The School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) of Doon University was established in 2009 to provide advanced training to the students through a structured curriculum with multidisciplinary approach involving latest advances in the fields of Environmental Science and Technology with an emphasis on research and innovation.


It has a state of art laboratory equipped with high end sophisticated instruments such as Ion Chromatograph (IC), Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), CHNS Analyser, Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, LICOR Infrared Gas Analyser (IRGA), LICOR Photosynthetic Analyser, PCR with Gel Documentation, Fiber Analyser, Kjeldahl Nitrogen Analyser, UV visible spectrophotometer, Microwave digester, Anderson Cascade impact or, Flame photometer along with some minor instruments such as BOD incubators, hot air ovens, Autoclave, Laminar air flow, Micro balances, Electrophoresis unit, Distillation units.


The Ph.D. program includes extensive Course Work, Seminars and Theme papers of 20 credits of two semesters.

This is followed by thesis work for Ph.D. on an approved topic for a minimum of two years (Four semesters) of 40 credits.

Approval and successful defense of thesis is required for the award of PhD degree.

Frontier Areas of Research at SENR:
• Soil Plant Microbe Interactions, Forest Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation
• Solid waste Management, Ecotoxicology, Wastewater Treatment
• Freshwater Biodiversity; Water Quality Assessment & Monitoring, EIA & Wetland research
• Geo-botany using Remote Sensing and GIS, Disaster Management
• Biological Nitrogen Removal (Anammox Process), Bioprocess Design, Optimization and Kinetics
• Development and characterization of Nanomaterials for their Environmental applications
• Ambient air quality monitoring and assessment, Chemical characterization and source receptor modelling of Pollutants (PAHs, VOCs, Trace metals, carbonaceous matter) in air, water and soil & Biota
• Chemical Transport Models (CTMs), Data Assimilation, Air Quality Modelling/Forecasting, Statistical/Time Series Modelling and Forecasting, Climate Models, Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos