NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR EDUCATION & TRAINING QUALITY COUNCIL OF INDIA. Accreditation Scheme for EIA Consultant Organizations

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1 NTIONL CCREDITTION BORD FOR EDUCTION & TRINING QULITY COUNCIL OF INDI QCI Office, 2 nd Floor, Institution of Engineers Building, BSZ Marg, New Delhi ccreditation Scheme EI Consultant Organizations Minutes of 55 th ccreditation Committee Meeting held on October 11, 2011 from 1400 to 1730 Hrs Present 1. Prof. C. K. Varshney Member 2. Prof. B. B. Dhar Member 3. Dr. B. Sengupta Member 4. Mr. K. P. Nyati Member 5. Dr. S. Devotta Member Leave of absence was granted to Dr. Prodipto Ghosh & Mr. Chandra Bhushan. In absence of Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Prof. C. K. Varshney Chaired the meeting. Technical Committee was represented by Dr.. N. Jha. NBET was represented by: Mr.. K. Ghose Principal dvisor, Mr. bhay Sharma- Executive and Ms. Sakshi Bhargava The following were discussed/ decided: 1. The minutes of the 53 rd & 54 th ccreditation Committee Meetings held on September 20, 2011 & October 04, 2011 respectively, were considered and. 2. Explanatory notes on the scheme: 2.1 No Objection Certificate (NOC) empanelled experts: a. NOC empanelled experts must be submitted within 3 months from the date of NBET query sent to the applicant organization (O). b. NOC should be signed by authorities as mentioned below: For candidates from Universities- by the Registrar/ authorized signatory. For candidates from colleges- by the Principal of the college. For candidates from Research Institutes/ NGOs- by the Head of the organization c. The NOC should contain the following: of the candidate Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 1

2 of the scheme which empanelment is being authorized Validity of the NOC (duration which empanelment is being authorized) d. If the NOC is not received within the specified time limit as mentioned above, the provisional approval status of the concerned expert/ s will stand withdrawn with consequent implications on the overall approval status of the O. 2.2 Filling up balance functional areas (Fs)/ replacing experts leaving the organization: maximum of two chances will be given to the ccredited Consultants covering balance Fs/ filling up the positions of experts leaving the organization. NBET requirements should be met at the earliest- not later than 3 months from the date of intimation by NBET to the O covering balance Fs and from the date of release of the concerned expert leaving the organization. 2.3 It is noticed that in some cases, inordinate time is taken by applicant organizations in sending replies to NBET queries sought as clarifications after C meetings. These delays are seriously hampering the progress of the scheme. Such clarifications sought by NBET must be submitted at the earliest but not later than 30 days from the date of intimation to the O by NBET, failing which the particular issue on which clarification was sought will not be considered decision making by the C. 2.4 Definition of In-house experts: The in-house expert as per EI Scheme pertains to full time employee working on the pay rolls of O on regular basis (not on time to time basis or on as an when required) and is getting appropriately paid as per his/her qualification & experience and is subject to TDS, as applicable. 3. New cases: I. mba Recycler Private Limited, Chennai II. Greentech Environmental Engineer and Consultants, Guwahati III. gricultural finance corporation Ltd., Mumbai IV. Team Institute of Science & Technology Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur 4. Cases considered I. mba Recycler Private Limited, Chennai Clarifications in respect of Dr..D. Rao proposed as functional area expert was sought from the Principal ssessor. It was clarified that in response to F2, mba Recyclers confirmed others as F Dr. Rao. During interview process at stage III Dr. Rao indicated that he would like to be considered, &. Since the scheme does not allow any alteration in Fs during stage III, and other is not an F as per the scheme, Dr. Rao s candidature was not considered. Thus, M/s mba Recyclers Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 2

