Master’s Dissertation
M.Sc. dissertation topic: 2017-19 Batch
| S.No. | Topic | Student Name | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor |
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| 1. | Governing Common Pool Resources by Faith: A Case Study in Bhutan | Bikram Sharma | Aviram Sharma | |
| 2. | Prosumer Culture- A socio-environmental investigation of decentralized PV Technology | C. Vadivel | Aviram Sharma | |
| 3. | Biomimicry – New route to nature inspired architecture? | Rakhi Kashyap | Aviram Sharma | |
| 4. | Impact of Environmental Change on Women tea labours of Darjeeling Tea Industry. | Shikha Shalini | Aviram Sharma | |
| 5. | Understanding the diffusion and adoption dynamics of System of Rice Intensification in Bihar | TulikaBourai | Aviram Sharma | |
| 6. | Unlocking the potential of Eco-tourism in Rajgir | Arockia EJ Ferdin | Bhaskar Sinha | |
| 7. | Enhancing Livelihood through Integrated Livestock Management and Tannery Industry in Zimbabwe’ | Mary Maparanyanga | Bhaskar Sinha | |
| 8. | Assessing the Socio-economic Impacts of Community Forestry (CF) on Livelihood and Conservation. A study from Yurung community forest (YCF) under Pemagatshel dzongkhag1, Bhutan. | Pema Wangda | Bhaskar Sinha | |
| 9. | Fuelwood Dependence and socioeconomic conditions of hospitality industry of protected areas: A Case of Ratnagiri hill-Pant Wildlife Sanctuary | Geetanjali Das | Kishore Dhavala | |
| 10. | Cost-Benefit Analysis of Household-Biogas in Rural Areas of Samaste dist. of Bhutan | Indra Jeet Sunuwar | Kishore Dhavala | |
| 11. | Assessing Nigeria’s Energy Transition from High to Low Carbon Economy | Raihana Mustapha | Kishore Dhavala | |
| 12. | Characterization and interaction of biochar synthesized from Lantana camarawith arsenic in soil | Deepa Kundu | Prabhakar Sharma | Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 13. | Fate and Transport of Inorganic Contaminants and Nanoporous Alumina in Saturated Porous Media | Rakesh Kumar | Prabhakar Sharma | |
| 14. | Sampling and analysis of microplastic in Ganga River near Patna | Rashmi Singh | Prabhakar Sharma | |
| 15. | An Assessment of Public Behaviour and Awareness towards E-Waste in Ranchi City | Richa Kumari | Prabhakar Sharma | |
| 16. | Scope of Solar Energy in Nalanda District: Rooftop PV for domestic electrification and standalone system for irrigation: A case study using GIS | Ankit Pandey | Sarnam Singh | KsihoreDhavala |
| 17. | Monitoring of Lhonak Glacier, North Sikkim using Glacial Mass Balance- Remote Sensing Model | Arpan Sharma | Sarnam Singh | |
| 18. | Groundwater quality mapping tousing Geo spatial technique of Sheikhpura district | Ritesh Kumar | Sarnam Singh | Prabhakar Sharma |
| 19. | Assessment of tree phytomass in Rajgir Hills using geospatial technology | Shiv Narayan Singh | Sarnam Singh | Bhaskar Sinha |
| 20. | Challenges and opportunities in solid waste recycling; a case of Harare Urban (Mbare, Epworth and Mabvuku), Zimbabwe | Felistas Hama | Sayan Bhattacharya | |
| 21. | Socio-Environmental consequences of Ecotourism development in Pelling, Sikkim | Purnima Tandan | Sayan Bhattacharya | |
| 22. | Faith in Conservation: An Ecocritical Reading of the Folktales from the Sundarbans | Shambhobi Ghosh | Sayan Bhattacharya | |
| 23. | An environmental history of resource usage and conservation: A post colonial analysis of the colonial Rajgir forests | Suddhabrata Chakraborty | Sayan Bhattacharya | |
| 24. | Assessment of Urban Forestry Potential in Patna Urban, Using Geo-spatial Technology | Pawan Kumar | ShyamPhartyal | Sarnam Singh |
| 25. | Gender roles and power dynamics in livestock management in selected villages of Nawada, Bihar: An intersectional approach | ShiwaniKatiyar | ShyamPhartyal | |
| 26. | Sustainable drinking water supplies in a small-town (Rajgir) | Amar Preet Kaur | Somnath Bandyopadhyay | |
| 27. | Fecal sludge management in a small-town (Rajgir) | Gayatri Kumari | Somnath Bandyopadhyay | Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 28. | School sanitation in a small-town (Rajgir) | Shreya Mukhopadhyay | Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
Details of Master’s Dissertation 2016-2018
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Title | Student | Supervisor |
