Major Areas of Research
- Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation
- REDD+
- Ecosystem Goods and Services
- Natural Resource Management
- Forest Conservation
- Agroforestry
- Conservation Ecology
- Forest Ecology and Ecophysiology
- Seed Biology
Major Areas for Consultancy Services
- Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan
- Social Impact Assessment
- Catchment Area Treatment Plan
- Clonal Propagation & High Tech Nursery
- Ecological studies
- Eco-restoration
- Socio–economic studies
- GIS-RS related services
- Study designing and analysis
Extension Areas
- Environmental awareness
- Eco-development camps
- Plantation
- Experimental nursery
- Medicinal plant garden
Training Areas
- Basic Forestry
- Hill Agroforestry
- Natural Resource Management
- REDD+
- Climate Vulnerability Assessment
- Socio-economic Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Research Techniques
Infrastructural Facilities
- Department building with spread of 2376.33 m2 including 1300 m2 area for Laboratories
- Dedicated boys hostel with capacity of 53 seat and one guest room
- Departmental library with approx. 4000 books and 12 national and international forestry journals
- Seminar hall with audio-visual aids with capacity of 90 seats
- Committee room with audio-visual aids
- One ha area nursery for field experimentation
- Environmental controlled mist chamber /Glasshouse
- Forest product museum
- Plant tissue culture lab
- Microbiology and plant pathology lab with culture room
- Seed biology lab
- Walk in seed germination-cum- growth chamber
- Advance computer Lab. with 10 computers
- Basic Computer Lab. with 10 computers exclusively for undergraduate & postgraduate students
- High speed broad band connection and V-SET facilities
- Remote Sensing and GIS Lab. with high resolution plotter
- ERDAS & ARCVIEW/ ARC GIS, GIS software
- SPSS software for data analysis
- Mini bus for student’s tour
- Vehicle for field tour
Technical Facilities
Laboratories
- Micro-biology lab
- Tissu Culture lab
- Seed lab
- Soil lab
- Conservation lab
- Mensuration and Engineering lab
- RS&GIS lab
- Data analysis lab
- NTFPs and Wood product Museum
Equipments
- Environmental control Mist chamber
- UV - Spectrophotometer
- US – VIS Spectrometers
- VIS Spectrometer
- Seed germinators
- Digital Microscope
- Electrophoresis
- Increment borers
- Surveying equipments
- Seed quality measuring equipments
- ArcGIS and ERDAS; SPSS Software
- Large Map Plotter
Collaboration
Foreign Collaboration
- Rottenburg University, Germany
- ICRAF, South East Asia Office, New Delhi
Collaborating Departments from University
- Department of Zoology & Biotechnology
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Rural Technology
- Department of Geology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Economics
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Botany
Teaching
Quality Teaching
- ICAR Syllabi for Bachelors’
- ICFRE Syllabi for Masters’
- Accredited by ICFRE
- Use of Modern Teaching Tools
- Continuous internal assessment
- Opportunity of seminars and group discussion
- Field visits/technique tour/study tour
- Research assignment
- Regular interaction with faculty
- Opportunity for interaction with experts
Teaching Aids and Approachs
- Use of OHPs and LCD for class room teaching
- Field oriented training
- Farmers’ field
- Natural forests
- Protected Areas
- Tree outside forests
- Industrial exposure and training
- National level forestry research institutes/universities
- Reputed Non Governmental Organisations
- Reputed Private Companies
- Seminars/Workshops and group discussions etc.
- Basic and Advanced computer labs with LAN for Post graduate and graduate students
- High speed broad band linked with V-SET facilities
Placement of Students
- In academics as Associate and Assistant Professor in Universities/ Colleges,
- In research, as ARS Scientist in ICAR Institutes,
- In industries, as professionals in Plywood, Paper & Pulp, Plantation Industries.
- In NGOs, as professionals in ATI, CHIRAG, CHEEA etc.
