NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR EDUCATION & TRAINING QUALITY COUNCIL OF INDIA QCI Office, 2 nd Floor, Institution of Engineers Building, BSZ Marg, New Delhi Accreditation Scheme for EIA Consultant Organizations Minutes of 95 th Accreditation Committee Meeting held on January 29, 2013 from 1230 to 1700 Hrs Present 1. Prof. B. B. Dhar Member 2. Mr. N. Tiwana Member 3. Dr. Asha Rajvanshi Member 4. Shri. Bharat Bhushan Member Leave of absence was granted to Shri. Paritosh C. Tyagi, Dr. S. Devotta, Prof. J. K. Garg and Shri Bansal. In absence of Shri. Paritosh C.Tyagi, Prof. B. B. Dhar Chaired the meeting. NABET Secretariat was represented by: Mr. A. K. Ghose- Principal Advisor, Dr. Hari Prakash- Joint Director & Ms. Sakshi Bhargava- EIA Division Team Member. The following were discussed/ decided: 1. The minutes of the 94 th Accreditation Committee Meeting held on January 8, 2013 was considered and approved. 2. Applications to be discussed: a. S A Infrastructure Consultants Private Limited, Ghaziabad b. Pavan & Co., Ahmedabad c. Techno Analytical, Kolkata 3. Applications considered 3.1 S A Infrastructure Consultants Private Limited, Ghaziabad Scope of Accreditation Sl. No. Sector No. as NABET Scheme of Sector Category A/B Project or Activity as per Schedule of MoEF Notification dated September 14, 2006 and subsequent amendments Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 1
1 34 Highways only A 7(f) EIA Coordinators (EC) 1 R.S. Gangwar 34 Yes* Yes* A *Highways only. Functional Area Experts (FAEs) EB Yes Yes B Not recommended SHW Yes Yes B for NV due to 1 R.S. Gangwar NV No No - knowledge in the FA. 2 Upendra Kumar SE Yes Yes B 3 Pawan Kumar Bharti WP Yes Yes B *Noise only. AP Yes Yes B Not approved for NV Yes Yes* B experience. Vibration due to AP No No - Not recommended for: AP- due to 4 L.A. Zahoori knowledge in the AQ No No - FA AQ- due to experience. 5 Satyendu Sinha LU Yes Yes A 6 7 Deshpande J. Naharrao Naresh Singh Panwar 8 Vivek Sharma RH Yes Yes A GEO Yes Yes A SC Yes Yes A AP No No - Not recommended WP No No - for any FA due to FAs. knowledge in the The following candidates were absent during the interaction and hence not considered: 1. Swapnil Rai 2. Santanu Kundu Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 2
The applicant organization is required to induct experts in under mentioned areas and the shortfall of the experts is to be made up at the earliest but not later than three months from the date of communication. 1. For AQ, Vibration and HG - / empanelled experts Accreditation will be subject to the fulfilment of the above requirements. The results on various aspects of assessment may be communicated to the AO. 3.2 Pavan & Co., Ahmedabad Scope of Accreditation Sl. No. Sector No. as NABET Scheme of Sector Category A/B 1 3 Irrigation only B 1( c) 2 21 Synthetic organic chemicals industry A 5 (f) 3 40 (ii) Electroplating and metal coating - - 4 40 (iii) Electrical and electronics including component industry - - 5 40 (iv) Glass and ceramic industry - - 6 40 (v) Food processing - - EIA Coordinators (ECs) Project or Activity as per Schedule of MoEF Notification dated September 14, 2006 and subsequent amendments Sl Ajit 1 Bhatnagar 2 Pavan K. Shah 3 G Sandeep H. Shah 3 Yes* Yes* B *Irrigation only. 21 Yes Yes A 40 (ii) Yes Yes - 40 (iii) Yes Yes - 40 (iv) Yes Yes - 40 (v) Yes Yes - 21 - - - Further details on assessment to be sought from assessors. Functional Area Experts (FAEs) Sl Ajit G 1 Bhatnagar HG Yes Yes A GEO Yes Yes A Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 3
