neelima naik

IEs (industrial estates) are today perceived as integral parts of the development strategies of many countries worldwide. The environmental impacts of a concentration of industries in a small area or an unplanned IE can pose a serious threat to both local and global sustainable ...

This paper focuses on the safety and environmental management practices carried out in the petrochemical industry of India. The paper is based on a survey conducted involving senior executives of the petrochemical industry. A questionnaire was designed and administered to 127 senior executives, to study the various safety and environmental practices in the Indian petrochemical sector. The research focuses on practices and innovations by the petrochemical industries in India for improving their safety and environmental management practices and understanding the drivers and barriers in implementing these practices and innovations. The findings of the study show that the major safety benefits due to better practices are more accident-free hours and better operational efficiency. Some of the practices introduced are valve modifications, drills for all personnel including contract personnel and installation of better fire fighting facilities. The major environmental benefits are cost and...

Ecolabeling helps consumers to select environment friendly products, while meeting high demands on occupational health, safety, and usability. Ecolabeling undertakes cradle-to-grave approach which helps in minimizing the toxicological impacts at every stage of the product life cycle. The ecolabeling procedure calls for substitution or reduction of hazardous substances thereby reducing the toxicity caused due to these chemicals. China, Japan, Australia, European Union, and Nordic countries are leading in the race of awareness and implementation of ecolabeling schemes. In India, the ecolabeling scheme (Ecomark) was initiated in 1991. The Ecomark scheme lacked adoption of the green marketing principles and thus failed to create an impact. This study presents an overview of ecolabels in European Union, Nordic countries, Germany, China and India. Furthermore, it assesses the awareness of ecolabels among the retailers and traders of environment friendly products in India through a survey. The study highlights that the ecolabels are a success in most of the countries studied and are applied across a range of industrial sectors. The survey is administered to 80 retailers and traders of stores selling environment friendly products across different Indian cities. A correlation is established with the variables identified. The survey results indicate that although the retailers and traders of environment friendly products have low awareness of the ecolabels on environment friendly products, they are taking considerable efforts to promote and deliver environment friendly products to consumers. Large-scale awareness drives initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change permeating at grass root levels with the involvement of stakeholders could prove beneficial for promotion of the ecolabeling schemes.

Noise pollution in urban areas is recognized as a major environmental concern in India. The lack of infrastructure and fast paced life in major metropolitan cities of India has made the urban environment extremely crowded, busy as well as noisy and as a result the millions of people living in the major metropolitan areas are suffering from the impacts of noise pollution. Noise levels are escalating at such a rate that it has become a major threat to the quality of human lives. Direct links between noise and health have been established by research conducted over the past few decades. There are several causes for urban degradation such as population migration, environmental considerations not adequately being incorporated into master plans, uncoordinated and haphazard development, weak implementation of plans and laws and inadequate institutional competences and resource crunch. This paper discusses the causal factors, impacts and the different approaches adopted by the Central Gover...

This paper presents a review of hydrologic simulation models based on Soil Conservation Services–curve number (SCS-CN) method used to estimate the volume of surface runoff for given storm rainfall in ungauged catchment. The SCS-CN method was originally developed for event based rainfall-runoff simulation and therefore applicability was restricted to modeling of storm runoff. Since its inception, extensive research work has been conducted throughout the world on applicability of the SCS-CN method and several limitations were found. A number of improvements and modifications are reported in literature by incorporating soil moisture accounting procedures using moisture amount prior to storm, static and dynamic infiltration, evatranspiration, base flow computation, slope adjustment etc. However, there is still scope for further research in SCS-CN methodology by computation of curve number for its smooth variation to avoid sudden jumps, soil moisture accounting procedure for water balanc...

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an agreement under the Kyoto Protocol (1997) allowing industrialized (Annex-I) countries with Greenhouse Gas emission reduction commitment to invest in or finance projects that reduce emissions in developing countries using clean technologies. Under CDM, for every tonne of CO2 that does not enter into the atmosphere, a developing (Non-Annex-I) country earns one carbon credit which can be further sold to developed countries (Annex-I) through the international carbon market. Developed countries exchange these credits in terms of money and technology transfer with developing countries to meet their GHG emission reduction targets. 7391 CDM projects were registered worldwide by November 2013, out of which 6205 (84%) are under energy industry sector. India is contributing 828 (13%) CDM projects with estimated emission reduction of 69,156,926 metric tonnes of CO2e. By the end of the first commitment period (2012), 19,061,210 metric tonnes of CO2e emission reduction was achieved. The estimated range of annual CDM-generated revenue in India varies between US$10 and 330 million (Birla et.al.2012). India has the second largest number of CDM projects in the world. The National Clean Development Mechanism Authority (NCDMA) is the Designated National Authority (DNA) which was set up to evaluate and approve CDM projects. This paper provides a probing insight into these projects, and the methodologies used in order to achieve emission reduction by Indian industries.

This paper introduces an overview of Web-based GIS and its applications and some of the easily assessable Desktop Open Source GIS Software with easy–to–follow guidance that will help water resource decision-maker and interested stakeholder. Web-based GIS is a prospective application in GIS and represents an important advancement over the traditional desktop GIS. Its application eliminates duplication and inconsistency (which is often possible between GIS professionals) and makes location information conveniently and intuitively accessible across organization/s, at a lower cost per user. Internet provides a medium for processing geo-related information and spatial information to users at an amount larger than traditional GIS. XML and Java have been developed to facilitate the utilization of the internet as well as to provide a coding standard in the software industry. Therefore, in the last few years, there has been a significant development in the area of free and open source GIS software. This paradigm shift from stand-alone GIS to open access Web GIS services provide greater opportunities for sustainable solutions in water resource management and planning.

Forestry is at the centre-stage of global climate change negotiations as it is a low cost carbon mitigation option. Forests have the potential to be a source as well as sink for carbon emissions. The main aim of this paper is to provide a useful snapshot of the carbon value of India's forests, and give a glimpse of the potential

Training in the domain of soft skills such as interpersonal communication has assumed lot of importance for organizations in recent times. However, desirable changes in the process of managerial communication call for proper knowledge about the prevailing communication patterns and interpersonal styles adopted by the executives. This paper presents the results of a study undertaken to explore and understand the interpersonal communication patterns of managers working in a public sector company based on the Johari Window Model. Using the Personnel Relations Survey, data was collected from 140 middle level managers belonging to various departments of the company. Results indicated a majority of the managers to be wanting in exposure as well as feedback in their interpersonal dealings with colleagues and superiors. Also, age was not found to have a bearing on the level of exposure as well as feedback of the managers. Implications of these and other related findings for managerial training are discussed in the paper.

Page 1. Int. J. Indian Culture and Business Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2011 13 Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The Johari Window: a comparative study of public sector and private sector executives in India Shreekumar K. Nair* and Neelima S. Naik ...

Forestry is at the centre-stage of global climate change negotiations as it is a low cost carbon mitigation option. Forests have the potential to be a source as well as sink for carbon emissions. The main aim of this paper is to provide a useful snapshot of the carbon value of India's forests, and give a glimpse of the potential of India's forests to offset both India's and the world's carbon emissions. This paper also highlights the initiatives taken by India towards the implementation of REDD+ and the status of REDD+ in a few other countries.