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PGVD · NSQF 8 · 1 YEAR

SEBI requires India's top 1,000 listed companies to file a sustainability report every year. Someone qualified has to build it. PGVDESG makes you that person. In one year.

NSQF Level 8. Delivered by IFEM as Industrial Academic Training Partners (IATP) with IUN (International University Nagaland). Built on SEBI BRSR, Companies Act CSR, and the global GRI, SASB and TCFD frameworks.

Not for professionals who want a sustainability buzzword on their profile. For graduates and working managers who want a qualification an ESG audit trail can stand on.

What this programme looks like at a glance.

Duration
1 year
NSQF Level
8
Eligibility
Bachelor's degree in any stream. RPL admission available for working professionals with ESG, CSR, compliance or EHS experience.
Mode
Self-paced online. Bilingual. Pan-India.
Next batch
July 2026
Affiliation
Vocational diploma delivered as Industrial Academic Training Partners (IATP) with IUN (International University Nagaland). Institutional backbone: IFE Nagpur.

The mandate is signed. The reporting desks are empty.

SEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) is mandatory for the top 1,000 listed companies in India. Section 135 of the Companies Act makes CSR spending and disclosure a legal obligation, not a choice. The RBI is pushing climate risk disclosure into banking and finance.

Every one of those mandates needs someone who can collect the data, run the materiality assessment, draft the disclosure, and defend it in front of an auditor. Indian corporates are creating ESG roles faster than any pipeline is producing qualified people to fill them.

PGVDESG closes that gap in a year. The programme covers the environmental, social and governance pillars in depth, ESG data collection, GRI, SASB and TCFD reporting, BRSR drafting, ESG ratings and green finance, the full Indian regulatory landscape, and ESG risk assessment. Built for graduates entering the field, and for working CSR, compliance and EHS professionals who qualify for RPL admission.

Where PGVDESG graduates land.

PGVDESG uses the NBC-AUDIT PATHWAY.

NBC-AUDIT PATHWAY

Every module closes with a live case. A real listed company. A real disclosure requirement. A real compliance gap. Students run the audit steps: data collection, materiality assessment, non-conformance documentation, disclosure drafting, assurance review. The same live-case audit method IFE has refined across two decades of compliance consultancy practice.

By the end of the year, a PGVDESG graduate has drafted more disclosure and audit documents than most sustainability officers touch in their first three years on the job.

Is PGVDESG for you?

This is for you if

  • You are a graduate in any stream and want to enter the ESG and sustainability profession in one year.
  • You are a working CSR, compliance, sustainability or EHS professional who wants to formalise your qualification through RPL.
  • You need an NSQF Level 8 credential that corporate hiring boards and ESG consultancies accept.

This is not for you if

  • You are a fresh Class 12 student. Start at VDFSM or BVFSHM.
  • You want fire and industrial safety depth. Go to PGVDISM or PGVDFSHM.

Want the full module-by-module syllabus?

Download the PGVDESG detailed curriculum PDF. Module breakdown, learning outcomes, project brief, and assessment structure. Sent to your email within minutes.

One thousand listed companies must file a sustainability report every year.
PGVDESG trains the people who build it.

PGVD in Environmental Social GovernancePGVD · NSQF 8 · 1 YEAR · Admissions 2026-27 open
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