Subject(s): Environmental auditing -- Ethics -- International Environmental Movement -- Environmental management -- Environmental policy -- Principles of environmental management : Introducing environmental management, ecosystem concepts, participants in EM, ethics and environment, international environmental movement, environmental concerns in India -- Policy and legal aspects of EM : Introduction to environmental policies, environmental policies and programs in India, environmental laws and legislations, environmental legislations in India -- Environmental impact assessment EIA : Introduction to EIA, evolution of EIA, forecasting environmental changes, strategic environmental assessment SEA, environmental clearance procedure in India -- EIA documentation an processes : Preliminary stages of EIA, impact prediction, evaluation and mitigation, impact on decisions, participation, requisites and review, EIA monitoring and auditing -- Environmental auditing : Introduction to environmental auditing, general audit methodology, elements of audit process, waste audits and pollution prevention assessments, EA in industrial projects. liability audits and site assessment, auditing of EMS -- Life cycle assessment : Evolution of life cycle assessment, stages in product LCA, code of good conduct for LCA, procedure for LCA, different applications of LCA -- Environmental management system standards : Environmental management systems, EMS standard- ISO 14000 series, implementation of EMS conforming to ISO 14001, benefits of implementing ISO 14001 in India -- Environmental management techniques : Environmental monitoring and modelling, application of remote sensing and GIS in EM, environmental profile, environmental technology assessment, environmental risk assessment, rapid urban environmental assessment, eco-mapping, environmental education -- Environmental design : Environmental design , ED for manufactured products, ED for buildings, ED for developmental planning -- Environmental economics : Economics and environment, environmental valuation, economics of natural resources, environment and regional economics, ecological economics