| 1 | The Ecology and Implications of Domestic Dogs in the Rajgir Area | Aayush Verma | Bharath Sundaram |
| 2 | Potential of Decentralized Approaches in Sewage Treatment | Aditi Roy | Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 3 | Bio-Medical Waste Management and Handling Practices-A Case Study of BiharSharif | Aishwarya Pattanaik | Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 4 | Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Quality of Drinking Water: A Comparative Study in Rural South Bihar | Amit Kumar Srivastwa | Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 5 | Characterisation of Agroforestry Systems in Nalanda District | Amit Shubhanshu | B. Mohan Kumar |
| 6 | Extent of Exotic Woody Perennials in Pant Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajgir | Anurag Kumar | Bharath Sundaram |
| 7 | Household Willingness to Pay for Door to Door Waste Collection Service: A Case of Rajgir | Anurodh Sachdeva | Kishore k. Dhavala |
| 8 | Traditional Ecological knowledge and Environmental Conservation in Indigenous Communities: A Studay in Bolpur, India | Arijit Banerjee | Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 9 | Urban Inundation: Challenges and Opportunity A Case Study of Siadpur, Patna | Arnav Shukla | Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 10 | A Study of Drinking Water Practices in the Selected Arsenic Affected Villages of Bhojpur, Bihar | Arunesh Upadhayay | Aviram Sharma |
| 11 | An Analysis of Conservation Perception, Attitudes and Opinion of the Domestic Visitors of Nalanda Mahavihara | Ashish Suman | Kishore K. Dhavala |
| 12 | Environmental and Health Problems of Chin Refugees in Delhi | Bawi Hlei Hu | Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 13 | Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Change in Tamilnadu During the Past Half Century | Dhivyalakshmi . S | B. Mohan Kumar |
| 14 | Understanding the Relation Between Neighborhood Built Environment & Walking in Dispur, Assam | Dhritiman Barman | Aviram Sharma |
| 15 | Biomass and carbon Stock Assessment of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides L.) in Spituk, Leh, Ladakh | Gaurav kumar | Prabhakar Sharma |
| 16 | Assessment of Women and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project Integration in Nawada | Geetanjali Prasad | Kishore k. Dhavala |
| 17 | Socio-Cultural Barriers in Eliminating Open- Defecation: A Case Study of Laterine Adoption in Rajgir, Bihar | Harsh Yadava | Prabhakar Sharma |
| 18 | Hydrogeochemical Analysis of High Altitude Sikkim Himalayan Lakes in Kanchandzonga National Park | Himadri Sekhar Haldar | Prabhakar Sharma |
| 19 | Land degradation in Bihar: An Assessment Using Rain-Use Efficiency and Residual Trend Analysis | Ibrahim Abubakar Radda | B. Mohan Kumar |
| 20 | Environmental Management and Safety at Anglo American Platinum Mines in South Africa |
James Runyowa | Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 21 | Revisiting Community Based Traditional Irrigation System in South Bihar | Kumar Gaurav | Aviram Sharma |
| 22 | Decentralized Storage for Perishables in South Bihar | Nikky Kumar Jha | Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 23 | Effect of the Factors Contributing to Tropical Cyclone Damages-A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh | Pawan Kumar | Kishore K. Dhavala |
| 24 | Smart Urbanism in Rural Bihar: Envisioning Biharsharif as a Smart City | Praveen Kumar V.S | Aviram Sharma |
| 25 | Potential of Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts due to Deployment of Solar Mini-Grid on Rural electrification | Preeti Kumari | Prabhakar Sharma |
| 26 | Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in Bihar: A Time-Series Analysis | Sonal Jain | B. Mohan Kumar |
| 27 | Enhancing Livelihood Interventions in Solid Waste Management in BodhGaya | Sonam Gupta | Bharath Sundaram |
| 28 | Effectiveness of Solar/electric fencing in Reducing Human-Elephant Conflicts: A Case Study of Senge Geoge in Sarpang District, Bhutan | Sonam Peldon | B. Mohan Kumar |
| 29 | Zero Budget Natural farming: Is it Sustainable ? | Sonia Sharma | Bharath Sundaram |
