Acknowledgments
It was a daunting task for me to write a book on environmental studies when there is a plethora of books on this topic. I must acknowledge that my students’ inquisitiveness and thirst for a comprehensive book on this topic for the last few years sowed the seed for the present work.
I thank the Department of Higher Education, Government of Orissa; principals of government colleges where I have been working; NIT, Rourkela, where I worked as a Visiting Scientist during 2004 to 2006; UGC; Sambalpur University, and other institutions for giving me the opportunity to turn into an author from a reader.
I am also grateful to my parents, Nabin Chandra Basak and Anima Basak, for their constant inspiration, to Chitta ...
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