Department of Ecological Studies

Faculty of Science
University of Kalyani
Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Pin - 741235,Tel.: 033 25809212
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Contents Pages

Background: International Centre for Ecological Engineering 1

The beginning 2

Department of ecological studies 2

MOUs with ICEE 2

Objectives of department and ICEE 3

Programme offered 3

Course 3

Mode of course 3

Course fees 3

Objective of the course 3

Semester and total marks of course 3

Course structure (semester-wise paper) 4-5

Faculty 6

Mode of teaching and learning 6

Reading / learning / instructional resources 6

Some activities 7-14

BACKGROUND: International Centre for Ecological Engineering

International Centre for Ecological Engineering (ICEE) was established in 2003 by the University of
Kalyani in collaboration with International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES), Switzerland. The
ICEE is the outcome of the “International Seminar on Ecological Engineering” organized University of
Kalyani in collaboration with International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland on November,
1998. The founder members of the ICEE are Professor B. B. Jana, Professor of Zoology, Kalyani
University(India) and Dr. Johannes Heeb, President, IEES), Switzerland.
After the great success of the above conference with more than 300 participants from more than 15
countries of the globe and a high rated publication of the proceedings of the conference in the form of a
book. The interactive global ideas on Ecological Engineering generated from the conference specially
focused on West Bengal as important site for wastewater treatment. As a result, Board of members of
IEES specially Dr. Johannes Heeb were extremely keen to start such a Centre in India which was totally
new in India and Professor B. B. Jana was entrusted to go ahead with the decision of IEES for the
establishment of an International Centre for Ecological Engineering (ICEE) in this University in strong
collaboration with International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland. The then Vice Chancellor
Professor Basudeb Barman accepted the proposal in principle and formed a Steering Committee with
Vice-Chancellor as Chairman, Professor B. B. Jana as Coordinator along with other important members
of administration and academies (Registrar, Finance Officer, Dean of Faculty of Science, Head, Deptt. of
Zoology, Dr. R. D. Banerjee and Dr. R. N. Das). An International Advisory Committee was also formed
with a number of internationally eminent scientists such as Professor Peter Jenssen (Norway), Dr. Bjorn
Guterstam (Sweden), Dr. Johannes Heeb (Switzerland), Professor W. Mitsch (USA) Dr. M. S.
Swaminathan (India), Dr. A. S. Ayyappan (India) and other distinguished personalities.

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THE BEGINNING

In the beginning, the ICEE started functioning in the laboratory of Professor B. B. Jana, outside
the Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani without any permanent faculty position or office
staff. Due to sincere efforts made by Professor B. B. Jana over the years, the International Centre
has made remarkable strides in research at the national and international arena with
implementation of at least six major projects funded by CSIR, DST. DBT, GTZ (Germany), TTZ
(Germany), Eco-San (European Commission) with Professor B. B. Jana, as Principal Investigator.
Recently, a sponsored major research project on impact of climate change in aquaculture has been
awarded to Professor B. B. Jana (Principal Investigator) as Vice-Chairman of ICEE by the
Director- General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES

The Department of Ecological Studies was established by the ICEE, University of Kalyani in 2010 with
conducting course of M. Sc. on Environmental Management. The special and unparallel criteria of the
Department:

 Multidisciplinary topics of courses

 International collaboration
 Strong profile of faculties
 Young faculties
 Homely and healthy atmosphere
 Friendly cooperation to students

MOUS WITH ICEE

ICEE, has been engaged in diverse activities in the fields of academic, training and capacity building,
extension and research activities towards protection of environment, uplift of rural economy, etc.
Constant hard work and sincere efforts are being made to include International and National
Organizations for active support and collaboration so that the ICEE may find an important place and
recognition in the international arena by its substantial contribution and cutting edge research towards
sustainable development in a global perspective.
However, a number of MOUs have been signed with
i. International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES), Switzerland - Dr. J. Heeb
ii. ACTS, Bangalore, India - Dr. Ken Gnanakan
iii. William Carey University, Shillong, India - Dr. Ken Gnanakan
iv. Indian Council of Agricultural research, Government of India – Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director –
General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
v. Kochi University, Japan – Professor Dr. K. Ohnishi
vi. Noble Institution for Environmental Peace, Canada - Professor Stephen Armstrong, Dean of
Engineering, Noble International University, USA, Professor Roger Hansell, University of
Toronto, Canada and Dr. B. Ganguly, Canada.
vii. Gyeongsang National University, South Korea

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OBJECTIVES OF DEPARTMENT AND ICEE
The Department and ICEE are mainly concerned with international level education, research and training
on Environment and its Management. Besides, Department and ICEE are always engaged in technology
transfer from the laboratory to land by developing innovative and low-cost technologies through
innovative approachof field level environmental awareness programme, farmer level training programme
for economic upliftment and sustainable development.

