Current Programmes

6. ENVIS Centre on State Environment  Issues

ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Centre established in PSCST is working on ‘Punjab State Environment Issues’. It is a part of decentralized system of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India with a network of different subject oriented Centers (78 Centers all over India)  involved in collection, collation and dissemination of environment related information to decision makers, policy planners, scientists, engineers, research workers, etc.

ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Node on 'State Environmental Issues' in PSCST was established in Dec. 2002 under the World Bank assisted Project of Environment Management Capacity Building for Environmental Information System (EMCB-ENVIS) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI) to identify and highlight the Punjab state environmental problems. The Node was converted to ENVIS Centre on Jan, 2005 on ‘Status of Environment and Related Issues’ under the aegis of MoEF, GoI, under the 10th five year plan. The Punjab ENVIS Centre is making its continuous efforts for identifying and collecting information, locating data gaps, establishing linkages with information providers & users and maintaining a databank on environment issues in Punjab. The Centre was also selected as partner under Sustainable Development Network Programme (SDNP) of ENVIS Indo-Canadian Environment Facility (ICEF) Project to work on the themeatic area, ‘Agriculture & Water harvesting’.

The ENVIS centre is maintaining a bilingual website on State Environment Issues (www.punenivs.nic.in/ www.punenvironment.com) which provides information on status, various programs and projects related to environment in the state for use by general public.  The website has a dynamic query response system. During the year 2009-10, the ENVIS centre uploaded information on environmental and physico-geographical issues, brought out publications and organized capacity building workshops.  An ENVIS gallery was also set up in Harike.  The Centre is is also coordinating the NASA Cloudsat Edu Network running in 8 schools in Punjab.

Contact Persons: Dr. Neelima Jerath, Ms. Ravleen Singh, Mr. Harpreet Singh