B.E Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Environmental Management Syllabus - Mumbai University

Module 1

• Introduction and Definition of Environment: Significance of Environment Management for contemporary managers, Career opportunities. Environmental issues relevant to India, Sustainable Development, The Energy scenario.

Module 2

• Global Environmental concerns : Global Warming, Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, Hazardous Wastes, Endangered life-species, Loss of Biodiversity, Industrial/Man-made disasters, Atomic/Biomedical hazards, etc.

Module 3

• Concepts of Ecology: Ecosystems and interdependence between living organisms, habitats, limiting factors, carrying capacity, food chain, etc.

Module 4: Scope of Environment Management, Role & functions of Government as a planning and regulating agency.

• Environment Quality Management and Corporate Environmental Responsibility

Module 5: Total Quality Environmental Management, ISO-14000, EMS certification.

Module 6

• General overview of major legislations like Environment Protection Act, Air (P & CP) Act, Water (P & CP) Act, Wildlife Protection Act, Forest Act, Factories Act, etc.

REFERENCES

• 1 Environmental Management: Principles and Practice, C J Barrow, Routledge Publishers London, 1999
• 2 A Handbook of Environmental Management Edited by Jon C. Lovett and David G. Ockwell, Edward Elgar Publishing
• 3 Environmental Management,T V Ramachandra and Vijay Kulkarni, TERI Press
• 4 Indian Standard Environmental Management Systems — Requirements With Guidance For Use, Bureau Of Indian Standards, February 2005
• 5 Environmental Management: An Indian Perspective, S N Chary and Vinod Vyasulu, Maclillan India, 2000
• 6 Introduction to Environmental Management, Mary K Theodore and Louise Theodore, CRC Press
• 7 Environment and Ecology, Majid Hussain, 3 rd Ed. Access Publishing.2015