
Centre for Environmental Management
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Government of India
Chennai, India 600 113
http://www.nitttrc.ac.in/~cem
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 3
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME ........................................................................... 4
3. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME ........................................................................... 5
4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................... 6
5. ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................ 6
6. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE ............................................................................................ 6
7. RESOURCE PERSONS .................................................................................................. 7
8. FIELD VISIT ..................................................................................................................... 8
9. CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TRAINING MODULE ................................................... 9
“Our biggest challenge in the new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – Sustainable development
– and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people”
–- Kofi Annan
1. INTRODUCTION
Sustainable development has occupied a place on the global agenda since at least the
Brundtland Commission’s 1987 report “Our Common Future.” The world continues to face various
critical challenges such as: anthropogenic climate change, the rapid depletion of natural resources,
the frequency of natural disasters, the spread of (old and new) infectious diseases, the loss of
biodiversity, the violation of human rights, increased poverty, the dependency of our economic
systems on continuous growth in consumerism and so forth. Technology has been identified with a
host of problems and solutions that are closely linked with aims for sustainable development in low
and middle-income countries. It is an essential enabling feature of globalization, and local
applications of technology offer possibilities for building infrastructures and creating opportunities.
The impact of new technologies on society and development affects various interests and domains,
and the effective and appropriate use of technology requires consideration of social, cultural,
economic, political, and environmental contexts and effects. The opportunities and challenges
applying the technologies to old problems require the guidance from a new breed of professionals
and policymakers who can integrate technological expertise and a clear understanding of its wider
ramifications as a guide to strategies for applying technology to the tasks of achieving sustainable
development. Thus, the need of the hour is to strike a balance and have a proper blend between
techno-economic and environment concerns. At the UN conference on Environment and
Development held in 1992 at Rio, the world community reached an unprecedented consensus on
the need to fully integrate environmental concerns into the main stream of economic decision
making. Thus, Sustainable development (SD) has become a vehicle around the globe for
expressing the need to depart from present dominant models of development which appear unable
to balance the needs of people and the planet in the pursuit of peace and prosperity. Sustainable
development needs to be described for each of these dimensions in their interrelation in time (past-
present-future) and in space (near-far). A sustainable environmental management (planet) refers
to the management of development in natural ecosystems in ways that maintain the carrying
capacity of the earth and respect the non-human world.
The basic vision of this course is to inculcate the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a
sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. Translated objectives are:
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2. To develop an understanding of the interrelationships among these different types of
issues; and
Socio-
Cultural
Perspective
Economic
Perspective
Environmental
Perspective
The first module introduces the concept of sustainability covering basic concepts like historical
background, technology, sustainable development, international development cooperation and the
deliberations taken place in the world. This module introduces the major stakeholders and
institutions that drive change toward SD.
The second module focuses on environmental management, acknowledging the action of each
stakeholder. Participants are introduced to environmental and social standard setting bodies,
certification and firm-level tools used to implement SD strategies. Ways and mean to assess the
environmental impact and suggestive remedial measures will be learnt in this module. Brief
introduction about ISO system will be provided.
The third module addresses the strategies to implement sustainable environmental management.
Initiatives taken at the national and international level will be discussed. Clean Development
Mechanism, Rain Water Harvesting, Green Building Concepts, Corporate Social Responsibility etc.,
Application of GIS and other technology to establish sustainable environmental management will be
discussed in detail.
RESOURCES
•How the Natural System Works ?
DEVELOPMENT
•How People explore and use the natural resources?
IMPACT
•Developmental impact on the environment
MANAGEMENT
•How environment can be made sustainable?
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4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY
The teaching methodology includes face to face lectures by resource persons followed by
discussions, case studies. Field visits will also be arranged for the training purpose. In addition to
this participants need to make presentation about their country sustainable practices for
environmental management.
Special lectures
Blended method of theme paper presentations
Case studies
Individual and group tasks/assignments
Presentation and experience sharing
Field studies.
5. ASSESSMENT
6. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Sustainable
Development &
Environmental
Management
Induction &
Orientation Main Course Project seminar
Phase
October 25 – 29, 2010 Sustainable Development (SD) - Notions, historical roots of the
concept (SD), Millennium Development Goals, ecological
foundations of SD, introduction to various indicators of SD,
November 15 – 19, 2010 Introduction to GIS – Practice Session in GIS packages – GPS &
Image Interpretation introduction - Application of GIS in SDEM
November 22 – 26, 2010 Field Visit – Stay in Madurai Sustainable Village and other related
programmes.
Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2010 Technology and Sustainable Development - Green Building and
rating system – CII Initiatives
The learning activities in the each module are distributed in such a way to ensure the achievement
of the learning objectives in a flexible manner. In fact there are 3 different types of fixed activities
with precise dates and deadlines to be observed:
In every week theme you will find all or several of the following items:
Mandatory readings: these are the documents that you have to read.
Lectures: there will be scheduled synchronous lectures. They are mandatory.
Field visit: there will be scheduled visit in which they have exposed to SD
The deadlines for submitting exercises and assignments
7. RESOURCE PERSONS
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Prof. Dr. B. Mukhopadhyay – Professor & Head, Educational Management & Applied Psychology
Prof. Dr. S. Dhanapal – Professor & Head, Curriculum Development Centre
Prof. Dr. V.K. Natarajan – Professor & Head, Centre for Sustainable Development
Prof. Dr. P. Sivakumar – Professor & Head, Education Technology and Multimedia
Dr. T. Jagatharakshan – Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. G. Kulanthaivel – Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics.
Er. K. S. A. Dinesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Guest Faculty
8. FIELD VISIT
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Constitutional Provisions for Environmental Protection: Specific Provisions for
Environmental Protection in the Constitution of India, Provisions in the
Environmental
Directive Principles of State Policy - Environmental Justice, Equity and
Legislation
Governance - Integrating Environment and Sustainable Development into
Policy and Law making
Introduction to GIS & GPS – R2V conversion – ARC GIS – Arc View – Arc
Analysis – Case studies – Application of GIS in Environmental Management
Application of GIS in Case studies - National Initiatives (NNRMS/NRDMS, ISRO-DOS), Forest
EM Cover/Type Mapping, Biomass estimation, Urban Sprawl, Solid Waste
Management, Water Resource Mapping, Runoff and Soil Erosion Modeling,
Watershed Management.
The project, based on the themes of the course, will involve close work with a
faculty of our institute or company, a voluntary organization or a government
Project Work agency to study the innovative use of a technology for sustainable
development. Each project will be undertaken by an interdisciplinary and
multicultural group of 3 participants (maximum).
Participants are encouraged to come up with new topics for their project work. The group will attempt to
understand the complexities of technology choices, transfer and absorption in a specific case and the
relationship to the development process.
The last two weeks afternoon session will be devoted to the writing and presentation of the project
report.
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About Centre for Environmental Management
Centre for Environmental Management in National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chennai,
was established in the year 1990 with the assistance from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),
Government of India. It has been upgraded with latest equipments for both water and air quality analysis. The centre
has a rich tradition of teaching, continuing education, research, consultancy and extension services. Present focus is
on areas such as water and air quality, pollution abatement, Impact of climate change on water management, waste
water treatment and reuse, landfill design, integrated solid waste management, testing on solid waste (municipal and
hazardous), green and sustainable development, geoenvironmental engineering, coastal zone management, Remote
sensing and GIS application and environmental impact assessment. In carrying out projects, the centre collaborates
with national and international agencies including business, industry and service sectors.