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CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROFESSOR B. K. TIWARI
1. Name: Professor
B. K. Tiwari, FNIE
2. Present position: Professor
and Head
3. Work
place address: Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong – 793 022
4. Residential address: Qr.
No. P 2, NEHU Staff Quarters, North-Eastern
Hill University, Shillong – 793 022
Phone: Workplace: 0364-2721158 Residence:
0364-2550774 Mobile: 09436100984 Fax: 0364-2551599
e-mail: bktiwarinehu@gmail.com
5. Date of Birth:15th April
1954
6. Educational
Qualifications:
B.Sc., 1972, Gorakhpur University,Gorakhpur.
M.Sc. (Botany) 1975, Gorakhpur
University, Gorakhpur,
Ph.D.,(Botany) 1981, North-Eastern Hill
University, Shillong
7.
Teaching and Research Experience
Post
Period College/University
Lecturer 1981-1982 St. Edmund’s Degree College, Shillong
Lecturer 1982-1988 St. Anthony’s Degree College, Shillong
Reader 1988-1998 North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Professor 1998-Till date North-Eastern Hill University,
Shillong
8.
Teaching experience: Under Graduate - 8 years
Post Graduate - 22 years
10.
Research activities
10.1
Post Doctoral Research Experience:Rothamsted International Fellow at the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK
10.2
Area of Specialization: Ecology and Environmental Science
10.3 Research guiding
experience: 29
years
10.4
Number of research students working at present: 8
10.5
Number of research papers published
in peer reviewed journals and edited books: 80
10.6 Number
of technical reports prepared : 50
10.7 Areas of research interest:
Ecorestoration of degraded lands, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Health Assessment,
Sacred Groves, Shifting Cultivation, Community and Joint Forest Management and Environmental Impact Assessment, NRM, Forest
Products and Livelihood
11. Books Edited
1. Environmental Education in Higher Education
System. Published by
the
Centre for Ecodevelopment, NEHU, Shillong 1993.
2. Social Forestry in North-Eastern India, Published by The Regional
Centre, National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board, NEHU,
Shillong
111 pages 1990.
3. Tiwari B.K. and S. Singh. Ecorestoration of
Degraded Hills, (Ed)
Kaushal
Publication, Shillong 1995
4. B. K. Tiwari et al Curriculum for Joint Forest
Management in
North-Eastern India, Regional Centre, NAEB, NEHU, Shillong 1999
5. Malhotra, K.C.; Barik, S.K.; Tiwari, B.K.
and Tripathi, R.S. (Eds.) Joint Forest Management in North-East India: A Trainers Resource Book.,
Shillong Regional Centre, NAEB, NEHU 2004.
12.
Books authored
1. Sacred Forests of Meghalaya Biological and Cultural
Diversity,
Regional
Centre NAEB, NEHU, Shillong 102p, 1999
(Jointly with R.S. Tripathi and. S.K. Barik).
2. Forest Products of Meghalaya: Present
Status and Future Perspective. Regional Center, National Afforestation and Ecodevelopment Board, North-Eastern Hill
University, Shillong 163 pp, 2008, (Jointly with C. Kumar).
13. Technical Reports of few Selected Major Research Projects
1. Studies on Environmental Impact of Coal Mining in Jaintia Hills
District.
Sponsored by Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board,
Shillong.
1993 (Co-Investigator).
2. Sacred Groves of Meghalaya: Status and Strategies for their
Conservation.
Sponsored by North-Eastern Council, Shillong 1995.
(Principal Investigator).
3. State of Environment of Meghalaya. Sponsored by Department
of Urban Affairs, Government of Meghalaya 1996. (Co Investigator).
4. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Limestone
Mining
Project at Nongtrai, Meghalaya 1997. (Principal Investigator).
5. State Level Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of
Nagaland, (Co investigator)
6. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Uranium
Mining
and Processing Plant at Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills,
Meghalaya
(Principal Investigator)
7. Environmental Accounting of Natural Resources of Meghalaya:
Phase-1
Land and Forest Resources, Ministry of Statistics and
Programme
Implementation, Government of India,
New Delhi
(Co investigator)
14. List of journals in which research papers are published
The Soil Biology and Biochemistry (Great Britain), Hydrobiologia
(The Netherlands), Potato Research (Great Britain), Biology and
Fertility of Soils (Germany), Pedobiologia (France), Acta Oecaologica, Oecologia Plantarum (France),
Plant and Soil (The Netherlands),
Tropical Ecology (India), Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad. (India), Acta Botanica Indica (India), Journal
of Soil Biology and Ecology (India),
Proc. Indian Acad. Sciences (India), Proc. National Sci. Academy
(India), International Journal of Environment and Sustainable
Development (Belgium), Ecosystem Health (USA), Journal
of Human
Ecology (India), Acta Horticulturae and Indian Journal
of Traditional Knowledge (India) Journal of Tropical Forest Science, Journal of
Forestry Research.
15. Major externally funded research projects completed
1. Ecological investigation on biology
and biochemistry of agricultural soils
of north-east India in relation of different agricultural practices.
