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ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17

Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute

Bangalore

Annual Report 2016-17

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Table of content

CHAPTER 1 About the institute: ............................................................................................................... 1

1.1. Constitution: .............................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2. Governance:................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2.1. General Body............................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2.2. Governing Body......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2.3. Committees: ............................................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Vision: ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Mission: ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

1.5 Objectives: ................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.6 Functions: .................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.7 Organizational Structure : .................................................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER 2. MAJOR ACTIVITIES: ............................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Training: ................................................................................................................................... 5

2.1.1 Accomplished training programmes: .................................................................................. 5

2.1.1.1. IFS Training Cum Workshop sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest

and Climate Change Water Resources Management in the context of Climate

Change: ........................................................................................................................................................................

5

2.1.1.2. Training Programme on “Plastic Ban”; ............................................................................................ 6

2.1.1.3. Training Programme on “Climate Change: ............................................................................... 7

2.1.1.4. Training Programme on “Water Safety Plan”: : .................................................................. 7

2.2. Research Programmes: ................................................................................................. 8

2.3. CENTRE FOR LAKE CONSERVATION: ....................................................................... 9

2.3.1. Completed Projects: .............................................................................................................. 9

2.3.1.1. Study on the “Evolving Sustainable Conservation Strategies for Waterbodies of

Mysore-Nanjangud Local Planning Area”: ....................................................................................

9

2.3.2. Ongoing research programmes: ...................................................................................... 10

2.3.2.1. Study on the “Inventorisation of Waterbodies in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanaga-

ra Palike and Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Area” ……………… 10

2.3.2.2. Assessment of Current Status of Cauvery River in Karnataka and Study of 300m

Buffer Zone on Both Sides of the River ...........................................................................................

10

2.4. CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: ....................................................................................... 11

2.4.1. Completed Projects: ............................................................................................................. 11

2.4.2. Projects that are in Progress under New Scheme on Climate Change: ............................ 12


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2.4.2.1. Butterflies as indicators of climate change-study in different eco-climatic areas of

Karnataka: ...................................................................................................................................................

12

2.4.2.2. Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Incidence of water borne diseases and

Vulnerability mapping for Karnataka: ............................................................................................ 12

2.4.2.3. Regional Air Quality & Future projections for changing climate scenarios in Karna-

taka: ................................................................................................................................................... 13

2.4.2.4. Global climate change & Forest Resources: a Community Primer in Kannada for

the use of Field Forestry Staff - in collaboration with Foundation for Revitalisation

of Local Health Traditions: ..................................................................................................................

13

2.4.2.5. Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable sections with special reference to

SCs/STs and Women in Karnataka and adaptation strategies -in collaboration

with Institute for Social and Economic Change: .........................................................................

14

2.4.2.6 Urban Planning Characteristics to Mitigate Climate Change in context of Urban

Heat Island Effect: ....................................................................................................................................

15

2.4.2.7. Establishing/Strengthening the State Climate Change Centre/cell under NMSKCC

(SCCC-NMSKCC) in the State of Karnataka: .................................................................................. 15

2.4.2.8. Development of web-Portal: ............................................................................................................... 16

2.4.2.9. Case studies/Pilot projects and Long Term Projects: .............................................................. 16

2.4.2.10. Long term projects: ............................................................................................................................... 16

2.4.2.10 A Establishment of Permanent Preservation Plots at Bannerghatta National Park

& Doresanipalya Reserve Forest to assess the impact of Climate Change: ………...

16

2.4.2.11 Case studies : ............................................................................................................................................ 16

2.4.2.11 A Organic farming for climate change adaptation: ................................................................... 16

2.4.2.11 B Assessing Metro rail system as a means of mitigation strategy to climate

change: .......................................................................................................................................................

17

2.4.2.11 C Green transportation as a mitigation strategy to climate change: ..................................... 17

2.4.3. Coordination with Government Departments for Developing Projects under Na-

tional/International Funding:: .....................................................................................................

18

2.4.4. Other project proposals cleared in the State level Steering Committee: .................. 18

2.4.5. Green Climate Fund projects: .......................................................................................................... 18

2.4.5. National Seminar on Climate Change: ......................................................................................... 18

2.5. Outreach Activities: ............................................................................................................... 20

2.5.1. Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre: ................................................ 20

2.5.1.1. ENVIS Website:: ........................................................................................................................................ 20

2.5.1.2. Bhuvan Portal: ........................................................................................................................................... 20

2.5.1.3. Indian State Level Basic Environmental Information Database (ISBEID): .............. 20


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2.5.1.4. ENVIS Newsletter ''PARISARA.": ....................................................................................................... 21

2.5.1.5. EMPRI Library:: ........................................................................................................................................ 21

2.5.1.6. Other Activities of ENVIS Centre: ...................................................................................................... 21

2.5.2 National Green Corps (NGC): .............................................................................................................. 23

2.5.2.1. Disbursement of the fund for the year 2016-17: ....................................................................... 23

2.5.2.2. Renewable Energy Day: ........................................................................................................................ 23

2.5.2.3. School Visit by NGC team of EMPRI during the year 2016-17: ............................................ 24

2.5.2.4. Training Programmes: ........................................................................................................................... 24

2.5.2.4 A. State level training: ................................................................................................................................. 24

2.5.2.4 B. SATCOM (Satellite Communication) teleconference training: ............................................ 25

2.5.2.5. Visit of Shri Hari Singh, Deputy Secretary, (IFD), MoEF & CC to EMPRI: ........................ 25

2.5.2.6. Visit of Shr.i Lalit Kapur, Adviser, MoEF & CC to EMPRI: ....................................................... 25

2.5.2.7. Swatch Bharath Mission: ...................................................................................................................... 26

2.6. Awareness Programmes:……………………………………………………………………………….. 26

2.6.1. Dissemination of Environmental Rules, Regulations and Preventive Measures to

the Public through the use of Mass Media.....................................................................................

26

2.6.1.1. Cell Phone & Mobile Advertising (SMS), cold calls, recorded message/Mass

email: ............................................................................................................................................................

27

2.6.1.2. Print Media: ................................................................................................................................................ 27

2.6.1.3. Plastic Ban Awareness Programme using Rag-pickers, Procession /Rally:……………. 28

2.6.1.4. Awareness Programme on “Plastic Ban” involving EMPRI, Bannerghatta National

Park Forest Department, Students, NGO and other Volunteers: .........................................

28

2.6.1.5. Plastic Ban Logo Design ...................................................................................................................... 29

2.6.1.6. Making of short films:…....................................................................................................................... 29

2.6.1.7. Doordarshan and Radio: ..................................................................................................................... 30

2.6.1.8. Distribution of Cloth bags, Paper bags, Handouts and Banners with Plastic Ban

awareness message: ...............................................................................................................................

30

2.6.1.9. BMTC Bus Banners: ............................................................................................................................... 30

2.6.1.10. Wall Paintings: .......................................................................................................................................... 30

2.7. Other Achievements of the EMPRI : ................................................................................ 31

2.7.1. World Environment Day Celebration: …….............................................................................. 31

2.7.2. Climate Change Quiz for Students in Doordharshan: ............................................................... 31

2.7.3. Water Analysis Laboratory: ................................................................................................................ 32


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CHAPTER 3. HUMAN RESOURCES: ............................................................................................................ 34

3.1. Officers on Deputation from Government of Karnataka: ....................................................... 34

3.2. Employees: ................................................................................................................................................. 34

3.2.1. Employees have been outsourced through manpower agency for carrying out var-

ious projects as on 31st March, 2017: …………………………………………………………......

34

3.2.2. Employees have been outsourced through manpower agency for the office man-

agement as on 31st March, 2017: ………………………………………………………...……….... 35

3.2.3. No. of employees who have resigned from the service of EMPRI (2016-17): ………… 35

3.3. Auditors......................................................................................................................................................... 36

Annexures

Annexure - 1 Members of the Governing Body committee: .............................................................................. 37

Annexure - 2 Executive committee members.......................................................................................................... 39

Annexure - 3 Research & Training Advisory committee: ................................................................................... 40

Annexure - 4 Recruitment Committee: ...................................................................................................................... 41

Annexure - 5 Composition of Internship Committee: ...................................................................................... 41

Annexure - 6 Composition of Technical Advisory Panel: ……........................................................................ 41

Annexure - 7 Details of Plastic Ban Training programmes: .............................................................................. 42

Annexure - 8 Details of Training Programme on Climate Change: ................................................................ 44

Annexure - 9 Details of Training Programme on Water Safety Plan: ............................................................ 45

Annexure - 10 Details of Participation in Conference/Workshops: ................................................................. 46

Annexure - 11 Details of district wise participants participated in SATCOM teleconference train-

ing under NGC programme: ......................................................................................................

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CHAPTER 1.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

1.1. Constitution:

The Environmental Management Policy & Research Institute (EMPRI) is an autonomous

institute established by Government of Karnataka on 17th September 2002 under the De-

partment of Forest, Ecology and Environment. The Institute undertakes applied and policy re-

search and also endeavours to provide capacity building trainings on concurrent environmental

issues relevant to the society. Services provided by the institute seek to encourage and enable

government, industry and civil society to safeguard and manage the natural resources effective-

ly. It is registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960.

1.2. Governance:

EMPRI functions under direction of a Governing Body chaired by the Additional Chief Sec-

retary, Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment, Government of Karnataka. The Governing

Body consists of representatives of various Government departments and Government authori-

ties including Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment, Department of Urban Develop-

ment, Department of Industries & Commerce, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Depart-

ment of Finance, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Karnataka State Pollution Control

Board (KSPCB). The Director General (DG), EMPRI is the Member Secretary of the Governing

Body. The DG being the Chief Executive of the Institute is responsible for day-to-day admin-

istration of the organization, supported by the officers deputed from the Government of Karna-

taka and personnel contracted for specific purposes.

1.2.1 General Body:

General Body is Chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Forest, Ecolo-

gy & Environment, Government of Karnataka. The members of Governing Body are also the

members of General Body. The General Body meeting is convened every year to consider and

approve the Annual Administration Report, Audit Report, Income and Expenditure Statement

etc. It also approves the budget for the ensuing year.

1.2.2 Governing Body:

The Governing Body (GB) of the EMPRI is constituted by Government of Karna-

taka, nominating senior level functionaries of various Departments. The list of mem-

bers of the Governing Body committee is placed in Annexure – 1.

1.2.3 Committees:

Following committees are constituted to advices and also to take decisions on specific matters.

1. Executive Committee: A five member committee constituted by the Governing Body

and is chaired by the Director General. The committee advises and takes decisions on

administrative and financial matters. The composition of the Executive Committee is

placed in Annexure -2.


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2. Research & Training Advisory Committee: The Committee is constituted as per de-

cision taken in the 28th GB meeting and the Director General, EMPRI is the Chairman

of the Committee. The Committee consists of 11 members including Govt. Officers and

functionaries from eminent organizations like Institute of Social Economic Change,

Karnataka Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board and University of

Agriculture Science. The composition of the committee as per the 48th GB is placed in

Annexure – 3.

3. Recruitment Committee: A Recruitment Committee, for the selection of candidates

required to be filled up for various posts in EMPRI, has been constituted as per the de-

cision taken in the 38th Executive committee meeting held on 11-11-2013. This has

been confirmed by the 38th Governing body meeting held on 18-12-2013. The Direc-

tor General, EMPRI is the Chairman of the committee and the committee consists of

Member secretary of Karnataka Pollution Control Board, Karnataka Biodiversity

Board and Professor of Law from National Law School of Indian University. In view of

the transfer of Sri. R. K. Singh, IFS, Member Secretary, Karnataka Biodiversity Board,

Sri. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS, APCCF, Land Acquisition and Forest cell, Water Re-

sources Dept. has been included in place of Sri. R. K. Singh, IFS, and the same reconsti-

tution of the Recruitment Committee was placed before the 48th GB meeting held on

17.08.2016. The composition of the committee is placed in Annexure – 4.

4. Performance Review Committee: As per decision taken in the 39th GB meeting, a

three member Performance Review Committee headed by Director General, CCF, Di-

rector, EMPRI and CF, Director (Research) as members has been constituted. The

committee reviews the performance of the outsourced/manpower and makes rec-

ommendation to the Executive Committee and Governing Body.

