HT Correspondent
Varanasi, January 3
THE ACADEMIC Council of Banaras Hindu University has decided to introduce M.Sc. Tech. in environmental science and technology at its South Campus in Barkacha (Mirzapur) from the academic session 2007-08.
Three-year M.Sc. Tech. degree course will be conducted by the Centre for Environmental Science and Technology of the Science Faculty. Coordinator of the center, Prof. BD Tripathi said that this course was designed to cater the current environmental needs of national and international organisations and would provide maximum job opportunities to the M.Sc. Tech. Degree-holders.
Prof. Tripathi said that in this M.Sc. Tech. programme students would be given teaching and training in the field of environmental pollution, geo-informatics, natural hazards, air, water and soil management, bio resource management,
waste water treatment, ISO certification, green land development, noise pollution control and management technologies.
Prof. Tripathi said that for extensive training of the students, organisations of national and international repute such as Coal India, National Thermal Power Corporation, Hindalco and Kanoriya Chemical were being consulted.
He said that Coal India (Singrauli) has given its consent to extend support in training and placement of students.
There will be 30 seats in this master’s degree course in the first year. Graduates of B.Sc., B.Sc. (agriculture), MBBS, BE and B.Tech. could apply for this course, he said.