C.S.I.R., New Delhi. (Co investigator) 1984-1988.
2. Studies on certain functional attributes of heterotrophic microbes in
freshwater
lakes of north-eastern India. UGC New Delhi, Principal
Investigator
1985-1988.
3. Studies on environmental impact of Hundung Cement Factory with special reference to
water and air pollution levels. North-Eastern Council,
Shillong
(Principal Investigator) 1991-1992.
4. Preparation of State of Environment Report for the State of
Meghalaya
Directorate of Urban Affairs, Government of
Meghalaya,
(Co investigator), 1992-95.
5. Monitoring of enironmental impact of coal mining in Jaintia Hills
Meghalaya.
Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board, Shillong
(Co investigator)
1991-1993.
6. Status and strategies for conservation
of sacred groves of Meghalaya.
North Eastern Council, Shillong. (Principal Investigator) 1994-1995.
7. Joint forest management systems in north-eastern India with special
reference
to Tripura. Ford Foundation through SPWD,
New Delhi
(Principal Investigator) 1995-1997.
8. Environmental impact of limestone mining in Nongtrai, Meghalaya.
La Farge,
Singapore, (Principal Investigator) 1996-97.
9. Studies on Community
Forest Management Systems in Meghalaya, India.
Sponsored by Department for International Development,
UK (Principal Investigator).
10. Environmental Impact
assessment of proposed river valley projects on
Dihang and Subansiri
rivers in Arunachal Pradesh. Sponsored by Water
and Power Consultants
India, New Delhi (Co investigator) 2000-2001.
11. Environmental Impact of Limestone
Mining in Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Sponsored by Uranium Corporation
of India, Jaduguda,
Jharkhand, India (Principal
Investigator) 2004.
12. Environmental Accounting of Natural
Resources of Meghalaya: Phase-1
Land and Forest Resources, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi.2004-2007.
13. Innovations in Shifting Cultivation
in North-Eastern India. ICIMOD,
Kathmandu, -IFAD, Rome. 2003-2005.
14. Assessment of Water Quality of
river Umkhrah, Shillong sponsored by
Meghalaya Pollution Control
Board, Shillong (Principal Collaborator)
2001-2002.
15. Environmental Studies in West Khasi
Hills, Meghalaya. Sponsored by
Uranium Corporation of India
Ltd. Jaduguda (Principal Investigator)
2002-2003.
16. State level Biodiversity Strategy
and Action Plan of Nagaland sponsored
by Pepartment of Forest,
Environment and Ecology & Wildlife,
Government of Nagaland,
Kohima (Co-investigator)2001-2003.
17. Biodiversity Enriching and Livelihood
Enhancing Forest Management
Practice of War Khasis of
Meghalaya Sponsored by IDRC, SARO,
MAPPA, New Delhi
(Principal Investigator) 2003-2006.
18. Forest Product Markets, Livelihood
Links and Potential for Growth in
Meghalaya. Sponsored by the Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR) Indonesia.
2004- till date.
19. Forest Poverty Interactions in
Rural Meghalaya. Sponsored by the Center
for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR) Indonesia. 2006-till date.
20. Preparation of Environmental impact
assessment an environmental
management plan for New
Shillong Township. Meghalaya Urban
Development Agency, Government
of Meghalaya, Shillong.
16. Major
on-going externally funded research projects
1. Regional Centre National Afforestation & Eco-Development Board,
Govt. of India, New Delhi (Coordinator) 1990-till date. (A research
cum extension project of MoEF, GOI, New Delhi with an annual
grant of about 80 lakhs).
2. Status, biodiversity value and strategies for conservation of sacred
groves of East and West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. GBPIHED,
Almora 2009-2012.
17. Fellowship/Membership of professional bodies
1. Fellow of National Institute of Ecology
2. Society for Advancement of Botany, Meerut, India. (Life Member)
3. Meghalaya Science Society, Shillong, India. (Life Member)
4. Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. (Life Member)
5. Indian Society of Ethnobotany NBRI, Lucknow
(Life Member)
6. Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (Life Member)
7. North-East India Council of Social Science Research, Shillong
(Life
Member)
18.
Consultative and advisory services provided to
1. Directorate
of Urban Affairs, Govt. of Meghalaya, Shillong
2. Meghalaya
State Pollution Control Board, Shillong
3. International
Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome
4. Guwahati
High Court (Imphal Bench), Imphal through North- Eastern
Council, Shillong
5. La Farge,
Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd., Singapore and Jakarta
6. Water
and Power Consultants of India Ltd., New Delhi
7. North-Eastern
Council (Ministry of Development of North
Eastern Region), Shillong
8. Aus
Aid, Australia
9. Meghalaya
Urban Development Agency, Government of
Meghalaya, Shillong
10. ICIMOD, Kathmandu
19. Partner
institutions and Research Collaborators
1. International Development
Research Centre, South Asia
Regional Office, New Delhi.
2. Ford Foundation, New Delhi.
3. Community Forestry International,
Inc, USA.
4. International Centre
for Mountain Development, Kathmandu.
