Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology 
                                                Energy Centre 
                                              LECTURE PLAN 
                            Class: M.Tech. I Semester (Renewable Energy / Green Technology) GT553 
                            Course Code/Name            : RE-533  ENVIRONMENT and ECOLOGY 
                            Session: July – December 2019 
                            Course Coordinator             Kavita Gidwani 
                             
               Lecture             Topic to be covered                         Remarks 
                 L1      Introduction to environment and ecology    
                 L2      Understanding environment and              
                         ecosystems  
                 L3      Classifications of ecosystem               
                 L4      Functions                                  
                          
                 L5      Components-abiotic/biotic etc              
                 L6      Abiotic-sunlight-source  of energy         
                         ,electromagnetic spectrum 
                          
                 L7      Other abiotic factors-interaction          
                 L8      Atmosphere, climate, precipitation etc     
                 L9      Origin of the earth/solar system           
                         Earth’s temperature and atmosphere         
                 L10     photosynthesis                             
                 L11     Biomass and bioenergy : Introduction       
                 L12     Food chain                                 
                 L13     Nutrient cycling                           
                 L14     Various cycles-                            
                 L15     Various cycles                             
                 L16     MinI test                                  
                 L17     Concept of of niche and ecological         
                         relations 
                 L18     Case study and presentation                
                 L19     Energy transformations                     
                          
                 L20     Energy transformations                     
                          
                 L21     sources of energy,                         
                 L22     classification                             
                 L23     quality and concentration of an energy     
                         sources 
                 L24     Ecosystem theories                         
                          
                 L25     Ecosystem theories                         
                 L26     Biogeochemical cycles                      
                 L27     Anthropogenic activities-environmental     
                         degradation 
                 L28      Historical –developmental perspective     
                 L29     Air pollution –sources and type            
                    L30      Classification primary and. secondary             
                             pollutants 
                    L31      Mid-test                                          
                    L32      Causes and consequences                           
                             Green house gases, global warming                 
                    L33      Smog,ozone layer depletion                        
                    L34      Abatement and policy                              
                    L35      Discussion-case studies                           
                    L36      water pollution-introduction classification       
                    L37      Fresh water Pollution-Causes and                  
                             consequences  
                    L38      Abatement and policy                              
                              
                    L39      Waste water pollution -Causes and                 
                             consequences 
                    L40      Case study and discussion                         
                    L41      Clean development mechanism case                  
                             studies 
                    L42      Clean development mechanism case                  
                             studies 
                    L43      Display of attendance, doubts                     
                             discussion 
                                                                   
                Books 
                A textbook of Geology-Prabin Singh 
                Environment and ecology –P.D Sharma