Please help me in getting the details of the GB Pant Institute Kosi Katarmal?

G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development was established in August of the year 1988, at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, in Uttarakhand as an Autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests under the Govt of India.

The main objectives of the institute are as follows –

To Undertake in-depth research and development studies on environmental problems of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR).

Identify and strengthen the local knowledge of the environment and contribute towards strengthening researches of regional relevance in the scientific Institutions, Universities/NGOs and Voluntary agencies that have been working in the Himalayan region, through interactive networking.

Evolve and demonstrate suitable technological packages and delivery systems for sustainable development of the region that is in complete harmony with local perceptions.

Major research areas at the institute –

Research

Watershed services, management and land use policy
Sustainable tourism
Entrepreneurship and self employment in the Himalaya
Indigenous knowledge: traditional lifestyle, architecture and health care practices
Biotechnological interventions in environmental rehabilitation
Resource materials: mountain ecology and environment
Capacity building and technology transfer/absorption
Domestic energy needs options and challenges
Improved economic and ecological viability of Himalayan farming systems
Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
Protected areas- management issues & solutions
Climate change impacts land and water resources
SEA and EIA specific to the Himalayan region
Disaster mitigation and management data bases and knowledge products
Environmental Management of Urban areas

Facilities at the institute includes the following things-

-Library & Information Centre
-Internet & Video Conferencing (IT Cell)
-Sophisticated Tissue Culture Labs
-RS and GIS Cell
-Herbal Gardens
-Greenhouses/Polyhouses
-Videography
-Project Formulations
-Consultancy
-Training, Workshop & Seminar
-GPS Reference Stations
-Labs for Soil, Water and Plant Analyses
-Multi-location Weather Monitoring Stations
-ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology
-Lead Centre for Himalayan Biosphere Reserves
-Documentation Cell
-ICIMOD Cell
-Rural Technology Complex
-Glacier Study Centre
-Disaster management Faculty
-Central Instrumentation Laboratory
-Nature Interpretation & Learning Centre
-Arboretum & Plant Nurseries

This institute has the branches at the said places –

Garhwal (Srinagar)

Himachal (Mohal, Kullu)

Sikkim (Gangtok)

North-East (Itanagar)


Address-

Dr. P.P. Dhyani, Director
G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, INDIA
Phone: (05962) 241015, EPABX Nos.: (05962) 241041, 241154
Fax: (05962) 241014, 241150
Email : psdir[at]gbpihed[dot]nic[dot]in

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