Annexure-II

INDIVIDUAL COURSE DETAILS

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS

A. Name of the Institute
TRAINING AND RESEARCH, TARAMANI P.O.,
CHENNAI 600 113.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE COURSE ON

B. Name/title of the Course
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

C. Proposed Dates and Duration of the

From 27.09.2017 to 21.11.2017 - 8 weeks
Course in weeks / months
Applicants for this course must
D. Eligibility Criteria for Participants
1. Educational Qualification teachers / trainers and / or administrators in
2. Work Experience Technical and Vocational Education
have a degree in engineering / technology
3. Age Limit /science or in any vocational field
have a minimum of 3 year experience in
4. Target group (Level of participants
teaching / training / administration
and target ministry/department etc. have a good proficiency in spoken and written
may be identified) English and comprehension of English which
is the medium of instruction
preferably not more than 45 years

Objectives:
E. Aims & Objectives of the Course
1. To provide an understanding on the methods and
approaches for sustainable environmental
development and management, compatible with
the ecosystems.
2. To enhance the knowledge in the environmental
issues and develop their skill for sustainable
environment management in general and in
particular to industrial sector.
3. To provide the mode of assess the impact of
developmental project on environment and to
suggest appropriate remedial measures with a
social aspect.
4. To enhance the knowledge in environment
friendly policy instruments and to adopt Clean
Development Mechanism.
5. To identify the gaps and analyze the weakness in
the regulatory and institutional frameworks, and
assess the mode in national capacity building.

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 Contents of the Course
F. Details / Content of the Course
(please attach detailed Course
a) History and Introduction to Sustainable
Profile)
Development
b) Education for Sustainable Development
c) Environmental Legislations and regulations
d) Economy analysis of environmental issues
e) Sustainable development: constraints and
opportunities
f) Environmental Impact Analysis
g) Application of GIS in SDEM
h) Green Building Concepts
i) CSR/CDM Activities
j) Project Work

(Course Profile attached)

G. Mode of Evaluation of Performance of Evaluation through Seminars, Group work, Term

the ITEC Participant Paper and Project work
Centre for Environmental Management
H. Name of the Department

I. Name of the Coordinator Dr. G. Janardhanan

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 Advanced Certificate Course on

Sustainable Development and Environmental Management

COURSE PROFILE

Sustainable development has occupied a place on the global agenda since at least the
Brundtland Commissions 1987 report Our Common Future. The world continues to face
various critical challenges such as: anthropogenic climate change, the rapid depletion of natural
resources, the frequency of natural disasters, the spread of (old and new) infectious diseases,
the loss of biodiversity, the violation of human rights, increased poverty, the dependency of our
economic systems on continuous growth in consumerism and so forth. Technology has been
identified with a host of problems and solutions that are closely linked with aims for sustainable
development in low and middle-income countries. It is an essential enabling feature of
globalization, and local applications of technology offer possibilities for building infrastructures
and creating opportunities. The impact of new technologies on society and development affects
various interests and domains, and the effective and appropriate use of technology requires
consideration of social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental contexts and effects.
The opportunities and challenges applying the technologies to old problems require the
guidance from a new breed of professionals and policymakers who can integrate technological
expertise and a clear understanding of its wider ramifications as a guide to strategies for
applying technology to the tasks of achieving sustainable development. Thus, the need of the
hour is to strike a balance and have a proper blend between techno-economic and environment
concerns. At the UN conference on Environment and Development held in 1992 at Rio, the
world community reached an unprecedented consensus on the need to fully integrate
environmental concerns into the main stream of economic decision making. Thus, Sustainable
development (SD) has become a vehicle around the globe for expressing the need to depart
from present dominant models of development which appear unable to balance the needs of
people and the planet in the pursuit of peace and prosperity. Sustainable development needs to
be described for each of these dimensions in their interrelation in time (past-present-future) and
in space (near-far). A sustainable environmental management (planet) refers to the
management of development in natural ecosystems in ways that maintain the carrying capacity
of the earth and respect the non-human world.
The basic vision of this course is to inculcate the values, behaviour and lifestyles required
for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. Translated objectives are:

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 1. To develop an understanding of the range of social, economic and environmental issues
facing the world today;

2. To develop an understanding of the interrelationships among these different types of

issues; and

3. To Foster an increased quality of teaching and learning in education for sustainable

development;

Objectives of the Programme

1. To provide an understanding on the methods and approaches for sustainable

environmental development and management, compatible with the ecosystems.
2. To enhance the knowledge in the environmental issues and develop their skill for
sustainable environment management in general and in particular to industrial sector.
3. To provide the mode of assess the impact of developmental project on environment and
to suggest appropriate remedial measures with a social aspect.
4. To enhance the knowledge in environment friendly policy instruments and to adopt
Clean Development Mechanism.
5. To identify the gaps and analyze the weakness in the regulatory and institutional
frameworks, and assess the mode in national capacity building.

Structure of the Programme

Advanced Certificate Course in Sustainable Development and Environmental Management is

structured into three major modules totaling up to 12 units. Course is proper blend of lecture,
demonstration and field studies in preexisting related courses (text or lecture-note based).
Course explores the subject through resources, development, impact and management.

The first module introduces the concept of sustainability covering basic concepts like historical
background, technology, sustainable development, international development cooperation and
the deliberations taken place in the world. This module introduces the major stakeholders and
institutions that drive change toward SD.

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The second module focuses on environmental management, acknowledging the action of each
stakeholder. Participants are introduced to environmental and social standard setting bodies,
certification and firm-level tools used to implement SD strategies. Ways and mean to assess
the environmental impact and suggestive remedial measures will be learnt in this module. Brief
introduction about ISO system will be provided.

The third module addresses the strategies to implement sustainable environmental

management. Initiatives taken at the national and international level will be discussed. Clean
Development Mechanism, Rain Water Harvesting, Green Building Concepts, Corporate Social
Responsibility etc., Application of GIS and other technology to establish sustainable
environmental management will be discussed in detail.

Project Work

In any one of the above areas with reference to their country.