5. Internship Committee: The committee is constituted as per decision taken in 40th GB

meeting to select eligible graduates and post graduate students as interns. The com-

mittee is chaired by the Director General, EMPRI and comprises of three other mem-

bers. The composition of the committee is placed in Annexure – 5

6. Evaluation Committee: The EMPRI takes up training activities on various environ-

mental issues and a three member committee has been constituted to evaluate the

training programmes conducted by EMPRI. The committee is chaired by the CCF &

Director, EMPRI, CF, Director (Research) EMPRI and Shri. T. Mahesh, Environmental

Officer, Karnataka Pollution Control Board, Bangalore, are the members.

7. Technical Advisory Panel: A Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) has been constituted

on 12.04.2016 for according approval of configuration of Computer Hard-

ware/Software required to be purchased for EMPRI. The Director General, EMPRI is

the Chairman and comprises of five other members. The composition of the commit-

tee is placed in Annexure – 6.

1.3 Vision:

The EMPRI’s vision is to become a knowledge centre inspiring and enabling society to

create an environment of harmony between man and nature.

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1.4 Mission:

1. To carry out research on current policy and environmental issues;

2. To provide world class training and advisory services on environmental management

and

3. To enable and encourage the civil society, the government and the industries to safe-

guard and manage natural resources effectively.

1.5 Objectives:

1. To provide Capacity Building & Technical support to Government, Non-Government &

other Institutions in addressing policy and environmental issues;

2. To provide Consultancy Services to Industries, Government Departments and other or-

ganizations in the field of Environmental Management and

3. To take up studies and to develop policy documents on various environmental aspects.

1.6 Functions:

1. To contribute towards the protection and management of Environment & Ecology

through Scientific, Technical, Policy research & other activities;

2. To assist the Government Departments, NGOs and Public at large in performing the

mandatory functions specified in the various environment laws, guidelines and judicial

pronouncements from time to time and to assist the concerned agencies in setting up

norms;

3. To undertake/develop studies and research in the field of environment protection and

conservation for improving the overall quality of environment;

4. To develop expertise in the field of environmental research and to develop into world-

class consultants and to act as a referral institute;

5. To interact and/or to seek affiliation with national and international agencies working

with similar objectives;

6. To undertake training and human resources development in the field of environment

and by organizing seminars/workshops and other programs for stakeholders;

7. To print, publish, exhibit books, pamphlets and periodicals, educative and informative

materials that may be considered desirable for promotion of the objectives of the insti-

tute and

8. To run an ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Centre and to develop, maintain

and run a reference library and data centre with books, periodicals, films, video and

other audio-visual materials.



1.7 Organizational structure:-

Conservator of Forests & Director

(Research)

Chief Conservator of Forests &

Director

Jr. Office Assistant DEO Project Development Officer

Director General

Research Associates

Research

Scientists

Centre for Lake Conservation

Technical and Field As-

sistants

Training

Associate

Training

Head

Centre for Training

Training Assistant

Research

Scientists

Consultant

Centre for Climate Change

Research

Associates

GIS

Scientists

Senior GIS

Scientist

Centre for Geo-informatics

Centre for Environnemental Education & Information

ENVIS NGC Library

Programme

Coordinator

Programme

Officer

Programme

Coordinator

Programme

Associate

Librarian

Administration Manager

Accounts Manager Accountant Account Assistant

Water Analysis Lab

Microbiologist

Lab Chemist

Lab Assistants

Data Entry Operator

Information

Officer

IT Assistant

Research

Assistants

JRF

Research

Associates

DST Project

Project

Assistant

System Administrator



Training cum Workshop at Mangaluru

CHAPTER 2.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

2.1 Training:-

Capacity building is a thrust area in the EMPRI. The institute conducts need-based

training programmes on various environment related issues for different departments, elected

representatives, Stree Shakti groups, and public viz. Environmental Conservation and Man-

agement, Bio-Medical Waste Management, Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), Municipal Solid

Waste Management, Hazardous Waste Management, Rain Water Harvesting, E-waste Manage-

ment, Sustainable Environmental Management and Urban Governance and Administration,

Climate Change, Plastic Ban, Water Safety Plan for Bangalore such other issues of current rele-

vance. Training packages of international standards have been developed for building capaci-

ties in administration, industry and civil society.

EMPRI has developed linkages with several agencies, industries and NGOs

working in related fields and intends to extend the collaboration process with eminent

and reputed agencies.

2.1.1 Accomplished training programmes:

2.1.1.1. IFS Training Cum Workshop sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest

and Climate Change Water Resources Management in the context of Climate

Change;

The two day training cum workshop on “Water Resources Management in the context

of Climate Change” sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was

organized by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI), Bangalore

during 2nd to 3rd June 2016,

at Mangalore. 17 officers

have attended the training. It

was a residential programme

arranged in Phalguni River

Lodge (Pilikula Nisarga

Dhama), Mangalore, one of

the beautiful jungle lodges

and resorts, managed by the

Tourism department, Govt of

Karnataka. The programme

was organized in the confer-

ence room of the Phalguni

River Lodge. The inaugura-

tion on 2nd june 2016 includ-

ed a formal welcome extended

by the course director, Smt.

Saswati Mishra IFS, Director, EMPRI followed by lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries and

inaugural address by Smt. Ritu Kakkar IFS, DG, EMPRI. The inauguration was followed by



Inaguaration of the Training Programme by Sri. K.J. Joerge, the Hon’ble Minister

for Bangalore Development & Town Planning, GoK

View of the Participants in the Training Programme

technical session 1 conducted by Prof Ravindranath, IISc on Adaptation to Climate Change in

Water resources management, which was followed by brain storming session on the topic.

Post lunch session was by Prof. M. K. Ramesh, NLSIU on the “Issue of Water Governance in the

Post- Paris Agreement Scenario”, which was followed by brain storming session on how to

meet water challenges in the new framework after Paris agreement. The panel discussion,

which followed, was on “Identification of areas for improvement in the current practices of

water resource management undertaken by forest departments”. The discussions were quite

interesting and thought provoking, in which many of the participants also gave their views

and suggestions. The discussion could bring out some solid recommendations which can be

adapted and implemented by the forest departments. On the second day, i.e. 3rd June 2016, the

morning session was by Dr. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of

Forests, Water Resources Department, Govt of Karnataka. He gave a detailed presentation on

Forest Cover and Precipitation-The New Knowledge.

2.1.1.2. Training Programme on “Plastic Ban”;

Plastics are non-biodegradable. Because of this, plastics remain in the environment

for a very long period causing damage to the environment. Recycling of plastics is very cost

intensive and hence reducing the use of plastics is

highly essential for managing solid waste. Plastic

does not decompose/biodegrade easily and hence

remains as garbage for a long time polluting the land.

Plastic when burnt releases cancerous furans and di-

oxins which are harmful for the environment and pol-

lutes the air we breathe. During rainy season the

plastic flows along with other solid waste into the

drains and chokes the drains. It also flows into wa-

terbodies such as rivers, lakes and oceans causing

pollution. Burnt plastic ash pollutes the ground water

as well. Animals like cows, dogs, pigs, birds etc., feed-

ing on garbage also eat plastics. Plastic gets inside the

alimentary canal of these animals creating problems

like choking, internal injuries etc., leading to their

death in extreme cases. When plastic-laden trash is

burnt, it releases harmful furans and dioxins which

are bad for health. The discharge of plastic into rivers,

lakes and oceans pollutes water thereby affecting the

aquatic flora and fauna. The plastic containers in the

solid waste act as breeding ground for mosquito as

they accumulate water resulting in the spread of dis-

eases. Due to the harmful effects of plastic, the Gov-

ernment of Karnataka has taken a proactive step to

ban the use of Plastics in the State and make Karna-

taka a Plastic free State. Karnataka State passed the

state wide plastic ban order on March 11, 2016: (Plastic Ban Notification) under Section 5 of

the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 vide. Gazette Notification No. FEE 17 EPC 2012,



Bangalore dated 11.03.2016. It was published in the Karnataka Gazette on the same date.

Further awareness is being created among the implementing officers of Bruhat Bengaluru

Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Urban Local Bodies(ULB’s), Karnataka State Pollution Control

Board (KSPCB), Commercial Tax Department, Legal Metrology Department and Department

of Rural Development and Panchayath Raj through training programmes. trainings for of-

ficers of revenue and food and civil supplies departments will be taken up shortly. The de-

tails of the training programmes can be seen in Annexure – 7.

2.1.1.3. Training Programme on “Climate Change;

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has also established a state unit of

climate change in EMPRI under the Capacity Building for Climate Change (CBCC) pro-

gramme. The purpose of the capacity building at the state level is to strengthen the capacity

at State level to address climate issues and to integrate climate change and development

imperative in policy, plans and programmes in various sectors. and other stakeholders at

state level for implementation, updating and monitoring of State Action Plan on Climate

Change. The details can be seen in Annexure - 8.

2.1.1.4. Training Programme on “Water Safety Plan”:

The EMPRI, Bangalore has successfully completed the pilot study on “Water Safety Plan

for Bangalore” in association with BWSSB in broad adherence to the concepts developed by

World Health Organization (WHO) for the identified study area i.e., Halasuru (ward 90) and

Bharathinagar (ward91). Water Safety Plans (WSP) are an effective way of ensuring that a wa-

ter supply is safe for human consumption and that it meets the health based standards and

other regulatory requirements. It is based on a comprehensive risk assessment and risk man-

agement approach to all the steps in a water supply chain from catchment to consumer. This

system assessment identifies the potential hazards in each part of the water supply chain, the

level of risk presented by each identified hazard and the appropriate measures to control the

identified risks to ensure that the water supply is safe, the standards and targets are met and

human health is protected.

As a follow up of the study 10 training programmes were conducted for the BWSSB of-

ficers and staff and (the details can be seen in the Annexure–9). A total of 311 participants

were trained in the programme. The main objective of this training programme was to provide:

a). Opportunity to understand the holistic of water supply system and to identify the different

hazardous events, which may degrade the water quality b). A platform to discuss with the offi-

cials of BWSSB about the problems in handling the hazardous event in the system and provide

the control measures as soon as possible as temporarily c). Prepare the training modules com-

prising of hazardous events, hazards and associated hazards in the water supply system and

Build the capacity to implement the Water Safety Plan. The topics that were addressed during

the training programme were as detailed below:

Awareness about the drinking water safety plan and treated water supply system.

Sensitised about direct, indirect and possible hazardous events in the water supply system,

which degrade the quality of treated water.

Awareness on the developing, operating, validate and monitoring of control measures.

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Snap shots of the Water Safety Plan Training Programme

2.2. Research Programmes:-

The EMPRI conducts research on concurrent environmental issues of immediate rele-

vance for the society. In every case, research carried out identifies problems, determines un-

derlying causes and proposes measures to mitigate them. In the year 2016-17 research work

carried out at EMPRI included the following:



2.3. CENTRE FOR LAKE CONSERVATION:-

2.3.1. Completed Projects:

2.3.1.1. Study on the “Evolving Sustainable Conservation Strategies for Waterbodies

of Mysore-Nanjangud Local Planning Area”:

With the financial assistance from Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transporta-

tion & Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc., Bengaluru the EMPRI has successfully completed the

study entitled as above. The final report was released by Shri. B. Ramanath Rai, Hon’ble Min-

ister of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka.

