Two Week ISTE sponsored STTP on Environmental Studies.
Under the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, New Delhi.
From June 2nd, 2015 to June 12th, 2015.
Course content
The topics to be covered in this STTP include:
- Sustainable Development
- Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Natural Resources (Food, water, energy, forest)
- Environmental Pollution
- Social issues and Environment
- Ethics
- Economics
- Global Climate Change
Teaching Faculty
Prof. Munish Chandel, CESE, IIT Bombay
Prof Nikhil K Kothurkar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore
Prof. Maya Mahajan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore
Prof. K Narayanan, HSS, IIT Bombay
Prof.Ranjan Kumar Panda, HSS, IIT Bombay
Prof D. Parthasarathy, HSS, IIT Bombay
Prof. Harish Phuleria, CESE, IIT Bombay
Prof. Virendra Sethi CESE, IIT Bombay
Who Should Attend
Faculty colleagues who are presently teaching in
- Engineering, Diploma
- Post-Graduate Science Institutes are eligible to attend this training programme.
- Science teachers (Physics, Chemistry, Maths, and Biology) should be teaching either PG courses (MSc Level) or UG Engineering courses (B.E/B.Tech).
- Faculty from Humanities (English, Economics, Social Sciences) and Management would also benefit towards their teaching of the Environmental Studies course.
This workshop is only for Faculty.
- Students are not entitled to attend the course.
Duration and Venue
The duration of the STTP is 2 weeks (10 days). It commences on Tuesday, 02nd June, 2015 at 9:30 hrs and ends at 18:00 hrs on Friday, 12th June with a one day break on Sunday, 7th June, 2015. Participants will be expected to carry out some additional assignments in the two weeks following the completion of the course.
Further details and enrolment link are available at:
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/
Course Fee
Since the STTP is partly funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Government of India), there is no fee for participation in the course.
How to Apply
To register online, please visit: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/ Enrollment will be ONLY through the online mode. The online form contains a list of remote centers. From this list, please select a center close to your Institute/College, where you wish to attend the STTP. The last date for enrollment and for submission of permission letter is 20th May, 2015. A list of the selected participants will be uploaded on this website on 22nd May, 2015. The selected participants will also be informed by an email.
LAST DATE FOR ONLINE ENROLLMENT:
20th May, 2015
Mandatory requirement: It is mandatory that while registering for the STTP, the participants should submit a scanned copy of a letter from the Principal/Head of the Institute. Format of this is available on the website. Registration without this letter will not be confirmed.
Note
Please note that this STTP is conducted by the e-Outreach project of IIT Bombay, under the National Mission on Education through ICT. Live recording of the course and other created contents will be released under Open Source through a portal. The recorded CD/DVD of the course lectures will be available for distribution at cost, to any individual/ institution. All participants are required to sign an authorization for such release of contents contributed by them during and after the workshop. Recognition and citation will be made for all contributors.
Address For Communication
Mr.N.PRASANNAN,
Placement Officer / Workshop Coordinator
Selvam College of Technology
Salem Road(NH-7), Namakkal-637 003.
Mob:9600292686,9003865835
Email:prasannan.ece@selvamtech.com