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Affiliates of
NEEF have contributed to various Research
and Consultancy Projects of National and International Importance. Some of them are listed here:
RESEARCH
AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS:
- “Review of EIA and recommendations for an efficient management of
the project on “Swan River Flood Management and Integrated Land
Development Project in Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) India.” for Japan Bank for International Cooperation
(JBIC) to April-May, 2005.
- Mid term evaluation of ICEF-WBPCB project
on “Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimisation of Small Scale
Industries in Kolkata Metropolis Area”, Consultant for India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) for Jan-Feb, 2005.
- “State of Environment Report- Maharashtra,
for the MoEF, Govt. of India, MPCB and GoM, 2004-05.
- “Maharashtra State Development Report” for the
Planning Commission, Government of India, 2002-04.
- Training Programmes on “Economic Evaluation
of Environmental Impacts” for the Senior Officers of Central and State
Pollution Control Boards in India, under the World Bank assisted EMCBTA
project, through CPCB and MOEF organised at IGIDR, Bombay, September
16-20 and 23-27, 2002.
- Project on “Environment Education and Capacity Building
for Promoting Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection”, for India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF)
and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), India project on May-July, 2002.
- Project on “Environmental Economics – Forest
Valuation Project of Himachal Pradesh” for State Council for Science,
Technology and Environment, Kasumpti, Shimla – 9 (Himachal Pradesh),
1997-98.
- Life Cycle Assessment with
AIST, Japan, MoEF, India and PRe, The Netherlands.
- Development of Climate Change
Impact Model for India, Sponsored by the Japan Environment Agency.
- International Trade and
Recycling in Developing Countries: Case of Wastepaper Trade in India,
sponsored by the CREED, The Netherland and U.K..
- Consultancy project on
"Indian Perspectives on Trade and Recycling of Wastepaper",
The World Bank, Washington D.C.
- Training Programme for the
Senior Officials of the Pollution Control Boards in India, under
Institutional Development Components of the World Bank, January.
- Environmental Resource
Accounting for India: Some Case Studies, sponsored by the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission (ESCAP)for the Asia-Pacific, Bangkok,
Thailand.
- Trade and Environment
Linkages: A Case Study of India, sponsored by the UNCTAD, Geneva.
- Natural Resource
Accounting: A Framework for India, sponsored by the UNDP through
Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India.
- "Economic Valuation
of Air Pollution" in Bombay under URBAIR/MEIP project sponsored by
the World Bank/ UNDP.
- Size Distribution of Atmospheric
Aerosols for "Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers", Bombay.
MONITORING/ SURVEYS/ FIELD WORK:
- Field Sampling of Air Pollutants
using Hi-Vol. Samplers, Cascade Impactor, QCM-CI and Stack Samplers etc.
Field Sampling of Water Pollutants for various pollutants like BOD, COD,
DO, Colour, TDS, Conductivity, pH etc. Laboratory Analysis of Water and
Air Pollutants using AAS, Spectrophotometers, ICPES, XRF, INAA, CAS,
IAS, etc.
- Economic, trade, energy and
environmental data collection (base line and secondary data) for
Wastepaper and Plastic Waste in India and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Socio-economic, export, health
& environmental data collection survey for Indian Leather Tanning
Industry.
- Socio-economic, export, health
& environmental data collection survey for Indian Fish and Shellfish
Industry.
- Economic and environmental data
collection survey for Pollution Monitoring & Abatement Industry in
India.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
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Geographical
Information System (GIS) using GRASS and ARC/INFO Methods.
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Dispersion
Modelling of Air Pollutants using Guassion Plume Model.
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Receptor
Modelling of Air Pollutants using Statistical Techniques like Correlation and
Regression, Chemical Mass Balance, Factor Analysis-Multiple Regression,
Composite Receptor Model, Cluster Analysis etc.
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Expertise
to work on several computer softwares such as SPSS, Statgraphics, Harvard
Graphics, Supercalc5, Lotus 1-2-3, Matlab, MSOFFICE- Word, Excel, Power
Point, Word Perfect, Wordstar, Chiwriter, Grapher, Flow, News.
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Programming
languages such as Basic, Quick Basic, and Fortran.
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