Snap shots of Report Releasing by Shri. Ramanath Rai, Hon’ble Minister of Forest, Ecol-ogy and Environment at Aranya Bhavan Mysuru on 03.011.2016

Study has addressed the present status of the waterbodies; preparation of the water-

bodies database (including Kere, Katte & Kunte); landuse and landcov-

er changes analysis over the time period using GIS application; Unique

Identification Code (UID) for all waterbodies, identification of pollu-

tion sources, encroachments, physico-chemical analysis and biodiver-

sity documentation, SWOT/SLOT analysis for the five major waterbod-

ies; preparation of Catchment Action Plan (CAP) for two lakes, prepa-

ration of Lake Health Card, finally formulation of conservation strate-

gies with the involvement of stakeholders. During the study an effort

has been made to understand the present status of the water bodies in

the study area in a holistic manner, for formulating conservation

strategies which would help the Policymakers, Administrators and the

stakeholders to look into the integrated management of the waterbodies. The same report has

been translated to Kannada and the editing of the report is under progress.



2.3.2. Ongoing research programmes:-

2.3.2.1. Study on the “Inventorisation of Waterbodies in the Bruhat Bengaluru Ma

hanagara Palike and Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Area”.

Under the financial assistance Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authori-

ty (KLCDA) the EMPRI has taken-up a project entitle as above. The key objective of this study is

to identify all the waterbodies (kere, kunte and katte) along with their status and prepare a

comprehensive database.

The scope study is to; Identification all the waterbodies such as Kere, Katte and Kunte (both

existing and non-existing), considering village maps, taluk maps, tank maps (Minor Irrigation

Department), toposheets, satellite images and recording their locations using GPS, Collection of

baseline data for waterbodies (name, extent, village name, survey number, custodian) through

secondary data collection, stakeholder consultation etc. Documentation of morphometric fea-

tures, encroachment and pollution in 30m buffer zone by field visit, assigning unique codes

(alpha numeric) to all the waterbodies considering district, taluk, hobli, and village names, Cre-

ation of database and cartography of all the waterbodies, preparation of waterbodies’ Health

Report Cards (WHRC) and Waterbody Atlas and suggesting conservation and restoration

measures.

The field visits and water analysis have been completed. Further two stakeholders

meetings were conducted in two zones of BBMP i.e. Yelahanka, North and East and presently

preparation of the report is under progress.

Snap shots of Stakeholders Meetings

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2.3.2.2. Assessment of Current Status of Cauvery River in Karnataka and Study of

300m Buffer Zone on Both Sides of the River.

The EMPRI has taken-up the study entitled as above which has been entrusted by the

Hon’ble Lok Adalat under the financial assistance by CiSTUP, IISc, Bengaluru. The key objec-

tives are (1). Assessment of the current status of the Cauvery River (including 300m on both

side of river basin) in Karnataka, in terms of landuse and landcover practices, The ecology and

biodiversity of Cauvery River, water quality, current management and vulnerability and 300m

buffer zone and the encroachment on Cauvery river bed will be assessed based on the second-

ary authenticated data from the consent Authorities (2). Identification of areas with distinctive



Study Area

ecological features those are suitable for biodi-

versity conservation, wetlands development and

important eco-sensitive zones and (3). Recom-

mend action plan for preservation and conserva-

tion of Cauvery river basin (300 buffer on both

sides of the river).

The Satellite imageries for the year of

2003-04 and 2014-15 have been procured from

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyder-

abad and the interpretation of the same for the

Landuse/landcover changes is completed. Sub-

sequently, the field visits for the ground verifica-

tion has been completed and preparation of re-

port is under progress

2.4. CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE;

EMPRI has taken initiatives to facilitate the implementation of the action plans specified in

the Karnataka State Action Plan on Climate Change through research, training and aware-

ness creation activities. During the year 2016-17, Government of Karnataka has allocated Rs.

10,00,00,000 (Rupees one crore only) for strengthening the centre for climate change and un-

dertaking research and training activities. EMPRI has taken up many initiatives aimed at gen-

eration of awareness among various stakeholders, imparting training, capacity building and

manpower development and has also coordinated with different universities, premier research

institutions, Government Departments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) to pursue

theme based scientific research on climate change and its impacts. Department of Science and

Technology (DST) under the Strategic Programmes Large Initiatives and Coordinated Action

Enabler (SPLICE) project has approved a project entitled, “Establishment/ strengthening the

state climate change center /Cell under National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate

Change (NMSKCC) scheme in the state of Karnataka” for a duration of five years at a total cost

of Rs.2,83,50,200/- (Two crores eighty three Lakhs, Fifty thousand and two hundred) with a

break up of Rs.1,33,53,200/- under General head and of Rs.1,49,97,000/- under capital head

for procurement of scientific equipments. The main objective of the project is to strengthen

EMPRI as the State Knowledge Centre on climate change. Rs.23,00,000 under General head

and Rs.149,97,000 under capital head was released in September 2016 and the project activi-

ties are initiated.

2.4.1. Completed Projects:

Researchers in the Centre for Climate Change have undertaken research projects inde-

pendently and also in collaboration with other research institutions working on climate

change. The following nine projects which were initiated in 2015-16 were completed by Au-

gust, 2016 and the reports are prepared and printed.

1. Ecological research on soil carbon storage in Karnataka- in collaboration with Indian

Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

2. Urbanization and its effects on lizards: a study from a climate change perspective- in

collaboration with IISc, Bengaluru



3. Monitoring the Karnataka coastline for sea turtle nesting sites: Beach monitoring and

coastline mapping- in collaboration with Dakshin Foundation, Bengaluru

4. Climate change, urbanization and the housing sector in Karnataka- in collaboration

with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru

5. Agro-forestry as a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Karnataka- in

collaboration with Aranya Climate Change Services Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru

6. Assessing double injustice of climate change and urbanization on water security in peri

urban areas around Bangalore - by Public Affairs Centre, Bengaluru

7. Butterflies as Climate Change Indicators – a Study in Bengaluru City- by EMPRI

8. Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Wastes Disposal Sites

(MSWDS)- by EMPRI

9. Study the Impact of Climate Change on Incidence of Vector borne diseases and vul-

nerability mapping for Karnataka - by EMPRI

2.4.2. Projects that are in Progress under New Scheme on Climate Change:

2.4.2.1. Butterflies as indicators of climate change-study in different eco-climatic

areas of Karnataka.

As a continuation of the earlier study in Bangalore, the study on the diversity of butter-

flies is extended to four more eco climatic regions in Karnataka with varying climate regimes

(Temperature, Relative Humidity and Rainfall etc.) so that the climate variability in different

locations and diversity of butterflies can be compared. The objectives are to study the diversity

of butterflies in green spaces/parks of the selected districts, seasonal variance in the diversity

and abundance of butterflies in the study area, Correlation of butterfly diversity with vegeta-

tion/phenology of plants/trees, Comparison of diversity data with past data if available via

open sources and journals and correlation of the diversity with climatic parameters in the

study areas. The study was initiated in September, 2016 and bimonthly surveys are being car-

ried out to document the extent of the diversity, abundance and richness of butterfly species.

Winter count for the different eco climatic zones are as follows: Bangalore 98, Agumbe 96,

Mangalore 88, Dharwad 57 and Gulbarga 42 species. The surveys in these areas are being con-

tinued for the summer months. The overall species count in the different areas are as follows;

Bangalore 104, Agumbe 121, Mangalore 95, Dharwad 70 and Gulbarga 53.

2.4.2.2. Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Incidence of water borne diseases

and Vulnerability mapping for Karnataka .

This project is a continuation of the ongoing study on vector borne diseases and has di-

rect relevance to climate change issues. The objectives of the study are:

a) To describe the incidence and distribution of waterborne diseases in Karnataka

b) To study and correlate the occurrence of Water Borne diseases in relation to climatic

parameters (Temperature and Rainfall) in Karnataka.

c) To Map water borne diseases like Cholera, Typhoid, Gastroenteritis and Hepatitis A

across Karnataka to indicate districts facing vulnerability to Water Borne diseases.



As part of the project around 453 relevant research papers are collected (International,

National, and State); 50 years of day-wise rainfall data for all 30 districts are collected from

KSNDMC, Bengaluru; 50 years of month-wise temperature data for all 30 districts are collected

from KSNDMC, Bengaluru; 10 years of disease data for Typhoid, Cholera, Diarrhoea, Gastroen-

teritis and Viral Hepatitis are collected from District Health offices of 16 districts of Karnataka.

Future work involves collection of disease data from the remaining 14 districts; Conversion of

disease data into attribute data making into usable format in GIS software; generation of annu-

al average Temperature and rainfall maps for Karnataka in ArcGIS; creation of Season-wise,

month-wise and year-wise trend graph for disease occurrence in the state; generation of dis-

trict-wise disease incidence maps in Karnataka using ArcGIS; generation of vulnerable maps

for the disease by considering the climate data for Karnataka.

2.4.2.3. Regional Air Quality & Future projections for changing climate scenarios in

Karnataka.

The objectives of the study are:

a) To validate (statistical significance) the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)

model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model data, Regional Emission Inventory

in Asia (REAS) data and GEOS data with regional data available at state level

b) To assess current and future ambient concentrations of air pollutants under projected

climatic scenario

c) To develop future air quality index

As part of the project Different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenarios

have been downloaded for future projections; WRF-Chem, REAS are also downloaded to collect

the atmospheric pollutant data and compiled as per the required input data; Goddard Earth

Observing System (GEOS) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Global

Modelling nested-grid data for Particulate Matter <2.5 µ (PM2.5) is collected to embed with RCP

scenarios. Future work involves Validation of the new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

(CMIP5) based pollution projections of PM2.5

and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) for Karnataka by com-

paring WRF-Chem and GEOS model for the period 1970 to 2000); Assessment of CMIP5- based

short (2021–2050), medium-(2046–2075) and long-term (2070–2099) pollutant projections

for Karnataka and development of the future air quality index based on the CMIP5 analysis.

2.4.2.4. Global climate change & Forest Resources: a Community Primer in Kannada

for the use of Field Forestry Staff - in collaboration with Foundation for Revi-

talisation of Local Health Traditions.

The Objectives of the proposal are the following:

a) To develop a Community Primer on Climate Change in Kannada, based on the avail-

able information drawn from published sources, for the use of Field Forestry staff,

to build necessary orientation and interest in them

b) To provide Climate Change information specific to Indian forests and biodiversity

resources, so as to enable the field forestry staff to relate themselves with the is-

sues.



c) To provide specific information, guidelines, field strategies so as to equip the field

forestry staff to address the emerging needs of Climate Change mitigation strate-

gies.

The Community Primer attempts to address the information needs of Field forestry staff,

Village Forest Non Government Organisation Committees, Biodiversity Management Commit-

tees, Local Community groups, Conservation NGOs & School students of Karnataka. The output

will be a field tested Prototype of an Illustrated Primer in Kannada on Global Climate Change &

Forest Resources. This will be a comprehensive synthesis that brings together the available

information related to Climate change and related issues with a focus on Indian Forestry to

meet the information need of Field forestry staff. The Primer is the first of its kind user friendly

document on Climate Change in Kannada that provides Comprehensive overview of Global

Climate Change and related issues, especially Climate Change drivers, its impact on population,

regeneration and productivity pattern of forests, response of forest vegetation and Climate

change mitigation mechanisms. The primer is prepared and is under review by subject experts

for finalization of the contents.

2.4.2.5. Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable sections with special reference to

SCs/STs and Women in Karnataka and adaptation strategies -in collabora-

tion with Institute for Social and Economic Change .

Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Women are highly vulnerable sections to cli-

mate change in India as well as Karnataka. They are the most vulnerable and least pre-

pared to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. A preliminary investigation was

made on the vulnerability of communities in two villages from two districts, Gowdathata-

gadde village in Kolar district and Shiriyara village in Udupi district. The survey focused on

the collection of data related to demographics, landholding, livestock holding, food produc-

tion, livelihood activities, income sources and expenditure. The information on knowledge

on climate change, impacts on livelihood, health impacts, climate change adaptation

measures etc. were also collected. This survey clearly showed that climate change has af-

fected two villages. As per the survey, 36% of respondents in Shriyara village and 56% of

respondents in Gowdathatagadde village agreed that change in climate has affected their

health. This study was continued in four districts including Kolar, Mandya, Udupi and Rai-

chur of Karnataka. The study .used statistical and econometric tools to measure house-

holds’ vulnerability to climate change. 17 socio-economic and biophysical indicators ob-

tained from in-depth interviews of 305 households revealed the climate vulnerability

components: adaptive capacity, exposure and sensitivity. This study also used Factor Anal-

ysis to develop weights for different indicators and construct a Household Vulnerability

Index (HVI) according to their vulnerability. The results of the study showed that four vil-

lages from each district are highly vulnerability to climate change.



2.4.2.6. Urban Planning Characteristics to Mitigate Climate Change in context of Ur-

ban Heat Island Effect

In the last few decades, cities around the world have seen significant urbanization, marked

by the increase in number of buildings, roads, automobiles and other infrastructure. Per-

meable land surfaces which were once covered by vegetation, have now been made into

footpaths and roads that are impermeable and mostly un-shaded. Such urban surfaces tend

to absorb the solar radiation and emit it later, which causes an increase in local tempera-

tures. Consequently, the urban areas observing higher temperatures become ‘’heat is-

lands’’, compared to their rural counterpart. Bangalore is one such example of a city, where

increase of 2.0-2.5°C was observed during the last decade owing to 76% decline in vegeta-

tion cover and 79% decline in water bodies, which is indisputably due to reckless urban

sprawl. This project aims to assess the impact of urban planning aspects of urban geometry

and green cover on the formation of urban heat islands in six strategically identified loca-

tions within the city. Continuous monitoring of thermal parameters such as mean radiant

temperature, air temperature and relative humidity was carried out during winter. Analy-

sis of the results has helped us to establish a relation between the urban characteristics of

the location and its thermal environment. The outcome can provide guidelines and frame-

works for urban planners for designing towns and cities, where the impact of Urban Heat

Island effect can be curbed to create comfortable living environments. The study has com-

pleted 1st phase of sampling in winter and currently summer sampling is being undertaken

by the study team.

2.4.2.7. Establishing/Strengthening the State Climate Change Centre/cell un-

der NMSKCC (SCCC-NMSKCC) in the State of Karnataka.

Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Strategic Programmes Large In-

itiatives and Coordinated Action Enabler (SPLICE) scheme has approved this project for the

state of Karnataka for a duration five years at a total cost of Rs.2,83,50,200/- .

The objectives of the study are:

To establish a KARNATAKA STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE (KSKCCC) with advanced research capabilities to take up research studies on Climate Change issues

To build a data bank and a knowledge repository for storing and retrieving Climate Change information at the state level to be useful to all sectoral line departments, insti-tutes/universities, public etc.

To establish a network with various knowledge institutes and stakeholders within the

State.

To develop bench mark / assessment relevant for all adaptation and mitigation sectors.

Assessment of risk and vulnerability of ecosystems and man/animals due to climate change in the state.

To develop capacity building for all relevant Departments of State Govern-ments/stakeholders through training to enable them to handle various climate change issues.



To develop a Climate Change Knowledge Portal for assisting decision makers in fram-

ing appropriate policy interventions in the activities of various Government Depart-

ments.

2.4.2.8. Development of web-Portal.

One of the main objectives of the project is to develop an interactive web portal for

knowledge sharing and dissemination. It was decided to host the Karnataka State Climate

Change Knowledge Portal in the Web server provided by the Centre for e-Governance, Govt. of

Karnataka. The Client Machine (with same configuration as that of web server, Centre for e-

Governance) will be housed at EMPRI, where the portal will be developed using open source

programmes Designed a home page for Karnataka State Climate Change Centre (KSCCC) web

portal. The features include Introduction, Objectives, Vision and Mission, Organization chart,

GoI initiatives, State Action Plan on Climate Change, Current scenario of the state, knowledge

institutes, Publications on Climate Change, information on personnel, news & events, photo

gallery and contact us.

2.4.2.9. Case studies/Pilot projects and Long Term Projects :-

2.4.2.10. Long term projects.

2.4.2.10.A. Establishment of Permanent Preservation Plots at Bannerghatta National

Park & Doresanipalya Reserve Forest to assess the impact of Climate Change

The following are the Objectives

To establish a Permanent Preservation Plot (PPPs) as per the prescribed procedure

To assess the forest structure, diversity of floral and faunal components

To estimate the carbon stock of above and below ground biomass of forest trees

To study the physical (Soil density, Soil porosity, Soil texture, Soil Structure) and chem-ical properties (Soil pH, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and Soil Organic Carbon) of soils.

To record the weather parameters (Temp., Rainfall, Humidity, solar Radiation) at both the PPP study sites.

To study the phenological changes of tree species at the study sites.

To assess the Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) rate / activity in tree species.

2.4.2.11. Case studies.

2.4.2.11 A. Organic farming for climate change adaptation.

Objectives:

Identification and selection of vulnerable district to agriculture in Karnataka

To conduct pilot studies on farming practices in the villages of the district

To ascertain whether organic farming is helping to sustain crop yields under less water

conditions



Based on the Bangalore Climate Change Initiatives Karnataka (BCCI-K) 2011 report, in Karna-

taka the five most vulnerable districts with respect to agriculture are Gulbarga, Uttarkannada,

Tumakuru, Hassan and Chikmagalur. The district of Tumakuru is selected and pilot studies on

farming practices were conducted in the village panchayat of Thovinakere, Koramkote, Nelhal

and Badugavi. A total of 35 farmers from 11 villages of four village panchayats were randomnly

selected for the survey. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire, interview

with the farmers and group discussion with the villagers. The survey study revealed that the

farmers are aware of the changes in the climatic conditions and it was found that the agricul-

tural productivity is drastically reduced. Organic farming is practiced by some of the tree

growers. Exhaustive surveys will be undertaken crop wise and farming practice wise on the

utility of organic farming for specific crops.

2.4.2.11.B. Assessing Metro Rail System as a means of mitigation strategy to climate

change.

The following are the Objectives;

To measure air pollutants in selected Metro stations of Bengaluru city.

To estimate the Green House Gas emissions from transportation sector in Bengaluru city.

Assess the socio-economic and environmental impacts of introduction of mass transit system on the commuters along the East-West corridor of the Metro Rail system.

Assess the existing gaps in the last mile connectivity aspects and suggesting feeder

routes between the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus to Metro Rail

system.

Work completed till date:

Completed the Metro rail commuters opinion survey conducted between 27th February–4th March, 2017 along 17 stations of the East-West Corridor of the Metro rail. The perspec-tives of the commuters were assessed through a structured questionnaire using specific factors related to environment and transport.

The filled in questionnaires were entered in the excel sheet.

The vehicular population data for a period of ten years (2006-2016) was obtained from the Office of the Commissioner for Transport & Road Safety, Bangalore.

The gap analyses on last mile connectivity between the BMTC bus stations and the Metro

stations have been worked out for the 17 Metro stations of the East-West corridor.

2.4.2.11. C. Green transportation as a mitigation strategy to Climate Change.

Action to reduce the impact of climate change is critical, and limiting the increase in av-

erage global temperatures to less than 2°C requires concerted global action. Renewable energy

plays a key role in mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions by radically lowering the emis-

sions profile of the global energy system. According to State Action plan for Climate change

(SAPCC) report one of the challenges focused in energy sector is failure in usage of biofuels .

There is a need to conduct research on usage of biofuels as substitutes for fossil fuels. Hence a

Case study on Usage of eco-friendly biodiesel/ alternate fuels in Bengaluru Metropolitan



Transport Corporation/Karanataka State Road Transport Corporation buses is planned to be

taken up soon.

2.4.3. Coordination with Government Departments for Developing Projects under

National/International Funding:

As directed by Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Gov-

ernment of India (GoI), EMPRI is also coordinating the state departments to prepare and sub-

mit proposals under National Adaptation Fund for climate change (NAFCC). A proposal enti-

tled, “Conservation and Management of Indigenous Cattle and Sheep in the Wake of Climate

Change in Karnataka” was sanctioned for Rs. 24, 21, 52,632/- by MoEF & CC, New Delhi. The

first instalment of Rs.4,44,47,080/- has been received by the department of AH&VS. The incep-

tion meeting was held on 16th November 2016. The work is under progress.

2.4.4. Other project proposals cleared in the State level Steering Committee.

1. Building resilience to climate change through revival of traditional agro-fishery system in

coastal Karnataka - submitted by Karnataka Biodiversity Board

2. Drought Monitoring, Forecasting and Agro-meteorological advisories for adaptation sub-

mitted by Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Bengaluru

3. Development of a database on the forecast of impending vector borne diseases and to study

the trend of their transmission to identify vulnerable regions under the use of Geographic

Information System mapping in high priority districts - Department of Health and Family

Welfare

4. Micro Irrigation in Agriculture- submitted by Department of Agriculture The proposal was

presented by department of Agriculture.

5. Rejuvenation of Amarja River Basin in Aland Taluk submitted by Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Kala-

buragi

2.4.5. Green Climate Fund projects.

A proposal entitled “Karnataka Farm Tree Support Project” submitted by Karnataka For-

est Department was presented in State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) meeting held on Octo-

ber 21, 2016 and recommended for onwards submission to MoEF&CC after incorporating the

suggestions by the committee. The revised proposal with a budget outlay of USD 146 million is

sent to MoEF&CC.

2.4.6. National Seminar on Climate Change:

A National Seminar on Climate change: Challenges and Solutions were organized on

23.01.2017 at EMPRI, Bengaluru. With the fund support of DST, Govt. of India. There were forty

registered delegates in the seminar and a total of thirty six presentations were given in six

technical sessions’ viz., Climatology & climate change, Climate change & impact, Climate change

& Biodiversity, Adaptation & Mitigation of any sector, Climate change & Green, Climate change

law & Policy and one poster session of the seminar. The participants were from different insti-

tutes, universities, NGOs and departments (the details can be seen in Annexure -10). Wide

news coverage was made on the seminar in different news papers.



Snap shots of National Seminar Held at EMPRI on 23.02.2017



2.5. Outreach Activities:-

2.5.1. Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre;

The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) of Karnataka with the subject area

“State of Environment and Related issues” is operating in Karnataka since December 2002. It

was established as ENVIS centre on 1st January 2009. The ENVIS centre Karnataka carried out

the activities in the following areas. The details are as below:

2.5.1.1. ENVIS Website:

The ENVIS centre Karnataka has a ded-

icated website on the NIC CMS portal -

www.karenvis.nic.in. The contents of the web-

site is published and managed by the ENVIS

centre Karnataka as per the guidelines given by

MoEF&CC. The redesign intended to make rel-

evant information more accessible and the

presentation fresher and more attractive.

2.5.1.2. Bhuvan Portal:

The centre also creates and disseminates content relating to the themes assigned to

ENVIS Centres in geo-spatial platform in Bhuvan portal.

