Department of Environmental Sciences was established in 1994, as a nodal department of Microbiology and Biochemistry. Later on, in the same year it became independent and proudly established as first regular post-graduate teaching and research department in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Department was declared as Centre of Excellence in 2009. The entire department is Wi-Fi enabled with smart classroom (With lecture recording facility) and well equipped departmental library. The thrust area of the department is to provide quality education to undergraduate and post graduate students and under taking research concern with the current problems of environment and its management, with its emphasis on the air, water, soil, solid wastes, micro-plastics, carbon sequestration, bioremediation, wildlife and Antarctic Ecology. Presently, faculty members along with their research team are engaged in management of environmental problems with the application of Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and IOT. The M.Sc. Geophysics Program covering contemporary and emerging fields of geophysics having wide ranging interests to meet the growing needs of the industries/ Research Organizations and Academic Institutions.
The M.Sc. Geophysics program was initiated with the motivation to generate a workforce that could turn into a substantially trained pool to meet the world’s demand of Geophysicist. The department look forward to provide best employment opportunities to the trained postgraduates in Mining and Oil exploration industries and other Government institutions and join national and international leading research laboratories, PSUs like: ONGC, Oil India, IOCL, Coal India, MECL.
The Department offers B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology and is strongly committed to excellence in generating new knowledge about the Earth. The primary goal to prepares students to be employable and capable of serving the nation effectively. The department's major focus areas include Water Resources, Geohazards, River Science, Remote Sensing & GIS, Igneous Petrology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Palaeontology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, and Quaternary Geology. Geological Survey of India (GSI), Coal India, CGWB, Mineral Exploration Ltd., ONGC, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Hindustan Zinc Ltd, ISRO, MMTC, BPCL, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Schlumberger Limited, and many more National and International companies are top recuiters.
The M.A./M.Sc. Program in Geography was initiated in the year 2021, covers contemporary and emerging fields of Geography having wide ranging interests to meet the growing needs of the research organisations and academic institutions.
The department is well equipped with instruments and equipments for the monitoring of air, water, soil pollution, microbiological works, siesmological studies, mineralological and petrological studies, remote sensing, GIS, and cartographic studies including air quality monitoring station, weatrher monitoring statiion and redon geo station (siesmic activities). Department is privileged for regular updating of air quality data of state pollution control board, UP of Ayodhya region and for this Department has a designated Saryu Lab for water and air monitoring. Beside this department has also got an opportunity to work as Consultant in Amrit Sarovar Scheme of Government of India.
More than 300 research papers have been published in different International and National journals by the faculty members and research scholars. Department has been funded by different national and state level funding agencies such as DST, UGC, MoEF&CC, UPCST, AICTE, NCAOR, UPCAR, UPPCB and CSIR. Currently, UPPCB and UPHED have funded three projects to the department.
The department regularly organizes seminars/ conferences/ workshops on important issues of the environment. The departments had organized a National Conference entitled “Current issues of environment health, climate change and its management (NCECM-2018)” in collaboration with the Academy of the Environment Biology (AEB) in October 2018, 27th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS-XXVII) entitled “Recent Advances in Earth Sciences”, on 26-28 October 2021 and hosted an International Conference on Environment and Society (ICES-2023) entitled “New Vistas in Waste Management and Sustainable Development” on 29, December 2023. The Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) Student Chapter was inaugurated in our prestigious department on April 30, 2024, with the esteemed presence of Padma Shree Prof. V.P. Dimri. On the same day, the “IGU Anni Talwani Lecture” was delivered by Prof. Uma Shankar. Beside this department on regular basis organizes Environmental events such as Earth Day, World Ozone Day, World Environment Day, World Water Day and tree plantation etc. to generate awareness among the masses. Invited lectures by eminent personalities/environmental scientists / researchers / industrialists are held in the department to generate interest among the students and also to provide them opportunities for direct dialogue with such personalities. Summer and industrial training are also imparted to the students in reputed Labs, Research Institutes, Industries to understand the advancement and real working in the field of environment.
Department organizes campus selection for different organizations/consultancies/NGOs such as Fare Labs Pvt. Ltd. Gurugram, Ganga Envirotech Research Laboratory, Lucknow, and Maruti India Limited, Gurugram, RSPL limited, Gurugram and J.M. envirolab Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram etc. Students passing out from the department are serving in various reputed National/ International research institutions and other governmental organizations such as Washington State University, USA, CIMAP, CDRI, IITR, NBRI, FRI, IARI, TERI, NGOs, State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Satluj Jal Vidhut Nigam (SJVN), State & Central Pollution Control Boards and in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi. A good number of students from the department have qualified JRF/NET/GATE examinations and have been placed in administrative services and as teaching faculty in colleges, Central and State Universities in India and abroad.