| 30 | Access and benefit Sharing for Conservation of Traditional Medicinal Knowledge in Rajgir, Bihar | Sristi Jha | Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 31 | Human-Wildlife Conflict: Crop Depredation and its Socio-Economic Impact to The Farmers of UESU Block, HAA District, Bhutan |
Tashi Tenzin
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Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 32 | Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Kanwar Taal, Begusarai, Bihar | Tatsama Motilal
Tashi Tenzin
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Kishore k. Dhavala |
| 33 | Forest Diversion and Its Environmental Impact: A Case Study of District Deoghar, Jharkhand |
Uma Bharti
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Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 34 | Challenges in the Implementation of Nagoya Protocol: A Case of Synthetic Biology |
Vipasha Bhardwaj
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Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 35 | Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in Bihar: A Time-Series Analysis |
Sonal Jain
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B. Mohan Kumar |
Details of Master’s Dissertation 2015-2017
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S. No.
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Title | Student | Supervisor |
| 1 | Disturbances in FloodPlain Wetlands of Harohar River Basin , Nalanda District, Bihar | Ashna Singh | Dr. Prasad Avinash Pathak |
| 2 | Exploring Sustainable Livelihood Diversification and Women Empowerment in Rural Bihar: The Role of Public Institutions | Aparna Jha | Dr. Aviram Sharma |
| 3 | Impact of Dredged Material Dumping on Macrobenthic Community | Tanushree Mundra | Dr. Riddhika Kalle |
| 4 | Examination of Relationship between Urban Transport Network and Landslides in Hakha City, Chin State , Myanmar | Salai K Chha Nge | Dr. Prasad Avinash Pathak |
| 5 | Access and Benefit Sharing Relating to Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources: A Case Study of 2 Villages in South Bihar | Manya Singh | Dr. Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 6 | Diurnal Activity time – budget and bahavioral response of Black – necked Cranes, Grus nigricollis, to human disturbances, in foraging habitats of Bumdeling and Yangtse Geogs in Trashiyangtse, Bhutan | Rinzin Lhamo | Dr. Riddhika Kalle |
| 7 | Comparative Analysis of Centre and State Thermal Power Plants in Bihar | Kumar Abhishek Singh | Dr. Kishore Dhavala |
| 8 | Vegetation Mapping , Diversity and Community Structure in Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary , Amjharsa Beat | Anupam Adarsh | Dr. Riddhika Kalle |
| 9 | Flowing Fluid Electric Conductivity Logging for Detail Hydrogeological Information of Shallow Aquifer | Anurag Verma | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 10 | Relationship of groundwater fluctuation with the Land Use , Elevation , Aquifer type and Water Consumption of Rajgir for Post Monsoon Period | Nabaprabhat Paul | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 11 | Environment Management For Long – Term Case Study: Namngiepl Hydropower Project Bolikhamxay Province- Laos | Kongpheng Moua | Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 12 | Carbon Emission Reduction Scenarios and the Prospects of Emission Trading in India | Deekshith Nevil Pinto | Dr. Kishore Dhavala |
| 13 | Transport of Biochar in saturated porous medium under various physical and Chemical Conditions | Oindrila Ghosh | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 14 | Potential of Rajgir as a Wellness Tourism Hotspot with focus on HotSprings | Rashmita Sharma | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 15 | Current Scenario of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Biharsharif | Pradeep Kumar Jha | Dr. Prasad Avinash Pathak |
| 16 | Revisiting Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad as a People`s Science Movement: Analysing the Environmental Turn | Arvind G. Christo | Dr. Aviram Sharma |
| 17 | Kidney Stone Prevalence and Identification of the Vulnerable Population Groups: A Seven Year Retrospective Study IPGME &R, Kolkata | Subhadeep Das | Dr. Kishore Dhavala |
