RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY 

 

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

·        Geographical Information System (GIS) using GRASS and ARC/INFO Methods.

·        Dispersion Modelling of Air Pollutants using Guassion Plume Model.

·        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.

·        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.

·        Programming languages such as Basic, Quick Basic, and Fortran.

 

 

 


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