Saturday, December 21, 2024

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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Department Of Environmental Science

The Department of Environmental Science is introduced in the year 2008 at Nizam College. Since then, the Department is handling B.A. E/M, B.A. T/M, B.Com (Regular), B.Com (Computers) & BCA I Year I Semester &B.Sc., [Phy.Sc], [Biol.Sc], B.Sc., Honours&B.B.A. I Year II Semester.

With the introduction of Environmental Science as one of the subject in P.G (CBCS course), the Department has gained immense popularity among the student community. The study of Environmental Science is indispensable for all citizens of the world. It is heartening that UGC has decided and directed all educational institutions to introduce the course Environmental Science. As per the guidelines, it is followed in our institution. The subject generates concepts of prediction, prospects, promotion, preservation and vision about restoration of natural resources thereby conserving environment.

OBJECTIVES:

  • The general study of the subject to bring in environmental literacy.
  • To emphasize the value of Environmental Education at basic level to all professional courses.
  • To inform everyone about the resources, their conservation and efforts towards their sustainability.
  • To permeate knowledge about saving components of our nation’s wealth.

MISSIONS:

To Prepare the students in policy designing for mitigation of biological disasters, water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, Soil erosion and soil pollution, radioactive material pollution, food adulteration and poisoning and above all ensuring security and wellbeing of humanity.

Education alone leads us to prevent environmental deterioration. To achieve all these, a basic knowledge is given in our college.

PLAN OF ACTION:

  • To make the campus eco-friendly.
  • To visit several types of nearby aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and determine their food chains.
  • To choose one small scale and large-scale environmental problem and propose solutions to each of them.

Faculty

Dr. B. Manju has joined Nizam College in November, 2021 on transfer
from University College for Women, Koti as an Assistant Professor
[Contract ] in the Department of Environmental Science. She has been a
part of the Osmania University since 16 years and she has been teaching
Environmental Studies for U.G. i.e., B.A. , B.Sc., & B.Com at University
College for Women, Koti, since 2008. She was awarded Ph.D.,
Environmental Science, Osmania University on 12 th January, 2023. Her
topic of research was "Ground Water Quality of Ramachandrapuram
and Serilingampally, Telangana, India". She has done her Masters in
Environmental Science from University College of Science, Osmania
University. She has also done Bachelors degree in Education, B.Ed. She has
undergone 3 months training programme on “ Remote Sensing & GIS –
Technology & Applications “ at National Remote Sensing Centre [NRSC],
Balanagar, Hyderabad from December, 2007 to February, 2008. She has
attended conferences & workshops on science within the city. She has two
paper publications to her credit. She is a member, Literary and Cultural
Club, Nizam College. She had been an IQAC member at UCW, Koti. She had
been one of the members in Board Of Studies, Environmental Science, Dept.
of Botany, UCW. She was one of the coordinators of Eco-club, Dept. Of
Botany, UCW.