Environmental Studies BESK508
Course Code: BESK508
Credits: 02
CIE Marks: 50
SEE Marks: 50
Total Marks: 100
Exam Hours: 01
Total Hours of Pedagogy: 30H
Teaching Hours/Weeks: [L:T:P:S] 2:0:0:0
Ecosystem and Sustainability:
Ecosystems (Structure and Function): Forest, Desert, Wetlands, River, Oceanic and Lake.
Sustainability: 17 SDGs-History, targets, implementation , Capacity Development.
Natural Resource Management:
Advances in Energy Systems (Merits, Demerits, Global Status and Applications): Hydrogen, Solar, OTEC, Tidal and Wind.
Natural Resource Management (Concept and case-studies): Disaster Management, Sustainable Mining – case studies and Carbon Trading.
Environmental Pollution & Waste Management:
Environmental Pollution (Sources, Impacts, Corrective and Preventive measures, Relevant Environmental Acts, Case-studies): Surface and Ground Water Pollution; Noise pollution; Soil Pollution and Air Pollution.
Waste Management: Bio-medical Wastes; Solid waste; Hazardous wastes; E-wastes; Industrial and Municipal Sludge.
Global Environmental Issues:
Global Environmental Concerns (Concept, policies and case-studies): Ground water depletion/recharging, Climate Change; Acid Rain; Ozone Depletion; Radon and Fluoride problem
in drinking water; Resettlement and rehabilitation of people, Environmental Toxicology.
Environmental Legislation: Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Environmental Protection Act 1984, Solid Waste Management Rules-2016, E- Waste management Rule – 2022, Biomedical Waste management- 2016.