NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR EDUCATION & TRAINING

QUALITY COUNCIL OF INDIA

QCI Office, 6th Floor, ITPI Building, Ring Road, I.P. Estate, New Delhi
Scheme for Accreditation of EIA Consultant Organizations
Accreditation Committee Meeting for Re-Accreditation held on
November 24, 2017

The following members were present during the meeting:

1. Dr. S.R. Wate - Chairman

2. Prof. B.B. Dhar - Member
3. Dr. G.K. Pandey - Member
4. Dr. Nalini Bhat - Member
5. Dr. S. P.Chakrabarti - Member
6. Prof. C.P. Kaushik - Member
7. Prof G.J. Chakrapani - Member
8. Prof. Umesh Kulshrestha - Member

Mr. A.K. Jha – Senior Director, Dr. S.K Mishra – Joint Director, Dr. Pawan K. Singh – Assistant
Director, Ms. Preeti Pawaria, Ms. Samra Khan – Accreditation Officer and Ms Kritika Sharma-
Executive Officer were present in the meeting.

1.0 Minutes of the Accreditation Committee meeting dt. November 10, 2017 were approved.

2.0 Case for Re-Accreditation

The following case was discussed and decisions were taken as noted below.

2.1 Global Tech Enviro Experts Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar

The ACO has been assessed as per Version 3 of the Scheme. Result of the Re-accreditation
Assessment (RA) is given below:

2.1.1 Category of Approval :

The ACO has scored more than 60% marks hence it continues to be accredited with Cat. A.

2.1.2 Scope of Accreditation

Sector No.
NABET (MoEFCC
Sl. Cat.
Scheme Sector Description Notification dt.
No.
Sectors September
14,2006 &

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 Amendments)
1 1 Mining of minerals including opencast / underground A 1 (a) (i)
mining
2 7 Mineral beneficiation A 3 (a)
3 8 Metallurgical industries (ferrous & non-ferrous) A 3 (a)
4 9 Cement plants B 3 (b)
5 16 Chemical fertilizers A 5 (a)
6 22 Distilleries B 5 (g)
7 36 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) B 7 (h)
8 37 Common Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility B 7 (i)
(CMSWMF)
9 38 Building and construction projects B 8 (a)

2.1.3 Sectors approved for EIA Coordinators (ECs)

a. Assessed as per RA norms – for ECs approved earlier:

Current approval
Earlier approval status
S. status
Name (SA/subsequently) Remarks
No. (after RA)
Sector Cat. Status Cat.
In-house
1 A Renewed A None
Ratikanta Mohanty
1 7 B Renewed A Upgraded to
Cat.A
2 Ratikanta Pattnaik 8 A Renewed A Ferrous only
3 Bhabani Prasad Nanda 37 B Renewed B None
Empanelled
4 Alabh Anand 37 B - - Absent

b. Assessed as per IA norms – for new Sectors of approved ECs and fresh ECs proposed:

Sl. Sectors
Name Cat. Remarks
No. Applied Recommended Approved
In-house
Ratikanta 8 Yes Yes A None
1
Mohanty 9 Yes Yes B None
2 Ratikanta Pattnaik 16 Yes Yes A None
Bhabani Prasad 16 Yes Yes A None
3
Nanda 36 Yes Yes B None
Deepak Kum ar
4 38 Yes Yes B None
Mallick
Manoranjan B None
5 22 Yes Yes
Nayak
Prithwiraj Sahu 1 - - - Further details sought
6
on assessment.
Empanelled
7 Alabh Anand 32 - - - Absent

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2.1.4 Functional Areas (FA) approved for Functional Area Experts (FAEs):

a. Assessed as per RA norms – for FAEs approved earlier:

Approval status
Earlier approval status
SI. after RA
Name Remarks
No. FAs approved in
Cat. Status Cat.
SA/subsequently
In-house
AQ A Renewed A None
AP A Renewed A None
1 Ratikanta Mohanty
HG B Renewed A Upgraded to Cat.A
Geo A Renewed A None
2 Ratikanta Pattnaik AP B Renewed B None
RH B Renewed A Upgraded to Cat.A
Bhabani Pr asad A Renewed SW only
3 MSW A
Nanda
WP B Renewed B None
SC B Renewed B None
Deepak Kum ar
4 NV B Renewed B None
Mallick
HG B Renewed B None
5 Sashi Bhusan Pani SC B Renewed B With observation
Braja Bandhu
6 SE A Renewed A With observation
Behera
LU B Renewed A Upgraded to Cat.A
7 Prithwiraj Sahu
EB B Renewed A Upgraded to Cat.A
Empanelled
LU A - - Absent
SC A - - Absent
8 Alabh Anand
SHW A - - Absent
RH A - - Absent
Prem Sankar
9 Geo A Renewed A None
Acharya
10 Kabir Mohan Sethy LU A Renewed A With observation
Hrudayanath
11 EB A Renewed A With observation
Thatoi
12 Biswatosh Nayak SE B - - Absent

b. Assessed as per IA norms – approved experts for new functional areas and fresh FAEs
proposed:

