List of on-going projects under Ecosystem Research Schemes - As on 30.6. 2008)

 

Sl.No.

F.No. & Title of the project

Name/address of the PI

Outlay Releases

Date of sanction

Remarks

1.

 

14/9/2003-ERS/RE

Rehabilitation of degraded soils of Upper Assam due to Excessive Mining of Coal.

 

Dr. P. Azad

Associate Professor

Instt. of Advanced Study in Science & Technology(IASST),

Vigyanpath Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk,Guwahati-781022, Assam.

9,67,920

 

3 years

27.1.2005

 

2.

 

F.No. 14/1/2005-ERS/RE

Germplasm Collection and Production of Improved Planting Stocks of Terminalia chebula Retz. And Terminalia bellirics (Gaertner) Roxb” .

Dr. Maheshwar Hegde, Institute of Forest Genetics and tree breeding, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore-641 002.

18,14,000

3 years

 

29.6.2005

 

 

 

3.

 

14/40/2003/-ERS-RE

Regeneration and Plant Diversity Status along the Disturbance Gradient on Natural Oak Forests in Garhwal Himalaya.

Dr. D.S. Chauhan,

Lecturer of Forestry,

Deptt. of Forestry, Post Box No. 59,

HNB Garhwal Univ., Srinagar-Garhwal 246174,

 Uttaranchal

12,60,630

 

3 years

23.8.2005

 

 

4

14/40/2002-ERS/RE   Status, Ecology and Conservation of striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Gir National Park and Sanctuary

Dr. Jamal A. Khan

Wildlife Society of India, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002

21,53,000

 

3 years

 

31.10.2005

 

 

5.

14/10/2003-ERS-RE

Aquatic biodiversity and function of hyporheic biotope in a regulated river of Doon Valley.

Dr. Ramesh C. Sharma,

Head & Coordinator,

Deptt. of Environmental Sciences, H.N.B. Garhwal University, P.B.-67, Srinagar-Garhwal-246 174, Uttaranchal

15,15,600

 

3 years

15.2.2006

 

6

14/26/2004-ERS/RE

Diversity and ecology of mites infesting medicinal plants of West Bengal

Dr. Goutam Kumar Saha

Reader in Zoology

University of Calcutta

35, Ballygunge Circular Road,

Kolkata-700 019.

9,94,750

 

3 years

 

8.8.2006

 

 

7

14/10/2005-ERS/RE Impact of Land use on vegetation and soil carbon, net primary productivity and nitrogen budget in tropical dry deciduous forest of Barnawapara Sanctuary

Dr. Lalji Singh

Associate Professor

Department of Forestry

Indira Gandhi Agricultural

University

Raipur-492 006.

 

34,55,290

 

3 years

8.8.2006

 

 

8

 

 

14/14/2005-ERS/RE

Ecology and Biocontrol potential of the “Giant Coccinellid Predators of Aphids”.

Prof. B.K. Agarwala

Deptt. Of Life Sciences, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar-799130, Tripura(W).

13,02,000

 

3 years

28.8.2006

 

9

 

14/17/2005-ERS/RE

Diversity and distribution of Asterinaceous fungi in India.

 

Dr. V.B. Hosagoudar

Microbiology Division

Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute

Palode-695 562.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

14,89,000

 

3 years

8.8.2006

 

 

10

 

 

14/25/2005-ERS/RE

Biodiversity studies of Orthoptera in Kaziranga National Park, Assam”

 

Dr. N. Senthilkumar.

Rain Forest Research Institute

P.B. No. 136, Deovan, Sotai

Jorhat-785 001.

6,35,400

 

3 years

25.8.2006

 

 

11.

 

14/75/2003-ERS/RE

Restoration of certain Mining sites of Gujarat by application of VAM fungi.

Dr. Arun Arya

Reader in Botany Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of

Baroda, Vadodara-390002.

8,72,880

 

3 years

31.10.2006

 

12

 

14/42/2005-ERS/RE

Inventory and documentation of Mushrooms of Tribal Importance in Wayanad District of Kerala

Dr. C.K. Pradeep

TBGRI

Pallode

Trivandrum-695562

10,42,240

3 years

27.10.2006

 

 

 

13

 

No. 14/3/2006-ERS/RE

Vulnerability assessment, nutrient pool and vegetation response of Alpine ecosystem to climate change in Himalaya, India”.

Dr. M.C. Nautiyal.

HIPPRC,HNB Garhwal Univ.

Post Box No. 14,

Srinagar-246174.

Uttranchal

35,47,503

 

3 years

9.11.2006

 

 

14

 

14/35/2005-ERS/RE

Studies on ecosystem level changes following the gregarious flowering of Melocanna baccifera in Mizoram”.

Dr. F. Lalnunmawai

Deptt. of Forestry

Mizoram University

Tanhril Campus, Aizawal-796009.

Mizoram

9,67,150

 

3 years

20.9.2006

 

 

15

14/26/2005-ERS/RE

Plant functional Trait Analysis of Dry Tropical Forest Ecosystems”

 

Dr. A.S. Raghubanshi.

Reader

Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005

44,60,400

3 years

17.10.2007

 

 

16

14/45/2005-ERS/RE

Inventorization of fish and aquatic mega fauna of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Assam

Dr. S.P. Biswas

Professor & Head

Deptt. of Life Sciences,

Dibrugarh University

Dibrugarh-786004, Assam

6,94,313

3 years

19.7.2007

 

17

 

 14/11/2006-ERS/RE

Ornamental fish Resources of the Barak and Chindwin Headwaters in North East India, their Biology and Conservation

Dr. W. Vishwanath Singh

Deptt. of Life Sciences

Canchipur

Imphal-795003.

12,47,400

 

3 years

6.8.2007

 

18

 

F.No. 14/16/2006-ERS/RE

Floristic studies on Macrophytic diversity of Nameri National Park(Assam) and Pakke Tiger research (Arunachal Pradesh)”

Dr. Nilakshee Devi

Lecturer

Deptt. of Botany

Gauhati University

Gauhati-781014.

 

7,66,080

 

3 years    

19.7.2008

 

19

 

Socio-Cultural and political aspects of market and non-market benefits of forest resources with special reference to NTFPs and conservation in and around Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram

Dr. U.K. Sahoo

Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, P.O. 190, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

7,91,154

 

3 years

 

13.12.2007

 

 

20

Ants as an indicator of ecosystem health in North-West Shivaliks

 

Dr. Himender Bharti, Lecturer, Deptt. of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002

 

19,06,380

3 years

19.6.2008

 

21

Development of nursery technology and measurement of ecological and natural regeneration status of chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana wal)-a rare and endangered species of India,

Dr. G.S. Shamet, Professor (Ecology), Deptt. of Silviculture & Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar Univ. of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan- 173 230 (HP)

 

11,98,260

3 years