Kamalakshan Kokkal, Principal Scientific Officer with Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, has been nominated to the national technical committee on the Status of Environment and Related Issues (North) to guide and monitor the ENVIS Centre. These ENVIS Centres of the Ministry of Environment and Forests have been set up in the areas of pollution control, toxic chemicals, central and offshore ecology, environmentally sound and appropriate technology, bio-degradation of wastes and environment management. The committee has to submit a report in the performance of the objectives of ENVIS Centres set up in the said area after their visit every year. The national technical committee is headed by Jagdish Kishwan, director general of the Indian Council fir Forestry Research and Education. The other members on the committee include R.Tuli of the National Botanical Research Institute, S.S.Gahlout, senior technical director of the National Informatics Centre,M.Homeshowor Singh, Senior Scientific Officer of the Environment and Ecology wing, V.K.Gupta, director of NISCAIR and S.P.Sharma, Statistical Advisor of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The tenure of the committee is one year. The shall also review the proposals for consideration for the best ENVIS Centre Award and issue letters of appreciation for ENVIS co-ordinators.
The New Indian Express, 18th September 2008
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