Finishing School on Environmental Management
Organized Jointly
by
Environmental Management Centre (EMC), Mumbai
in partnership with
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
January 16 to 19, 2009 The Concept
The Finishing School on Environmental Management is to provide students/ professionals a connect between "Theory" and "Practice". Filling of the "gaps", "updating" and providing a rounded exposure is the idea.
Who should attend?
The School is open for both students as well as professionals. Participation can also come from companies, government and research institutions. We will limit the School however to only 40 participants. A maximum of 20 seats will be available for the students. What is the Eligibility Requirement?
Students currently studying environmental management and allied areas (e.g. environmental science, engineering, architecture, planning, economics) at post graduate level.
Young professionals formally trained in environmental management and currently working in the field. Senior professionals who are interested in the update and a lateral exposure to current topics in environmental management A selection criteria will be used to ensure that participants are at comparative levels of exposure and experience. When?
January 16 to 19, 2009
The Duration
The School will run for four days covering Friday to Monday. Top
Methodology
The School uses a blended learning methodology. It uses elements such as lectures, case studies, discussion sessions, role playing interactives, audio-visuals etc.
Each lecture presentation will have a key discusser so as to guide the discussions. Core faculty will come from EMC and NITIE. Dr Prasad Modak will be the principal mentor and faculty. In addition there will be faculty and resource persons from business organizations, financing institutions and regulators. Lectures will cover essentials of modern environmental management strategies and tools with case studies. There will be screening of films in the evenings, nature walks in the morning and some interesting dinner speeches from guest faculty. The participants will go through various exercises. Exercises will include making PowerPoint presentations, doing a document review, using Internet effectively. There will also be an Environmental Quiz. A session on the last day is dedicated to career planning - both in research as well as in the professional practice. Here, there will be opportunities to meet with potential job providers who would guide participants. A session on "Meet who made it" will be inspirational to connect participants with achievers in India's environmental management. Flexible Structure
The School is designed for a residential format to allow more interaction between participants.
There are options to attend the School.
Module A: All four days - that we recommend to all students and young professionals
Module B: Two days (Saturday and Sunday) for senior staff of industries, business organizations and financing institutions. The design and conduct of these two days is more oriented to their needs. Top Venue
NITIE, Vihar Lake, Mumbai Registration Fees in Rs Module | Student | Professional | A (4 days) | 4000
| 12000 | B (2 days) | -
| 8000
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Resources
All participants will receive a DVD of well organized electronic resources.
Benefits
- Learn about frontier areas in environmental management not normally covered in university curriculum - Learn to function in multidisciplinary groups, make new acquaintances and connections
- Get counselling/advice on making careers and improve on the job prospects A Certificate of Attendance will be jointly issued by EMC and NITIE And the Finishing School Does not End here!
