International Centre for Information Systems & Audit 124 INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME on “ENVIRONMENT AUDIT” (16 February to 13 March, 2015) Course Schedule First Week : Legislation, Biodiversity, mining and environment Date & Days Session I 1000 – 1115 Hrs. Session II 1145 – 1300 Hrs. Session III 1400 – 1515 Hrs. Session IV 1545 – 1700 Hrs.
16 Feb 2015 Monday Briefing & Ice breaking session Introducing India Inauguration Shri Roy Mathrani, DG, iCISA Shri Anindya Dasgupta, Director At CAG Office 17 Feb 2015 Tuesday SAI India and Environment Audit: Identifying issues for audit Environment legislations and institutional frameworks Ms. Gurveen Sidhu, Principal Director Shri Sanjay Upadhyay, Advocate 18 Feb 2015 Wednesday Evolution of environment concerns in governance Issues in managing Biodiversity Dr. PB Rastogi, Director, MoEF & Ms Shyamli Singh, IIPA Dr. Faiyaz Khudsar, University of Delhi 19 Feb 2015 Thursday Visit to Yamuna Biodiversity Park Groupwork on audit of biodiversity Prof. Babu, Delhi University Shri Anindya Dasgupta, Director 20 Feb 2015 Friday Environment and Mining Audit Case study: Mining & Environment Shri Claude Alvares & Shri Rahul Bose Goa Foundation (rahulbasu1@gmail.com) Shri LAC Singh, PAG (ES & SA) Karnataka 21 Feb 2015 Saturday Agra Visit 22 Feb 2015 Sunday Social Program : Delhi visit Second Week: Public initiatives on forest and wildlife management, impact assessments and audit Date & Days Session 1 1000 – 1115 Hrs Session 2 1145 – 1300 Hrs Session 3 1400 – 1515 Hrs Session 4 1545 – 1700 Hrs 23 Feb 2015 Monday Litigation, environment management fund and audit: Case on CAMPA Environment Impact Assessment: Risk areas
Ms. Gurveen Sidhu, Principal Director Ms. Kanchi Kohli and Ms. Manju Menon 24 Feb 2015 Tuesday Theme Country Discussion Designing Audits of Water issues : case study H.E John W.H. Kijazi, High Commissioner, Embassy of the Republic of Tanzania Ms. Jackline & Mr January Kinunda, SAI Tanzania Shri Faisal Imam, Director 25 Feb 2015 Wednesday Departure to Dehradun Visit to FRI, Dehradun 26 Feb 2015 Thursday Management Evaluation of Tiger Reserves – Group work Environment Impact assessment of projects in upper Ganga basin Presentation on “Audit of Private Hydel projects” Departure to Tehri Dr VB Mathur, Director, WII Dr. S. Sathya kumar Shri Saurabh Narain, AG 27 Feb 2015 Friday Visit to Tehri Dam Complex Presentation on Conservation issues related to Tehri Dam THPA Management 28 Feb 2015 Saturday Back to iCISA 1 Mar 2015 Sunday Social Program :
3 Mar 2015 Tuesday Presentations on Coastal Zone Management, and Conservation of Chilka Lake 4 Mar 2015 Wednesday Presentations on Disaster management & Audit of Disaster management 5 Mar 2015 Thursday Return from Tour 6 Mar 2015* Friday Holi Break 7 Mar 2015 Saturday Environment action and audits in select countries Environment action and audits in select countries Group I & II Group-III Group IV&V Group-VI 8 Mar 2015 Sunday Delhi Visit *6 March 2015:- Holi
11 Mar 2015 Wednesday Audit Case Study: Conservation of Dal Lake Case Study: Disaster management Shri Khaled Jamal, AG Ms. Atoorva Sinha, Director 12 Mar 2015 Thursday Climate Change issues Audit of Renewable Energy programmes Dr. Kamna Sachdeva, TERI University Shri Kartikeye Mathur, Director 13 Mar 2015 Friday Audit Case Study: Environment management in Indian Railways Valediction Ms Divya Malhotra, Pr. AG