BHOPAL: The annual examination of Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management (PGDEM) of EPCO Institute of Environmental Studies will be held from April 24 to May 2, in which five written examinations and viva voce will be conducted. The admission for the academic year 2017-18 will start from April 2017. EPCO Institute started the PG diploma course in 2011-2012, which constitutes the introduction to environmental protection and management and awareness towards environment. EPCO has been constantly organising short and long-term programmes and workshops. In 2016, EPCO Institute organised more than 65 such programmes. The PG diploma course is a distant one-year-course for graduates.