The Twenty First Course of the Wealthy Waste School India. Ecology, Biodiversity and Socio-economics for Consultants

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The Twenty First Course of the Wealthy Waste School India. Ecology, Biodiversity and Socio-economics for Consultants

Course: Training Program on Ecology, Biodiversity and Socio-economics for Consultants engaged in Environmental Impact Assessment in Collaboration with the ICFRE-Tropical Forestry Research Institute, Jabalpur.

Date: 8^th to 11^th of May, 2026

Venue: The Scorpio Club & Resort, Kursi Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Schedule

I^st Day (Friday, 08-05-2026)	Expert Faculty	Time
Check in (For Residential Participant)		12:30
Lunch	Entire Group	13:00 – 13:45
Registration and Inaugural (in Conference Hall)	Entire Group	13:45 – 14:00
The Evolution of Life on Earth, Succession, value of Biodiversity	Dr. Yashpal Singh	14:00 – 14:45
Biodiversity Conservation Act, Boards and functions, Species conservation, CITES, IUCN, Biodiversity Registers.	Dr. Sharatchandra H C	14:45 – 15:30
Ground Water Ecology and Biodiversity	Mr. Durjoy Chakraborty	15:30 – 16:15
Tea		16:15 – 16:30
Contd..Ground Water Ecology and Biodiversity	Mr. Durjoy Chakraborty	16:30 – 17:15
Remote Sensing and other Geospatial techniques for geo environmental and disaster management studies	Dr. Aniruddha Uniyal	17:15 – 18:00
2^nd Day (Saturday, 09-05-2026)
Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Habitat Ecology. Assessing the Biotic Environment. Wetland conservation in India	Dr. Avinash Jain	09:30 – 10:15
Contd…Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Habitat Ecology. Assessing the Biotic Environment. Wetland conservation in India	Dr. Avinash Jain	10:15 – 11:00
Forest Conservation Act, Wild Life Protection Act and Wild Life Management Plan.	Dr. Amita Kanaujia	11:00 – 11:45
Tea		11:45 – 12:00
Contd…Forest Conservation Act, Wild Life Protection Act and Wild Life Management Plan.	Dr. Amita Kanaujia	12:00 – 12:45
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013	Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury	12:45 – 13:30
Lunch		13:30 – 14:30
Contd…The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013	Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury	14:30 – 15:15
Drawing-up R&R and mitigation plans & Assessing Compensation, Participatory Approach in implementing R&R plan.	Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury	15:15 – 16:00
Social Impact Assessment- Steps of SIA and Methodology, SIA and the EIA, Participatory Rural Appraisal and Role of Community, Rapid Rural Appraisal etc.	Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu	16:00 – 16:45
Tea		16:45 – 17:00
Contd…Social Impact Assessment- Steps of SIA and Methodology, SIA and the EIA, Participatory Rural Appraisal and Role of Community, Rapid Rural Appraisal etc.	Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu	17:00 – 17:45
Evaluating SIA reports. A case study	Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu	17:45 – 18:30
3^rd Day (Sunday, 10-05-2026)
Procedures and Guidelines for site visits, sampling location, type of sampling, survey regime and protocol for ecological studies. Quantitative assessments	Dr. Monowar Alam Khalid	09:00 – 09:45
Practical Demonstration of line Intersects, plotless sampling, faunal assessment. To determine the frequency, density and abundance of different species and the species diversity index	Dr. Monowar Alam Khalid	09:45 – 10:30
Contd… Practical Demonstration of line Intersects, plotless sampling, faunal assessment………….	Dr. Monowar Alam Khalid	10:30 – 11:15
Tea		11:15 – 11:30
Constitutional, Legal and Customary Rights of Landowners, Tribal Populations and Forest dwellers and Evaluation of Socio-economic Status	Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury	11:30 – 12:15
Contd…Constitutional, Legal and Customary Rights of Landowners, Tribal Populations and Forest dwellers and Evaluation of Socio-economic Status	Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury	12:15 – 13:00
Lunch		13:00 – 14:00
Carbon Sequestration	Dr. Avinash Jain	14:00 – 14:45
Sample E.I.A., Expert comments on Ecology Biodiversity and Social Impact Assessment inputs.	Dr. Sharatchandra H C	14:45 – 15:30
Ground Water Impact Assessment	Mr. Durjoy Chakraborty	15:30 – 16:15
Tea		16:15 – 16:30
Development and the Biotic Realm	Dr. Yashpal Singh	16:30 – 17:15
Ecology and Biodiversity Surveys Plan for Mines	Dr. Yashpal Singh	17:15 – 18:00
Evening get-together and Dinner	All Faculty & Participants	19:00 – 22:00
4^th Day (Monday, 11-05-2026)
Biodiversity Management Plan	Dr. Sharatchandra H C	09:30 – 10:15
Conducting a Mock SIA	Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu	10:15 – 11:00
Tea		11:00 – 11:15
Contd…Conducting a Mock SIA	Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu	11:15 – 12:00
Participatory Biodiversity Assessment	Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat	12:00– 12:45
Valedictory		12:45 – 13:15
Lunch & Dispersal		13:15 -14:30

