Workshop & Seminars

Sl. No.	Theme of Workshop	Date/Duration	Stakeholder
1	Training workshop on Environmental Biotechnology Some of the lectures were as follows: · Environmental Biotechnology: Progress & Constraints- Prof. K.R.Samaddar · Biotransformation: A Useful tool for design & detoxification of organic molecules by microbes- Prof. Timir B Samanta · Bioremediation of Chromium Pollutants- Prof. A. K.Paul · An investigation on the effect of some heavy metals in Pisum sativum in invitro condition.- Prof. P.D. Ghosh · A novel technology of composting of rural and urban wastes by two step fermentation system - Prof. N.B.Sinha	21.03.2003	Participants are students/research scholars/faculties of the different Universities/Institutions
2	Training workshop on Modern Biochemical Techniques in Environmental Biotechnology	04.06.2004	Participants are students/research scholars/faculties of the different Universities/Institutions
3	Two days of seminar cum workshop on Industry-Institute Partnership and Environment Protection	9-10 January, 2006	Participants from University, Academics, Industries participated in the programme and successful interaction have been made
4	Two day national conference on "Solid Waste Management"	18-19 March, 2008	Participants are students/research scholars/faculties of the different Universities/Institutions
5	ENVIS centre has organized a seminar cum workshop on the topic of Chronic Arsenicosis- a public health concern in West Bengal. This seminar mainly emphasized on mitigation of Arsenic problem in West Bengal with special importance on bioremediation aspect of Arsenic mitigation. In the seminar national and international experts came to deliver lectures on different aspects of bioremediation.	12.01.2010	Participants from University, Academics in the programme and successful interaction have been made
6	one Round table discussion on "Prospect of Biofertilizer and Biopesticides in Indian Agriculture". After a day long discussion and deliberations the following observations were made - Use of biofertilizers in vegetables and horticultural crops are fairly increasing with time, but in other farm crops like cereals and pulses, the organic farming is yet be established as an effective technology; National agricultural policies should extend major emphasis on biofertilizer and biopesticide use; Quality control of biofertilizer, and biopesticides manufacturing should be properly maintained; Farmers need proper training of split application of biofertilizer or biopesticides in respective crops	23.03.2011	The discussion was arranged for interactions of experts, farmers and manufacturer of Biofertilizer and Biopesticides of this region.
7	An interactive workshop on "Food security, GM crops, GMO and Biosafety Issues"	19.03.2013	Participants are students/research scholars/faculties of the different Universities/Institutions
8	Seminar on "Bioremediation and Biodegradation"	12.12.2013	All ENVIS staffs and research scholars of environmental biology group attained the seminar
9	Seminar on "Urban Water Scarcity, Climate Change, Water Recycling, Energy and Greenhouse Emissions"	02.01.2014	All ENVIS staffs and research scholars of environmental biology group attained the seminar
10	Workshop on “Agrobiotechnology Promotion: Prospects and Constraints”	10.01.2015	A total of 23 lead farmer participants took part in the workshop.

Training / Seminar/ Workshop on Environmental Biotechnology

Organized by

ENVIS centre on Environmental Biotechnology Department of Environmental Science University of Kalyani

1. The Centre organized a workshop on Environmental Biotechnology in 21st March 2003; a total of 21 participants took part in the workshop. Dr. A. K. Sanyal, on behalf of the ENVIS Centre, Zoological Survey of India , Kolkata also attended as an observer. Lectures were delivered by different resource persons from different Universities and Research Institutions of West Bengal.

Some of the lectures were as follows:

Environmental Biotechnology: Progress & Constraints- Prof. K. R. Samaddar
Biotransformation: A Useful tool for design & detoxification of organic molecules by microbes- Prof. Timir B Samanta
Bioremediation of Chromium Pollutants- Prof. A. K. Paul
An investigation on the effect of some heavy metals in Pisum sativum in invitro condition.- Prof. P. D. Ghosh
A novel technology of composting of rural and urban wastes by two step fermentation system - Prof. N. B. Sinha

All the participants and resource persons made an interactive seminar for better linkages of research in Environmental Biotechnology.

2. Workshop on 'Modern Biochemical Techniques in Environmental Biotechnology' held on Friday, 4th June, 2004. Students/research scholars/faculties of the different Universities/Institutions were participated in the workshop.

