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Certificate Course on 

AIR QUALITY MONITORING & ADVANCED ANALYTICS

January 11-14, 2023

February - 14-17 , 2023

March 7 - 10 , 2023

TERI SAS Campus ,New Delhi 

 This program is jointly organised by Teri SAS, India’s  Premiere University for Environment education and the Envirotech Centre for Research and Development, (A unit of Envirotech Instruments Pvt. Ltd), New Delhi which has pioneered the development of indigenous instruments for monitoring air pollution and air quality and carried out several hundred monitoring across the country and has requisite experience and competence to conduct such training since last 35 years.  

Who Should Attend 


A unique hands-on training program designed to build competence and confidence in personnel involved in monitoring ambient air quality, working with:

Environment Consultants

Consultants who conduct Impact analysis or Related work 

Industries

Industries  who measure Air quality parameters 

Compliance Officers

Pollution Control Officers and other Audit Professionals 

Research & Academic 

Researchers who are in field of Environment 

New Entrants

Who want to make a career in Environment Field 

Course Content


The course would focus on the science behind air quality monitoring &control with significant emphasis on hands on use, maintenance & calibration of monitoring instruments. The course aims to equip the participants with skill sets to carry out any monitoring exercise with competence & confidence. 

This program would broadly cover: 

  • Importance of air quality monitoring & requirements under the Air Act.
  • Techniques for monitoring various pollutants.
  • Hands-on use on the instruments.
  •  Preventive maintenance, calibration& Quality Control. 
  • Air pollution control systems.
  • Air Quality Management.
  • Importance of local metrology & noise control
  • Data analysis & data interpretation.

Detailed curriculum

  • Ambient air Quality- Overview, Sources of Pollution, Pollutants & their Health effects and importance of local meteorology
  • Air Pollution Emission Standards, National & International policies, Acts, Rules & Regulations.
  • Ambient air sampling- Sampling techniques and infrastructure requirements
  • Real Time Ambient Air Quality Monitoring - Principles of different analyzers and its calibration Methods.
  • Preparation of Sampling – Handling and transportation of Instruments/ Equipments/ Glasswares/ Media/ Use of PPEs/ Field Data Sheets and Fixing of sample Locations
  • Hands on Ambient Air Quality Sampling – Instruments/ Equipments/ Sample Preservation, Storage & Transportation.
  • Emerging Geospatial technologies for monitoring and mitigating air pollution
  • Standard operative procedures/methods of quantitative analysis of particulates, gases and Volatiles. QA/ QC in sampling and analysis
  • Source Emission – Overview, Industry types, Health Hazards, Inversion/ Dispersion, AQ Modelling
  • Preparation of Source Emission Sampling, Handling of Instruments/ Equipments/ Media/ Glasswares/ PPEs/ Field Data Sheets/ Stack Types- Method of Analysis and Instrument Calibration.
  • Source emission sampling – Techniques and Devices (Stack Kit, Handy Sampler, Canister etc.) Qualitative and Quantitative and online analysers for toxic gases and particulate matter.
  • Hands on laboratory analysis of Ambient Air Quality Samples.
  • Hands on Demonstration of Source Emission at industrial site – Instruments/ Equipments, Sample Preservation, Storage with Tea at site.
  • Laboratory Based Measurement of Air Pollutants.
  • Noise Pollution, its Monitoring & Control
  • Indoor Air Pollution Sources, Types and health impacts, sampling, Assessment and evaluation of indoor air quality.
  • Data processing and interpretation
  • An overview of the application of Modern Instrumental methods to monitor organic gases/ Volatile Air Pollutants (VOCs).
  • EDXRF Spectrometers and particle Characterisation System – Metals from filter papers of AAQM/ Source
  • Emerging technologies and strategies to mitigate air pollution, current challenges and way forward
  • Faculty


    Besides personnel from Teri SAS and ECRD, a few faculty shall be included from Pollution Control Boards, Consultants and Academic & Research Institutes.

