Sponsored by

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Under Civilian Training Programme
Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) &
Special Commonwealth Assistance for Africa Programme (SCAAP)

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
Course Coordinators
P Pr ro of f. . D Dr r. . S S. . M Mo oh ha an n
D Dr r. . G G. . J Ja an na ar rd dh ha an na an n



TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 3
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME .................................................................... 3
3. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME .................................................................... 4
4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT ................................................. 5
5. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE .................................................................................... 6
6. WEEKLY THEME OF MAIN COURSE ..................................................................... 7
7. RESOURCE PERSONS ......................................................................................... 7
8. FIELD VISIT .......................................................................................................... 7
9. DOCUMENTARIES TO BE SCREENED ................................................................. 8
10. CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TRAINING MODULE .............................................. 9
11. FEEDBACK OF PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS ........................................................ 11








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 worlds people
- Kofi Annan


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1. INTRODUCTION

Sustainable development has occupied a place on the global agenda since at least the Brundtland
Commissions 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. This course will examine policy responses to
environmental problems caused by economic development with special attention to innovation. The
central topic of the course is awareness for the environment, which is explored through a number of
lectures and discussion meetings.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

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:


To provide an understanding on the methods and approaches for sustainable environmental
development and understand the interrelationships among socio, economic and environmental
issues;
To provide the mode of assess the impact of developmental project on environment and to
suggest appropriate remedial measures;
To enhance the knowledge in environmental legislations, green buildings, clean development
mechanism and corporate social reasonability;
To identify the gaps and analyze the weakness in the regulatory and institutional frameworks,
and assess the mode in national capacity building.

Courses have subject coverage from these three broad areas:

3. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

Advance Certificate Course in Sustainable Development and Environmental Management is
structured into three major modules totaling up to 12 units. Course is proper blend of lecture,
demonstration and field studies in preexisting related courses (text or lecture-note based). Course
explores the subject through resources, development, impact and management.

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.
Environmental
Perspective
Economic
Perspective
Socio-
Cultural
Perspective


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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.

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.



4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT

The teaching methodology includes face to face lectures by resource persons followed by discussions,
blended method of theme paper presentation, experience sharing, individual and group tasks and case
studies presentation. 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.
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 different types of assessment strategies
with precise dates and deadlines to be observed:
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?


Mandatory readings: these are the documents
that you have to read
Interactive weekly quiz: based on the lectures
for synchronous learning
Evaluation of field visit report: there will be
scheduled visit in which they will be exposed to
SD
Project work evaluation.

The deadlines for submitting exercises and ssignments will be discussed in the respective lecturer
class and module.

5. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Duration of the programme: January 18
th
2012 to March 15
h
2012.

Induction and Orientation Phase January 18
th
to 20
th
2012 (CIA Coordination)
Main Course January 23
rd
to March9
th
2012
Project work seminar March 13
th
2012
Certificate distribution and Valediction March 15
th
2012

Sustainable
Development &
Environmental
Management
Induction &
Orientation
Phase
Main Course Project seminar
Mode
of
training
Lectures
Field Visit
Experience
sharing
Group
discussion
Video
presentation


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6. WEEKLY THEME OF MAIN COURSE

7. RESOURCE PERSONS

Prof. Dr. S. Mohan Director & Head, CEM, Course Coordinator
Dr. G. Janardhanan Visiting Faculty, CEM, Course Co-coordinator
Prof. Dr. S. Dhanapal Professor & Head, Curriculum Development Centre
Prof. Dr. V.K. Natarajan Professor & Head, Centre for Sustainable Development
Dr. E. S. M. Suresh - Associate Professor, Educational Media Centre
Dr. T. Jagatharakshan Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Er. K. S. A. Dinesh Kumar - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Guest Faculty
8. FIELD VISIT
Secured Hazardous waste landfill TNWML
LEED Rated Green Building Sites
Central Ground Water Board Facilities, Chennai
CPR Environmental Education Foundation, Chennai
Sustainable Development
Fundamentals
Historical roots of the SD
concepts
Biodiversity in SD
Ecological and ecnomic
analysis of SD
January 23-
27, 2012
Millennium Development
Goals
Indicators of SD
LEED and GRIHA Rating
of Green Buildings
Sustainbale Design using
REVIT Architecture
January 30 -
February 3, 2012
Country report on SD
and EM
Education for SD
Technology and SD
Implications of human
population growth.
February 6 -10,
2012
Pollution causes and its
effect
Definition and scope of
environmental
management
Waste Management
Design and Operation
February 13 -17,
2012
Environmental Impact
Assessment
Integrating Environment
and Sustainable
Development into Policy
and Law making.
February 20-24,
2012
Introduction to GIS
Practice Session in GIS
packages
Practice in MAP3D
GPS & Image Interpretation
Application of GIS in SDEM.
February 27 -
March 2, 2012
Rainwater Harvesting
CDM and CSR
Technological innovations
Field Visit Stay in
Sustainable Village
Intl Workshop.
March 5 - 9,
2012
Technological innovations
Project Work.
Seminar Presentation
Valediction and Certificate
distribution
March 12- 15,
2012


