Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls

Hastings House, Alipore, Kolkata-27

Notice

Notice No: SNGGDCG/83

Date: 07/05/2023

The current First Year Semester-II students of B.Sc./B.A. Honours and General CBCS curriculum of this college are required to complete and submit one in-house Project Report (30 marks), as part of their Calcutta University Syllabus for Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course-2 (AECC-2) in Environmental Studies paper (ENVS) of total 100 marks.

The project must be based on primary and/or secondary data with due attribution to source of data. The project must clearly substantiate the objective(s) of the project and reflect social learning for continued relationships between man and environment. The project theme must seek to focus attention in understanding perceptions of people on recent ‘hot issues’ on man and environment. Students are encouraged to make choice of their respective project title that stresses upon environmental significance topics covered in their honours subject curriculum.

The completed reports neatly typed written, in a proper bound form (preferably within 5000 words) in A4 size paper with citation of good case studies/questionnaire surveys/discussions/ demonstrations/illustrations/figures (in black & white or colour) on any one of the themes mentioned in Annexure-I must be submitted to the respective departmental co-ordinators as noted below:

-Sd/-

Dr. Sebanti Bhattacharya

Officer-in-Charge,

Sister Nibedita Government General

Degree College for Girls

-Sd/-

Dr. S. Chakrabarti

Convener, AECC-ENVS

and

Dr. Rajarshi Roy

Jt. Convener, AECC-ENVS

Sister Nibedita Government

General Degree College for Girls

Copy to : All Head of the Departments with the request for instructing their respective departmental students for immediate initiation.

For further readings on ENVS, the students may please refer:

1.       E-version of UGC reference book titled “Text Book on Environmental Studies” by Erach Bharucha.

2.      Salient web links to key environmental topics covered under ENVS syllabus circulated in ENVS WhatsApp Group from time to time.

Annexure-I

SOME SUGGESTED TOPICS / THEMES

1.                  Eco-friendly Products

2.                 Green Scenarios in Your Locality

3.                 Clean Energy

4.                 Urban-Rural Environmental Interfaces

5.                 Environmental Rights

6.                 Eco-Tourism

7.                 Environment and Literature

8.                Environmental Aesthetics

9.                 Environmental Data Analysis

10.             Climate Change

11.               Coastal Vulnerability

12.              Biodiversity and Sustainability

13.              Socio-Cultural Issues and Environment

14.              Resource Conservation and Management

15.              Solid Waste Disposal

16.              Natural Disasters

17.              Natural Conservation

18.              Hazard and Risk management

19.              Eco-Auditing

20.             EIA-EMP

21.              Toxicology

22.             Visual Pollution

23.             Environmental Legislation

24.             Green Audit

25.             Bioremediation

26.             Pollution

The report must be written in own languages and reflect the individuality and perception of the students on the subject topic. The report must contain data and information that are generated solely by the concerned students (primary data). Literature survey is encouraged; full references to this effect as per standard norms are to be furnished at the end of the report.

Each student must mention the following information on the cover page of the report.

1.             Name of the Candidate

2.            Name of the Department

3.            Registration Number with Year

4.            Departmental Roll Number

5.            University Roll Number (if available)

6.            Name the Title of their chosen Theme (as mentioned above)

The Structure of the Report must as follows:

1.             Introduction

2.            Study Objectives

3.            Study Area

4.            Methodology and Plan of Work

5.            Literature Survey

6.            Generation of Primary Data

7.            Study Findings

8.            Summary and Conclusion