Environmental Consultant
Also known as: EIA Coordinator · Environmental Analyst
Prepares environmental impact studies, monitoring reports and clearance documents for projects.
What you’d do
Helps projects and companies assess and report their environmental impact — for example environmental impact assessments (EIA), monitoring reports and documents for environmental clearance. Environmental consultancies, engineering firms and some NGOs hire for this role. Work mixes field surveys, data work and report writing.
- Collect field and baseline environmental data
- Draft EIA and monitoring reports
- Prepare clearance applications
- Coordinate with labs and clients
How you get in
Freshers join consultancies as trainee or junior consultants, usually helping with baseline surveys, data compilation and report drafting. An M.Sc in Environmental Science and knowledge of the EIA process and pollution norms are what most hiring looks for.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Field sampling and surveys
- Data analysis in spreadsheets
- Technical report writing
- Basic GIS mapping
- Understanding environmental law and norms
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Project deadlines and site visits are common.
- Growth path: junior consultant → consultant → project manager or functional area expert.
- Work volume follows infrastructure and industrial project activity.
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