Environment Impact Assessment for Wetland Protection

Dr. R.K. Trivedy (b. 21-06-1957) is Reader and Head, Department of Pollution Studies, Y.C. College, of Science, Karad, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He did his M.Sc. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University in1976 and Ph.D. from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 1980. He has taught the subject Environmental Pollution in B.Sc. (Pollution Studies) and M.Sc. (Pollution Studies) Course and has guided research at M.Sc. (partly by research), M.Phil and Ph.D. level. Dr. Trivedy has 28 years of research experience in the field of fresh water ecology, aquatic weed ecology and management, biomonitoring of water pollution and wastewater treatment. He has done pioneering work in India in utilization of water hyacinth for sewage and industrial waste treatment and he is a member of International specialists group in this field. Dr. Trivedy has been Principal investigator of several research projects sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests, University Grants Commission, India and National River Action Plan. He has organized many National and International Conferences and Training Programmes. He has published over 100 research papers in reputed National and International Journals and books. He has authored / edited 30 books and is the editor of first Environmental Directory of India. He has been editing the prestigious international journal – Pollution Research since 1982 and is also editing Journal of Industrial Pollution control, and other quarterly journals Ecology, Environment and conservation and Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Trivedy has lectured in various Universities in India and Abroad. He is member of several prestigious committees in various states. He is a winner of several Awards. Dr. Trivedy has visited Australia, Nepal, Singapore, Portugal, Spain, France, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius and Phillipines. (e-mail: [email protected])

Dr. S.N. Kaul is a Director “grade Scientist & Head, Wastewater Technology Division at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur (India). He has obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees from I.I.T., Kanpur and was awarded Ph.D. degree by the University of New Castle-upon-Tyne, U.K. He has supervised several students for the award of Ph.D. and M.Tech. Degrees in the field of Environmental Engineering and has published 245 scientific articles. Dr. Kaul has also coordinated international R & D programmes with Italy, Germany and Sri Lanka.

Vijayprasad Shankar Kulkarni (1958) completed his college and University degrees in Economics at Karnataka University, Dharwad (Karnataka). He was a recipient of a number of scholarships. He obtained his M.Phil., Ph.D., and LL.B. degrees from Mumbai and Pune Universities. He served as a teacher in Business Economics for more than two decades at K.M.C. college, Khopoli (Maharashtra). He is also a visiting faculty member for P.G. degrees leading to M.A., M.Com. & M.B.A. He has written a number of research papers for national and international level seminars, held in India and abroad. He has also written articles for a number of books and journals. At present he is serving as Principal, Manjunatha College of Arts & Commerce, Thakurli, Thane Dist Mumbai.