Centre for the Environment offers PhD programme intended for the students who are interested in carrying out distinguished scholarly activities in the interdisciplinary domains of environmental issues. Apart from research excellence, the program envisages comprehensive development of students for leadership in science and engineering in both industry and academia. We focus on the development and execution of a high quality research project. Each student admitted to the program has one/two advisor/advisors, who along with the faculty advisory committee, provides guidance essential to the development of a meaningful program of PhD research. The students finally must present the results of their study and research in a dissertation. The students have to take four to six theory courses in the first year before engaging into the research work. Rest of the duration of the program is devoted to research.

Each annual academic session of the Institute consists of two semesters. The first semester starts late in July and the second semester starts early in January. Admission to Ph.D. programmes is made at the beginning of first as well as the second semester on the basis of written test / interview conducted by the Centre. Applications are invited from candidates by advertising the programmes twice in around April and November in each year on Institute website and in leading

Categories of PhD candidates

• Full-time with institute assistantship.
• Project staff.
• Sponsored.
• Part-time candidates.
• Self-financed candidates.
• External.

Research Fields

Air pollution-Dispersion, Control and Modeling; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Solid Waste Management and Recycling; Waste Immobilization; Soil-water-contaminant Interaction; Environmental Bioremediation/ Environmental Biotechnology; Biosorption & Bioremediation of heavy metals; Biofiltration for treating Waste Gases and Green Solvents; Removal of Toxic and Recalcitrant Compounds; Biodegradation/Bio-detoxification of Toxic Wastes; Environmental Genomics and Proteomics; Contaminant Transport and Retention in Porous Media; Green Chemistry; Optimization; Environmental History; Environmental Economics; Green Design; Electrochemical Remediation for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Global Warming and Climate Modeling; GHG Capture and Storage.