Sl 2 Pavan Shah 3 Aneri Prabhat Singh AP Yes Yes A * Noise only. WP Yes Yes A SHW Yes Yes A Not recommended for Vibration due to NV Yes* Yes* B experience. AP Yes Yes B Not recommended AQ Yes Yes B for WP due to WP No No - RH Yes Yes B knowledge in the FA. EB Yes Yes A 4 S M Pandaya SC Yes Yes A 5 Ramdas A Wani RH - - - 6 Sandeep H Shah 7 8 Shital, Tamakuwala N B Kawalanekar AQ - - - NV - - - SE - - - HG - - - GEO - - - Further details to be sought on specific experience in stated functional areas Associate FAE (AFAE) Sl 1 Trusha Sodagar 2 Mahendra Singh K S Rathod Applied Recomme nded Approv ed WP Yes Yes B SHW Yes Yes B SE - - - - 3 Mahesh Dave SE - - - - 4 Darshana Rawal LU No No - - of Senior Expert Pavan Shah Pavan Shah On hold. Further details on specific experience to be sought for the senior expert. On hold. Further details on specific experience to be sought for the senior expert. As per the NABET Scheme, an AFAE can only be proposed when they are employed in- house. Hence, her candidature is not accepted. Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 4
The applicant organization is required to induct experts in under mentioned areas and the shortfall of the experts is to be made up at the earliest but not later than three months from the date of communication. 1. For LU - / empanelled experts Accreditation will be subject to the fulfilment of the above requirements. The results on various aspects of assessment may be communicated to the AO. 3.3 Techno Analytical, Kolkata Of the 5 EIA Coordinators (EC) proposed, only one (Dr. Amit Dutta) was approved. However, this EC is an empanelled expert. As per the Scheme, a Consultant Organization must have at least one in-house EIA Coordinator. Thus, the applicant organization Techno Analytical, Kolkata does not meet the minimum requirement of the scheme of having 3 full time in- house experts on their rolls. Their application for accreditation is, therefore, not accepted. The results on various aspects of assessment may be communicated to the AO. 4. Applications covering clarifications 4.1 Environment & Power Technologies Private Limited (EPTPL), Bangalore Clarifications sought from EPTPL, Bangalore in 72 nd AC Meeting dated February 28, 2012 were received and considered. EIA Coordinator (EC) 1 - - - Clarifications were 3 - - - sought w.r.t specific 1 S. Raja Rao 8 - - - experience of Sh. Rao 25 - - - in stated sectors. 40 (v) - - - Response received. To be assessed. Functional Area Experts (FAEs) 1 S. Raja Rao AP Yes Yes A 2 A.G. Thimmappasetty AP Yes No - Not approved for AP due to experience in AP control aspects. Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 5
Sl 3 Anjali Singham AQ Yes No - 4 Nagaraja S. N. Sharma GEO Yes No - Not approved as even after 10 months withdrawal letter from other organization not submitted Candidature withdrawn by AO. 4.2 S. G. M. Corporate Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Pune Clarifications sought from SGM, Pune in 71 st received and considered. AC Meeting dated February 21, 2012 were EIA Coordinator (EC) 1 B. B. Gunjal 25 Yes Yes A Functional Area Expert (FAE) 1 Ramesh Dod NV Yes* Yes B *Noise only. LU Yes Yes B NOC received and accepted. 4.3 Crystal Consultants, Ranchi The case of M/s Crystal Consultants was deferred vide IA AC Meeting dated August 8, 2012. Further clarifications were sought with respect to deficiencies in laboratory and composition of team to be sought. Clarifications received and considered. AO is required to submit the scope of Accreditation of NABL Accredited Laboratory and also specific experience details with respect to the following candidates: Niraj Kumar Singh- AP and WP Atma Nand Singh- GEO Lakshman Prasad- SE Final decision shall be taken on receipt of response to above clarifications. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair. Vipin Sahni C.E.O. NABET Minutes of 95 th AC Meeting: January 29, 2013 Page 6