2.5.1.3. Indian State Level Basic Environmental Information Database (ISBEID);

The Indian State-Level Basic Environmental Information Database

(ISBEID) is an ambitious programme of the Ministry of Environment and

Forests, GoI in order to make environmental status easily available to re-

searchers, students, policy makers, and the general public at large. A pro-

cess for systematic collection of data from all relevant sources was initiat-

ed by EMPRI. Data for various modules have already been procured and

fed into the web-enabled software developed by MoEF under ENVIS. The

data have been classified into 17 modules/sectors. Data for all these sectors

have been collected either in full or in partial (year wise). For all the 17

modules and sub-modules data has been collected & uploaded on an average of 10-12 years or

more. Number of entries done: 19,192(April 2016 to March 2017)

http://www.karenvis.nic.in/



2.5.1.4. ENVIS Newsletter ‘PARISARA’:

ENVIS centre has been publishing a quarterly newsletter ‘PARISARA’. Centre has pub-

lished issue 40 on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiatives in Karnataka, issue 41

on Coastal Karnataka, issue 42 on Plastic and it’s Harmful effects and Issue 43 on Swachh Bha-

rat Initiatives in Karnataka (draft) for the year 2016-2017. Available for download on

WWW.KARENVIS.NIC.IN

2.5.1.5. EMPRI Library:

The library is a documented repository of information and it has a collection of over

2400 books. The library also receives more than 18 state/national journals and newsletters

covering diverse areas of environment.

Library resources

EMPRI Library has more than 170 CD-ROM databases ; 03 Newspapers (1 Kannada, 2

English) subscriptions

Subscription to the “The Indian Forester” Journal (TIFJ) and archival CD-ROM database

(from 1875)

EMPRI library has been using the KOHA open source software (OSS) for Library automa-

tion. The Library has automated 2400 books which includes reference books, text books,

reports etc., It can be accessed through our Library OPAC http://192.168.1.95

EVALUATION MATRIX FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2016-17 (01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017)

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2.5.1.6. Other Activities of ENVIS Centre:

1. State ENVIS centre has created awareness by taking part in Science Express Climate

Action Special Train at 4 cities, namely, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Hospet and Wadi. The

Centre got an overwhelming response of more than 40,000 students visiting our exhibi-

tion stall at the platforms. The center apart from interacting with the kids also conduct-

ed platform activities like quiz competition on environmental issues for all the stu-

dents.

http://192.168.1.95/



2. The Centre Participated in Parisara Habba Exhibition conducted on 5th and 6th June,

2016 where certain publications and reports from the ENVIS team and host institute

were provided to people visiting the stalls. Handouts on Wildlife, Swachh Bharat

Pakhwada and plastic ban in Karnataka were given to the public and children visiting

the stalls. The center acquainted the masses about the importance of conservation,

problems and the efforts.

3. The center took part in Swachh Bharath Mission Gramin – RDPR Program, the team

successfully exhibited a stall showcasing posters on Plastic Ban, Solid Waste Manage-

ment and Bio-Medical Waste Management and educated the public to bring in better

understanding about the aspects of Open Defection Free (ODF) and Waste Manage-

ment.

4. The centre conducted International Ozone Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Lay-

er with the theme for the year Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united. The

theme is supported by the slogan; “Working towards reducing global warming HFCs

under the Montreal Protocol” was celebrated on 16th September 2016 at EMPRI, Ban-

galore. Eminent Scientist Anandi Sharan and Departmental Officers interacted with the

public and research staff about the importance of ozone, climate and other environ-

mental issues.

5. The best way to bring in change is to educate the younger generation about environ-

mental issues, threats and mitigation measure. In this aspect the centre visited the

Govt. higher primary schools in the Hassan district. The centre provided publications

relating to environmental issues and alleviation measures to school teachers. The EN-

VIS Staff interacted with the kids pertaining to Plastic ban and all aspects of Waste

Management. We also aim to visit most of the schools in Karnataka to achieve the same.

6. The Centre interacted with a wide array of populace from school kids to international

delegates and stakeholder at the International conference on Conservation and Sus-

tainable Management of Ecologically Sensitive Regions in Western Ghats: The

10th biennial lake conference at Mudibedre, Mangalore. The centre also successful-

ly exhibited a stall imparting knowledge about the Environmental issues and showcas-

ing ENVIS Publications, Reports and posters on Plastic Ban, Solid Waste Management

and Bio-Medical Waste Management in Lake.

7. The centre is working on the State of Environment Report – 2015.

8. The centre has created knowledge products

Plastic Ban - Brochure. Plastic Ban - Poster. Bio medical Waste Management - Poster. What is Climate Change? – Poster. What are the effects of Climate Change? – Poster. Solid Waste Management - Poster. Bio medical Waste Management - Leaflet. Asiatic elephant - Leaflet. The sholas - Leaflet. One horned Indian Rhino - Leaflet. Butterflies - Leaflet. Swachh Bharat Pakwadh - Leaflet.



The great Indian Bustard - Leaflet. Save Tigers - Leaflet. Karnataka state flora and fauna – Indian roller, Indian elephants, locus, sandal

wood.

2.5.2. National Green Corps (NGC):

National Green Corps is a national school programme launched in 2001. EMPRI had

been declared as the State Nodal Agency to oversee the implementation of NGC Programme in

the state of Karnataka on January 01, 2009. The main objective of the scheme is to establish

“National Green Army" in schools all over the state to spread awareness on environment and

carry out action based programmes for protection and improvement of environment. As per

guidelines of MoEF&CC, in Karnataka, 8500 eco-clubs have been established covering all the 34

educational districts of the State. The details of eco-clubs are as follows:

Sl.No Category of School No. of Eco-clubs formed

1 Government High School 4423

2 Government Aided High School 2546

3 Government Higher Primary School 1531

Total 8,500

2.5.2.1. Disbursement of the fund for the year 2016-17:

In the FY 2016-17, EMPRI has received an amount of Rs, 2,20,20,115/- from MoEF & CC

for Eco club activities, the same has been transferred to the Directors of Rastriya Madhyamika

Shikshana Abhiyana (RMSA) & Sarva Shikshana Abhiyana (SSA) for further disbursement of

fund of Rs. 2,500/- per Eco club to the 6969 High School and 1531 Higher Primary schools of

all the Educational Districts. And also of Rs.25,000/- per district is given to 34 Educational Dis-

tricts as the Financial Assistance for strengthening the Implementation and Monitoring at Dis-

trict level.

2.5.2.2. Renewable Energy Day:

EMPRI celebrated Renewable energy Day on 20th August 2016 with the participation

from the NGC schools of Bangalore North Educational District, Govt. High School Hegganahalli,

and Govt. High School Hebbal. On this occasion various activities like tree planting, skit and

drawing competitions were conducted and prizes were given to children.

Renewable Energy Day Celebration at EMPRI

Skit by NGC school children on Renewable day at EMPRI



NGC Team visit to Govt High school Hosabhale,Sirsi

2.5.2.3. School Visit by NGC team of EMPRI during the year 2016-17:

In order to disseminate information about the NGC programme and to review the activ-

ities taken up by the Eco-clubs. NGC team visited 12 districts covering 50 eco-club schools

across the State out of 34 educational districts. The districts covered are Bangalore North, Ban-

galore South, Bangalore Rural, Sirsi, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada ,Udupi, Has-

san, Tumkur, Madhugiri, Mandya

2.5.2.4. Training Programmes:

In the Financial Year 2016-17 EMPRI has conducted 2 training programmes for the

Eco-club incharge teachers and staff of Sarva Shikshana Abhiyana for better implementation of

the NGC programme in the State. The details of the training programme are as follows:

2.5.2.4.A. State level training.

State level training was held on 25th and 26th Nov 2016 at EMPRI in which 77 partici-

pants included the selected Headmasters, Incharge Teachers participated from all 34 educa-

tional district, resource material were distributed and training was conducted in 4 phases by

resource persons. The details of training as follows

Sl. No.

Date No. of Districts No. of partici-

pants

1 25-11-2016 21 48

2 26-11-2016 13+2 (2nd time repeated districts

Dharwad and Chikkodi) 29

Total 34 77

Training participants with EMPRI staff Presentation on Action Plan Development by

Resource person

NGC Team visit to Govt High school Kallanga-la,Dakshina Kannada



Visit of Shri.Hari Singh to EMPRI

2.5.2.4.B. SATCOM (Satellite Communication) teleconference training;

SATCOM teleconference training was

conducted on 30th November 2016 at DSERT

(Department of State Educational Research &

Training) in which 2249 participants were par-

ticipated from 29 districts apart from Banga-

lore North, Madhugiri, Raichur, Ramagara,

Yadgiri. The details of training as can be seen

in Annexure – 11.

2.5.2.5. Visit of Shri Hari Singh, Deputy Secre-

tary, (IFD), MoEF & CC to EMPRI:

Shri. Hari Singh, Deputy Secretary, (IFD),

MoEF & CC, GoI visited EMPRI on 22nd December

2016 for reviewing the functioning of State Nodal

Agency (SNA) regarding disbursement of grant to

EcoClub through ECS/RTGS mode.

2.5.2.6. Visit of Shr.i Lalit Kapur, Adviser, MoEF & CC to EMPRI:

Shri. Lalit Kapur, Adviser (EE), MoEF&CC visited EMPRI on 9th January 2017 to review

the procedure adopted for mode of disbursement of grants from State nodal agency to

ecoclubs. During his visit discussions was held on the functioning of NGC across the state, prob-

lems faced by SNA & suggestions for improvement. He also visited two eco-club schools namely

Govt Pre-university college (High School) section Thyamagondlu and Govt High School Mare-

gondanahalli of Bangalore Rural District along with Project Development Officer, NGC team of

EMPRI and also Resource person from resource Agency to review ecoclub activities.

SATCOM teleconference training at DSERT,

Bengaluru

Visit of Shri. Lalit Kapur, Project Development Officer & NGC team of EMPRI



Water Conservation

2.5.2.7. Swatch Bharath Mission:

Swatch Bharath Mission is being imple-

mented throughout the state in most of the

eco-clubs. The NGC team had collected the

information as per the directions of MoEF &

CC,of the progress of Swatch Bharath Mission

and the same is sent to MoEF & CC. The fol-

lowing activities come under Swatch Bharath

Mission

Cleaning of Schools, Colleges, Hospi-

tals, Public Statues and

Making villages open defecation free

Water conservation

Plantation of saplings

2.6. Awareness Programmes:

2.6.1. Dissemination of Environmental Rules, Regulations and Preventive Measures

to the Public through the use of Mass Media;

EMPRI has been frequently conducting training programmes for BBMP’s staffs,

NGOs, KSPCB, ULB officers, and general public in waste management and best practic-

es. It has also organized Training programmes on “Plastic Ban” ever since it has been

enforced by Government of Karnataka. To communicate and create awareness for

much larger audience through dissemination activities about ‘Plastic Ban’ Government

of Karnataka has given directions to EMPRI through a government order vide reference

no. APG 17 EPC 2012 (Section-3) Dated: 07.01.2017.

The following dissemination activities were framed to create awareness about ‘Plastic Ban’:

Activity 1: Cell Phone & Mobile Advertising (SMS), cold calls, recorded message/Mass email.

Cleaning drive in schools Plantation of saplings



Activity2: Word of Mouth Advertising/Paper bags advertisement/Awareness using rag pick-

er –distribute cloths with message/Public Service Advertising, Advertisement

vehicle/Procession/Rally/Newspaper

Activity 3: Making of Short films.

Activity 4: Doordarshan – Chandana /Radio Vivid bharathi/ Railways – Video.

Activity 5: KSRTC audio & banner/BMTC bus banner/BBMP Wall Painting.

2.6.1.1. Cell Phone & Mobile Advertising (SMS), cold calls, recorded message/Mass

email.

In Recent trends, dissemination can be effectively reached to the public through mobile

advertising hence an attempt is made to create awareness on this platform. The details are as

follows;

Mobile advertising : Bulk SMS were sent to one lakh general public creating awareness

about ‘Plastic Ban’ and the penalties imposed for using plastic.

Mobile advertising: Recorded voice calls were delivered to 50,000 people with message

saying banned plastic items and the penalties imposed.

Mobile advertising: Cold Calls were made to flex printers and some general public about

the banned plastic items.

Emails: 150 emails were done to government officials, public and press people.