Dashkina Chitra
CSR Visit to two industries in and around Chennai
Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
Auroville, Pondicherry
Visit to Sustainable Village
Outstation visit during the first week of March, 2012
(Tentatively March 8
th
- 11
th
2012)

9. DOCUMENTARIES TO BE SCREENED

This courses relies upon active-learning methods in which participants take responsibility for their
own learning through documentaries. Well study through 14 documentaries available in the library
of CEM and infer based on the examination and discussion about the same. Based on the
copyright issues for educational purpose, the documentaries will be telecasted during the course.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE
DESIGN E
2

THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
WHAT A WAY TO GO: LIFE AT THE END OF
EMPIRE
EARTH
HOME
ERIN BROCKOVICH MOVIE
END: CIV RESIST OR DIE
FREEDOM FUELS
GARBAGE WARRIOR
THE 11
th
HOUR
FIVE WAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD




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10. CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TRAINING MODULE
MODULE - I SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
History and
Introduction to
Sustainable
Development
Definitions and Principles of Sustainable Development - History and emergence
of the concept of sustainable development Environment and Development
linkages Globalization and environment - Millennium Development Goals:
Status (global and Indian) - Impact on approach to development policy and
practice in India, future directions.
International
Developmental
Cooperation
Role of developed countries in the development of developing countries
International summits Stockholm to Johannesburg Rio Principles Agenda
21 - Conventions Agreements Tokyo Declaration - Doubling statement-
Transboundary issues Integrated approach for resource protection and
management
Implementing
sustainable
development
Sustainability indicators - Hurdles to Sustainability - Operational guidelines
Interconnected prerequisites for sustainable development Science and
Technology for sustainable development Performance indicators of
sustainability and Assessment mechanism Constraints and barriers for
sustainable development.
Education for
sustainable
development
Introduction - Meanings of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) -
Reorienting education for a sustainable future - United Nation Contribution
National Policies and Frameworks for ESD - ESD in Formal Education -
Structures in Informal and Non-Formal Education - ESD Research and
Development.
MODULE - II ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Introduction to
Environmental
Management
Implications of human population growth Pollution causes and its effect -
Definition and scope of environmental management The context of
environmental management Problems and Needs newer concepts of corporate
environmental management - Environmental Ethics.
Environmental Impact
Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Evolution Need of EIA - Legal and
Regulatory aspects Types and limitations of EIA - EIA cycle and Procedures
Impact Prediction - Assessment of alternatives, delineation of mitigation
measures and environmental impact statement - Public hearing
Environmental
Legislation
Constitutional Provisions for Environmental Protection: Specific Provisions for
Environmental Protection in the Constitution of India, Provisions in the
Directive Principles of State Policy - Environmental Justice, Equity and
Governance - Integrating Environment and Sustainable Development into Policy
and Law making


MODULE - III
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
Application of GIS in
SEM
Introduction to GIS & GPS R2V conversion ARC GIS Arc View Arc
Analysis Case studies Application of GIS in Environmental Management
Case studies - AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D
Green Building
Concepts
Introduction to Green Building rating scheme LEED: National and
International Rating scheme GRIHA Green building in sustainable
development Energy efficiency - Climate Change in sustainable development -
Introduction to Sustainable Design using AUTODESK REVIT Architecture
CDM/CSR
Introduction to CDM Standardized baseline under CDM - Methodologies for
CDM project activities - Methodologies for afforestation and reforestation CDM
project activities - Certified emission reduction (CER) credits - Introduction to
Corporate Social Responsibility - Approach and Methodology Policy and
Framework of CSR
Project Work
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
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.
List of few project titles are given below:
Academic Institutes and Industries Network Technology
Technology Development and Climate Change
Environmental Technology assessment
Sustainable technologies for coastal zone management
Sustainable technologies for waste management
E-village
Energy efficient building technologies
The last two weeks afternoon session will be devoted to the writing and presentation of the project
report.





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11. FEEDBACK OF PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS


SDEM OTC PARTICIPANTS 2011 - Intl Seminar Photo





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.

We at Centre for Environmental Management shall strive constantly
To educate the future leaders of the environmental profession and to inculcate skills and
foundations for life- long learning and growth.
To conduct research and create new knowledge as an integral part of our education programme
and the continued renewal of the profession.
To contribute towards sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, combat and
reduce pollution of air, water and soil, enhance technical management knowledge and develop and
promote technology for sustainable management.

To learn more about Centre for Environmental Management
please visit: www.nitttrc.ac.in/~cem

For further details, please contact
Prof. Dr. S. Mohan
Director
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Taramani, Chennai 600 113
Tel. : +91 - 44 22545406
+91 - 44 22545460
Fax : +91 - 44 22541126
E-mail : smohan@nitttrc.ac.in; director@nitttrc.ac.in