Most vocational training programmes focus on mechanical/technical skills rather than ‘soft’ or ‘green’ skills. Green skills contribute to preserving or restoring environmental quality for sustainable future and include jobs that protect ecosystems and biodiversity, reduce energy and minimize waste and pollution.
In line with the Skill India Mission of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) utilising the vast network and expertise of ENVIS Hubs/RPs, has taken up an initiative for skill development in the environment and forest sector to enable India's youth to get gainful employment and/or self-employment, called the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP).
The programme endeavours to develop green skilled workers having technical knowledge and commitment to sustainable development, which will help in the attainment of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs), as well as Waste Management Rules (2016).
Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of JNU, Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Hon’ble Rector, JNU Prof. Ajay Kumar Dubey and Ms. Lipika Roy, Deputy Director, Economic Division, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India inaugurated three Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) conducted by JNU ENVIS Resource Partner, School of Environmental Sciences on March 16, 2022. Prof Paulraj R., Dean SES & ENVIS Coordinator, welcomed the dignitaries and participants and introduced the GSDP Course. He highlighted the importance of the event. The three GSDP courses are conducted on Pollution Monitors: Air & Water, Pollution Monitors: Soil Pollution and Green Belt Development of Industries. These are short term courses of 4-6 weeks. GSDP courses commenced on 10th March, 2022. Pollution Monitors: Air & Water was a completely residential course with intensive training of 260 hours from 10th March to 14th April 2022, out of which 130 hours on Air pollution and 130 hours on Water pollution. Pollution Monitors: Soil Pollution was intensive training of 200 hours from 14th March to 02nd April 2022. Green Belt Development of Industries was a training course of 180 hours from 10th March to 02nd April 2022. Total 51 candidates (PM:Air & Water- 18 candidates, PM:Soil Pollution- 18 candidates and Green Belt Devp. of Industries- 15 candidates) participated out of which 68% were female candidates. Participants were from all over the country like Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Telangana, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. VC JNU congratulated the organizers for conducting Green Skill Development Programmes which will train the youth in green technologies and skills and will increase their employment opportunities. She conveyed to the participants and students to adopt an environment-centric approach. She also talked about COP26 and sustainable development. Rector JNU interacted with the participants and motivated them to undertake these skill development programmes with full enthusiasm and zeal. Ms. Lipika Roy, Deputy Director, MoEF&CC talked about ENVIS scheme being one of the oldest Central Government schemes and the role played by various ENVIS centers. She highlighted the importance of the GSDP courses and shared success stories to the participants. The event was attended by MoEF&CC officials, faculty of JNU, GSDP course co-coordinators & candidates, ENVIS resource persons and students.At the end Dr Ilora Ghosh, SES, proposed vote of thanks to the participants and MoEF&CC for their support. These candidates have gained skill in the green sector and are ready to be employed in the Green sector jobs. This will increase their employment opportunity and at the same time provide trained human power to the country. During the course candidates visited some of the best National level facilities and institutions like the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa Campus, National Thermal Power Plant Corporation (NTPC, Jhajjar), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (AIRF) JNU, Sanjay Van, Botanical Garden, Bhalswa Landfill Site, Mehrauli Nursery, Development Alternatives –Jal Tara etc.. Valedictory Function for Pollution Monitor: Soil and Green Belt Development of Industries was scheduled on 2nd April 2022 for 33 students who successfully completed these courses and Hon’ble Rector, JNU, Prof. Ajay Kumar Dubey graced the event and distributed certificates to the candidates. Valedictory Function for Pollution Monitor: Air & Water was scheduled on 13th April, 2022 for 18 candidates at ADB Seminar Hall, SES, JNU.
10th March, 2022
Introduction Session & Environmental Pollution.
13th March, 2022
Water & It's Parameters.
14th March, 2022
Lab1 - Water Analysis pH, Electrical Conductivity, Chloride & Turbidity.
16th March, 2022
JAL TARA Visit.
17th March, 2022
Practical-SES-LAB | NOX, SOX, COD, BOD, DO& Orsat Apparatus.
21th March, 2022
Analysis of Water Quality Parameter (Statistics)
5th April, 2022
Practical on RS & QGIS
9th April, 2022
Climate Modelling
11th April, 2022
Visit DPCC & Smog Tower
12th April, 2022
Plants Role in Air Pollution Management
13th April, 2022
ADB Seminar Hall, SES, JNU
14th March, 2022
Introductory remark on GSDP Pollution monitors: soil pollution.
15th March, 2022
Soil health and its management.
16th March, 2022
Bioremediation and detoxification of organic and inorganic contaminants in soil.
17th March, 2022
Soil Pollution and physical property -soil texture and aggregate.
19th March, 2022
Soil chemical properties: Organic carbon and organic matter.
20th March, 2022
Application of QGIS software in geo tagging of soil data in grids.
22th March, 2022
Soil Microbes.
28th March, 2022
IARI Visit-Soil Chemical Properties.
3rd April, 2022
ADB Seminar Hall, SES, JNU.
10th March, 2022
Concept of GreenBelt for containment of air pollution in industrial and urban environments.
12th March, 2022
Botanical Garden/Nursery Visit | Nursery Qutab Institutional Area & Sanjay Van By Mr. Satyavir Singh.
