18 Feb 2017  |   07:43pm IST

Four shortlisted for GSPCB member secy

Team Herald

PANJIM: 

Goa Biodiversity Board member secretary Pradip Sarmokadam and TERI state convener Dr Fraddry D’Souza are amongst four shortlisted candidates for the post of Member Secretary of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). There are also three names from the field of environment shortlisted for the post of Chairman.

Following National Green Tribunal (NGT) order in August, last year, making it mandatory

the special knowledge or practical experience in the environment protection studies for the post of Chairman and MS of SPCBs, across the country, GSPCB had invited applications for both the posts in November 2016-by drafting special recruitment rules.

The post of Chairman is been

vacant since March last year after former chairman Jose Manual Noronha was appointed as chairman of the Goa Public Service Commission. T the same time, the three-year tenure of the existing GSPCB and its MS Levinson Martins ended in June.

Total 22 candidates had applied for both the posts- 13 for the post of chairman and nine for MS- that include former scientists, academicians and bureaucrats holding wither Masters of PhD degree in Chemistry or environment and having work experience of over 10 years.

The three member selection committee for the post of Chairman shortlisted names of Jayvant Priolkar from Chimble who has working experience in the field of environment health safety in various companies including Siba, Ganesh Shetgaonkar from Morjim who is working in a reputed firm Excel Corp in Mumbai and Navnath Khandeparkar from Margao working in Zuari Industries Limited.

The committee shortlisted four names for the post of MS- Goa Biodiversity Board member secretary Pradip Sarmokadam , TERI state convener Dr Fraddry D’Souza, Navnath Khandeparkar from Margao working in Zuari Industries Limited and Mahesh Dessai from Ponda having worked in various mining firms.

“The file is yet to be put up before government for decision. It may take place post election code of conduct,” a senior official said adding that the shortlisting of the candidates was done before the election code was announced on January 4.