The National Productivity Council's Environment Management Group was established in 1983 to provide pollution prevention and environmental management services to Indian industries. It has since helped hundreds of industries improve resource efficiency and compliance through waste minimization studies and cleaner production assessments. The group also operates an environmental laboratory and provides training programs. It has worked with numerous national and international organizations and across various sectors to advance sustainable industrial practices in India.

1. WEL COME TO BRIEFING
ON
Environment Management Group
NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL
(Under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
Utpadakta Bhavan, 5-6 Institutional Area,
Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003

2. MILESTONE
 The Industrial Pollution Prevention & Control (IPPC) services of
Environment Management Group, NPC were operationalized in
1983
 To provide comprehensive solution to the environmental related
problems of the industry ranging from
• Problem identification,
• Monitoring analysis,
• Detailed engineering designs of appropriate pollution
prevention & control techniques
 The unique feature of services of the Environment Management
Group is pollution prevention, increasing profitability of
industrial enterprises by introducing waste minimisation and
resource conservation concepts and minimising the cost of
treatment to comply with the environmental norms.

3. MILESTONE
 The NPC has been among the leaders in Asian National
Productivity Organisations in the field of Environmental
Management and Pollution Prevention & Control.
 A major achievement was the recognition of NPC by UNIDO &
UNEP as one of the five institutions in the world to host the
National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC).
 NPC was also represented on the Committee on Environment to
advise APO on matters relating to environment.

4. Name of the Consultant Designation
Year of Experience &
Area of Expertise
Shri M.J. Pervez Director
30 years plus
Air Pollution Prevention & Control,
Water Pollution Prevention & Control,
Solid & Hazardous Waste
Management, Waste Minimization
(WM) and Project Management
Shri K.D. Bhardwaj Director
20 years plus
Green Productivity (GP), Water,
Solid & Hazardous Waste
Management, Waste Minimization
(WM) and Project Management
Shri Harsh Thukral
Deputy
Director
17 years plus
Waste Minimization (WM), Cleaner
Production (CP), Green Productivity
(GP)
CONSULTANTS

5. Name of the Consultant Designation
Year of Experience &
Area of Expertise
Shri Yogendra Prakash Deputy Director
17 years plus
Waste Minimization (WM),
Cleaner Production (CP), Green
Productivity (GP), Water
Pollution
Smt. Shukla Pal Deputy Director
16 years plus
Industrial Consultancy &
Training Programmes
Shri Oinam Samuel Deputy Director
10 years plus
Industrial Consultancy &
Training programmes
Shri S. K. Jain Lab Analyst
20 years plus
Laboratory, Industrial
Consultancy & Training
programmes
CONSULTANTS

6. Name of the Consultant Designation
Year of Experience &
Area of Expertise
Smt. Nikita
Assistant
Director
5 years plus
Waste Water Management,
ETPs/CETPs, Skill Development
Shri Vijay Nehra
Assistant
Director
5 years plus
Industrial Consultancy, Cleaner
Production, Project Management
Shri Shamit Srivastava
Project
Associate
3 years plus
Industrial Consultancy
Ms. Pankhuri
Aggarwal
Project
Associate
2 years plus
Project Management
Sh. S K Sharma Section Officer Secretariat Support
CONSULTANTS

7. 7
ENVIRONMENT GROUP’S SERVICES
Consultancy/Training
 Sectoral Studies & Environmental Standards Development
 Waste Minimization / Cleaner Production
/ Green Productivity
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Pollution Control Systems’ Performance Evaluation
(Air / water)
Laboratory Services
Air, Water, Solid Waste, Noise Pollution Monitoring

8. SECTORAL STUDIES & STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
 Development of Environmental Standards &
Comprehensive Industry Documents (COINDS) in
more than 20 Sectors
(for Central Pollution Control Board)
Sugar, Plaster of Paris, Cashew Nut Processing, Secondary
Lead & Zinc, Pulp & Paper, Glue & Gelatin, Glass &
Ceramics, Manmade Fibre, Slaughter Houses, Cement,
Stone Crushers, Dal Mills, Soft Drinks, Breweries &
Maltries, Bee-hive Coke Oven, Pickling, Paint, Hot Mix
Plants

9. WASTE MINIMIZATION (WM), GREEN PRODUCTIVITY (GP) &
CLEANER PRODUCTION (CP) STUDIES
 Sectoral Waste Minimization Demonstration Studies in
following Sectors (for different organizations)
Pulp & Paper, Manmade Fibre, Stone Crushers, Electroplating, Pesticides
Formulation, Leather Tanning, Edible Oil, Textile Processing, Dye & Dye
Intermediates
 Waste Minimization Guidelines & Manuals
Generic WM Manual, GP Assessment Manual, Sectoral Manuals (Pulp &
Paper, Textile Processing, Pesticides Formulation, Electroplating),
Compendium of Indian WM Cases
 Cleaner Technologies Assessment in following sectors
Foundries, Textile Processing, Dye & Dye Intermediates
 Unit Level Waste Minimization Studies

10. WASTE MINIMIZATION CIRCLES (WMCs)
 Nodal Agency for establishment & running of
more than 150 Waste Minimization Circles
(WMCs) in more than 25 industrial sectors all over
India for Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate
Change, Govt. of India
 Training programs for more than 200 WMC
facilitators
 More than 200 workshops & training programs for
more than 3800 WMC members

11.  Air Pollution Control Systems
 Stack & Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
 Performance Evaluation & up-gradation
 Resource Recovery
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF WATER & AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
 Water Pollution Control Systems
 Effluent Monitoring & Characterization
 Treatability studies
 Performance Evaluation & up-gradation of
Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs)

12.  Characterization & Classification of
solid waste
 Development of Solid Waste
Management System
 Investigation of old dump sites
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

13. PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
For Ministry of Environment , Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India
 World Bank assisted project on Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution
Management Project
 Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated site at Rajasthan
For DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India
 ‘CETP’ component of the sub-scheme ‘Leather Technology, Innovation
and Environmental Issues’ of Indian Leather Development Programme
(ILDP); (project value
 Project Monitoring Agency (PMA) for Modified Industrial Infrastructure
Up-gradation Scheme (MIIUS)
 Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the Sub-Scheme for Mega
Leather Clusters under Indian Leather Development Programme (ILDP)

14. Linkage with International Bodies
During the period from year 1985 to 2002, under the
bilateral Indo-German technical collaboration project on
Industrial Pollution Prevention & Control initiated by
the Government of India and the Government of
Germany, the EMG had been supported by the technical
expertise of German Experts. Under this agreement the
division has developed its technical and infrastructural
capabilities.

15. CLIENTELE
International Linkages – past & present:
 Asian Productivity Organisation(APO), Japan
 United Nation Industrial Development Organisatio (UNIDO)
 United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP)
 World Bank
 Asian Development Bank
 Radian Inc, USA
 Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Sri Lanka
 Altech, Canada

16. CLIENTELE
National Level Linkages – past & present:
• President’s Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
• Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
• Central & State Pollution Control Boards
• State Governments
• Industry Associations & Service Sector
• Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
• National Thermal Power Corporation
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
• Hindustan Zinc Ltd
• Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
• Hero Honda
• Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Raymond Industries Ltd.
• Taj Group Hotel …………….and many more