3. Two days of seminar cum workshop on Industry-Institute Partnership and Environment Protection was held on 9-10 January, 2006 in University of Kalyani jointly organized by Department of Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani. Supported by ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology. Dr P. K. Padmanavan was the Chief Guest of this workshop programme and our Vice Chancellor Prof. A. K. Das was presided over the seminar programme. Participants from University, Academics, and Industries participated in the programme and successful interactions have been made.

4. Two day national conference on "Solid Waste Management" was held on 18-19th March, 2008 at Kalyani University organized by ENVIS centre.
5. ENVIS centre has organized a seminar cum workshop on the topic of Chronic Arsenicosis- a public health concern in West Bengal on 12th January 2010. This seminar mainly emphasized on mitigation of Arsenic problem in West Bengal with special importance on bioremediation aspect of Arsenic mitigation. In the seminar national and international experts came to deliver lectures on different aspects of bioremediation. Prof B. Sarkar from University of Toronto was the Chief Guest of this seminar cum workshop and our Vice Chancellor Prof. A. K. Banerjee was inaugurated the seminar programme. Participants from University, Academics in the programme and successful interaction have been made.
6. ENVIS Centre organized one Round table discussion on "Prospect of Biofertilizer and Biopesticides in Indian Agriculture" on March 23, 2011. The discussion was arranged for interactions of experts, farmers and manufacturer of Biofertilizer and Biopesticides of this region. A total of around twenty participants joining in discussion forum. After a day long discussion and deliberations the following observations were made - Use of biofertilizers in vegetables and horticultural crops are fairly increasing with time, but in other farm crops like cereals and pulses, the organic farming is yet be established as an effective technology; National agricultural policies should extend major emphasis on biofertilizer and biopesticide use; Quality control of biofertilizer, and biopesticides manufacturing should be properly maintained; Farmers need proper training of split application of biofertilizer or biopesticides in respective crops
7. An interactive workshop on "Food security, GM crops, GMO and Biosafety Issues" was organized by ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal on March 19th, 2013. Three eminent experts - Dr. A. K Sanyal, Chairman, West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Kolkata, Prof. Ratan Gachhui, Department of Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032 and Prof. Parthadeb Ghosh, Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, presented lectures in the workshop & interacted with the participants.
8. A Seminar lecture cum discussion was held at the ENVIS Centre on December 12, 2013 on Bioremediation and Biodegradation aspects. An international expert Mr. Santanu Mukherjee of Agrosphere Institute, Germany delivered the lecture on the above topic. All ENVIS staffs and research scholars of environmental biology group attained the seminar.
9. A Seminar lecture cum discussion was held in the ENVIS Centre on January 2nd, 2014 on Urban Water Scarcity, Climate Change, Water Recycling, Energy and Greenhouse Emissions. An international expert Mr. Debashis Raha is a Board Member of the Minister for Environment and Climate Changes Technical Panel. He has two and half decades of experience in water, petroleum, chemical, environment, energy, greenhouse, regulatory compliance management and education with large corporations and universities in Australia was delivered the lecture & interacted with the participants
10. The Centre organized a workshop on “Agrobiotechnology Promotion: Prospects and Constraints” held at USHA GRAM TRUST, Birnagar, Nadia on 10th January 2015. The Workshop was inaugurated by the President of USHA GRAM TRUST. Prof S.C Santra (ENVIS Coordinators) gives the welcome address and brief Introduction about ENVIS and objective of the Workshop. A total of 23 lead farmer participants took part in the workshop. Two eminent experts- Prof. S. Mukharjee, Department of Microbiology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal gave a lecture on biocompost, biofertilizer and about the health concerned and Dr. P. Roy, Ex-Director of National Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar presented lectures on earthworm identification, classification and vermicompost. ENVIS Programme officer (Dr Anusaya Mallick) also gives a lecture on Preparation and application of vermicompost.
After a day long discussion and deliberations the following observations were made - Preparation and application of Biocompost and Vermicompost in agriculture are increasing with time, the organic farming is yet be established as an effective technology; Farmers need proper training of application of Biocompost and Vermicompost in agriculture. Interaction and feedback session was done by eminent experts, ENVIS Coordinators and staffs. President and Secretary of USHA GRAM TRUST, Birnagar distributed the Certificates among the participants. The meeting was concluded with thanks to Co-ordinator of Centre
11. A seminar cum awareness programme was organized related to the theme of World Environment Day 2016. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor presided the seminar. Head of the Department of Environmental Science. Prof. D Das delivered the welcome address. The chief guest and speaker Dr. A. K. Sanyal, Chirman, West Bengal Biodiversity Board and Ex-Director of ZSI, delivered the speech on the theme “Illegal Trading of Wildlife”.
More than 75 participants of student, research scholars, faculties and staff members were present in the seminar. Dr. S. Mukharjee, faculty member has presented the memento to the chief guest. The programme ended with the vote of thanks by Prof. R. Bhattacharya, senior faculty member of Environmental Science Department. ENVIS staffs displayed the ENVIS activities through posters and publications.

