Know Our Research Institute - The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) | Nagpur

In the Continuing celebration for the theme of February "Waste and Its Management", we are out with another post which will also serve as series "Know our Research Institute".Below is the information about India's premier Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), kindly read on.....

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur was established in 1958 as Central Public Health Engineering Research Institute (CPHERI), when environmental concerns were limited to human health with a focus on water supply/sewage disposal/ communicable diseases and to some extent on industrial pollution and occupational diseases. The chemical and biological solutions to address these problems were simple, though challenging. However, slowly world wide public awareness on the contamination of environment on regional to global scale started getting attention in 1970’s. Shrimati Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, rechristened the Institute as National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in the year 1974.

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National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur is devoted to research and innovations in environmental science and engineering besides solving a range of problems posed by industry, government and public. It is a constituent of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi and has a nation-wide presence with its five zonal laboratories at Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. The mandate of NEERI is:

• To conduct research and developmental studies in environmental science and engineering

• To render assistance to the industries of the region, local bodies, etc. in solving the problems of environmental pollution by S&T intervention

• To interact and collaborate with academic and research institutions on environmental science and engineering for mutual benefit

• To participate in CSIR thrust area and mission projects

Thus, the Institute is dedicated to the service of mankind by providing innovative and effective S&T solutions to environmental and natural resource problems by conducting effective R&D programmes in environmental science and engineering essentially comprising:

• Characterization of environmental quality in terms of physical, chemical and biological parameters

• Technologies for prevention and control of air pollution, wastewater and solid waste in terms of their reduction, reuse, recycle, and finally safe disposal

• Innovative approaches to optimal utilization and conservation of environmental resources

NEERI is served by competent and experienced team of about 125 scientists in various core disciplines of relevance to environmental science and engineering, viz. environmental engineering, chemical engineering, environmental chemistry, environmental biology and fourteen other science and engineering disciplines. Professionally competent and highly skilled and experienced technical officers and technicians support the scientific personnel.

Over the years, the Institute has contributed to the reorientation of environmental policy towards prevention of pollution, developed technologies for substitution of non renewable resource base with renewable resources, recycle and reuse of industrial and domestic wastewater, and conducted environmental impact and risk assessment studies for developmental projects in industrial, mining, nuclear power, thermal power, river valley and urban infrastructure sectors as also the environmental audit of industrial and mining projects.

The Institute has necessary infrastructure and around 500 scientific and technical staff to monitor, analyze and characterize various elements and substances in the environmental samples on a national/regional scale with state of art equipments and methodologies.

The Institute has considerable capabilities and experience in the domain of environmental management and at present, the major R&D thrust areas pursued by the Institute include:

• R&D Thrust Areas

– Environmental Monitoring

– Environmental Modelling

– Environmental Biotechnology & Genomics

– Environmental System Design and Optimisation

– Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment

– Environmental Policy

• Advisory

– Industries

– Central Govt. Ministries/Boards

– State Govt. Ministries/Boards

– Judiciary

In the realm of uncertainty and changing regimes of environmental governance, NEERI envisions a futuristic perspective of a formal knowledge organization in terms of providing reliable data, coupled with modeling efforts to mimic the reality, adding its tacit knowledge with a collective perception of work ethic by effective interaction of its scientists and users.

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Introduction and Use of BT Brinjal | India decides to holds its release

Following a series of nationwide consultations, the Minister for Environment and Forests (I/C) today announced his decision on the production and use of BT Brinjal. He also made public a copy of his exhaustive report which relies on inputs received from stakeholders from all across the spectrum of scientists, civil society, academics, Chief Ministers of various states and others concerned. Following is an excerpt from the statement issued today:

“Based on all the information presented in the preceding paragraphs and when there is no clear consensus within the scientific community itself, when there is so much opposition from the state governments, when responsible civil society organisations and eminent scientists have raised many serious questions that have not been answered satisfactorily, when the public sentiment is negative and when Bt-brinjal will be the very first genetically-modified vegetable to be introduced anywhere in the world and when there is no over-riding urgency to introduce it here, it is my duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary principle-based approach and impose a moratorium on the release of Bt-brinjal, till such time independent scientific studies establish, to the satisfaction of both the public and professionals, the safety of the product from the point of view of its long-term impact on human health and environment, including the rich genetic wealth existing in brinjal in our country.

A moratorium implies rejection of this particular case of release for the time being; it does not, in any way, mean conditional acceptance. This should be clearly understood.”

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Earth Hour 2010 a Global Movement is Back | Switch off your lights for 1hr on March 27th

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Interesting Information on Internet Usage in A Day

A very interesting forward sent by my friend and i dont know the source...but wanted to share with you all seriously ...One day through internet (clickon the image for bigger pciture)

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