5. International Fund for Agricultural
Development, Rome.
6. Mountain Institute, USA.
7. Development Consultants Private
Ltd., Kolkata.
8. Centre for International Forestry
Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
9. University of Liverpool, U.K.
20.
Participation in international symposia/seminars/workshops
abroad
1. Presented a paper entitled “Impact of Surface Coal Mining on
Ecosystem
Health : A case study of Jaintia Hills, India at
1st
International Symposium on Ecosystem Health and Medicine
held at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 19-23 June, 1994.
2. Presented a paper entitled “Use of microbial parameters as
indicators
in the monitoring of soil ecosystem functioning at
XII
International Colloquium on Soil Zoology held at Dublin,
Ireland on 21-26 July, 1996.
3. Presented two papers entitled “Use of Soil Microbial Biomass in
Monitoring
Ecorestoration of Coal Mine Spoils” and “The Soil
Microbial
Biomass as an indicator of Soil Pollution by Heavy Metals”
at XIV Latin
American Congress of Soil Science held at Pucon,
Chile on 8-12 November, 1999.
4. Presented three papers at International Workshop on Shifting
Cultivation
for Sustainability and Resource Conservation in Asia
held
at International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, Cavite,
Manila, Philippines, on 14-27 August, 2000.
5. Presented paper entitled “Impact of Cash crop cultivation on Gender
relations
dynamics in Khasi Community, A matrilineal tribe of
Meghalaya
India. At the International Symposium on
Towards
Sustainablelivelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions,
Chiang Mai, Thailand 7-9 March 2006.
6. Presented paper entitled “Forest products Market in
Meghalaya:
Opportunities and Constrains in livelihood of the poor”.
Presented
at the International Workshop on Forest that Benefit
the Poor:
Linking Income Generation to influence among Forest
Communities
in Asia, held at CIFOR, Bogor Indonesia on
8-12 May
2006.
7. Presented a paper entitled “Future of Nonwood Forest Production
in Asia
and Pacific” International Conference on The Future of
Forests
in Asia and the Pacific: outlook for 2020, Chiang Mai,
Thailand 16-18 October, 2007.
8. Presented paper entitled “Forest Management Practices of Tribal
People
of Meghalaya, north-east India” the international
conference
on Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty
Alleviation:
Roles of Traditional Forest Related Knowledge.
Kunming, China 17-20 December 2007.
9. Presented a paper entitled’ Interdependence of Upland and lowlands
villages
communities for forest products and water flow in
Meghalaya,
India. International Symposium-Interdependencies
between
upland and lowland agriculture and resource
management,
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
1-4 April
2008.
21. Development of curriculum
1.
Certificate Course in Environmental Science for North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 1992.
2
M.Phil. Course optional paper on “Environmental Impact Assessment Methods” for North-Eastern Hill University,
Shillong, 1995
3. Curriculum for Joint Forest Management
Training in North-East India, for NAEB, MoEF, New Delhi. Published by RCNAEB: NEHU, Shillong, 1998
4. M. Sc and B. Sc courses in Environmental Science
for
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
22. Participation in development projects/programmes of state and
central governments
1. Formulated/helped in formulation of integrated afforestation
and eco-development
projects for various governments and
non-governmental agencies
in north-eastern India.
2. Evaluated a number of afforestation and eco-development
projects implemented
by various governmental and non-governmental
agencies in north-eastern
India.
3. Conducted a large number of problem specific studies
related to afforestation
and eco-development programmes of the
Ministry of Environment
and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi.
4. Acted as expert for evaluation of nominations for various awards
given by the Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Government of
India in the field of
forestry development.
5. Helped State Governments of north-eastern India in preparation
of draft enabling resolutions
for implementation of Joint Forest
Management (JFM).
23. Fellowships and honours
1. Awarded Rothamsted International Fellowship – 1995 for higher
research at Institute of Arable Crops Research (Rothamsted
Experimental Station), UK by IACR-Rothamsted, Rothamsted
International, Harpenden, UK.
2. Gold Medal for standing first in M.Sc. (Botany) examination,
1975 of Gorakhpur University,
Gorakhpur.
3. Fellow of National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi.
24. Chairman/Member of Committees/ Task Forces of Central and
State Governments
1. Chairman State level Expert Appraisal Committee, Meghalaya under
EIA
Notification Government of India 2006 for a period 2007-2010
appointed
by Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest,
New Delhi.
2. Member of Task force on Shifting Cultivation appointed by Ministry
of Environment and Forest Government of India 2007.
3. Member of Meghalaya Protection of Catchment Areas Advisory
Board,
Government of Meghalaya, Shillong 2007.
25.
Universities/ Research Institutes/Countries visited abroad:
Ottawa University, Ottawa, Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada,
Institute
of Arable Crops Research (Rothamsted Experimental
Station),Kingdom, University College of Dublin, Ireland, Asian
Institute
of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Ethnobotany, Kunming,
People’s
Republic of China, IIRR, Manila, Philippines, Centre for
International
Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia, Paris, France,
Pucon,
Chile, Hohenheim University Stuttgart, Germany
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