13th March, 2022
Greenbelt for compliance of regulatory instruments.
14th March, 2022
Sources of noise pollution from industrial and urban areas, noise control and abatement measures using plants .
15th March, 2022
Air Pollution Mitigation ability: Monitoring.
20th March, 2022
Morphological, anatomical, physiological and biochemical indicators for selection of air pollution mitigant plants.
22nd March, 2022
Measurement of Heavy metals in Plants.
23rd March, 2022
JNU Nursery Visit & Plantation.
24th March, 2022
Introduction about APCPL, Ash Management and value-added products from fly-ash Water recycling through ETP, STP.
3rd April, 2022
ADB Seminar Hall, SES, JNU.
“Classes, Lab & Lectures.. Everything is good. Teachers are very helpful.”
“This is a helpful course .Everyday I am learning something new.”
“All staff and Professors are very cooperative they provide all facilities .”
“Nice balance between theoretical and practical work.”
Pollution Monitor: Air & Water | Polluiton Monitor: Soil Pollution & Greenbelt Development of Industries.
Nursery Qutab Institutional Area | Mr. Satyavir Singh.
Main Jagatpur Rd, Wazirabad, New Delhi | Rajiv Nagar, Bhalswa, Delhi.
TARA Campus - 29, Ghitorni, Mehrauli–Gurgaon Road.
Jharli, Dist - Jhajjar, PIN-124141, Haryana (India).
Nanaji Deshmukh Plant Finomics Center, ICAR, IARI, Pusa Campus.
Shivaji Stadium, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001.
Pollution Monitor: Air & Water | Pollution Monitor: Soil Pollution & Greenbelt Development of Industries.
“It pleasure to inform you that, I am Pursuing My Masters in Environmental Sciences form J.C. Bose University of Science & Technology YMCA Faridabad. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I am Pursuing My Masters in Environmental Sciences form J.C. Bose University of Science & Technology YMCA Faridabad. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I am Pursuing My Masters in Environmental Sciences from Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical & Social Sciences NAAC, Sultanpur. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I am Pursuing My Masters in Environmental Sciences form J.C. Bose University of Science & Technology YMCA Faridabad. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I have joined as a Associate Consultant Creduce Technology Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I am Pursuing My Masters in Environmental Sciences from Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical & Social Sciences NAAC, Sultanpur. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It pleasure to inform you that, I have joined Environment Consultancy at Mohali in Eco Paryavaran Laboratories & Consultancy. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“I pleasure to inform you that, I have joined as a Assistant Public Sanitary & Solid Waste Management Officer (BPSC). I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that, I have joined Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a PhD scholar. I had an amazing experience with Greenbelt Development for Industries course of GSDP programme 2022 at JNU. I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to all the colleagues, mentors & organizing committee.”
“It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that, I have been selected for the course of PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering in IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. I express my deepest gratitude to School of Environmental Sciences and the entire ENIVS team JNU for leaving no stone unturned to develop our skills us and give the best exposure possible in the field of research and making GSDP successful. The knowledge and motivation I gained through this program has developed a base for research career, I want to pursue further. I also thank MOEFCC for giving us this incredible opportunity.”
“I am glad to inform you that, I have been selected as a Junior Research Fellow in Project at JNU(SES), New Delhi. I would like to give all credits to GSDP-ENVIS-“Pollution monitors: Air & water” team. Thank you for the time, talent and expertise you have provided us in GSDP. Your knowledge, enthusiasm and guidance were most helpful which assisted me to make valuable improvement. I would also like to thank Ministry (MOEFCC) for such informative exposure.”
“I am glad to inform you that, I got the selection offers from different organizations as ADRI – Information Officer, AEWMSOL – Research Analyst, Ceeew – Research Intern and IISC (Indian institute of science) – Project Associate. I would like to thank the JNU-ENVIS team. Thank you for the time, talent and expertise you have given to the GSDP (PM: Air & Water) course. Your ideas, input, and enthusiasm were most helpful and have assisted me in making valuable improvements. I would like to thank the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC), ENVIS, and coordinators for carrying out this course.”
“I am glad to inform you that, I have joined as a Research Associate at Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna, Bihar. I wish to express my hearty gratitude towards MoEFCC, the highly professional professors of JNU and the JNU ENVIS RP who organized the program, Air & Water pollution monitoring, amazingly which helped me a lot in pursuing my career. Thank you very much.”
“I am delighted to inform you that I have been selected for the profile as Project Scientist in the IIT Delhi. I would like to give all the credits to MOEFCC and JNU ENVIS team. Thank you for the time, resources and expertise you have given to the GSDP. Your input, ideas and practical knowledge filled me with confidence and assisted me in making improvement in my personality for carrier oppurtunities. I would like to Thank Ministry (MOEFCC) for starting this wonderful program.”
“I inform you that my candidature for the *Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management* has been confirmed by *Indian Institute of Forest Management*. It was during the course of GSDP that I had appeared for the interview and some of the topics and concepts taught during the course was instrumental in enabling me to clear the interview. Moreover, in future course too, the concepts and techniques taught will definitely be useful to me in my career lying ahead!. I thank entire GSDP team to have conducted such a successful programme imparting such an amazing knowledge base with us all!!.. Lastly my thanks to the MoEFCC & ENVIS team also.”
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