| 18 | Niche Partitioning in some Common Birds in and around Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary | Dibyendu Biswas | Dr. Riddhika Kalle |
| 19 | Sustainability of Solar based Rural water supply systems : A case study in South Bihar | Aishwarya Alexander | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 20 | Tourism and Earthquake Disaster Management to Enhance Disaster Risk Reduction: A case study from Nalanda District | Kundan Sagar | Dr. Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 21 | Medicinal Plants in the Broad – Leaf Mixed Coniferous Forests of Tshothang Chiwog, Eastern Bhutan: Floristic Attributes, Vegetation structure, and Socio- Economic Aspects | Ngawang Jamba | Prof. B. Mohan Kumar |
| 22 | Economic Valuations as Policy Guidance for Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary | Swarnika Sharma | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 23 | Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights in Conservation of Traditional crop varieties: A case study of Wayanad | Swathi M P | Dr. Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 24 | An Integrated Study of the Chemical and Physical Parameters of Hot springs in Rajgir: in the purview of Socio – Environmental Impacts | Himani Saini | Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 25 | Design of Filter System Using Nanotechnology Based AMF Mechanism for Fluoride and Boron Contamination in Water | Abinash Mohanty | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 26 | Floristic and Socioeconomic Aspects of Medicinal Plants in the Temperate Broad – Leaf Forests of Lachung Valley, North Sikkim | Deeke Doma Tamang | Prof. B. Mohan Kumar |
| 27 | Socio Economic Perspective of Fuel Wood Consumption in Rajgir | Sayantan Haldar | Dr. Kishore Dhavala |
| 28 | Post Mining Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration with Special Context to Coal mining Industries in Jharkhand | Nazia Zafar | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 29 | An Evaluation of the Mangrove Conservation Programmesin Bogalay Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region , Myanmar | Naw Klay Paw | Prof. B. Mohan Kumar |
| 30 | Solid Waste Management at Religious Tourism Sites: Case of Rajgir | Sagarika Srivastava | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 31 | Land Degradation in Anantapur District : Impact on Agriculture and Coping strategies |
Syed Miran Sibghatullah
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Dr. Prasad Avinash Pathak |
| 32 | Influence of Wildlife Conservation Interventions on Gond Community: A Case Study From Pench Tiger Reserve |
Saket Agasti
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Aviram Sharma |
Details of Master’s Dissertation 2014-2016
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S.No.
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Title | Student | Supervisor |
| 1 | Soil Characterisation of Three Micro – Watersheds near Lake Ghora Katora, Rajgir | Jyothirmayee Kandula | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 2 | Energy Access and Renewable Energy Options – Challenges and Opportunities for Bihar |
GaneshDeekshith Siragam
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Dr. Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 3 | Ecosystem Services from Seasonal Rivers and Associated Livelihood Strategies in District Nalanda, Bihar | Sana Salah | Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay |
| 4 | Value Chain Analysis of Wheat in East Champaran District, Bihar, India | Arun Gandhi | Dr. Prabhakar Sharma |
| 5 | National Agroforestry Policy, 2014: A Comparative Analysis and Conceptual Reflections | Machane Daniel I. | Prof. B. Mohan Kumar |
| 6 | An Analysis of Value Chain for Rice in East Champaran District and Losses in the Supply Chain | Anshuman Shekhar | Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya |
| 7 | Ecotourism for Economic Growth and Environment Protection in Kabar Taal , Bihar | Lubna Khan | Dr. Pushpa Kumar Lakshmanan |
| 8 | Fluoride in groundwater and Public Perception of Drinking Water Quality in Roh Block of Nawada, Bihar | Ranjit Kumar | Dr. Aviram Sharma |
| 9 | Comparative Analysis of Centre and State Thermal Power Plants in Bihar | Kumar Abhishek Singh | Dr. Kishore Dhavala |