3 Private Limited do not meet the scheme s requirement of having minimum 3 in- house experts (1 inhouse EC + 2 other in- house FEs). In view of the above, M/s mba Recyclers Private Limited s application was not. II. Greentech Environmental Engineer and Consultants, Guwahati Greentech had proposed Shri P. Buragohain and Shri S. N. Dutta as in- house ECs. Experience details showed both of them as ECs same projects. Clarifications received from Greentech on this issue were considered by C. Shri S. N. Dutta s EI related experience was not found to be adequate being considered EC. Thus, Greentech s application does not meet the scheme s requirement of having 3 in- house experts 1 in- house EC + 2 other in- house FEs (only Shri P. Buragaohain was eligible as in- house EC/FE and Ms. Belinda Lohan as in- house FE). In view of the above, M/s Greentech Environmental Engineer and Consultants application was not. III. gricultural Finance Corporation Ltd., Mumbai EI Coordinators In-house Expert 1 lex Thomas 3 applied Decision pending Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 3 - Clarifications to be sought on specific experience in the sector. 2 C.M. ravindan P.K. Shaji 3 3 pproval subject to receipt of NOC duly signed from Head of the NGO. Functional rea Experts In-house Experts 1 S.N. Shastri SE SE B - 2 N.P. Baduni EB Not recommended EB related experience in the F. 3 M. Manjunatha EB EB (quatic) - 4 K.P. Mohan Not recommended knowledge Q Q EI related experience

4 in the Fs. 5 E.J. Vijayabhas Not recommended, & RH EI related experience in RH the Fs. 6 C.M. ravindan EB EB - 7 P.K. Shaji EB EB - pproval subject to receipt of NOC from the Registrar of 8 the University mentioning VLN name of the expert, Ramalingeshwara LU LU B applicant organization, Rao NBET ccreditation Scheme and duration which the NOC is valid Not recommended as he is 9 T. Muralikrishna Q in- house employee of another organization. Not recommended 10 Kuchur J Reddy knowledge in the F. 11 M. Dharma Reddy Not recommended knowledge in the F. 12 S. Mohan Kumar B - Not Soil due to Soman Kunju 13 GS Geology only B inadequate experience in Pillai F. The assessors have reported that the following experts were not present during the Office ssessment and hence not considered: 1. P.K. Geeta Kumari 2.. Srinivasa Rao The applicant organization is required to induct experts in under mentioned areas and the shortfall of the experts is to be made up at the earliest but not later than three months from the date of communication. 1. For, & - In- house experts 2. For Q,, Soil Conservation & RH - In- house/ empanelled Final accreditation is subject to the fulfillment of the above requirements. IV. Team Institute of Science & Technology Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur EI Coordinator applied 1 B N Mathur Open only Cast B Not recommended sectors 7, 8, 9 & 26 due to Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 4

5 applied RP Kashyap Sanjay Raj Devender Goyal inadequate EI related experience in the sectors. Not recommended any sector related Candidature withdrawn sector 3 & 32. Decision pending sector 1. Not recommended sector 1 as he is a full time employee of another organization. - Not recommended sectors 9, 36, 37 & 38 due to inadequate EI related Clarifications to be sought on his current employment status. Functional rea Experts 1 B N Mathur GS Geology B Not Soil due to inadequate EI related 2 RP Kashyap Not recommended, & EI related experience in the Fs. Not due to inadequate experience in the F. 3 Kavita Mathur SE Not recommended SE experience & knowledge in the F. 4 Pradeep Sharma EB EB B Not recommended experience in the F. Not : - no experience in water pollution intensive industries. Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 5

6 5 Raghuveer Singh 6 Rajesh Maheshwari 7 Sanjay Raj GS - experience mainly in monitoring. No experience in control aspects. Not recommended, & EI related Not recommended on qualification grounds. Not recommended as he is a full time employee of another organization. 8 Rekha Nemani LU Not recommended LU knowledge in the F. 9 Kulvinder Singh 10 Pawan Gupta GS LU 11 Devender Goyal Q 12 Rajesh Dwivedi RH Not recommended any F since he is a full time employee of another organization. GS lready assessed and - & GS- M/s JM Environet Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon vide C MOM III dated June 24, Not recommended any sector knowledge in the Fs Not recommended as he is a full time employee of another organization The assessors have reported that the following experts were not present during the Office ssessment and hence not considered: 1. H S Mathur 2. Priyanka Singh 3. Rahul Sharma The applicant organization did not meet the scheme s requirement of having minimum 1 in-house EC + 2 other in- house FEs (vide Minutes of C meeting X dated Sep. 21, 2010), hence, the application was not. 5. Cases covering clarifications: i. Mahabal Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Thane Details sought from Mahabal Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Thane in C Meeting L dated ugust 23, 2011 were received and considered. Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 6

