NLSIU Inks MoU with IGNFA Dehradun to Offer the Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law

National Law School of India University has inked an agreement with Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun to impart NLSIU's Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law course to Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, trainees and probationers, as part of their professional training. 

National Law School of India University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India; to impart the University’s Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (PGDEL) course to Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, trainees and probationers, as part of their professional training.

The MoU would pave way for imparting requisite legal knowledge to the officers by the faculty of a premier law school. This would also make available a pool of trained and competent officers in the field of environmental laws to the Government of India and the State Governments in meeting the challenges of the environment and forestry sector, and also for effective implementation of the Central and State legislations on the subject.

The course will be conducted by the NLSIU faculty at IGNFA, Dehradun and will be completed within the programme cycle of the professional course of the officer trainees. The MoU shall be effective initially for a period of 5 years.

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Environmental Jurisprudence is fast evolving in India. The same is reflected in the number of environmental legislations that are enacted and also in the various directions being issued by the higher courts. It, therefore, becomes very essential that the Forest and Environmental bureaucracy is well-equipped and updated on these issues. It is also in line with the Government of India’s Mission Karmayogi, which aims at capacity building of the Civil Services in India.

Till now the legal education for forest officers was handled largely by internal experts. But by an arrangement with NLSIU, Bengaluru, provision is being made to provide to the officers at the very beginning of their career, an objective and professional input by the best in the business. The MoU is a result of vision and efforts at various levels, in the MoEFCC to ensure quality training to the officers entering the service, said the government's statement.

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