    Why This Training 

    Enactment of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in 1981, mandated monitoring of air quality and control of air pollution from various sources including vehicular, mining as well as industrial. There are several pockets in the country where air pollution problems have already become critical. Urgent and adequate measures are needed to ensure that future urban and economic development does not result in causing serious air quality deterioration. The government of India has felt this importance and notified stringent ambient air quality standards and included a few more parameters like Ozone, Benzene, Benzo(a)pyrene, As and Ni on 18th Nov 2009. The methods of measurement for these parameters have also been notified. However, a significant constraint in effectively monitoring industrial emissions and ambient air quality has been the paucity of trained manpower with adequate skills, confidence and experience. The personnel deployed on these tasks need to be fully conversant with appropriate monitoring devices, their operation, maintenance & calibration. The difficulties faced by them need to be resolved. The proposed training program would attempt to tackle such shortcomings. 

    • Certificate course from reputed University
    • Practical hands-on Approach
    • Access to Premium Online Community 
    • Top of line Faculty 

    What you’ll Learn

    Hands -ON Program 
    Hands on training on air quality monitoring

    Participants will have an opportunity to upgrade their knowledge base and clear understanding of theoretical concepts of air quality monitoring of SPM, PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx and many more gaseous pollutants in ambient air. They will be involved in hands on field exercises in detail so that they have confidence in air quality monitoring after attending this training program.

    IMPORTANCE
    IMPORTANCE OF AIR QUALITY & ITS IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH, PLANTS / VEGETATION & AGRICULTURE

    Air pollution has clear negative impacts on health, ecosystem and vegetation. In the module we will discuss how to plan experiment to measure ill effects of air pollutants on vegetation and health. We will discuss about techniques of measuring risk of different levels of exposure of pollutants.

    filter
    FILTER FOR AIR POLLUTION MONITORING

    A number of different filter papers/membranes are required for monitoring and chemical characterization of particulate pollution. The module will provide understanding on type of available filter, regulations and how to standardize filters for specific type of analysis. 

    data
    DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION (OVERVIEW) AND HAND ON EXERCISE

    Data analysis is an integral part of an air quality monitoring program, data mining provides us with information on the characteristics of emissions. Data obtained need to be made interpretable. The module will provide a basic understanding of different types of data, their categorization and what are available tools to use for basic statistics. The module is followed by a hand on exercise using dummy datasets which will allow participants to feel the power of statistics in getting inference from any kind of monitoring exercise.

    air pollution
    AIR POLLUTION SOURCES AND TRANSPORT & DISPERSION:

    Air pollution is known as major environmental hazard to human health and is estimated to cause millions of premature deaths globally. This module will provide a deeper understanding of the different types of air pollutants, their sources and how air pollutants get transported at different planetary scales. 

    METEOROLOGY
    IMPORTANCE OF METEOROLOGY IN AIR QUALITY MONITORING

    Meteorological parameters have significant consequences on the air quality of the surroundings. This module will impart learning about how meteorology plays an important role in the abatement and control of air pollution. 

    noise pollution
    NOISE POLLUTION, ITS MONITORING & CONTROL 

    The module will provide an understanding of sources of noise pollution, environmental and industrial noise; effects of noise pollution, measures for prevention and control of noise and noise control legislation.

    Eligibility & Fee


    Middle-level scientists and engineers working with Pollution Control Boards, Industries & Consultants and who have been designated for tasks related to Environmental Monitoring & Management in their respective organizations shall be eligible to participate in the course. Only Twenty-Five participants shall be enrolled for the course on a day boarding first come first serve basis. This is a Optional residential course.

    Rs. 25,000 + Rs. 6000/ + GST 

    Course material, working meals, tea, Lodging, boarding and local transportation

    OR choose suitable

    Rs. 25,000 + GST

    Course material, working meals, tea only.

    More details on the location

    • TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi
    • Plot No. 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110 070, India.
    • mohit@envirotechlive.com
    • +91-6397581671

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