All participants to the Finishing School get registration at EMC's e-learning portal http://www.ekonnect.net/. On this portal, Dr Modak and faculty at the Finishing School will continue to serve as mentors for a period of one month and extend the finishing school on a virtual basis. All participants get benefit of the job-provider feature of ekonnect.net as well as that of networking for this period. Top Programme outline:
Friday; 16th January,2009 9:00 | 9:15 | Registration & filling of forms by Participants | 9:15 | 9:30 | Opening ceremony | 9:30 | 9:45 | Introduction to the programme | 9:45 | 10:00 | Participant Introductions - What are you expecting? | 10:00 | 10:05 | Rules of the House | 10:05 | 10:20 | Tea / Coffee Break | 10:20 | 11:15 | Let us begin the journey - India's Environmental Issues and Challenges - A Country Environmental Analyses | 11:15 | 11:30 | Discussions | 11:30 | 12:45 | Understanding New forms of Environmental Governance | 12:45 | 13:00 | Discussion | 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch break | 14:00 | 15:30 | Global Environmental Politics - Two case studies
Climate Change
Biodiversity | 15:30 | 16:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | 16:00 | 17:30 | A Role Play Exercise on The Regulator-Business-Community Model | 17:30 | 17:45 | Group Assignment. Making 10 Powerful slides on an allotted topic |
Saturday; 17th January,2009
9:00 | 9:20 | Participant presentations | 9:20 | 9:30 | Making Good Presentations... Tips and Tricks | 9:30 | 10:15 | From Environmental Impact Assessment to Sustainability Appraisal : The evolution, process and opportunities | 10.15 | 10:30 | Discussion | 10:30 | 11:15 | The Toolboxes - Modelling, GIS/RS and Expert Systems | 11:15 | 11:30 | Tea/Coffee break | 11:30 | 13:00 | Environmental & Social Safeguards at Multilateral Development Banks (World Bank, Asian Development Bank) with Case Studies | 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch Break | 14:00 | 15:00 | Assessing the Damage, allocating liabilities and carrying out Remediation | 15:00 | 15:15 | Discussions | 15:00 | 16:30 | Role playing exercise - Case of Responsible Project Financing | 16:30 | 16:45 | Tea/Coffee break | 16:45 | 17:30 | Environmental Monitoring: Analyzing the Data |
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| Group Assignment - Doing a Document Review |
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| The Environment Quiz!! |
Sunday, 18th January, 2009
9:00 | 9:20 | Participant Presentations | 9:20 | 9:30 | Tips on how to be a good reviewer | 9:30 | 11:00 | Business and Sustainability | 11:00 | 11:15 | Tea/Coffee break | 11:15 | 12:00 | Green Products and Sustainable Consumption | 12:00 | 13:00 | The Environmental Management System | 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch Break | 14:00 | 15:45 | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) | 15:45 | 16:00 | Tea/Coffee break | 16:00 | 17:30 | The CDM Business | 17:30 | 18:00 | Assignment to All - Fast Fingers on the Net | 18:00 | 18:30 | Tips on how to be smart in using Internet |
Monday, 19th January, 2009 9:00 | 9:15 | Discussion | 9:15 | 10:15 | Environmental Communication | 10:15 | 10:30 | Tea/Coffee break | 10:30 | 11:15 | Planning Careers in Environmental Management - Research, Advocacy, Professional Practice and Entrepreneurship | 11:30 | 13:00 | Listen to your Job Providers | 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch Break | 14:00 | 15:30 | Meet some who made it! Few Inspirational examples | 15:30 | 15:45 | Tea/Coffee break | 15:45 | 16:15 | Time to retrospect | 16:15 | 17:00 | How are we staying connected - Not to say good bye |
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About EMC Founded by Dr. Prasad Modak, in 1996, the Environmental Management Centre (EMC) has positioned itself as a niche player both in India as well as in international environmental management consultancy. Strategic consulting in frontier areas, intertwined with training, research and knowledge management is EMC's focus. Visit http://www.emcentre.com/ About the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety and Environmental Management (PGDISEM) at NITIE A sustainability-focused programme with emphasis on EHS along with Operations and General Management, PGDISEM is a course at NITIE aligned to industry's needs. It equips the students with the necessary expertise to manage industrial safety and environmental problems, thereby effectively paving the way for cleaner and safer industrial practices. Visit http://www.nitie.edu/ to learn more about NITIE and the PGDISEM Whom to contact: Dr Prasad Modak
Environmental Management Centre,
102 Anandi, Dr M B Raut Road,
Shivaji-Park, Dadar,, Mumbai 400 028, India
Email: finishingschool@emcentre.com
Tel/Fax: +91 22 2445 6124/2446 6236
| Prof. Seema Unnikrishnan/Dr Anju Singh
Industrial Safety & Environment Management
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
Vihar Lake, Mumbai 400 087, India
Email:seemaunikrishnan@nitie.edu, anjusingh@nitie.edu Tel: +91 22 2857 3371 Ext 255/331 Fax: [022] 28573251 |
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