Indira Gandhi National Open University One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS) Admission Announcement – 2012 – 13

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Chair for Sustainable Development

Admission Announcement – 2012 – 13

(Online programme)

Last date for submission of application: 30th July, 2012

Admission is open for One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS)

Eligibility

 All graduates from social and natural sciences streams

 Policy makers, administrators, scientists and educators as well as general public interested in paradigm shift from the present unsustainable to sustainable development.

Duration

Minimum - one year and Maximum – four years.

Medium of Instruction: English

Programme Fee: Rs. 6000/-

The main objectives of the programme are:

 Enhance awareness and impart knowledge on urgent measures to be taken to limit population explosion, unsustainable lifestyle, and generation of non-and slowly recyclable e-waste, synthetic chemicals.

 Transform green revolution into evergreen revolution so that agriculture is no longer a destroyer of forests and biodiversity.

 Put “ecology” in the centre of economic development.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of the following 7 theory courses and a project work/Dissertation of four credits (1 credit = 30 hours of self study) each.

MSD – 011:     Sustainability Science

MSD – 012:     Ecosystem and Natural Resources

MSD – 013:     Socio-Cultural System

MSD – 014:     Ecological Economics

MSD – 015:     Institutions, Governance and Policies

MSD – 016:     Strategies and Models for Sustainability

MSD – 017:     Challenges to Sustainable Development

MSDP – 018:    Project/Dissertation

Job Opportunities/Career  

World is under collapse: a fiction or challenge? The need is of a common effort to maintain the harmonious relation with nature and development. On the other side, livelihood improvement is still required in those areas of developing and underdeveloped countries, rural and remote areas. Many National and International organizations are in search of professionals people who are keen to understand and learn the global issues of conservation, development, livelihood improvement etc. in multidisciplinary team. This course will be a guidepost in joining those Organizations. 

Those who are interested to continue their research in multidisciplinary fields will get theoretical understanding in choosing their career. The successful students may join as project officer/environmental expert in the NGOs, industries and academic institutions.  

The details of the programmes are available at www.ignouonline.ac.in/save

For details please contact:

Executive Director, Chair for Sustainable Development

Room No. 22, Block 1, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

Tel.: +91-11- 29571122, Email: pgdss@ignou.ac.in,

Website: www.ignou.ac.in, www.ignouonline.ac.in/save