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AKTU Waste and Environment (MNWT401) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Minor Degree in Waste Technology
Waste and Environment MNWT401
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Official AKTU syllabus of Waste and Environment (MNWT401) for B.Tech Minor Degree in Waste Technology – 3 credits, L-T-P 3-0-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Waste and Environment
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Course Outcomes: After learning this course, students will be able to:
CO1. Describe the concept of Ecology and Ecosystem.
CO2. Explain the importance of Natural Resources and Its management.
CO3. Interpret different and current environmental issues.
CO4. Determine Significance of Biotechnology and Bioremediation.
CO5. Evaluate Autecology of Species.
CO6. Establish awareness on Natural Resource Degradation.
| Unit-1 | Ecology: Objective of Ecology and its Importance, Classification of Ecology, Ecological Factors, Ecological Balance, Ecosystem Stability& Instability, Industrial Ecology: A new Horizon of waste management. Ecosystem: Concept and Structure, Kinds of Ecosystem, Components of Ecosystem, Major Ecosystems, Biogeochemical Cycles, Energy Flow in Ecosystem, Food chain, Ecological Pyramids, Artificial Ecosystems, Characteristic of an Ideal Ecosystems, Humans and the Ecosystem Introduction to waste, Waste classification, Impact of waste on the ecosystem. | 7 |
| Unit-2 | Importance of Natural Resource, Types of Resources, Increasing Pressure on Natural Resources, Water Resources and Land Degradation, Watershed Management, Wasteland Development and Role of National Wastelands Development Board (NWDB), Voluntary Agencies and Non Government Organizations (NGOs), River Valley Projects, Water Resource Scenario in India . | 7 |
| Unit-3 | Soil resource degradation (soil erosion) and its kinds, agents of soil erosion, soil conservation: Principles and its Methods, Land Use in India, Forest Resource including Forest Cover, Forest Survey of India, Deforestation, Desertification, Afforestation: Strategy to Demands, Chipko Movement and its significance. | 6 |
| Unit-4 | Bioremediation: A promising Technology for Pollution Cleanup Importance of Bioremediation, Needs, Merits and Scope of Bioremediation, Approaches to Bioremediation, Ecology of Bioremediation, Technology of Bioremediation, Phytoremediation: Concept and Importance, Field Scale Applications of Phytoremediation. | 7 |
| Unit-5 | Current environmental issues and case studies: Increasing Sea Level, Polyethylene: An Environmental Disaster, Lead Pollution and its Control, Pesticide Pollution and its control, Deterioration of Taj Mahal, Construction of Tehri dam, Ganga Pollution, Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster, Minamata Tragedy, Oleum Gas Leak, Environmental Consideration in Rural Development, Environmental Friendly Approaches for Generation of Energy, Landfill Issue of Ghaziabad, Bangalore Lake Fire. | 7 |
- Environment and Ecology by Gourkrishna Dasmohapatra, 3rd Edition.
- Environmental Management, National and Global Perspectives by Swapan C. Deb.
- Ecology and Environment, 11th Edition by P.D. Sharma.
- Environmental Engineering and Management by Dr. Suresh k. Dhameja.
- Basics of Environmental Studies by Prof. Dr. N.S.Varandani, Books India Publications.
- Handbook of Bioremediation Edited by Norris et al, Robert S. Kerr.
- Bioremediation Principles: Ewies, Ergas, Chang and Schroeder.
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