Library facilities: The central library has rich collection of more than 55,000 standard Indian and Foreign text-books/manuals worth of about Rs. 1,50,00,000/-. Of this, about 3000 books (worth of about Rs. 25,00,000/-) are in the field of Environmental Science, Management, Engineering and Technology. The library also subscribes about 30 national and international research journals of repute related to Environmental Sciences.

Laboratory facilities: The PG Department of Environment Management has four well-equipped, sophisticated and spacious laboratories. The dimensions and the area of each laboratory are shown in Table 1. This includes a separate sophisticated instrumentation laboratory and a separate computer laboratory. The Environmental Laboratory has instruments/equipments worth of more than Rs. 40,00,000/-. Table 2 shows the list of sophisticated instruments/equipments available in the DEM.

Table 1: Laboratories and their dimensions

The laboratory was duly recognized by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board as a Standard Laboratory under Section 17(2) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The PG Department of Environmental Management is empanelled with Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for conducting projects on Environmental Studies since January 2005. The Department has applied to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), New Delhi, for recognition of Environmental Laboratory as Grade ‘A’ Laboratory under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Table 2: List of Sophisticated Instruments/Equipments