Does an Environmental Science Course have any future job scope in India?

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Author: Sheo Shankar Jha      Post Date: 25 Apr 2024        
Environmental Science is the detailed study of the natural environment and the human society. The scientists in this field are involved in analyzing, managing and controlling the factors such as pollution, biodiversity and climate change affecting human health in the ecosystem to promote sustainable practices taking care of the environment.

An Environmental Science Course has been made to train the students to keep the environment clean with the pollutants and other obnoxious gases emitting out from chimneys of various chemical, power, rubber, aluminium, oil, steel-plant industries and many more. In upcoming times, such industries are likely to come up aggressively and hence the specialists in this field need to be absorbed to take care of ecosystems.

Given the augmentation of power generation through nuclear means, we need to have specialists to check the affluent - content ejecting out of the chimneys. Precision measurement of the affluents is vital to safeguard human health. Considering the expansion of the different industries such as steel, power, coal, fertiliser and many more industries mentioned above cannot be managed successfully without the recruitment of specialists in environmental areas.

Top Recruiters of Environmental Science graduates are-
1) SAIL
2) DVC
3) Nuclear Plants
4) Aqua Tech System Asia ( Pvt) Ltd
5) Gujrat Environment Protective Ltd and many more.
Author: DR.N.V. Srinivasa Rao      Post Date: 16 Apr 2024        
Environment Science is one of the most sought-after subjects and people qualified in this subject will have many opportunities. There is a Graduation course, PG course and PhD course also in this subject. One can find the details of various courses related to this field by going through Environment Courses. The following are some of the areas where you can find jobs for these qualifications-

Manufacturing Sector

Many manufacturing organisations are opening up. We have chemical manufacturing companies, the health care manufacturing industry and many other industries where environmental control is of top most important issue. In these industries, we find many people qualified in this subject working in pollution control and environmental protection departments. We will find people working in senior positions as well as in junior positions. Many such companies will be doing a good amount of R&D to find new ways and means to control the environment not sacrificing on the manufacturing quantities.

Pollution Control Boards

There are pollution control boards in every state with branches in almost all districts. Similarly, there is a central pollution control board with branches across the country. These organisations provide job opportunities to candidates having qualifications in Environmental Science. Graduates in this course will find suitable jobs on these boards.

Teaching jobs

There are teaching jobs for the person having a PG qualification in this subject to teach environmental science to the students studying this subject. PhD in this subject will give them higher position options. B Tech Civil Engineering students will have a paper on Environmental Sciences subject.

Research organisations

Government and Private laboratories are working in the field of Ecology and Environmental sciences. NEERI, of CSIR is one such laboratory. There are good openings in such laboratories. There are some other laboratories where monitoring activity of air will be going on. Such laboratories will offer jobs to these people.

Other Jobs

Even though they are not related to this field, they are eligible to apply for general posts like bank jobs, UPSC jobs, Group I, Group II and Group III jobs etc.
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