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The G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment is the focal agency of the Indian government to advance scientific knowledge about the Indian Himalayan Region, and to evolve integrated management strategies, demonstrate their efficacy for conservation of natural resources, and to ensure environmentally sound development in this region. The institute was formerly known as the G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, or GBPIHED. [1]
The institute was established in August 1988, during the birth centenary year of Bharat Ratna Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, as an autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Govt. of India. [1] [2]
The institute has a decentralized set-up, with its headquarters at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. At the headquarters, the research and development activities of the institute at are organised among four thematic centres located there. These are the Centre for Land & Water Resource Management; the Centre for Socio-Economic & Development; the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation & Management, and the Centre for Environmental Assessment & Climate Change. [1]
As of August 2023, the institute also has six regional centres.The regional centres are at Srinagar (Garhwal Regional Centre), Mohal – Kullu (Himachal Regional Centre), [3] Tadong - Gangtok (Sikkim Regional Centre), [4] Itanagar (North East Regional Centre), [5] Leh - Ladakh (Ladakh Regional Centre), [6] and Mountain Division (at MoEF&CC, New Delhi). [7]
The institute serves as the lead institution for the facilitation and coordination of ICIMOD’s activities in India. [8]
The institute receives its core funding from the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, of the Government of India. The research and development activities are, however, substantially strengthened through external funding obtained from different national agencies (such as DBT, CSIR, DST, UGC, ICSSR, INSA, ICAR, UCOST, NEC, Sikkim Govt., WWF-India, etc.) and international agencies (such as ICIMOD, UNESCO, NORAD, TSBF, CIDA-SICI, McArthur Foundation, BCN, TMI, UNDP, FAO, UNIDO, UNICEF, etc.). [1]
The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest; more than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft) above sea level lie in the Himalayas.
Kullu is a district in Himachal Pradesh, India. It borders Shimla district to the south, Mandi and Kangra districts to the west, and the Lahaul and Spiti district to the north and east. The largest valley in this mountainous district is the Kullu Valley. The Kullu valley follows the course of the Beas River, and ranges from an elevation of 833 m above sea level at Aut to 3330 m above sea level at the Atal Tunnel South Portal, below the Rohtang Pass. The town of Kullu, located on the right side of the Beas River, serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district. The Kullu district also incorporates several riverine tributary valleys of the Beas, including those of the Parvati, Sainj, and Tirthan rivers, and thus some regions somewhat distant from the Kullu valley. The economy of the district relies mainly on horticulture, agriculture, tourism, and traditional handicrafts.
Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology (GBPIET) is an autonomous institution for higher technical education located in Ghurdauri of Pauri Garhwal district, in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. College run by the government of Uttarakhand, India. It was created in 1989 and named after the memory of the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, statesman and Bharat Ratna recipient Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.
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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries (RMCs) of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. The HKH region is a vast area, encompassing mountain ranges stretching from the Hindu Kush range in northern Afghanistan to the Arakan range in Myanmar, with the Himalayan range as its spine, and also includes the Tibetan Plateau. ICIMOD promotes and fosters partnerships amongst the RMCs in an effort to secure a better future for the people and environment of the HKH region.
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