Applications Invited for Ecological Monitoring for Development Interventions November 2025 Batch

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About the Organization

Azim Premji University was set up in Bengaluru in 2010 and today operates from a 110-acre campus. The second one, i.e., Azim Premji University, Bhopal, started in 2023 in a 50-acre campus. The work on the third campus in Ranchi has started on a 150-acre site, and this will be operational by 2026 and subsequently a fourth campus in the northeast part of India, is planned.

Azim Premji University has been offering degree programmes since 2011. Its mandate is to run teaching programmes and conduct research to contribute to the social sector in India, and to be an exemplar higher education institution – with inclusion and quality.

The masters, diploma, and short duration programmes are focused on domains of human development; for example, Education, Livelihoods, Development, Governance and Policy, Public Health, and Sustainability. The undergraduate programmes offer a broad-based liberal education – integrating the fields of human development that are the focus of the University.

About the Program

This four-day residential workshop will introduce participants to simple, low-cost techniques that can be used for ecological monitoring and discuss how they can be used to inform development interventions at the local level.

Why this course:

Many development projects are influenced by the ecological setting in which they are implemented or the natural resources they draw on. For instance, the right to water is not only about assured access to a certain volume of water but it also includes the idea of safe water i.e. water of a quality that is fit for human use and consumption. In other words, the quality and health of ecological resources are as important as access and control of the resources. However, resources such as the weather, soil, water and vegetation are often taken for granted in the framing and monitoring of development projects.

Therefore, this 4‑day residential workshop aims to bridge the knowledge and skill gap in ground-level assessment and monitoring of ecological parameters. The workshop will provide a foundational understanding of how to broadly assess the ecological settings in which your project is located, as well as how to identify and monitor certain key variables, for better outcomes. In other words, this workshop will enable participants to integrate ecological considerations into the design and implementation of their development projects. It will focus on simple, low-cost field and lab techniques that can be used for ecological monitoring and the scope for community participation in these activities.

What will you learn:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how ecological monitoring can add value to development interventions
• Gather baseline data on weather, soil, water and vegetation
• Carry out simple analysis and interpretation of the baseline data

Eligibility

This residential workshop is designed for development professionals who have 2 to 5 years of experience. Those working on holistic development interventions related to conservation of natural resources or sustainable livelihoods, including adaptation to climate change, will find this particularly useful. Candidates must have working knowledge of Excel (how to make tables and graphs) and English; they will need to bring their own laptops.

Language: The workshop will be conducted in English.

How to Apply

Participants will be awarded a certificate of participation if they attend at least three days of the workshop and complete the practicums.

Selected candidates will be informed about the payment process by 20 October 2025 and last date for payment of fees is 31 October 2025. The decision of the University will be final.

For any queries, please write to: ecol.​monitoring@​apu.​edu.​in

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