PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TO ADOPT SUSTAINABLE AND GREENER PRACTICES IN THE CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE.

Campus sustainability has become an international issue for university directors & administrators as result of the realization of the effects, the activities and operations of universities have on the environment. Over 300 university presidents and chancellors in over 40 countries have signed the declaration as a commitment to campus sustainability and a handful of them have took on projects and initiatives to include sustainability into their curriculum. But such initiatives are not made by Government of India as it spends huge money of Effective Teaching Learning process and Research in many universities and institutes. Few private and autonomous universities/institutes in India have followed Sustainable and greener practices at their campus as a part of Social Responsibility and beautification. But most of universities/institutes are not aware and motivated to implement effective Environmental Management System for making their campus sustainable and greener. Such scenarios can be seen in most of the institutes in India due to non availability of any guidelines or mandatory provisions by University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education and other bodies of administrations under Ministry of Higher Education, Government of India. The present study was carried out during 2015-16 to evaluate the existing practices being followed by Universities/institutes in Pune, India as well as to conclude with suggestions and measures to implement effective and efficient Sustainable practices for making Greener Campus.