7 EI Coordinators applied 1 D Patil Raghunath Mahabal tul Bhargava B Not recommended 33 & 37 due to inadequate Not sector Not recommended 8, 26, 27 & 31 due to inadequate Not recommended any sectors Functional rea Experts In-house Experts 1 D Patil 2 Raghunath Mahabal 3 tul Bhargava 4 Pravin Latwade Q RH Noise Only B Q - decision pending Not recommended related Not due to inadequate experience and knowledge. Not recommended & on qualification grounds. Not pproved Vibrations Not recommended any Fs Not recommended & RH Not due to inadequate experience in treatment and control of water pollution from industrial projects. Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 7

8 5 Kishor Yeole 6 Sachin Gore 7 Sunil Gandhat 8 Jivandas Tale 9 Jaya Pandey Kamlakar Borekar Manglesh Jawalkar 12 arundhati Gore LU EB EB LU B Clarifications sought on specific experience in Q. Not recommended & on qualification grounds and knowledge. Not recommended experience in the F. Not due to inadequate experience in treatment and control of water pollution from industrial projects. Not recommended on qualification grounds and Not recommended knowledge in the F. Not recommended EB Not recommended any F on qualification grounds. Not recommended any F Not recommended any F on qualification grounds. The assessors have reported that the following experts were not present during the Office ssessment and hence not considered: 1. Vilas Kadi 2. Prasad Pawar 3. Snehal Joshi 4. Vipin Kamble 5. mit Dubey 6. Julee Kamble 7. Rahul Pandey The applicant organization is required to induct experts in under mentioned areas and the shortfall of the experts is to be made up at the earliest but not later than three months from the date of communication. 1. For -In-house experts 2. For SE, EB, Vibration, Q, Geology, Soil Conservation, & RH -In-house/empanelled Final accreditation is subject to the fulfillment of the above requirements. For SE & EB, if experts retained are empanelled, in- house experts must be in place bee the first surveillance assessment. Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 8

9 6. Cases covering Balance Functional i. nacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XVI dated November 16, C. Mary Sukanya Decision pending - lready assessed & Vimta Labs Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad vide C Meeting of June 24, Left Vimta and joined nacon Labs in May, Her Surveillance ssessment (S) is due. Will be considered after her completion of S. 2 Mansoor lam EB EB B lready assessed & Envision Enviro Eng. Pvt. Ltd., Surat vide C Meeting May 3, Left En-vision and had joined nacon Laboratories. Empanelled Expert 3 J Rajendra Prasad LU LU lready assessed & Environ India., Kolkatavide C Meeting March 29, ii. Envision Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Surat Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XXXIII dated May 03, 2011 In- house Expert 1 jay Dwivedi LU 2 shish Upadhyaya 3 P.C. Bhattacherjee Not recommended. Mr. Dwivedi was proposed as full time employee of En- vision Enviro however, he is a full time employee of another consultant organization. LU Not recommended LU on qualification grounds. EB Not EB as he is a full time employee of another organization. Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 9

10 iii. Holtec Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XXIV dated February 17, Bhava Sivadas Soil Soil - 2 Dinesh Satija Not recommended any F knowledge in the Fs. Empanelled Expert 3 jay Kumar Gautam Q Not recommended Q as he is a full time employee of another organization. iv. RITES Limited, Gurgaon Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XIX dated December 21, Jitendra Singh Not recommended related experience in the F. 2 Sanjeev Bhusan bsent v. M. N. Dastur & Company Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XV dated November 10, Hillol Kumar - Kundu 2 Debleena Mitra B - 3 B. nantha Mukesh 4 Bhaskar Chakraborty Not recommended related B - Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 10

11 vi. LE ssociates South sia Pvt. Ltd., Delhi Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XXIX, dated March 22, C.M. Datta Vibration Not recommended Vibration EI related experience in the F. 2 Sudipta Lahiri GS Not recommended GS related experience in the F. vii. Ramans Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., hmedabad Experts proposed to cover balance functional areas as per C Meeting XXI dated January 11, 2011 Empanelled Expert 1 Hardik Patel GS Not recommended GS related The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair. Vipin Sahni Director NBET Minutes of 55 th C Meeting: October 11, 2011 Page 11