ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SCIENCE AS A FIELD OF VARIOUS RESEARCH LEVELS: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES& SUGGESTIONS IN INDIAN CONTEXT

Since Environment is an important concept therefore many subjects are available on Environment viz. Environment Science, Environment Studies, Environment Engineering, Environment Management, etc. The Applications of Management in the environment called as Environmental Management and similarly, applications of Informatics and Computing are known as Environmental Informatics. However, there are other allied branches and subjects than Environmental Informatics and these can be known as allied branches and subjects. Different kind of environment related subjects gets the benefits of Environmental Informatics by different means. Environmental Informatics is the right solution for different concerns. Different tools, techniques and sub technologies of Information Technology, Computer Science are important in environmental related activities for the wider benefits and many educational institutes have started educational programs on the field started with Bachelors, Masters and Research Degrees including in the allied fields. IT and Computing as emerging and rising in different areas therefore in the environment and allied areas also such technologies are adopted in different segments. At the research level, many institutes and organizations have started the academic program; though there are many potentialities in the inclusion of Environmental Informatics at the research level. This paper is a kind of policy based which discussed about the potentiality of Environmental Informatics at the research level with reference to the issues, challenges, and possible solutions