Whatsapp Messages: 3,000 Whatsapp messages were done among the ‘Empri Staff’ and

further from them to others.

Facebook: A Facebook page is created with name ‘PlasticFreeKarnataka’ were all the ‘Plas-

tic Ban’ posts and activities are maintained. Presently it has reached to 928 Facebook users.

Youtube: A youtube link is created where all the videos of activities taken up by EMPRI

about plastic ban are uploaded.

Blogspot: A blogspot page is also created for dissemination of ‘Plastic ban’

2.6.1.2 Print Media.

EMPRI has disseminated the Plastic Ban awareness through various Newspaper adver-

tisements in Kannada newspapers such as Kannada Prab-

ha, Vaartha Bharathi, Vijayavani.

The content on Banned Plastic items and request to

avoid usage of such items and contact details for related

queries and complaints from Hon’ble Minister for Forest,

Environment and Ecology was published on 23rd march in

Vartha bharathi, 21st march in Kannada Prabha and 23rd

march in Vijayavani. The other newspaper coverage was

on Plastic ban awareness programme conducted by EM-



PRI on 14th March 2017 in Namma Bengaluru of Vijaya Karnataka, Prajavani, and One India

Kannada (Kannada news portal).

2.6.1.3. Plastic Ban Awareness Programme using Rag-pickers, Procession /Rally.

EMPRI had organized Plastic Ban awareness and cleaning drive programme on 14th

March 2017 at Puttenahalli Lake in JP Nagar 7th Phase involving Rag-pickers, EMPRI staff and

other volunteers with Plastic Ban Themed T-shirt and protective gloves. About 180 partici-

pants in this Plastic Cleaning drive

program were from EMPRI lead by

Shri. K. H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Director

General (I/c). Various other groups

lead by Smt. Nalini Shekar Co – found-

er of Hasiru Dala with her team, Dr.

Sandhya Health officer, Smt. Shobha

Health Inspector and supervisors of

ward 187, BBMP rag-pickers and

workers, Dr Shanthi Tummala from

HSR Citizen Forum & Bengaluru Eco

Team and her team, Smt. Usha Ra-

jagopalan, Chairman of Puttenahalli

Neighbourhood Lake Improvement

Trust (PNLIT) and Samarthanam trust

volunteers.

The participants wore T-shirts with “Plastic-Ban” logo and message to discard usage of

plastic and safeguard environment. Humming the sayings of Plastic Ban and holding several

Placards with messages to public the 2Km procession rally was conducted from Vinayakanaga-

ra Circle to Puttenahalli Lake. Handouts on Banned Plastic and Alternatives, Cloth bags with

messages were distributed to all the participants and to the public along the route of rally.

All the participants wearing protective gloves and T-shirts spread in teams across the lake, 20

garbage bags were used to collect the disposed Plastic in Puttenahalli lake. Nearly 200 Kgs of

Plastic were collected in the garbage bags. The Garbage bags were then handed over to the col-

lection vehicle of BBMP.

2.6.1.4. Awareness Programme on “Plastic Ban” involving EMPRI, Bannerghatta Na-

tional Park Forest Department, Students, NGO and other Volunteers;

The “Plastic Ban” awareness programme was jointly organized by EMPRI, Officials of

Bannerghatta National Park-Forest Department on 25th March 2017 from 9.00pm to 2.00pm

in the premises of Bannerghatta National Park – Champakadhama Temple and its surround-

ings.

The programme was inaugurated with the motivational speech from Shri. K. H. Vinaya

Kumar, IFS, Director General (I/c), EMPRI at 9.30 am starting the Rally from Bannerghatta Cir-

cle to Champakadama Temple Parking space. The participants wore T-shirts with “Plastic-Ban”

logo and message to discard usage of plastic and safeguard environment. Humming the slogans



of Plastic Ban and holding several Placards with messages to public the procession rally was

conducted.

About 120 participants in

this Plastic Cleaning drive program

were from EMPRI lead by Shri. K. H.

Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Director General

(I/c), Head Training, Shri. B Basava-

raju, Deputy Conservator of Forests

Shri. Javed Mumtaz, IFS, Assistant

Conservator of Forests and Range

Forest Officer led the Forest de-

partment staff. Few Volunteers

from NGO - Rocha and Students

from Bangalore University, Children

from Bannerghatta Indian School,

were also a part of this event.

All the participants wearing

protective gloves and T-shirts spread in teams with garbage bags to collect the plastic waste

thrown by Tourists, Visitors and Localites. Nearly 4 tractor loads of Plastic waste was collected

and made arrangements for disposal.

Message to local shops and vendors that “supply sale and use of banned Plastic is a

criminal offence and violation consequences” were disseminated along with distribution of

handouts on Banned Plastic and Alternatives, Cloth bags with messages to the roadside shops

in the premises of Temple to conclude the programme in a successful manner.

2.6.1.5. Plastic Ban Logo Design.

EMPRI has also taken initiative in devel-

oping a LOGO for BBMP indicating the theme

of non-usage of “Banned Plastic items “for dis-

playing in Hotels, Shops, Malls and other public

places to bring awareness among public.

2.6.1.6. Making of short films.

As per the GO.No. APG 17 EPC 2012 (Section 3) for dissemination activities on Plastic

ban, under Activity Sl.no.(3) is for Making of Short films. In this connection, EMPRI has taken

initiative to produce short films covering “Plastic Ban” and other Environmental Rules. The fol-

lowing movies includes the interviews of Hon’ble Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecolo-

gy, Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment and Ecology Department, EMPRI officials,

Doctors and other experts.



2.6.1.7. Doordarshan and Radio.

A programme called “Hello Gelayare” was a Phone-in-programme conducted from DD

chandana on 15th March 2017 which was

themed on Plastic Ban. Many queries and

doubts on Plastic ban from public calls re-

ceived from various parts of Karnataka were

clarified and discussed. Similar programme

was held on 22nd march 2017 called “Lunch

Box programme” in AIR FM Rainbow 101.2 FM

Bengaluru for Public interaction and discus-

sion through Radio. The Awareness Pro-

gramme on “Plastic Ban” involving EMPRI,

Bannerghatta National Park Forest Depart-

ment, Students, NGO and other Volunteers had wide coverage by a programme telecasted in DD

Chandana in two parts.

2.6.1.8. Distribution of Cloth bags, Paper bags, Handouts and Banners with Plastic

Ban awareness message.

EMPRI has distributed nearly 500 cloth bags and Paper bags made with printed Plastic

Ban related theme and Logo to the Public, shop vendors and awareness was created on Banned

Plastic items and consequences of Violations. Handouts and Plastic ban awareness messages

were mailed to 8,500 schools by Post.

2.6.1.9. BMTC Bus Banners.

EMPRI has prepared eco-solvent vinyl bus banners with

“Plastic Ban “content of Banned Plastic items pictures, re-

quest not to use the Banned Plastic items and Logos. These

Banners were mounted on the backside of 10 major route

BMTC busses shuttling to different areas of Bengaluru.

2.6.1.10. Wall Paintings.

EMPRI has made efforts in painting

compound walls in Bannerghatta Nation-

al Park and Doresanipalya Forest campus

with the theme of Plastic Ban, Banned

Plastic items, its impacts on domestic an-

imals and wildlife, Violation and fines.

These compound walls are located in

public places to make it more effective in

reaching the tourists, localities and other

general public.



Tree plantation at Doresanipalya forest

campus by Director General of EMPRI

2.7. Other Achievements of the EMPRI:

2.7.1. World Environment Day Celebration:

World Environment Day, 2016 on June 5th 2016 was celebrated at EMPRI. The pro-

gramme commenced with a “Nature Walk” at the Doresanipalya Forest Campus, JP Nagar 5th

Phase. The EMPRI office staff, officers of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), The

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Research and Utilisation staff and officers

participated in the “Nature Walk”. Further a programme was conducted for world environment

day at the EMPRI office focusing on the theme – Go Wild for Life.

2.7.2. Climate Change Quiz for Students in Doordharshan:

Under the new Scheme on climate change (sub category – awareness creation for

school children) a quiz programme – PARVA, for school children on climate change was

conducted in collaboration with Doordarshan. At the outset list of 450 students studying in

the 10th standard from the Education Department i.e. Bangalore North & South Talukas of

Bangalore Urban District were obtained and subsequently the written examination was

conducted on 07.08.2016. Further, out of 450 students 210 students attended the written

exam and among 210 students 36 top scorers were selected from the written exam and the

selected students were taken to the Doordarshan for the Climate Change Quiz programme

and thereafter the recording of the quiz programme was started from 18.08.016 and ended

on 24.08.2016

The same recorded programmes were telecasted in 22 episodes in the Doordarshan

Chandana TV channel in a programme titled, “Thatt Antha Heli” during the month of Septem-

ber, 2016. In the quiz programme environmental related books were given to the participator

for the each right answer and also T-shirts, mementos and participation certificates were given

to the participators. In the final round two cash prizes were kept for the winner and runner-up

i.e. Rs. 5,000/- and 3,000/- respectively. EMPRI has planned to organize such more awareness

programme in other social media in next financial year.

Nature Walk



Snap Shots of the Climate Change Quiz Programme at DD Chandana

2.7.3. Water Analysis Laboratory:

Environmental Management Policy Research Institute is in the process of obtaining ISO

9001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certificates for Water analysis laboratory. The work has

been initiated from October 2016 and so for following phases has been completed.

Phase I: Gap analysis and awareness training

Phase II: Development and preparation of manuals, identification of Health and safety related

issues and risk assessment

A series of training related to OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 9001:2015 implementation

and certification process has been conducted as shown in the below table:

Sl.No Title Trainer name Date

1 Awareness training on ISO 9001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007

Mr.H.C.Hoover

M/S.Quenohs,Bangalore.

15.11.2016

2 Training on Fire extinguisher M/S. Sai Industries 03.01.2016



3 Training on Security and House-keeping

Staff from Apollo Hospital

Bangalore

10.02.2017

4 Training on Sampling and Field Practice

Mr.M.Balaji,CPCB, Bangalore 25.02.2017

5 Training on Environmental Laws and its applicability to EMPRI’s ac-tivities

Mr.M.D.N.Simha

Retrd., CEO,KSPCB

Bangalore

28.02.2017

6 Training on Karnataka Government Secretariat Manual of Office Proce-dure

Mr.Jaya Kumar

Assistant Administrative Of-ficer KSPCB, Bangalore

04.03.2017

7 Training on Laboratory safety and Safety in work place

M/S. National Safety Institute 16 and 17 March 2017



CHAPTER 3.

HUMAN RESOURCES

3.1 Officers on Deputation from Government of Karnataka

Sl. Name Designation Date of

joining

Date of

leaving

1 Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS., Director General 02.01.2013 --

2 Smt. Saswati Mishra, IFS CCF & Director 02.01.2015 13-02-2017

3 Shri. K. H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS CF & Director (Research) 13.09.2011 --

4 Shri. Ramesha C. Project Development Officer 31.08.2017 --

3.2 Employees;

3.2.1. Employees have been outsourced through manpower agency for carrying out various

projects as on 31st March, 2017.

Sl.

No. Positions

Cli-

mate

Chang

e

Centre for

Lake

Conservation

GIS

Centre NGC ENVIS Total

1 Consultant 1 - - - - 1

2 Research Scientist 3 2 - - - 5

3 Research Associates 4 3 - - - 7

4 GIS Scientist/Expert - - 5 - - 5

5 Junior Research Fellow 1 - - - - 1

6 Research Assistant 3 - - - - 3

7 Lab Chemist - 1 - - - 1

8 Microbiologist - 1 - - - 1

9 Training Head 1 - - - - 1

10 Training Associates 1 - - - - 1

11 Training Assistant 1 - - - - 1

12 Programme Officer - - - - 1 1

13 Information Officer - - - - 1 1

14 I T Assistant - - - - 1 1

15 Programme Coordina-

tor - - -

1 - 1



Sl.

