Course
Curriculum
The
curriculum is designed to impart knowledge and skills considered
essential for natural resource managers to operate successfully
in the dynamic and complex environment. It sharpens and deepens
the participants’ understanding at different levels by
maintaining the balance between the job requirements and
long-term growth requirements. The basic thrust of the
curriculum is to help the participants to acquire conceptual and
analytical abilities in relation to the field realities,
required for managing natural resources
effectively.
The
course shall be of 12 months duration, consisting of two class
room terms, fieldwork and dissertation. The programme commences
from first week of August, 2011. The entire programme is of 25.0
credits. It includes 15 courses spread over two terms, having
1.0/0.5 credit each. A 1.0 credit course comprises 30 classroom
sessions and 0.5 credit courses comprise 15 class room
sessions. The
classroom sessions are designed to provide basic knowledge and
practical understanding of concepts, tools and techniques in
Natural Resource Management. The course lays emphasis
on self-growth through seminars, fieldwork, case studies, and
class room discussions.
The term wise details of the courses are given
below:
Term
I (three months)
-
ICT
and E-governance *0.5 Credit
-
Management
of natural resources 0.5 Credit
-
SFM
and forest certification 0.5 Credit
-
Livelihood
and biodiversity management *1.0 Credit
-
Elements
of climate change 0.5 Credit
-
Research
methods 1.0 Credit
-
Environmental
impact assessment 1.0 Credit
-
Civil
society and corporate environment responsibility 0.5
Credit
-
Geo
informatics 1.0 Credit
-
Integrated
water resource management 0.5. Credit
-
Extension
methods 0.5 Credit
Two
weeks field study tour (0.5 Credit)
A
two week study tour at various sites where work related to
Natural Resource Management and corresponding to the syllabus
shall be organized to give candidates real time exposure to the
sector. All candidates shall write a tour report at the end of
the field tour. The report shall be presented for evaluation by
a panel of faculty members.
Two
week dissertation problem formulation
All
candidates shall be requested to put their dissertation problem
in final shape during this period and the synopsis shall be
presented in front of the dissertation committee along with the
guide to finalize the research methodology and study
design.
Term
II (three months)
-
Environment
& climate change: policy and law 1.0
Credit
-
Climate change impacts,
mitigation and adaptation 1.0 Credit
-
Economic
valuation and accounting of ecosystem services 1.0
Credit
-
Energy
management 1.0 Credit
-
Risk
assessment and disaster management 0.5
Credit
-
Clean
development mechanism 1.0 Credit
-
Carbon
finance (REDD and REDD+). 1.0 Credit
-
Climate
Change and community well being 1.0
Credit
Two week foreign study
tour (0.5 Credits)
The
foreign study tour shall be organized with a view to expose the
participants to the contemporary practices in other countries
and the lessons learnt from them. The participants will be taken
to leading institutions/organizations in the selected countries
to interact with policy makers and other government
functionaries. On their return, participants would prepare
reports on various facets covered during the visit, followed by
presentations. The presentation and report shall be evaluated by
panel of faculty members.
Term
III (Three and half months)
Dissertation
(9 Credits)
The
dissertation work would be initiated in the second term. Based
on participant’s area of interest and programme objectives, the
guide(s) would be chosen by the candidate. Dissertation
component shall include data collection in field, report writing
and viva-voce. A sum of Rs. 20,000.00 (Rs. Twenty thousand only)
shall be made available to each student to carry out the
dissertation related field work.
