Jadavpur University
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Law & Management
Kolkata, West bengal
Admission to Post Graduate Certificate Course on Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Technologies, 2026
The proposed course is developed considering the following parameters for the five-year program duration including number of students per year, tuition, scholarships and travel allowance for students, and compensation for professors, industrial experts and admin staff.
| Subject Area | Course | Periods/ week | Marks | Credit Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses | Subject Code | Subject Name | Lecture | Examination | Sessional | |
| Paper-I | Water and Wastewater Treatment and Management | 4 (First 3 months) |
100 | 3 | ||
| Paper-II | Concept of Zero Liquid discharge | 4 (First 3 months) |
100 | 3 | ||
| Paper-III | Process Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment | 4 (First 3 months) |
100 | 3 | ||
| Laboratory-I | Water quality and Wastewater Analysis Laboratory | 3 (First 3 months) |
100 | 3 | ||
| ZLD Professionals at Industrial Facilities | ZLD professionals at industrial facilities | Last 5 Months | 400 | 8 | ||
| Total | 15 | 300 | 500 | 20 | ||
Course Eligibility:
Category 1: Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering or Technology in Civil / Electrical / Mechanical / Chemical / Environmental Engineering / Biotechnology only
or
Category 2: 2-year Master of Science Degree in Chemistry / Environmental Science or Equivalent degrees of the above-mentioned subjects only will be accepted.
Sponsored candidates will be allowed to participate in the course, subject to formal release from their appointing authority. This is a full time day certificate course. They have to produce no objection certificate (NOC) from their appointing authority at the time of admission.
Age: No bar
Intake: Total intake is 10 (Ten)-Maximum
Duration: 8 months (3 months university teaching followed by 4 months industrial training followed by 1 month internal assessment)
Timing and venue: Classes will be held at Jadavpur University Main Campus during day time.
Fees: Fees for the course is Rs. 48,000/- (plus GST) to be paid in one installment at the time of admission. In addition, each student has to pay his/her examination fees as per the university rules.
Scholarship: Rs. 8,000/- per month subject to maintaining 70% monthly attendance.
Instructions for filling up the application form: Applicants can fill up the application form online. The application fee is Rs. 100.00 and the same should be paid online through SBI Collect portal for online applications. Link for SBI-Collect.
Mode of admission: Seats will be distributed among the two categories (please see eligibility criteria above) of the applicants proportionate to the number of applications received in each category. No written admission test will be held. Merit list in each of the two categories will be prepared considering B.Tech. / M.Sc. degree final marks (70% weightage). After that candidates will be called for interview (30% weightage). Provisional merit lists will be displayed on Jadavpur University website and candidates will also be informed through email. Course will be conducted subject to filling up of minimum number of seats. If not filled up entire course fees paid will be refunded.
For any questions/clarifications please email zld@jadavpuruniversity.in
| Last date of filling up online admission form | 11/06/2026 (Thursday, 11:59 .M.) |
| Last date of receiving application fees online | 12/06/2026 (Friday) |
| Date of interview Venue: TEQIP Building Room No. 110, Jadavpur University main campus |
18–19/06/2026 (Thursday & Friday) |
| 1 st admission list available on website | 25/06/2026 |
| Admission | 29/06/2026 & 30/06/2026 (in TEQIP Building Room No. 110) |
| 2 nd and subsequent lists (if required) | 02/07/2026 |
| 2 nd list admission | 03/07/2026 (if required) |
| Class start | 06/07/2026 (Monday) |
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