A candidate
for admission to the PG Diploma in Environmental Law shall have passed
a Bachelor's degree of any recognized university or an equivalent qualification
as approved by the Distance Education Committee of National Law School
of India University. Applications
for the course will be issued from May 2nd week onwards. Candidates intending
to enrol for admission to the Diploma shall
submit the prescribed application form duly filled in along with the attested
copy of Degree/Provisional certificate and two passport size photographs(attested)
on or before the prescribed last date. All admissions
will ordinarily be completed by 30th June of the academic year
concerned and the course will commence from 1st July of each
year. with late fee of Rs. 500/- Aug. 30th
admission process will be closed The duration
of the course shall be for a period of one academic year. The maximum
period prescribed for completion of all the requirements for the award
of the Diploma is three academic years from the year of admission. Every
candidate admitted to the course shall pay the prescribed fees at the
time of admission. If a candidate is required to continue the course beyond
the first academic year because of his/her non-fulfilment
of the prescribed requirements for the award of the Diploma, he/she will
have to continue the course for the subsequent two academic years or till
all the requirements are completed, whichever is earlier, by paying a
continuation fee as prescribed for each year. At the
end of the third academic year if the candidate fails to fulfill all the
requirements for the award of the Diploma, the admission stands automatically
cancelled. COURSE
CONTENT AND SCHEME OF EVALUATION In view
of the decision taken by the Authorities of the NLSIU, for keeping uniform
pattern in relation to number of papers, projects, assignments and fee
structure. following changes have been effected
, with effect from the academic year 2003-04 and for the 2003-04 batch
and onwards. . The Post
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law will have 5 papers instead
of 6 papers as under:-
Paper
I to IV: Each
paper will have the following components: 1. Theory
paper(written examination) carrying 80 marks 2. Home
assignments - carrying 20 marks The candidates
shall write 4 assignemnts per paper, each carrying
5 marks. Home Assignments topics for each paper will be sent by the post
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law, Department shortly. Home assignments of each paper should be (preferably
spiral bound ) sent to the University (Distance
Education Dept.,), one month before the theory examination. Without these submissions, candidates will not have
the eligibility to write the Examination. Paper
V Dissertation: Each student
of the PGDEL is expected to submit a Dissertation on a chosen topic (see
below for a list of suggested topics). The choice of the topic shall be
made by the candidate at the commencement of the academic year and approved
by the University. The Dissertation should be approximately 20,000 word
length (-this is approximately 75-80 A4 size pages of double space typing).
The written submission carries 80 marks. The last date for submission
of the Dissertation is May 17th of Every year. Submission of
Dissertation is a prerequisite to be eligible for writing the final examination. The Dissertation shall be
: - The original work of the student; - Clearly typed, with preferably 1 ½ space, on one side
only on a A4 size paper and - In accordance with the format suggested as follows. Viva: Students are expected to face an oral exam, viva voce, which will
be based on the Dissertation they submit. The viva voce carries 20 marks.
The conducts of the viva voce would be along with the annual examination Dissertation Format: 1. Problem Identification, Hypothesis and framing of issues: Identifying the problem, that helps the student to zero on the
focal area of research, is the first requirement in the dissertation work.
Formulation of tentative assumptions, in the form of hypothesis and the
issues that require investigation constitute the logical step following
the problem identification. 2. Research Methodology:
The methodological
approach adopted for research is required to be stated here. The choice
of the approach is dependent on a variety of factors that include the
nature of the problem, kind of enquiry, research universe resource material
and others. 3. Research Design:
This is supposed to reveal step by step evolution of the research
work culminating in findings, suggestion and conclusions drawn from the
research work carried by the student. The Research Design would include
chapterization of the entire research submission, that logical
piece together the information gathered, analysis made and conclusions
drawn from the research work carried by the student. The written submission should contain a Declaration
that the Dissertation is the original work of the student, submitted in
partial fulfillment of the curriculum requirements for the award of the
Degree of Post – Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (PGDEL) by the
National Law School of Indian University. Centre
for Environmental Law, Education, Research
and Advocacy (CEERA) With the
object of consolidating the existing efforts on and pay focused attention
to the ever evolving frontier area of environmental law, CEERA was brought
into existence in the academic year 1997-98. This Centre for Excellence
in Environmental Law signifies the second phase of evolution of the NLSIU.
Teaching
and Research Teaching
has acquired a new meaning at CEERA. Being interactive and inter disciplinary
in nature, the teaching here offers abundant scope for participatory learning.
A number
of doctoral research works are being carried out at the centre as also
field-oriented research work, in different parts of Training
and Advocacy: As an
on going process, teaching, training and capacity building in Environmental
Law, is being offered to the managers of environment in Projects : The Centre
has undertaken a "Environment Management
Capacity Building Project (Law Component)" on behalf of the Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Spread over a period
of five years and assisted by the World Bank, the project is expected
to produce competent leaders to manage the destiny of |
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