Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment

Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment

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Type	Charitable Trust
Established	1980
Officer in charge	Dr. Aaradhana Salpekar
Chairman	Dr. P. R. Trivedi
Location	New Delhi , India
Nickname	IIEE
Website	IIEE
New Delhi

The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE) is a Government of India sponsored, autonomous, non-profit making institution formed with a view to impart teaching and provide a sustained platform for research and consultancy in the areas of ecology and environment. The Institute is located at New Delhi, India.

Profile

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The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, Paryavaran Complex, South of Saket, New Delhi owes its origin to the deliberations at Founes (1971), Stockholm (1972) and Belgrade (1975) and subsequent resolutions and recommendations of the Intergovernmental Conference on Environment at Tbilisi in 1977 organised by UNEP and UNESCO. The Institute was established as a public charitable trust on 5 June 1980 for organising programs and providing learning platform in the areas of ecology, environment, pollution control, disaster management, sustainable development, ecological tourism and environmental education. The Institute also colloborates with the Government of Delhi in conducting ecological education in more than 1000 schools in New Delhi. The Institute arranges for technology transfer on environmental engineering, impact assessment, pollution monitoring and control, systems analysis, wildlife conservation, environmental communication, ecological education and environmental laws.

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Mandate

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IIEE is mandated to provide learning based assistance to the students and researchers to:

• acquire, retain and be able to use knowledge.
• understand, analyse, synthesize and evaluate.
• achieve skills.
• establish habits.
• develop attitudes.

Achievements

IIEE has published over 150 books and monographs of which the most notable is a 30 volume International Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environment which is considered as the only encyclopedia with a 10 volume section on Environment Laws.

The Institute has conducted over 180 national and international congresses and conventions on environment during the period 1981- 2013. It also assists Universities to design their curriculum on environment for graduate and postgraduate courses. It also conducts workshops worldwide in countries such as Sri Lanka, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Mongolia, Mauritius, USA, Tunisia, Russia, Poland, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, England, Nepal and The Netherlands. Researches and consultancy assignments are another area IIEE engages in and has undertaken over 3500 such assignments.

Facilities

IIEE has the following facilities at the New Delhi campus.

• Modern Computer Lab
• Library
• Canteen
• Sports facilities
• Auditorium

Courses

IIEE offers various master's degree courses, in affiliation with the The Global Open University, Nagaland.

• Master's degree M.Sc ( Ecotourism)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Disaster Mitigation)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Ecology and Environment)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Geoinformatics)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Total Quality Management)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Pollution Control)
• Master's degree M.Sc (Sustainable Development)

The Institute also offers MPhil programs on the subjects.

External links

• Profile on IIFM site
• on Hindustan Times.
• Reference on NGO Reporter
• Reference on University Directory
• MPhil program
• on World Environment Congress 2013