By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Editor-ICN
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
This is a science that studies about the effects of organisms on environment and vice-versa. This is an interdisciplinary field as includes subjects like social sciences, humanities, engineering and biology. How technology affects the nature and what is the role of society towards environmental conditions are some of the key issues taken up in study of environmental science.
Courses
The major courses in this field are:
- B.E (Environmental Science)
- B.Tech (Environmental Science)
- Bachelor of Environmental Management
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Environmental Science
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science & Water Management
- Certificate Courses in Environmental Science
- Certificate in Environmental Studies (CES)
- Diploma in Environment Protection
- Diploma in Environmental Law
- Diploma in Environmental Science
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Earth Science
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Science
- M.Tech. (Environmental Science)
- Master of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Environmental Management
- Post Graduate Diploma in Environment
Institutes
Some of the famous and highly sought colleges in India (in alphabetical sorted order) are:
- Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh
- Anna University, Chennai
- Awadh University, Faizabad
- B R AmbedkarMarathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Babasaheb B R Ambedkar University, Lucknow
- BabasahebBhimraoAmbedkar University, Agra
- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
- Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi
- Department of Environmental Biology, Delhi University
- GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttar Pradesh
- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi
- Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana
- GurukulKangriVishwavidyalaya, Hardwar, Uttar Pradesh
- JamiaHamdard University, Delhi
- Jawahral Nehru University (JNU)
- Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu GD Agricultural University, Coimbatore
- Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai
- University of Delhi, Delhi
- University of Jammu, Jammu
- University of Madras, Chennai
- University of Mysore, Mysore
- University of Pune, Pune
- University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
- Visvesvarya Technological University, Chikmagalur, Karnataka