Message from the Director

Ecological and environmental degradation due to various anthropogenic activities, biodiversity loss. and concomitant climate change has made human beings realise the need to restore the degraded ecosystems and halt further deterioration of the planet earth. We are at a point in the history where the actions of human-beings need a fresh outlook in shaping the state of spaceship earth. To save humanity from the perils of ecological degradation and people becoming environmental refugees in their own countries, Rio Earth Summit (1992) proposed seventeen Sustainable Developmental Goals or SDGs as they are popularly called. The SDGs were adopted by UN General Assembly in September 2015.

 Quality education is recognized as an integral element of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, and is a considered key enabler for all other SDGs. Quality education in the environment and sustainable development, especially when the UN has declared 2021-2030 as Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, is paramount in achieving SDGs, and also in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). In India, though there is plethora of educational institutions providing sectoral programmes on environment at master’s level, yet at undergraduate level there is a huge paucity of institutions providing quality education in environment and sustainable development. It is in this context that the Tribhuvan College -Nalanda University Centre has taken a lead to fulfil this void.

 New Education Policy (2020) envisages 4-year degree programme with a flair for research. Students after a 4-year degree can directly join PhD in various universities in India and abroad. Tribhuvan College - Nalanda University Centre is committed to delivering quality education in the fields of ecology and environment. From the academic year 2023-24, degree programs in B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Science, B.Sc. (Hons.) Data Science, and B.Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science have been introduced. The curriculum and syllabi are designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to address environmental challenges through innovative data-driven solutions. All courses are interwoven and follow tenets of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We have tried to develop state of the art laboratory facilities to study various facets of environment (like air, water, and land), remote sensing and Geographical Information System, and computer labs. Our faculty is initiative-taking, motivated, experienced and research oriented.

I welcome you, my dear students, to join the Tribhuvan College - Nalanda University Centre and become catalysts for saving our mother earth from further degradation and help objectives of UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.