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| Research
and Capacity Building Institutes in Himachal Pradesh
Pankaj Gupta, Y.S. Verma, Richa Minocha |
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9788173872068 |
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2007
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276 |
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8.5"
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Rs.
550 |
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This
book includes information on institutes and organizations
which are atrengthening the research and academic
capacity in the state of Himachal Pradesh. A brief
account of each institute has been presented including
the historical background, mandate & objectives,
thematic areas of research, main activies and achievements.
The institutes have been clubbed theme-wise. These
themes are Academic institutes; Environment Research
institutes; Agriculture & Horticulture Institutes;
Forestry institutes; Buological Sciences institutes
and departments; Industrial Development institutions;
and Human Resource Development institutions. In the
introductory Chapter, a brief introduction has been
given for each theme along with a brief outline of
the institutes falling under these themes. The book
has been organized in eight themes.
Awareness, information and Knowledge are capable of
bringing out extraordinary performance out of ordinary
people. This compilation is an encyclopedia of information
on research and capacity-bulding institutes in Himachal
Pradesh. It will prove very useful to the academia
and other research and capacity-building institutes
keen on networking and collaborating with other institutes
to streamline their operations.
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Foreword
Preface
1. Education and Capacity-building in Himachal
Pradesh: An Overview
2. Academic Institutes
3. Environment Research Institutes
4. Science and Technology Institutes
5. Agriculture and Horticulture Institutes
6. Forestry Institutes
7. Biological Sciences Institutes and Departments
8. Industrial Development Institutions
9. Human Resource Development Institutions
Annexure I: Contact Address
Annexure II: List of Abbreviations Used
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Pankaj Gupta is Working as a senior
project associate in the Institute of Integrated Himalayan
Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He has
been actively involved in a project on compilation
of annotated bibliography of Himachal Pradesh, and
in a project on "Development in the Himalayan
Villages: An Integrated Study". For
the latter he has done a detailed analysis of village
Shakrori in Shimla district to see the impact of change
in culture, agriculture and biodiversity and also
to see the impact of proximity with a hydro-electric
project.
Professor Yoginder Verma (Director,
Academic Staff College, H.P. University, Shimla) holds
MBA and Ph.D degrees and is a Professor in the Institute
of Management Studies, Himachal Pradesh University.
Dr. Verma has previously contributed in the establishment
of the Institute of Management in Tribhuvan
University, Kathmandu and has also provided
consultancy to Nepal Airways and
Central School at Kathmandu. He has
been the Director of the Academic Staff College in
H.P. University since 1989. Dr. Verma has written
ten books and 100 articles/papers published in national
and international journals. His areas of interest
are Strategic Management, HRD, Organizational Development,
Management of Change, Educational Management, Training
& Development, Teaching Effectively and Team Building.
Dr. Verma has guided ten Ph.D. Student and about two
dozen M.Phil students.
Dr. Minocha Richa has obtained her
doctoral degree from the Centre for the Study of Regional
Development in Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. She has worked on various projects like
community participation in natural resource management,
impact of violence on women's health, public-private
partnership in education etc. She is currently working
for the institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies
as Lecturer in Social Sciences. She is actively involved
in a project on Village Studies, and another on Engendering
Development.
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