No. Positions

Cli-

mate

Chang

e

Centre for

Lake

Conservation

GIS

Centre NGC ENVIS Total

16 Programme Associate - - - 1 - 1

17 Technical Assistant - 1 - - - 1

18 Field Assistants - 4 - - - 4

19 DEOs - - - - 1 1

20 Project Assistants 2 - - - - 2

21 Lab Attender 2 - 2

Total 17 14 5 2 4 42

3.2.2. Employees have been outsourced through manpower agency for the office management

as on 31st March, 2017.

Sl. No.

Positions Administration Accounts Library Total

1 Manager 1 1 - 2

2 System Administrator 1 - - 1

3 Librarian - - 1 1

4 Computer Operator 1 - - 1

5 Account Assistants - 1 - 1

6 Jr. Account Assistant - 2 - 2

7 Jr. Office Assistant 1 - - 1

9 Drivers 4 - - 4

10 Dalayaths 3 - - 3

11 Housekeeping 3 - - 3

15 Security 3 - - 3

Total 17 4 1 22

3.2.3. No. of employees who have resigned from the service of EMPRI (2016-17).

Sl. No.

Positions ENVIS Climate Change

Centre for Lake

conservation Total

1 Programme Officer 1 - - 1

2 Training Associate - 1 - 1

3 Training Assistant - 2 - 2

4 Research Scientist - - 1 1

Total 1 3 1 5



3.3 Auditors

Following are the Auditors for the EMPRI

1. Statutory Auditor M/s. N N R & Co.

Chartered Accountants

No. 163, II Floor, Rajeshwari Complex

Above Karnataka Bank Ltd., R.V. Road

Bengaluru – 560 004.

2. Internal Auditor

M/s. Mahesh & Nagraj

Chartered Accountants

No - 892/A, 9th Cross,

WOC Road, Modi Hospital Main Road,

Bangalore – 560086



Annexure - 1: Members of the Governing Body committee.

Sl

No Name and Address Designation From To

1

Shri Mahendra Jain, IAS.,

Addl. Chief Secretary

Forest, Ecology & Environment Dept.,

Government of Karnataka, Room No.

448, 4th Floor, Bengaluru – 560 001

Chairperson 01.01.2016

16.04.2016

Shri T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS.,


Forest, Ecology & Environment Dept., Government of Karnataka, Room No. 448, 4th Floor

Bengaluru – 560 001

Chairman 16.04.2016 23.02.2017

Shri. P. Ravi Kumar, IAS.,


Forest, Ecology & Environment Dept.

Government of Karnataka, Room No. 448, 4th Floor, Bengaluru – 560 001

Chairman 23.02.2017 Till Date

2 Shri Ramachandra, IFS.,

Secretary & Co-Chairperson, EMPRI

Forest, Ecology & Environment Dept.

Government of Karnataka

Room No. 709, 7th Floor, 4th Gate

M.S. Building, Bengaluru – 560 001.

Co-Chairman

14.08.2013 Till Date

3 Shri Lakshman, Chairman,

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Parisara Bhavan, 5th Floor, Church Street, Bengaluru - 1

Member 21.12.2015 Till Date

4 Shri T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS.,


Urban Development Dept.

Government of Karnataka,

Room No. 436, 4th Floor Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru – 560 001

Member 27.11.2015 15.04.2016

Shri Mahendra Jain, IAS.,


Urban Development Dept. Government of Karnataka, Room No. 436, 4th Floor Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru – 560 001


5 Shri Gaurav Gupta, IAS.,

Commissioner for Indl. Development

& Director of Industries & Commerce,

Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru -

Member

09.10.2014

01.03.2017



Sl

No Name and Address Designation From To

Shri Darpan Jain, IAS,

Commissioner for Indl. Development

& Director of Industries & Commerce,

Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru -

Member


6 Shri P.S. Vastrad, IAS.,

Commissioner for Health & Family Wel-fare Services, Government of Karnataka, Ananda Rao Circle


Member 05.09.2014 20.08.2016

Shri. Rathan Kelkar IAS,



Member 20.08.2016 21.12.2016

Shri Subodh Yadav , IAS




7 Shri Arvind Srivastava, IAS.,

Secretary, Finance (Budget & Resource), Government of Karnataka

Room No. 250, 2nd Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru – 560 001.


8 Shri Shanthappa, IFS.,

Member Secretary

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, No. 49, 5th Floor, Parisara Bha-van,, Bengaluru – 560 001


9 Shri Suresh

Additional Director & Zonal Officer, South Zone Office

Central Pollution Control Board

Nisarga Bhavan, 7th D Cross

Shivanagar, Bengaluru.


10 Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS.,

Director General

Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI)

Hasiru Bhavana, Doresanipalya Forest Campus, JP Nagar 5th Phase

Bengaluru – 560 078.

Member Secretary




Annexure - 2: Executive committee members

Sl.

No Members Designation

1. Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS.,

Director General,

Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute,

“Hasiru Bhavana” Doresanipalya Forest Campus, J. P. Nagar

5th Phase, Bangalore – 560 078

Chairman

2 Shri. Sanjay Mohan, IFS,

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Research

and Utilization, Karnataka Forests Department, Bangalore

Member

3 Shri. Vijay Kumar, IFS.,

Special Director (Technical),

Dept. of Environment & Ecology,

M. S. Building, Bangalore

Member

4 Shri. Krishna Kumar S. N., IFA, Joint Secretary,

Forest, Ecology and Environment, GoK, M.S. Building,

Bangalore

Member

5 Shri. K.H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests,

and Director, EMPRI, Bangalore

Member Secretary



Annexure - 3: Research & Training Advisory Committee

Sl.

No Member Designation

1 Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS., Director General Chairperson

2 Shri. Sanjay Mohan, IFS, Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of For-

ests, Research and Utilization, Karnataka Forests Department,

Bangalore

Member

3 Shri. R.M.N. Sahai, IFS (Retd), ID, 1st ‘A’ Main, 14th Cross, HSR Lay-

out, Sector-6, Bangalore.

Member

4 Shri. S. Shanthappa, IFS, Member Secretary, KSPCB, Bangalore Member

5 Shri Vijaya Kumar, IFS, , Special Director (Tech), E&E Dept., M.S.

Bldg., Bangalore.

Member

6 Dr. M .K. Ramesh, Professor of Law, National Law School of India

University, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore

Member

7 Prof. J. M. Chandra Kishen, Chairman, CISTUP, IISc, Bangalore Member

8 Prof. M.G. Chandrakanth, Director, Institute for Social & Econom-

ic Change, Nagarbhavi post, Bangalore

Member

9 Shri S. Suresh, Additional Director & Zonal Officer, Central Pollu-

tion Central Board(South) NisaragaBhavan, ‘A’ Block , 1&2nd floor,

Thimaiah Road, 7th ‘D’ Main Shivanagar, Bangalore.

Member

10 Dr. Mohan Karnat, IFS., Group Co-ordinator (Research),Institute of

Wood Science and Technology (Indian Council of Forestry Research

and Education) P.O, Malleswaram, Bangalore

Member

11 Dr. Sridhar Babu. M. N., Fellow (Centre of Environmental Studies),

Southern Regional Centre (TERI), 4th Main, Domlur, IInd Stage,

Bangalore.

Member

12. Shri. K.H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests, and

Director, EMPRI, Bangalore

Convener



Annexure - 4: Recruitment Committee

Sl.

No. Members Designation

1 Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS., Director General, EMPRI, Bangalore Chairman

2 Shri. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS,

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

Land Acquisition and Forest cell, Water Resources Dept.

Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore

Member

3 Shri Shanthappa, IFS., Member Secretary , Karnataka State

Pollution Control Board, Bangalore

Member

4 Dr. M. K. Ramesh, Professor, National Law School of India Uni-

versity, Bangalore

Member

5. Shri. K.H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests


Convener

Annexure-5: Composition of Internship Committee.

Sl.



2 Smt. Saswati Mishra, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests, Direc-

tor, EMPRI, Bangalore

Member

3 Shri. K.H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests,


Member

4 Dr. M. K. Ramesh, Professor, National Law School of India Uni-

versity, Bangalore

Member

Annexure-6: Composition of Technical Advisory Panel

Sl.



2 Shivakumar Talwar, System Analyst, DPAR

(e-Governance), Bangalore

Member

3 Prof. Chandrashekar Ramanathan, IIIT, Bangalore Member

4 Prof. D. Krishna Sundar, IIMB, Bangalore Member

5 Shri. K.H. Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests


Convener

http://www.aranya.gov.in/Static%20Pages/OfficersAranayaBhavan.aspx



Annexure – 7: Details of Plastic Ban Training programmes.

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No.

Date of The

Training/

Workshops

Details of Train-

ings/Workshops

Target

Participants

No of

Partici-

pants

Venue

1. 23.04.2016 Inception Workshop on

Plastic Ban

NGO’s, KSPCB &

EMPRI Officers

10 EMPRI

2. 03.05.2016 Training Programme on

Plastic Ban

BBMP Officers &

Staff (South, West &

East)

134 IPP, Mal-

leshwaram.


Plastic Ban

BBMP Officers &

Staff (RR Nagar

Zone)

29 EMPRI


Plastic Ban

BBMP Officers &

Staff (Bommanahal-

li Zone)

28 EMPRI

5. 22.05.2016 ToT on SWM & Plastic Ban Interested citizens

from 08 zones of

BBMP

285 IPP, Mal-

leshwaram


Plastic Ban

Officers of ULB’s &

City Corporations

33 EMPRI


Plastic Ban

Officers of ULB’s &

City Corporations

20 EMPRI


Plastic Ban

BBMP Officers &

Staff

(Mahadevapura

Zone)

19 IPP, BBMP,

Mal-

leshwaram.


Plastic Ban

BBMP Officers &

Staff (Dasarahalli

Zone)

20 IPP, BBMP,

Mal-

leshwaram.


Plastic Ban

Officers of RDPR 150 SATCOM, Jak-

kur, B’lore.


Plastic Ban

Officers of DMA 150 KSWAN, Vi-

kasasoudha,

B’lore.


Plastic Ban

Officers of Com-

mercial Tax

300 KSWAN, Vi-

kasasoudha,

B’lore.


Plastic Ban

Officers of Legal

Metrology and

KSPCB

72 KSWAN, Vi-

kasasoudha,

B’lore.


Plastic Ban

Officers and Staff of

BBMP (South, Ma-

hadevapura, RR

Nagar &

52 EMPRI, Banga-

lore.



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No.

Date of The

Training/

Workshops

Details of Train-

ings/Workshops

Target

Participants

No of

Partici-

pants

Venue


Plastic Ban

Officers and Staff of

BBMP (Dasarahalli,

East, West & Ye-

lahanka Zones)

123 BBMP, IPP,

Malleshwaram

16. 11.01.2017 Training programme on

Plastic Ban

Office bears &

Members of

1. Hoteliers Asso-ciations

2. Fruits and Vege-table sellers As-sociation

3. Officers & staff of BBMP.

78 BBMP, IPP

Centre, Mal-

leshwaram,

Bangalore.

17. 11.01.2017 Training programme on

Plastic Ban

Event Managers

Association,

Resident Welfare

Associations & Of-

ficers & staff of

BBMP.

39 BBMP, IPP

Centre, Mal-

leshwaram,

Bangalore.

18. 14.03.2017 Creating Awareness on

Plastic Ban by involving

Rag Pickers

Rag Pickers, NGO’s,

Volunteers, Lake

Development Trust

& EMPRI Staff

172 Puttenahalli

tank, JP Nagar,

Bangalore.

19. 15.03.2017 Phone in programme on

Plastic ban at Chandana

Vahini.