- In research, as JRF, SRF, RA in National and regional research institutes such as ICAR Delhi, ICFRE Dehradun, FRI, Dehradun, CSIR New Delhi, IIFM Bhopal, GBPIHD Almora, HNBGU Srinagar
MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
| S.No. | Name of Project | Funding Agency | Year |
| Completed | |||
| 1. | Energy consumption survey in Garhwal Himalaya Dr. N.P.Todaria |
DNES | 1987-90 |
| 2. | Propagation studies on social forestry and agroforestry tree species of mountains Dr. N.P.Todaria |
MoEF | 1990-93 |
| 3. | Investigation into factors affecting seed quality of social forestry tree species Dr. N. P. Todaria |
CSIR | 1990-93 |
| 4. | Research and development of demonstration units for agroforestry systems in hills Dr. N. P. Todaria |
DoEn U.P. Govt. | 1993-98 |
| 5. | Studies on oak fodder of Garhwal Himalaya Dr. N. P. Todaria |
ICAR | 1995-98 |
| 6. | Demonstration of sloping Watershed Environmental Engineering Technology (SWEET) for restoration of degraded lands in Garhwal Himalaya Dr. N. P. Todaria |
GBPIHED | 1995-99 |
| 7. | Co-ordinated Research project on Albizia lebbek Dr. N .P .Todaria |
ICFRE | 1997-2000 |
| 8. | Seed Technology of Priority species Prof. N. P. Todaria |
ICFRE | 1997-2000 |
| 9. | Wastelands Development of Non-Forested Areas through Agroforestry Models Prof. N. P. Todaria |
Dept. of LR MoRD | 1997-2002 |
| 10. | Provenance Progeny trials in P. ciliate Prof. N .P. Todaria |
CSIR | 2000-2003 |
| 11. | Pollen Productivity, Multilocational dispersal trials and provenance-progeny analysis in Pinus roxburghii sergeant- Dr. C.M. Sharma | ICFRE | 1997-2001 |
| 12. | Co-ordinated research project on genetic improvement of Pinus roxburghii Dr. C. M. Sharma |
ICFRE | 1997-2001 |
| 13. | Studies on Allelopathy interactions in Agroforestry systems in Garhwal Himalaya Prof. N.P.Todaria and Dr. B.P.Bhatt |
ICAR | 2000-2003 |
| 14. | Bamboo farming in marginal and sub-marginal lands in Garhwal using agroforestry techniques Prof. N. P. Todaria and Dr. B. P. Bhatt |
Dept. of LR MoRD | 2002-2005 |
| 15. | Quality Seedling Production and Establishment of Herbal garden (Trees only) Prof. N. P. Todaria and Dr. D. S. Chauhan |
NMPB | 2004-2007 |
| 16. | Forest Diversity Studies in Fakot & Pathri Rao Watersheds Prof. N. P. Todaria and Dr. D. S. Chauhan |
DST | 2005-2007 |
| 17. | Regeneration and Plant Diversity Status along the Disturbance Gradient on Natural Oak Forests in Garhwal Himalaya Dr. D. S. Chauhan and Prof. N. P. Todaria |
MoEF | 2006-2009 |
| 18. | Conservation and sustainable development of Dwarf bamboo in the Garhwal Himalaya Prof. N. P. Todaria and Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta |
NBM MoA | 2008-2011 |
| 19. | Predator People Conflict in the mountainous landscapes of the Alaknanda valley in Garhwal Himalaya Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta and Prof. N. P. Todaria |
UCOST | 2009-2010 |
| Ongoing | |||
| 20. | Agroforestry mapping of Uttarakhand Prof. N. P. Todaria and Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta |
ICRAF, Delhi | 2011-13 |
| 21. | Soil seed bank and post-fire regeneration ecology of Pine forest in Garhwal Himalaya Dr. S. S. Phartyal, Prof. N. P. Todaria |
UGC, New Delhi | 2011-2014 |
| 22. | All India Coordinated Research project on Sacred Grove Ecosystem Service Assessment in Uttarakhand Prof. N. P. Todaria, Dr. A .K Negi and Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta |
MOEF, New Delhi | 2012-2017 |
| 23. | One Time Research Grant to work on species shift above timber line and Vulnerability Analysis Prof. N. P. Todaria |
UGC, New Delhi | 2012-2013 |
MAJOR CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
| S. No. | Name of Project | Funding Agency | Year |
| Completed | |||
| 1. | Natural Regeneration Research and Consultancy study in DNP, KWLS & SWLS in U.P. | U.P. Forest Department, Lucknow | 2001-2002 |
| 2. | Formulation of EIA and EMP of Kotlibhel hydroelectric project stage – IA Uttarakhand | NHPC | 2005-2006 |
| 4. | Formulation of EIA and EMP of Kotlibhel hydroelectric projects stage – IB in Uttarakhand | NHPC | 2005-2006 |
| 5. | Formulation of EIA and EMP of Naitwar-Mori hydroelectric project, District. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | SJVNL | 2007-2008 |
| 6. | Socio Economic Study for Lata Tapovan Hydro Power project, District. Chamoli, Uttarakhand | NTPC | 2008-2009 |
| 7. | Base Line Demographic and Socio Economic survey in respect of Naitwar Mori HEP, District. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | SJVNL | 2008-2009 |
| 8. | Socio Economic Study for Rupsiabagar- Khasiabara Hydro Power Project (RKHPP), District. Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand | NTPC | 2008-2009 |
| 9 | Formulation of EIA and EMP of Bhilangana hydroelectric project, District Tehri, Uttarakhand | UJVNL | 2008-2009 |
| 10 | Formulation of EIA and EMP of Asiganga hydroelectric project, District. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | UJVNL | 2009-2010 |
| 11 | Social Impact Assessment (SIA) of Naitwar Mori HEP, District Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | SJVNL | 2009-2010 |
| 12 | Review of WII Report on Cumulative Impact Assessment | GMR | 2011-2012 |
SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOP CONDUCTED
- Training workshop on “Training on entry point activities for joint forest management for field functionaries” collaboration between RC-NAEB, New Delhi and Department of Forestry, Srinagar, June, 2000.
- International Seminar on “Forests, Forest Product and Services: Research, Development and Challenges Ahead” Srinagar, November, 2006
- Training cum traveling workshops on “Micro-planning, PRA, Accounting Procedures, Records Management and SHGs under the FDA Projects in Uttarakhand” collaboration between RC-NAEB, New Delhi and Department of Forestry, Srinagar, April 2006.
- National Workshop on “Climate Change and Himalayan Environment” Srinagar, April, 2009
- National Workshop on “Quaternary Climate studies with emphasis on Dendrochronology and Palynology” acted as host institute for the training workshop conducted by Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow, May 12-18, 2009.
- Potential of Bio-diversity rich community conservation area in Uttrankhand Srinagar, 24-25 Nov, 2009.
- Workshop on “Potential of Van-Panchayat for REDD+ Pilot Project in Uttrakhand” Srinagar 26-27 March, 2011.
- Workshop on sustainable harvesting and use of Ringal in Uttrakhand, 2011.