School of Environmental Studies (SOES) is part of Jadavpur University and a self-funded institute. Neither it asks international aid agencies for any financial help nor does it ask local or central government for fund. We do not also accept any donation. We sell our expertise. The school runs on the basis of money it earns.

The purpose of this School is to highlight and make an approach to solve the environmental problems where people are affected. The School is providing scientific information to common people, industry, local and central government about some of the present environmental problems (e.g. arsenic, fluoride groundwater contamination, metal toxicity from industrial effluent, urban air and water pollution etc.) and suggesting government what steps to be taken to combat the situation.

Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Sad Ahamed, Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Dilip Lodh, Amir Hossain, Bhaskar Das, Niladri Roy, Kshitish Chandra Saha, Shyamal Kanti Palit and Dipankar Chakraborti have contributed to the study, design, implementation, analysis, interpretation and the writing of the manuscript.

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