The Expert Faculty:

Dr. Sharatchandra H C

Former Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.
Former Member, Expert Appraisal Committee, MoEF & CC.
Former Expert, Quality Council of India, NABET.

Dr. Yashpal Singh

Chairman, The Wealthy Waste School India
Consulting Practitioner
Member, The National Green Tribunal Bar Association
Expert, Quality Council of India, NABET
Former Member & Vice Chairman, Expert Appraisal Committee, MoEF &CC, GOI
Former Director, Environment, Govt. of UP
Former Member, U.P. Pollution Control Board
Former Member Secretary, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, Govt. of UP

Dr. Durjoy Chakraborti

Former Chief Scientist, Central Ground Water Board, Delhi
Former, CGWA Nominee, Member Expert Appraisal Committee, MoEF & CC, Govt. of India

Dr. Avinash Jain

Scientist-F and Head, Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur.

Prof. (Dr.) Dipti Ranjan Sahu

Professor and Former Head, Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
President, Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi
Former Director, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Chair.
Former Professor & Head, Department of Sociology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha

Prof. (Dr.) Sukant K. Chaudhury

Former Professor and Professor of Eminence Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow.
International Visiting Faculty & Editor, The Eastern Anthropologist
Member Managing Committee of Indian Sociological Society
President, RC-13 of International Sociological Association.

Prof. (Dr.) Amita Kanaujia

Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow
Director, Institute of Wildlife Sciences, Lucknow, U.P. India

Dr. Aniruddha Uniyal

Scientist SE and Head, Earth Resource Division, Technical Secretary to Director, Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RSAC), Lucknow.

Dr. Monowar Alam Khalid.

Dean, Students’ Welfare and Professor & Former Head, Department of Environmental Science, Integral University.

Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat

Executive Director, Ethno-medicinal Research Centre, Hengbung, Senapati, Manipur
Former Scientist &, Head of Pharmacognosy & Ethno-pharmacology Division, NBRI, Lucknow

Nominee Details:

S. No.	Name, Designation and Name of Industry/Organization
1	Mr. Akash Kumar CEO Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development
2	Mr. Anand Gupta Partner GLOBUS Environment Engineering Services
3	Ms. Anuradha Srivastava (A) General Manager – Business Unit Head Ecomen Mining Private Limited
4	Mr. Arun Awasthi (A) Greencindia Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
5	Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Managing Director Bharti Enviro Services Private Limited
6	Mrs. Chandan Bala Partner Bharti Enviro Services Private Limited
7	Mrs. Chandralekha Bharti Director Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development
8	Ms. Christeena Varghese (A) Jr. Manager, Ecomen Mining Private Limited
9	Mr. Dheeraj Kumar Associate Manager SAGE (Sustainable Approach for Green Environment) LLP
10	Mr. Gaurang Shrikant Yadav Manager Environment AQURA Enviro Projects Pvt. Ltd.
11	Mr. Gulshan Gaur Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development
12	Dr. Manoj Garg Managing Director ETRC Consultants Pvt. Ltd. & Environmental & Technical Research
13	Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh Environmental Expert, Ind Tech House Consult
14	Mr. Nilendu Dingal Project Manager Greencindia Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
15	Dr. Pankaj Kumar Srivastava Partner Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development
16	Mr. Prakashkumar Vaghela Director Eco Care Consultant Pvt. Ltd.
17	Mr. Prayag Vaghela Director Eco Care Consultant Pvt. Ltd.
18	Mr. Raj Kumar Gautam Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development
19	Mr. Rajiv Rastogi Socio Economic Expert Grass Roots Research & Creation India (P) Ltd
20	Dr. Ritu Garg Director ETRC Consultants Pvt. Ltd. & Environmental & Technical Research
21	Mr. Sandeep Kumar Managing Director AWS Envirotech (OPC) Pvt. Ltd.
22	Ms. Shanit Jose (A) Jr. Manager Ecomen Mining Private Limited
23	Dr. Shashank Shekhar Mishra Managing Partner Eco Consultant Services
24	Mr. Vidhu Shekhar Mishra CEO & SE Expert Eco Consultant Services