The Department of Environmental Science acts as a nodal centre for providing teaching support to various departments in the university as per UGC guidelines for courses like environment science and disaster management. It provides interface between academia and industry for finding solutions to the climate change and environmental issues. Presently, the Department offers the PhD. Degree program along with graduate and undergraduate courses M. Sc and B. Sc (Hons) in Environmental Science. The Department has experienced permanent and visiting faculty members.The major research areas are basic and applied ecology, air, water and soil pollution, climate change and biodiversity, environmental impact assessment, bio-remediation,environmental toxicology, waste management, Remote Sensing/GIS etc.