Environmental Informatics: Educational Opportunities at Bachelors level - International Context and Indian Potentialities

Environmental Informatics is an interdisciplinary subject and it is the combination of Environment
related subjects and Informatics related subjects. It is the utilization and applications of
Informatics and IT principles and tools in Environmental Management, Environmental
Monitoring, and Science. In other words, it is the practice of Sustainable Computing and
Information Technology. Environmental Informatics is responsible for the applications of
Information Technology in Environment, Nature and various allied subjects and areas like
Geology, Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Climatology, Oceanography and all these are
valuable stakeholders of Environmental Informatics. Ecology Informatics in some contexts is
related with Eco Informatics. Environmental Informatics is broader than Environmental
Information Technology; as it interconnects both environmental as well as information science for
the complete natural processes with language common to both humans and computers.
Internationally Environmental Informatics has become a field of study in many universities. Apart
from PG degree in recent past Environmental Informatics has also started at Bachelors level and
many universities have started an initiative on this. This is a conceptual paper and also analytical
study regarding Environmental Informatics including its basic feature and importance as an
academic program. The paper shows about the universities which offer Bachelors degree in brief.