The objective was to expose 40 key Indian staff members of MOEF, mining industry, and resource institutions to the know-how and knowledge of international mining and environmental experts to enhance Indian expertise in the Planning, Design, and Implementation of Environmentally Benign Designs and Development and Monitoring Compliance of Policies Standards, and Environmental Management Plans in the non-coal sector.

Program Outline

• Environmental Management and Regulation of the Mining Industry
• Operations Management: Compliance Monitoring of Policies, Standards, and EMPs
• Best Management Practices Design and Implementation
• Case Studies and Site Visits

Program Team

• Project Managers. John Arneil and Marianne Waxman, New South Global UNSW
• Project Co-ordinator: Mike Katz, KCMI School of Mining Engineering UNSW
• Principal Lecturer: Associate Professor David Laurence, School of Mining Engineering UNSW
• Lecturers: Adrian Brett and Janet Epps, EMC International
• Field Trip Leader: Dr Amal Bhattacharyya, School of Mining Engineering UNSW
• Group Leader: Professor Gurdeep Singh, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

Program Information

• List of participants
• Program lectures
• Participant's presentations
• Mine visit presentations
• Presentations by Government authorities
• Photos
• Reference sources