PROGRAMME OFFERED
1. Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Environmental Management
2. Ph. D. in Ecological Studies
3. Certificate courses in different disciplines

COURSE
Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Environmental Management

MODE OF COURSE
Semester: Choice Based Credit System

COURSE FEES
Fees: Rs. 19350.00 (1st sem), 15000.00 (2nd sem), 18810.00 (3rd sem) and 15000.00 (4th sem)

OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE

To develop adequate skill as environmental managers through proper education, research, training, survey
and exposure to environmental problems of major industries for management options. Basically, the
students will be trained on all aspects of environment management and cutting edge education and
research on technology in order to enhance students’ knowledge to address the recent environmental
problems and management.

SEMESTER AND TOTAL MARKS OF COURSE

Total Marks : 1600 Total Credit Hours : 110
Semester 1 : 400 : 16
Semester 2 : 400 : 16
Semester 3 : 400 : 16
Semester 4 : 400 : 16

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COURSE STRUCTURE (SEMESTER-WISE PAPERS)
SEMESTER-1 F.M.- 400

Paper Course No. Subject

Group-A; S1- EMIA Fundamentals of Environment and Ecology

Paper - I
Fundamentals of Environmental Management and
Group-B: S1- EM IB
Environmental Economics
Group-A: S1- EMIIA Environmental Pollution and Management
Paper-II
Group-B: S1- EMIIB Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health

Group-A: S1- EMIIIA Natural Resource Management

Paper – III
Group-B: S1- EMIIIB Bioresource Management

Group-A: S1- EMIVA Water Quality Analysis

Paper-IV(Practical)
Group-B: S1- EMIVB Soil Quality Analysis and Environmental Statistics

SEMESTER-2 F.M.- 400

Paper Course No. Subject

Paper - V S2-EMV (Open Choice paper) Basic Environmental Management

Group-A: S2- EMVA Waste Management

Paper – VI
Group-B: S2- EMVB Environmental Management Tools

Group-A: S2- EMVIA Ecological Issues and Interdisciplinary Approachs

Paper – VII
Group-B: S2- EMVIB Sustainable Development

Paper – VIII Group-A: S2- EMVIIIA Environmental Bioassessment & Biostatistics

(Practical) Management of Environmental Health
Group-B: S2- EMVIIIB

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SEMESTER-3 F.M.- 400

Paper Course No. Subject

Group-A: S3- EMIXA Water Resource Planning and Management

Paper – IX
Group-B: S3- EMIXB Ecological Engineering and Eco-sanitation

Group-A: S3- EMXA Climate Change

Group-B: S3- EMXB
Disaster Management
Paper – X
(Special Paper) OR
Group-A: S3- EMXA Environmental Engineering

Group-B: S3- EMXB Environmental Biotechnology

Group-A: S3- EMXA Environmental Toxicology
Paper – XI
(Practical) Group-B: S3- EMXB Environmental Microbiology and Basic
Geoinformatics

Group-A: S3- EMXA Wastewater Analysis

Paper – XII (Practical)
Group-B: S3- EMXB Analysis of Solid and Hazardous Waste

SEMESTER-4 F.M. 400

Paper Course No. Subject

Field Survey/Review/Industrial
Group-A: S4- EMXIIIA
Training/Assignment
Paper - XIII
Group-B: S4- EMXIIB Soft Skill Development

Paper - XIV S4-EMXIV Dissertation

Paper - XV S4-EMXV Comprehensive Viva

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FACULTY
Dr. J. N. Bhakta (Associate Professor & Head)

Dr. J. K. Biswas (Associate Professor)

Dr. S. Lahiri (Assistant Professor)

Dr. S. K. Mandal (Assistant Professor)

Dr. S. K. Bag

Dr. J. Majumdar

MODE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

1. Lecture: Live presentation, audio-visual, board work,
other presentation
2. Tutorial: Regular, Remedial, Advanced
3. Practical: Laboratory, project, field visit
4. Industrial visit and training

READING / LEARNING / INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

Library opportunity - Books, Journals, research papers, e-learning resources, practical manuals,
Class notes, reprints, power point presentations with handouts

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SOME ACTIVITIES
Research
 Environmental pollution and management
 Ecotoxicology
 Bioremediation
 Metagenomic study
 Environmental microbiology and probiotic bacteria
 Environmental biotechnology
 Ecological & environmental engineering
 Microbial carbon sequestration and biofuel production
 Water treatment and wastewater-fed aquaculture technologies
 Environmental dynamics & risk assessment in coastal environment
 Efficacy of constructed wetlands in the removal of pathogens in wastewater fed aquaculture.
 Eco-tech approaches towards reclamation of eutrophic waters using Hydroponics (as raft system)
and other biological agents.
 Eco-sanitation
 Effect of global warming and climate change
 Limnology

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Consultation

 Water and soil quality analysis

 Waste Management
 Environmental Auditing
 Environmental Impact Assessment
 Environmentally Responsible Fishery
 Department and ICEE conducted water and soil testing in the laboratory on demand from Govt.
agency like Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal

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Seminar, workshop, conference participation

Training programme

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Industrial Visit

Cultural Activities

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International Research Collaboration

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Equipments available in the Department

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