Departmental Profile

Environmental Science is being recognized now in our country as an emerging subject that has both academic significance and societal relevance. In the North Eastern region, The Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University is the oldest one of this kind, and teaching and research in the subject are being conducted since its inception.

Students

Intake Capacity in M. Sc. Course : Twenty

Objectives

Environmental Science is being recognized now in our country as an emerging subject that has both academic significance and societal relevance. In the North Eastern region, this department is the oldest one of this kind and teaching and research in the subject are being conducted since its inception. With the introduction of the M. Phil course in environmental science from the 1986-87 academic session, a large number of students are attracted to this department. The department already introduced M. Sc. course in environmental science in the academic session (2001-2002). With the introduction of the M. Sc course, the study of environmental science has received a boost in the matter of developing quality manpower and carrying out improved teaching and frontline research in the subject.

History

The Department of Environmental Science, first established as Environmental Research Unit in 1978, was raised to the status of an academic department in March, 1980 for teaching and research in Environmental science. Originally it was a research department having only Ph. D. programme. In 1986, the department introduced one year M. Phil. programme in Environmental Science (Physical) with specializations in Environmental Meteorology, Environmental Pollution and Environmental Geophysics and since then it was continued up to 2000. In 2001, the department started M. Sc. in Environmental Science in semester system. However, the M. Phil programme is kept abeyance for the time being. Now the department has been grown to a full fledged Postgraduate teaching and research department. The department has a plan to introduce new revised M. Sc. syllabus from the next session with specialization in Environmental Pollution – monitoring and control and Natural Hazards.

Facilities & Assets

Computer Lab

With GIS & Image processing software.

Analytical Lab

With Equipments

• UV- Spectrophotometer
• High Volume Air Sampler
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
• Permanent GPS Station
• Geodetic GPS Receiver

Alumni

Ph. D. holders from the Department

• Paresh Ch. Barman, Study of the Earth's Mantle Structure by using Compressional Waves from underground Nuclear Explosions., 1983, Retd Prof, Cotton College
• Sarbeswar Kalita, Studies on some Climatological Parameters influencing the Physical Environment of the Brahmaputra Valley., 1984, Reader, Gauhati University
• Hem Ch. Goswami, An Analysis of Seismicity and Seismic Risk in the North East India, 1984, Sl Gr Lecturer, B. Barooah College
• Ratneswar Sarma, A study of the velocity distribution and attenuation of short period P-Waves in the earth's lower mantle., 1988, Retd. Principal
• H. K. Sarma, Study of the seismic hazard in the North East India. , 1989, Retired Professor
• Dilip Kumar Deka, A study of seismic activity in the North East India and determination of its potential , 1990, Lecturer, L.C.B College
• Pulakananda Dutta Baruah, Studies on Air Quality in and around Guwahati, 1991, Lecturer, Guwahati College