The Nineteenth Course of the Wealthy Waste School India. Ecology and Biodiversity
Course: Training Program on Ecology and Biodiversity for Environmental Impact Assessment in Collaboration with the ICFRE-Tropical Forestry Research Institute, Jabalpur.
Date: 6th to 9th of September, 2025
Venue: Hotel Pasricha – Banquets & Lawns, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Schedule
| Ist Day (Saturday, 06-09-2025) | Expert Faculty | Time |
| Check in | 12:30 | |
| Lunch | 13:00 – 13:50 | |
| Registration and Inaugural (Conference Hall) | Entire Group | 14:00 – 14:30 |
| The Evolution of Life on Earth. Succession. Value of Bio diversity | Dr. Yashpal Singh | 14:30 – 15:15 |
| Ground Water Impact Assessment Report | Mr. Durjoy Chakraborty | 15:15 – 16:00 |
| Role of Soil in mitigating greenhouse gases from atmosphere | Dr. Jangam Deepika | 16:00 – 16:45 |
| Tea | 16:45 – 17:00 | |
| Development and the Biotic Realm | Dr. Yashpal Singh | 17:00 – 17:45 |
| Bio Diversity Conservation Act, Boards and Function, Species conservation, CITES, IUCN, Biodiversity registers | Dr. Sharatchandra H C | 17:45 – 18:30 |
| Evening Get-together and Games (Only for Residential Participants) | Entire Group | 19:30-21:00 |
| Dinner (Only for Residential Participants) | Entire Group | 21:00 onwards |
| 2nd Day (Sunday, 07-09-2025) | ||
| Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Habitat Ecology. Assessing the Biotic Environment. | Dr. Yashpal Singh | 09:00 – 09:45 |
| Contd. Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Habitat Ecology. Assessing the Biotic Environment | Dr. Yashpal Singh | 09:45 – 10:30 |
| Biodiversity Management Plan | Dr. Sharatchandra H C | 10:30 – 11:15 |
| Tea | 11:15 – 11:30 | |
| Carbon Sequestration in green cover | Dr. Nidhi Mehta | 11:30 – 12:15 |
| Impact of GIS in conducting E.I.A. Studies | Mr. Dheeraj Gupta | 12:15 – 13:00 |
| Forest types of India and associated biodiversity | Mr. M. Rajkumar | 13:00 – 13:45 |
| Lunch | 13:45 – 14:30 | |
| Procedures and guidelines for site visits, sampling location, type of sampling, survey regime, and protocol for ecological studies | Mr. M. Rajkumar | 14:30 – 15:15 |
| Quantitative assessments. Introduction to field exercises | Dr. Avinash Jain | 15:15 – 16:00 |
| The Forest Conservation Act 1980 as amended | Mr. Rathod Digvijaysinh | 16:00 – 16:45 |
| Tea | 16:45 – 17:00 | |
| Atmospheric cycles. Water, Carbon, Nitrogen in Major Ecosystems | Dr. Sharatchandra H C | 17:00 – 17:45 |
| Participants Presentations (15 minutes each) | 17:45 – 18:30 | |
| Evening Get-together, Music and Games (Only for Residential Participants) | Entire Group | 19:30-21:00 |
| Dinner (Only for Residential Participants) | Entire Group | 21:00 onwards |
| 3rd Day (Monday, 08-09-2025) | ||
| Ecology and Biodiversity Surveys and Biodiversity Plan for Mines | Dr. Yashpal Singh | 09:00 – 09:45 |
| Sample E.I.A. reports w.r.t. Chapter on Ecology and Biodiversity. Comments from experts | Dr. Sharatchandra H C | 09:45 – 10:30 |
| Ground Water Ecology and Biodiversity. Conserving Ground Water Biodiversity | Mr. Dujoy Chaktrabory | 10:30 – 11:15 |
| Tea | 11:15 – 11:30 | |
| Contd. Ground Water Ecology and Biodiversity. Conserving Ground Water Biodiversity | Mr. Dujoy Chaktrabory | 11:30 – 12:15 |
| The Wild Life Conservation Act and Wild Life Management Plan | Dr. Sharatchandra H C | 12:15 – 13:00 |
| Lunch | 13:00 – 13:45 | |
| Excursion (Bus to depart at 14:00) (Only for Residential Participants) | 14:00 to onward | |
| Dinner (Only for Residential Participants) | Entire Group | 21:00 onwards |
| 4th Day (Tuesday, 09-09-2025) Field Exercises at the Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur | ||
| Observing nature under the microscope. Demonstration slides | Dr. Darshan K. | 08:30 – 09:15 |
| Determining the minimum size of quadrat | Dr. Avinash Jain,
Dr. C. Mohan, Dr. Nidhi Mehta, Mr. Sanjay Singh Komra, Ms. Dipali Narnaware, Mrs. Pooja Singh, |
09:15 – 10:00 |
| Determining the minimum number of quadrats to be laid out | 10:00 – 10:45 | |
| Tea | 10:45 – 11:00 | |
| Practical demonstration of line transects, line intersect, plotless sampling, faunal assessment | 11:00– 11:45 | |
| To determine the frequency, density and abundance of different species and the species diversity index in an aquatic ecosystem | 11:45– 12:30 | |
| Valedictory | 12.30 – 13.00 | |
| Lunch & Dispersal | 13:30 | |
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.
- Dr. Nidhi Mehta
CTO, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Dr. Jangam Deepika
Scientist-C, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Mr. M. Rajkumar
Scientist-E, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Mr. Rathod Digvijay Singh
Scientist-C, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Dr. Darshan K.
Scientist-C, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Dr. C. Mohan
Scientist-C, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Mr. Sanjay Singh Komra
TO, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Ms. Dipali Narnaware
TA, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
- Mrs. Pooja Singh
TA, ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
Nominee Details:
| S. No. | Name, Designation and Name of Industry/Organization |
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1 |
Mr. Prashant H Wagh Promoter AQURA Enviro Projects Private Limited |
|
2 |
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Gupta Managing Director/EIA Coordinator GLOBUS Environment Engineering Services |
|
3 |
Dr. Dhanusha Karki Sr. Manager Greencindia Consulting Pvt. Ltd. |
|
4 |
Ms. Sreya Paul Environment Planner Greencindia Consulting Pvt. Ltd. |
|
5 |
Mr. Suman Banerjee (A) Managing Partner Ind Tech House Consult |
|
6 |
Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey Partner Ind Tech House Consult |
|
7 |
Ms. Rashmi Gupta Quality Manager, FAE: EB and SC Min Mec Consultancy Pvt Ltd. |
|
8 |
Mr. Dipak Anand EB Expert Perfact Enviro Solutions Pvt. Ltd |
|
9 |
Mr. Ratikanta Mohanty Managing Director Ardra Consulting Services (P) Ltd. |
|
10 |
Dr. Shashank Shekhar Mishra Managing Partner Eco Consultant Services |
|
11 |
Mr. Lokendra Singh EIA Coordinator & FAE-AP, WP & EB R.K. CONSULTANTS |
|
12 |
Mr. Ajay Mohan (A) Managing Partner In Situ Enviro Care |
|
13 |
Mr. Ritik Saini Director, Gurdarshan Buildcon and Environmental Solutions |
|
14 |
Ms. Umangi Sarang Jr. Engineer (EB and SC Expert) ECOgreen Enviro Services |
|
15 |
Ms. Ritu Joshi, Sr. Assistant Manager (AQ, N, LU expert) ECOgreen Enviro Services |
|
16 |
Ms. Pooja Singh, Technical assistant ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
17 |
Ms. Dipali Narnaware, Technical assistant ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
18 |
Ms. Astha Pandey (A) Project Fellow ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
19 |
Ms. Shristi Tiwari, Project Fellow ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
20 |
Mr. Alok Ranjan Joshi, Project Fellow ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
21 |
Ms. Alka Singh, Technical Assistant ICFRE – Tropical Forest Research Institute |
|
22 |
Mr. Akash Kumar (A) CEO Paramarsh Servicing Environment and Development |
Feed Back Form: Feedback as percentage of total entries.
| Particulars | A | B | C |
| Course Content | 83% | 17% | – |
| Course Delivery | 89% | 11% | – |
| Utility of Course | 65% | 35% | – |
| Hospitality & Resort Facilities | 100% | – | – |
| Field Exercises | 89% | 11% | – |
Excellent – A grade, Good – B grade, Satisfactory – C grade
Note: In case of C grade give reason.
- Course Content and delivery and hospitality was soothing and mesmerizing. –Mr. Alok Ranjan Joshi
- Good Course Content and valuable, best delivery, course was best, Very-very good field exercises -Mr. Lokendra Singh
- More in depth practical exp. is as per my understanding is required. More time to practical aspects. -Ms. Rashmi Gupta
- The orientation and content of the training program was good enough, especially for the beginner, working in the environment field and doing its assessments and working as associate or expert in the respective field. Suggestions-More resource person from diverse field can be included. Hands on training exercises should also be a priority. Some focus session should be on new developed rules, acts, policies, gaps, drawbacks, pertaining to the EIA. Excursion, food, hospitality was overall excellent.- Mr. Dipak Anand
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