Sr.K.H.Vinay ku-

mar,IFS

Director (Research)

Sri.Ramesh.A.

PDO

Chan-

dana

vahini

viewers

Doordarshan

20. 25.03.2017 Creating Awareness on

Plastic Ban at Ban-

neraghatta National Park

Forest Department

staff of BNP, EM-

PRI Staff, Bangalore

University Stu-

dents, School Stu-

dents & NGO

120 Banneraghatta

National Park,

Bangalore.

21. 27.03.2017 Creating awarenss on plas-

tic ban at Vidhana Soudha

through shown the Post-

ers, Ban Items and alterna-

tives

Officers from dif-

ferent departments

& Public

Vidhana

Soudha, B’lore

Total Number of Participants 1834



Annexure – 8: Details of Training Programme on Climate Change .

Sl

No.

Date of The

Training/

Workshops

Details of Train-

ings/Workshops

Target

Participants

No of Par-

ticipants Venue

1. 20.12.2016

(Morning)

Training on Implementation

of SAPCC & Opportunities for

the climate finance

Officers from

Agriculture, Wa-

ter Resources &

Forest

Departments

32 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

2. 20.12.2016

(Afternoon)



the climate finance

Officers from Ser-

iculture &

Horticulture De-

partments

20 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

3. 21.12.2016

(Morning)



the climate finance

Officers from Ur-

ban Development

& Transport

Departments

20 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

4. 21.12.2016

(Afternoon)



the climate finance

Officers from AH

& VS, Fisheries &

Environment

Departments

26 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

5. 22.12.2016

(Morning)



the climate finance

Officers from

HESCOM & MES-

COM (Energy De-

partment)

20 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

6. 22.12.2016

(Afternoon)



the climate finance

Officers from

BESCOM &

CHESCOM

(Energy Department)

12 Tejaswi

Conference

Hall, KSPCB,

Bangalore

Total Participants 130



Annexure – 9: Details of Training Programme on Water Safety Plan.

Sl

No.

Date of The

Training/

Workshops

Target

Participants

No of

Partici-

pants

Venue

1. 19.09.2016 Officials of BWSSB 32 BWSSB, Cauvery Bhavan, Bangalore










Total Number of Participants 346



Annexure – 10: Participation In Conference/Workshops

S.No Title Date & Venue

Host Or-ganiza-

tion/ Institute

Nodal Per-son/Participant

Level of Par-ticipation/

Stakeholders

No of partici-pants

1 Write workshop on

Green climate

change fund

4/10/2016

to

7/10/2016

Hotel

Manor

Vijaya-

wada

Mr. Ramesh Chan-

drappa

Dr. Manjunatha. M

Researchers,

Departments,

and NGOs

29

2 GAPs in sanitation

FSM centric view

09/11/2016

Le Meredien,

Bangalore

CSTEP,

Banga-

lore

Dr.O.K.Remadevi

Dr.Papiya Roy

Dr.Hema N

Researchers

and NGOs 35

3 Workshop on SCP

framework for Af-

fordable and Climate

Resilient Building

Construction & Ma-

terials

30/11/2016

TERI Banga-

lore

TERI,

Banga-

lore

Dr. O.K.Remadevi

Dr. Papiya Roy

Ms.Vyshali Pra-

kash

Researchers

and NGOs

30

4 International Semi-

nar on Poverty, En-

vironment and sus-

tainable environ-

ment in Asia Pacific

8/12/2016

ISEC, Banga-

lore

ISEC,

Banga-

lore

Dr. Manjunatha M Researchers

and NGOs

125

5 Workshop on Cli-

mate Action plan-

ning for Bengaluru

13/12/

2016

Taj Hotel,

Bangalore

IFC

New Del-

hi

Mr. Ramesh C

Dr. Manjunatha M

Researchers

and NGOs

26

6 Internation-

al Conference on

Green Technology

For Health And En-

vironment

15/12/2016

to

16/12/2016

California

Resort, Ban-

galore

Society

for Edu-

cational

and Sci-

entific

Research

Dr. Papiya Roy

Researchers

(Universities,

Institutes)

and NGOs

100

7 Adamya Chetana

Utsava

30/12/2016 National

High

School

Grounds

Dr. O.K. Remadevi

Dr. Manjunatha M

Ms.Vyshali Pra-

kash

Sooraj. S

Researchers

and NGOs

212

8 International Con-

ference on Science

and Technology for

Management of

emerging environ-

ment issues

7/01/2017 Banga-

lore Uni-

versity

Ms. Chitra P Researchers

and NGOs

700



S.No Title Date & Venue

Host Organi-zation/ Insti-

tute

Nodal Per-son/Participant

Level of Par-ticipation/

Stakeholders

No of partici-pants

9 Workshop on Na-tional Rooftop Solar under MNRE project “Facilitating target of 100GW Solar by 2022”

11/01/2017

NIAS-IISc campus, Bangth Dealore

NIAS- IISc campus, Banga-

lore

Ms.Vyshali Pra-kash

Researchers and NGOs

-

10 Workshop on GHG – India Platform (En-ergy and Industries

24/01/2017

TAJ Vivanta, BAn-galore

CSTEP, CEEW Dr. Papiya Roy

Researchers (Universities,

Institutes) and NGOs

40

11 Training in Labora-tory Procedures

31/01/2017

CPCB, Bangalore

CPCB , Banga-lore

Smt. Chitra P Ms.Vyshali Pra-

kash Ms. Anusha Vi-

mal

Researchers from Center For Climate

Change

3

12 Role of Wood in Climate change mit-igation

15/02/2017 to 16/02/2017

IWST,

Bangalore

IWST,

Bangalore

Smt. Ritu Kakkar DG

Dr. O K Remade-vi

Researchers and NGOs

70

13 CLIMATRANS 3rd Stakeholder Consul-tation Meeting

07/03/2017

Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

IISc, Bangalore Dr. Hema Ms.Vyshali Pra-

kash Ms. Anusha Vi-

mal

Researchers, Transport

sector(BMTC, BMRCL,

KSRTC ) and NGOs

15

14 Indian Biodiversity Congress 2017

10/3/2017 to 12/3 2017

Pondichery Uni-versity

Pondichery University

Dr. O.K. Remade-vi

Researchers (Universities,

Institutes) and NGOs

500

15 Decentralized SWM policy innovation in Bengaluru: Special focus on residential bulk generators

10/03/2017

IRIS Hotel, M G Road

ATREE Dr. Papiya Roy

BBMP, Policy makers, Legal

Advisors, SWRT, NGO

50

16 BIOMAGNA 2017- National level poster presentation compe-tition

17/03/ 2017

Sree Narayana College, Alathur, Palakkad, Kerala

Sree Narayana College,

Alathur, Pa-lakkad, Kerala

Sooraj. S Students and Researchers

100

17 Summary Evaluation of ENVIS Centres and Roll out of the revamped ENVIS Scheme

17-18th March, 2017 at Mahatma Mandir Conven-tion & Exhibition centre, Gandhina-gar, Gujarat.

Ministry of En-vironment , Forest & Cli-mate Change Government of India

1. Shri K.H Vina-yakumar,IFS, Director EMPRI & ENVIS Coordi-nator 2. Ms. Soujanya Nagaraja Programme Of-ficer ENVIS-EMPRI

All State EN-VIS Coordina-tors and EN-VIS Team members

-



LIST OF RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED/ PUBLISHED

1. Papiya Roy, Manjunatha M, Ritu Kakkar, Saswati Mishra, Vinaykumar K H, 2016. Power

Generation Potential of Urban Municipal Solid Waste-A City Perspective. International

Conference on Green Technology for Environment and Health: Implementations and Poli-

cies, held on Dec 15-16, 2016, Bangalore.

2. Chitra.P, O.K. Remadevi, Ritu Kakkar, Saswati Mishra and K.H Vinaya Kumar , 2017. Post-

er presentation on “Climate Change and its impacts on incidence on Dengue and

Chikungunya in Karnataka” at One Day International Conference on “Science and Technol-

ogy for Management of Emerging Environmental Issues” organized by Bangalore Universi-

ty and World Organization of Students and Youths(WOSY) on 07 January 2017.

3. O.K. Remadevi, Roshan D. Puranik, Sooraj.S, Vinay Kumar K.H., Saswati Mishra, and Ritu

Kakkar 2017. Butterflies as bio- indicators of climate change- A baseline study in Banga-

lore city. National Seminar on Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions, held on 23

January, 2017

4. Papiya Roy, Manujunatha M, Ritu Kakkar, Saswati Mishra, and Vinay Kumar K.H., 2017.

Estimation of Methane gas emissions from selected municipal solid waste landfills of ur-

ban Bangalore. National Seminar on Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions, held on 23

January, 2017.

5. Manjunatha. M, Niveditha. M, Santhoshkumar. A.V, Kunhamu.T. K, Sandeep and Sunil,

2017. Simulation of Carbon dynamics of Tectona grandis forests in Western Ghats of Kera-

la, India using Century Model. National Seminar on Climate Change: Challenges and Solu-

tions held on 23 January, 2017. Awarded 1st prize for best poster presentation

6. Chitra.P, Abhilash.R, O. K. Remadevi, Ritu Kakkar, Saswati Mishra and K.H.Vinaya Ku-

mar. 2017. Poster presentation on “Trend of Dengue & Chikungunya in the state of Karna-

taka”. EMPRI’s National Seminar on Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions held on 23

January, 2017. Awarded 2nd prize for best poster presentation.

7. Roshan D. Puranik, Sooraj.S, Deepak Naik, Chaturved Shet, O.K. Remadevi, Ritu Kakkar,

Saswati Mishra and K.H Vinaya Kumar Checklist of butterflies occurring in green spaces

of Bangalore city. National Seminar on Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions held on

23 January, 2017. Awarded 3rd prize for best poster presentation

8. Boya Saritha, Syeda Sara, O.K.Remadevi, K.H.Vinayakumar, Sashwati Mishra and Ritu

Kakkar, 2017. Organic farming for climate change adaptation–A case study in Karnataka.

Presented in National Conference on Climate Adoption held at Spoorthy Engineering Col-

lege, Nadergul, Hyderabad on 24th and 25th February, 2017. Pp.187-191.

9. O.K Remadevi, 2017 Butterflies serve as bio-indicators of climate change. Presented as

Plenary talk during IBC 2017 held from 10-12th March 2017 at Pondicherry university

10. Sooraj.S, O.K. Remadevi, Roshan D. Puranik, Chaturved Shet, Vinay Kumar K.H., 2017

Green spaces of Bangalore city aid in conservation of butterflies. Got third prize for Poster

Presented in Biomagna 2017 held on 17th March 2017, SN college, Palghat, Kerala.



Annexure–11: Details of district wise participants participated in SATCOM teleconference training under NGC programme

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No

Districts No of

participants

1 Bagalkote 1

2 Bangalore Rural 94

3 Bangalore South 51

4 Belgaum 198

5 Bellary 1

6 Bidar 40

7 Bijapur 5

8 Chamarajnagar 20

9 Chikballapur 51

10 Chikmangalore 128

11 Chikkodi 17

12 Chitradurga 56

13 Dakshina Kannada 215

14 Davanagere 107

15 Dharwad 53

16 Gadag 18

17 Gulbarga 25

18 Hassan 71

19 Haveri 239

20 Kodagu 111

21 Kolar 34

22 Koppal 72

23 Mandya 116

24 Mysore 115

25 Shimoga 18

26 Sirsi 201

27 Tumkur 65

28 Udupi 57

29 Uttara Kannada 70

Total 2249

Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute

(EMPRI)

“Hasiru Bhavana”, Doresanipalya Forest Campus

Vinayakanagara Circle, J.P. Nagar 5th Phase

Bangalore 560 078, INDIA

Phone: +91–(0)80–2649 0746/47

Email: empri (dot) blr (at) Gmail (dot) com

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