AWARENESS PROGRAMEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, KALYANI, NADIA The Centre was organized an awareness programme on “ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY” held at Springdale high school, Kalyani, Nadia on 20th September 2016. Prof S.C Santra (ENVIS Coordinators) gave an interactive lecturer on application of environmental biotechnology and their related issues with case studies. A total of sixty eight students of class XI were participated in this programme.

Celebration of World Environment Day: 5th June, 2017 The World Environmental Day was celebrated on 5th June, 217 in the University. The UNEP theme for WED - 2017 is ‘Connecting People to Nature’. The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Professor (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Ghosh inaugurated the world Environment Day by planting a tree sapling. Hon’ble Registrar of the University also planting the tree sapling in the program. Head of the Department, Department of Environmental Science, ENVIS Co-ordinator, staffs, faculty members, research scholars and students were participated in the programme. A seminar (Connecting People to Nature) cum awareness programme was organized related to the theme of World Environment Day 2017. Our centre actively participated in poster exhibition. ENVIS staffs also displayed the ENVIS activities through posters and publications in the seminar location.

Celebration of International Yoga Day, 21st June 2017 ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani was celebrated International Yoga Day jointly with Department of Physical Education and National Service Scheme in the University campus. The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Professor Sankar Kumar Ghosh inaugurated the International Yoga Day with his valuable speech about Yoga. ENVIS staffs, University staffs, officers, faculty members, research scholars, students and school children’s were participated in the programme. Yoga demonstration programme was performed by the instructor and participants. About 300 participants were participated in the programme. In observance of international Yoga day, Swami Tittwasarananda, Principal, Ramkrishana Mission Sikshanmandira was gave a lecture on Management of stress through yoga for the individual involved in the intellectual activity


Celebration of Swacchh Bharat and Harit Bharat on 17th August, 2017 The "Swacchh Bharat and Harit Bharat" programme was conducted on 17th August, 2017 by ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal along with all university communities. The programme was started with the administration of Swachh Bharat at 11.00 am by Honb’le Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Ghosh, University of Kalyani. Registrar, Deans, Officers, Faculties, ENVIS staffs (Coordinator-Prof. Debasish Das, Programme Officer-Dr. Anusaya Mallick and Information Officer- Mr. Sourov Banerjee), Head of the Departments, Staffs, Students, Research scholars and NCC students were participated in the programme. More than 500 members of the University of Kalyani took part in the programme for voluntary work. A rally was conducted in the university premises with Swacchh Bharat and Harit Bharat slogan and speech. Honb’le Vice Chancellor gave a speech regarding the Swacchh Bharat about the importance of this activity and for ensuring proper cleanliness. All the members were cleaned the university campus. A leaflet on ‘Good Deeds’ was prepared by the centre and was also distributed to the participants. Harit Bharat programme was observed by planting the tree sapling in various departments of the University. The purpose of planting tree saplings is to the future benefits of the people by making environment healthy and prosper. Save earth “Plant trees save life”.



Celebration of World Ozone Day, 15th September 2017 ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, organized a workshop on “Caring for all life under the sun” to celebrating the World Ozone Day. At 10 A.M a rally of students, scholar and staffs, of the dept, of Environmental Science to wide publicity of the World Ozone Day among the university communities was conducted. At 11 A.M Dean, Faculty of Science inaugurated the workshop. The coordinator, ENVIS Centre presides over the seminar. There are four subsequent lectures were delivered about Ozone in the seminar. Prof. D. Das, Coordinator delivered the Welcome address. There after Prof. Rita Ghosh, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kalyani delivered her inaugural lecture on Ozone Chemistry and its Health Hazards. The theme lecture on Caring for all life under the sun was delivered by Dr. S. Mukherjee, Head, Dept. of Environmental Science, K.U. in Power point presentations and Video clippings. Subsequently, the invited lecture was delivered by Dr. Jayanta Biswas, Head, Dept. of Ecological Studies, K.U. by animated power point presentation on ‘Stratospheric Balding and Burning: The Tragic (W)hole story’. The morning season was concluded with question and discussion among the participants. In the afternoon session a poster exhibition were displayed by the Students, Research Scholars & ENVIS Staffs. Thereafter video films on Ozone layer protection and climate change will be displayed. A handout on Ozone layer formation and protection was distributed among the students, Research Scholars, Faculties and staffs. The program Officer and Information Officer were conducted the whole programme.