Sl. Functional Areas

Name Cat Remarks
No. Applied Recommended Approved
In-house
1 Ratikanta Pattnaik RH Yes Yes A None
2 Manoranjan Nayak SE Yes Yes A None
WP Yes Yes B None
3 Kaustav Patnaik
SHW Yes Yes B HW and SW only
EB Yes Yes B With observation
4 Diganta Krishna Ray
SC Yes Yes B None

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 2.1.5 Functional Area Associates(FAAs):

a. FAAs approved:

Approval
Sl. Areas Name of
Name Status Remarks
No. applied for FAE/Mentor
(Yes/No)
In-House
Ratikanta
AQ Yes None
Mohanty
1 Bandita Samal
Ratikanta
HG Yes None
Mohanty

Note: The following will be communicated to the ACO by NABET

1. Detailed observations and reasons for alerts
2. Results of balance candidates and details of the assessment.

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 3.0 Case of Supplementary Assessment

3.1 MITCON Consultancy & Engineering Services Ltd., Pune

The case of MITCON Consultancy & Engineering Services Ltd. Pune, was discussed vide RA AC meeting dt.
July 21, 2017 and is accredited for Sectors 4(A), 8(B), 9(B), 21(A), 22(A), 24(A), 25(B), 36(B), 37(B), 38(B)
and 39(A). However Sectors 3 (A), 33(A) & 34(A) were on hold with NABET due to non availability of
eligible in-house/empanelled expert for significant FA Vibration. The ACO proposed candidates for scope
expansion and for FA Vibration to cover the shortfalls and the result is as under:

3.1.1 Scope of Accreditation

Sector Number
NABET
Sl. (MoEFCC Notification
Scheme Sector Description Cat.
No. dt. Sep. 14, 2006 &
Sectors
Amendments)
1. 3 River Valley projects A 1(c)
2. 7 Mineral beneficiation A 2(b)
Isolated storage & handling of Hazardous
chemicals (As per threshold planning quantity
3. 28 B 6(b)
indicated in column 3 of schedule 2 & 3 of MSIHC
Rules 1989 amended 2000)
4. 33 Ports, harbours, break waters and dredging A 7(e)
5. 34 Highways, A 7(f)

3.1.2 EIA Coordinator (ECs):

Sl. Sectors
Name Cat. Remarks
No Applied Recommended Approved
Empanelled
7 Yes Yes A
1 Santosh Gupta None
28 Yes Yes B

3.1.3 Functional Area Expert (FAEs):

Sl. Functional Areas (FA)

Name Cat. Remarks
No Applied Recommended Approved
In-house
1 Sunil Chandrakant Natu NV Yes Yes B None
Empanelled
WP Yes Yes A
2 Santosh Gupta None
SHW Yes Yes A
3 Anant Dilip Gadre LU Yes Yes A None

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3.2 Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, Nagpur

The case of Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, Nagpur was discussed vide RA AC meeting dt. May 30, 2107
and is accredited for sectors 1(A), 3(B), 4(A), 6(A), 8(A), 9(A), 21(A), 22(B), 27(A), 28(B), 29( A), 34(A),
36(B) and 38(B). ACO proposed candidates for scope expansion and the result is as under:

3.2.1 Scope of Accreditation

Sector Number
NABET
Sl. (MoEFCC Notification
Scheme Sector Description Cat.
No. dt. Sep. 14, 2006 &
Sectors
Amendments)
1. 39 Townships and Area development projects B 8 (b)

3.2.2 EIA Coordinator (ECs):

Sl. Sectors
Name Cat. Remarks
No Applied Recommended Approved
Empanelled
Mohammad
1 39 Yes Yes B None
Akhtar

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Issued by:

A.K Jha
Senior Director
QCI- NABET

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Abbreviations

ACO : Accredited Consultant Organization

AC : Accreditation Committee
Cat. : Category
IA : Initial Accreditation
EC : EIA Coordinator
FAE : Functional Area Expert
RA : Re-Accreditation
SA : Surveillance Assessment
FAA : Functional Area Associates

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