Laboratory facility

The department is equipped with environmental science laboratory for high and research and teaching purpose. The well-equipped wet laboratory is meant for carrying out experimentation and research in Ecology, Biomanipulation and biocontrol, Biogeochemistry, Pollution monitoring and control, Environmental Engineering, Environmental biotechnology and microbiology, ecotoxicology, Soil sciences, Solid Waste management and many others. Sophisticated and high end equipment if available in the department laboratory and central instrumentation facility like Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), UV-Vis-spectrophotometer, CHNS analyser, Ion chromatography, Automated solvent extractor, Gas Chromatograph (GC), Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GCMS), Kjeldahl nitrogen assembly, Microwave digestion system, Rotary Evaporator, Flame photometer, Incubator shaker, BOD incubator, Respirable dust sampler.

The dry laboratory carries out research on Modelling study of Weather and Climate, Monsoon Studies, Climate Change, Extreme Events, Cloud and Rainfall Interaction, Urban Heat Island, Remote Sensing and others. The laboratory includes high speed IBM/HP/Fujitsu (Unix/Linux servers), Regional Climate Models (PRECIS, WRF, RegCM), Climate data analysis tools, IPCC models outputs, GIS software ArcGIS10.2 are available for weather and climate modeling studies.