Notable faculty members include Prof. Siddhartha Shukla whose specialization is in Environmental Microbiology. Dr. Shukla is working on remediation of PCP and Hexavalent Chromium by microbial and adsorption technique. He has three patents (1 UK & 2 Indian). Dr. Vinod Kumar Chaudhary, who focuses on Environmental Engineering and air pollution, recently he has developed an energy-efficient cremation system and secured a patent for it. Dr. Chaudhary is working s Nodal officer in Urban River Management Plan (URMP) also. Dr. Mahima Chaurasia is working in the area of bioremediation and carbon mapping, in her research project (UPHED) she is working on assessment of carbon foot print and its management. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava is working in the field of water monitoring, Phytoremediation and Biodiversity and he is engaged in the monitoring of drinking water around the area of university. Dr. Rudra Pratap Singh is working in the area of environmental management and impact assessment. Dr. Singh visited Antarctica as a member of 27th Indian Expedition Programme. Dr. Shashi Kant Sah is working in the field of Exploration Geophysics, with a focus on strong motion seismology and actively involved in the study of computing the probability of future large earthquakes. Dr. Arvind Kumar is working in the field of Geophysics (Exploration)expertise in seismicrozonation, Seismology,Ground water Hydrology and data analysis in Geophysical field. Dr. Saurabh Singh specializes in Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomorphology, and Sedimentology, with a particular emphasis on Quaternary climate change. Dr. Praveen Chandra Singh specializes in Metamorphic Petrology, emphasizing the amphibolite to granulite facies metamorphism. Dr. Shazia is working in the field of population and social geography with emphasis on spatial data analysis.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Prof G C Pandey
Professor
(Superannuated)
Specialization
Bio-chemical Toxicology
Email
gcpandeyenv@yahoo.com
Mobile No.
9415164361
Prof. Jaswant Singh
Professor
(Superannuated)
Specialization
Polar Biology
Email
jaswant1983@yahoo.com
Mobile No.
8840297705
Prof. Siddharth Shukla
Professor
Specialization
Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology
Email
siddhartha@rmalu.ac.in
Mobile No.
9450767928
Dr. Vinod Kumar Chaudhary
Associate Professor & Head
Specialization
Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control
Email
vinodkrchaudhary@rmlau.ac.in
Mobile No.
9451785288
Dr. Mahima Chaurasia
Associate Professor
Specialization
Phyto-remediation & Carbon footprint
Email
mahimachaurasia@rmalu.ac.in
Mobile No.
9454881848
Dr. Shashi Kant Shah
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Strong Motion Seismology & Source Modeling
Email
sksahbhu@gmail.com
Mobile No.
7376161060
Dr. Arvind Kumar
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Seismology, Seis-microzonation & GW Hydrology
Email
arvindbhu1@gmail.com
Mobile No.
9454749100
Dr. Shazia
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Population & Social Geography
Email
shaziarashid2000@gmail.com
Mobile No.
8791424163
Dr. Rudra Pratap Singh
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Environmental Management and Impact Assessment
Email
rudraenviron@gmail.com
Mobile No.
9454099751
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Phyto-remediation & fish diversity
Email
sksrivastav@rmalu.ac.in
Mobile No.
6386462225
Dr. Praveen Chandra
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Petrology & Geochronology
Email
pcsinghgeo21@gmail.com
Mobile No.
9136705561
Dr. Saurabh Singh
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomorphology & Sedimentology
Email
geosaurabh@gmail.com
Mobile No.
7905449179
State of Art facilities
- Departmental Library
- Saryu Laboratory
- Air Quality Monitoring Laboratory
- Centre of Excellence Laboratory
- Soil Laboratory
- Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory
- Automatic Weather Station
- Air Quality Monitoring Station
- Radon Geo Station (Monitoring Seismic Activity)
- Mineralology and Petrology Laboratory
- Cartography Laboratory
Course Offered
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S. No.
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Name of Course
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No. of Seats
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Duration of Course
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Eligibility
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Course fee (Rs.)
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1.
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Environmental Sciences
Ph.D.
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-
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-
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Masters degree in relevant branch of Science, Engineering & Technology.
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-
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2.
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Environmental Sciences
M. Sc.
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30
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2 Years
(04 Semester)
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B.Sc. (Botany, Zoology, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Agriculture, Maths), B.Tech./ BE (Civil, Chemical, Mechanical)
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19850/-
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3
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Environmental Sciences
B. Sc.
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40
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3 Years
(06 Semester)
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10+2 with Zoology, Botany (Minimum 36% Marks in Intermediate or Equivalent)
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24850/-
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4
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Geophysics
M.Sc.
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20
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2 Years
(04 Semester)
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B.Sc. with Math’s & Physics / B.Tech.
from a recognized university
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30000/-
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5
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Geography
M.A/M.Sc
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40
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2 Years
(04 Semester)
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B.Sc./BA with 36% marks
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30000/-
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6
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Geology
M.Sc.
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40
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2 Years
(04 Semester)
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B.Sc./ B.Tech.
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30850/-
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7
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Geology
B.Sc.
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40
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3Years
(06 Semester)
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10+2
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24850/-
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8
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Disaster Management
PG Diploma
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40
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1 Years
(02 Semester)
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Graduation in any discipline with minimum 45% marks
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8500/-
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