About

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

• The Environmental Sciences/ Studies Department was established in this college in 2008 and the subject of Environmental Sciences was made compulsory only for B.A/B.Sc/B.Com 2nd year students.
• In the semester system it was compulsory only for B.A/B.Sc/B.Com/BBA/BCA Ist,2^nd, 3rd, and 4th-semester students, and in the present CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) it is compulsory for Non-Arts students in 1st and Arts students in 2nd semester from session-2020 only under Ability Enhancement Courses.
• From 2004 to 2017 the department was run by teaching faculty including lecturers and teaching Assistants on academic arrangement basis appointed by the Nodal Principals from time to time.
• In 2017 one permanent faculty member was appointed by Higher Education Department.
• Under NEP, Environmental Science Education is being taught as Value value-added course and a Multidisciplinary course in this college. However, in very few colleges of Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Science is being taught as a Major course.
• The department actively engaged the students in different environment-related activities from time to time till date like Cleanliness Drives, Painting/Essay Competitions, Seminars, Tours etc.

VISION

The department is committed to striving for excellence in teaching and aims to create quality, human resources who master knowledge, skill, and leadership to address current and evolving environmental challenges for self-reliance, sustenance, and betterment of society.

MISSION

The importance of Environmental Science and its need as a subject cannot be disputed. The degradation of our Environment is linked to continuing problems of pollution, loss of forests, solid waste disposal, and issues related to ecological security i.e., maintenance of ecological balance. The increasing level of global warming, Ozone layer depletion, and loss of biodiversity have made everyone aware of growing Environmental concerns. The United Nations Conference on Human Environment (UNCHE) or Stockholm Conference, 1972, followed by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at Rio De Janerio Brazil or Earth Summit 1992 and World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg South Africa in 2002 have drawn the attention of people around the globe to the condition of our Environment. It is this mission of Environmental intellectuals that we have to take forward by imparting and transferring knowledge and skills to students related to the management of the Environment at international, national, local, and individual levels.

OBJECTIVES OF DEPARTMENT

1. To make students aware of the Environmental crisis which the world is facing at present time. 
2. To teach students how to act in a more Environment-friendly manner.
3. To help students to address “Nature Deficit Disorder”.
4. To make students enthusiastic about working to eradicate Environmental Problems.
5. To change the attitude of students towards the environment from destructionist to conservationist.
6. To make students aware of the problems which our state is facing and the ways to control them.
7. To promote the protection of life support systems on Earth.