Celebration of University foundation Day ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, celebrated the University foundation Day on 1st Nov, 2017. School and college students visited our centre. Programme Officer and Information Officer demonstrate about our centre to the students. All the ENVIS publications, leaflets, CDs and mobile apps were also exhibited by the staffs.

Celebration of World Wetland Day, 2018 ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, University of Kalyani was celebrated World Wetland Day at Ghospara Swaraswati Trust Estate Vidhyapith, Kalyani, Nadia on 2nd February 2018. ENVIS staffs Coordinator, Programme officer and Information officer) and Head of the department were participated in the programme. Head master of the school gave the Welcome address. Prof. D. Das, Coordinator and Dr. S. Mukherjee, Head, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani were delivered the inaugural lecture on World Wetland day. The theme lecture on Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future was delivered by Dr. Anusaya Mallick (Programme Officer) in Power point presentations and Video clippings. A Quiz competition was also organized by Mr. Sourov Banerjee (Information Officer). About 100 school students (10th & 11th students) participated in the programme.

Participation of ENVIS personnel in Workshop/ Seminar

1. 2nd Annual SDNP-ENVIS Workshop on 28th March, 2007 at Institute of Ocean Management, Chennai.
Organised By: Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh

Represented By- Prof. S. C. Santra, ENVIS Coordinator

2. 2nd National Workshop of ENVIS at Simla on 12-14th October, 2006

Organised by: Dept. of Science and Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh

Represented By- Prof. S. C. Santra, ENVIS Coordinator and Dr. A. C. Samal, Programme Officer

3. Workshop on Strategies and Implementation Mechanisms for ENVIS Wide Area Network Programme held on 8th - 10th July 2002, Visakhapatnam. The proposed workshop would discuss the strategies, guidelines and operational procedure to be adopted for the ENVIS EMCBTAP network.

An attempt is made to provide the documentation for an appreciation of the status of work in various ENVIS Centres distributed all over the country, the background information for arriving at the requirements of ENVIS Programme to meet the need of standardized data collation and preparation of State of Environment Report and the strategies to be adopted utilizing web. The backdrop of World Summit on Sustainable development is also taken into consideration.
Organized by: National Ship Design and Research Centre, Ministry of Shipping, Govt of India, Gandhigram, Visakhpatnam.

Represented by: Mrs. R. Dhar (IT Assistant)

4. Training course on Web Designing and Database Management held on 13th - 15th March 2003 at Dehradun. The objective of this training course was to enhance technical skills of the members of ENVIS Node and Centres.

Organized by: ENVIS Centre on Forestry, NFLIC, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), Dehradun
Represented by: Mrs. R. Dhar (IT Assistant)

5. Annual Monitoring Workshop at Bangalore held on 13th - 16th June 2003. The objective of this workshop was to evaluate the progress of the ENVIS Node and Centres

Organized by: CPR, Environmental Education Centre, 1, Eldans Road, Chennai – 600018
Represented by: Prof. S. C. Santra (Incharge)

6. Annual Monitoring Workshop at Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun will be held on 25th - 28th June 2004. The objective of this workshop is to take stock of the achievements, shortcomings, future plan of action of the Network.

Organized by: Wildlife Institute of India (WII), P.O. Bag No. 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun – 248001, Uttaranchal.

Represent by: Prof. S. C. Santra (Incharge)

7. Training programme for the personnel of thematic ENVIS centres in eastern region, on 5-6th November 2007, Zoolgical Survey India (ZSI), Kolkata

Organised By: Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India

Represented By: Smt Subarna Bhattacharya (Programme Officer) and Shri Sourav Banerjee ( Data entry operator)

8. Winter School on Biodiversity analysis and efficiency assessment techniques for agriculturally important micro-organisms in 2009 in Microbiology division, IARI, ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi.

