Introduction

Environment Department, Government of Maharashtra has been hosting the ENVIS Centre since 2003. The subject assigned to this centre is 'Status of Environment & related issues'. The major objectives of this Centre are collation, collection and dissemination of information in order to support and promote research, development, and innovation in Environmental Information Technology. The main focus of this Centre is on providing Environmental Information to Decision Makers, Policy Planners, Scientists, Engineers , Research Workers and to the Public.

This Centre is engaged in several Information services viz. Abstracting, FAQ, Press clippings, Publications of Environmental Statistic Reports of Municipal Corporations/Councils, Annual presentation of State of Environment Report, Publication of book and articles on Environmental Pollution, Management, Education and Awareness, State Legislation, Development of database, Environmental Standards, Citizen's charters. The centre has built up reasonably good information base in the form of publications, reports, reprints, bibliographic abstract and database in the subject areas since its inception.

ENVIS team

Dr. B. N. Patil - ENVIS Co-ordinator & Director