Diploma PGDES

Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development has been developed by the School of Sciences, IGNOU in collaboration with the South Asia Foundation Learning Initiative (SAFLI) and other Open Universities of the SAARC region, namely, Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL), Bangladesh Open University (BOU), Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Pakistan, B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Hyderabad and BRAC University, Bangladesh. The objectives of the programme are to: 1)Disseminate information and exchange knowledge and experiences gained in the pursuit of the goal of sustainable development. 2)Strengthen regional co-operation in the environmental capacity building especially in the area of environmental management.
Educate and train individuals from different walks of life, viz. development functionaries, government officials, journalists, policymakers, farmers, industrialists, grassroots workers, environmentalists who have a stake in protecting the environment as well as ensuring a better quality of life for the people of their countries.