Organised By: ICAR, Govt of India

Represented By- Smt Amrita Saha Deb Choudhury (Information officer)

9. 2 Days User Awareness on INFLIBNET in 2009 in Central Library, University of Kalyani.

Organised By: University of Kalyani

Represented By- Smt Amrita Saha Deb Choudhury (Information officer)

10. Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights with special emphasis on microorganisms and plant variety protection

Organised By: Department of Science and Technology , Government of India.

Represented By- Smt Amrita Saha Deb Choudhury (Information officer)

11. National Interaction-cum-Evaluation Workshop for ENVIS Centres, 29-30 August, 2012 at Bhopal

Organised By: DISASTER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (DMI), BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH
Represented By: Prof. S.C.Santra, ENVIS Coordinator, ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

12. National Interaction-cum-Evaluation Workshop for ENVIS Centres, 28-30 March, 2014 at Gangtok, Sikkim

Organised by: ENVIS Centre at State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim (SCSTS) on 28-30 March 2014
Represented By: Prof. S.C. Santra, Coordinator ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

13. Regional Evaluation-cum-Training Workshop for ENVIS Centres (Eastern & North-Eastern Region), 23-24 March, 2015 at Assam
Organised by: Assam Science Technology and Environment, Council (ASTEC), Assam
Represented By: Prof. S.C. Santra, (ENVIS Coordinator) and Sourav Banarjee (Web Assistant cum data entry Operator) ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

14. Customised Hands-on Bhuvan Training Programme for ENVIS Centres from 19th & 20th November, 2015

Organised by: NESAC, Shillong.

Represented By: Sourav Banarjee (Web Assistant cum data entry Operator) ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

15. National Evaluation Workshop for ENVIS Centres (17th – 19th February, 2016) at New Delhi

Organised by: WWF, New Delhi

Represented By: Prof. S.C. Santra, (ENVIS Coordinator) and Sourav Banarjee (IT Assistant) ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

16. 1st Quarterly Brain Storming Session for Eastern and North-Eastern ENVIS Centres of India May 06, 2016

Organised by: Organized by Sikkim State ENVIS Centre – On Status of Environment, Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim.
Represented By: Prof. S.C. Santra, (ENVIS Coordinator) and Sourav Banarjee (IT Assistant) ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani

17. ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology participates in National Workshop on "Summary Evaluation of ENVIS Centres and Roll out of the revamped ENVIS Scheme", at Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 17-18th Mach, 2017.

ENVIS centre on Environmental Biotechnology, University of Kalyani participates in National Workshop on "Summary Evaluation of ENVIS Centres and Roll out of the revamped ENVIS Scheme", at Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 17-18th Mach, 2017. Pro. Debasish Das (C/I), Dr Anusaya Mallick (Programme Officer) and Mr. Sourav Banerjee (Information Officer) represented our centre in the two-day national evaluation workshop on Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre. The workshop aimed at assessing the capability and activities carried out in 69 ENVIS centers across the country.

Prof. Debasish Das, gave presentation on the status of ENVIS Centre, its activities and future plans in next three years.

During the workshop, two Anroid mobile Apps (Biocontrol of Pest and Waste to Wealth) ware released by secretary Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Govt of India Ajay Narayan Jha in presence of addnl. chief secretary, Forests & Environment, Govt. of Gujarat Arvind Agrawal and Sr. Economic Advisor MoEF & CC Anandi Subramaniam.

18. Workshop-cum-training programme: The staffs (Professor Debasish Das, Coordinator (I/C), Mrs. Anusaya Mallick, Program Officer and Mr. Sourov Banerjee, Information Officer) of ENVIS Centre participated in the Workshop-cum-training programme on GIS/Geo-mapping on 21-23 September, 2017 at Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

19. Display of ENVIS Activities at Kalyani Junction Rly Station during exhibition on Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAC) from 3-5 May, 2017: The ENVIS centre on Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani participated in the exhibition of Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAC), held at Kalyani (Main) Rly Station, West Bengal from 3-5 May, 2017. During the visit of Science Express Climate Action Special we have displayed activities of our ENVIS centre to the school children, research students, academicians and interested public those visited our stall. We demonstrate our centre’s activity and also distributed the news letter/handout and books etc. We are interacted with the staffs of science express and gave some ENVIS materials.

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