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National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) HIMALAYAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (PRO FORMA FOR THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT) [Reporting Period: from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019] Kindly fill the NMHS Fellowship Annual Progress Report segregated into the following 7 segments, as applicable to the NMHS Fellowship nature and outcomes. 1. Fellowship Grant Information and Other Details 2. Fellowship Description at Himalayan Research Associates (H-RAs) Level 3. Fellowship Description at Himalayan Junior Research Associates (H-JRFs) Level 4. Fellowship Description at Institutional/ University Level 5. Fellowship Concluding Remarks/ Annual Summary 6. Specific Research Question(s) Addressed with Succinct Answer(s) 7. Any other information Please let us know in case of any query at: [email protected] PRO FORMA NMHS-Fellowship Annual Progress Report (APR) 1. Fellowship Grant Information and Other Details NMHS Fellowship Grant ID: GBPI/NMHS/HF/RA/2015-16 Dated 30.03.2016 Name of the Institution/ University: Doon University No. of Himalayan Research/Project Associates: 3 No. of Himalayan Junior Research/Project Fellows: 10 NMHS Fellowship Grant Progress Page 1 of 26 2. Fellowship Description at H-RA Level Himalayan Research Associates (H-RAs) H-RAs Profile Description: Date of Name of the PI and S. No. Name of RA Research Title Qualification Joining Designation 1. Dr. Tripti Mishra 2nd September Energy efficiency Dr. Ujjwal Kumar Ph.D. 2016 study in 13 districts Dr. Vijay Shridhar of state and Extent of application of new policies and best practices 2. Dr. Vivek Joshi 2nd August 2016 Survey, Inventory Prof. Kusum Ph.D. and Assessment of Arunachalam traditional natural resources. Study of management practices in the context of Climate change. Development of adaptation strategies 3. Dr. Niyati Naudiyal 4th July 2017 Outmigration Prof. Harsh Dobhal Ph.D. Patterns in (Professor, School of Uttarakhand: Factors Media and Responsible and Communication Possible Solutions Studies) Dr. Ujjwal Kumar (Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources) Progress Brief (to be filled for each H-RA in separate row): Research/ RA Research Addressed Deliverables Achievements Experimental No. Objective(s) Work* HRA- Energy efficiency Support Non- The evaluated performance descriptive file Enclosed 001 study in 13 conventional energy efficiency of 35 Electricity in : Annexure I districts of state sector (In Progress) Distribution Divisions (EDDs) under different Extent of Promote intervention of geographic terrains in application of state-of-the-art Uttarakhand indicate that the new policies and technology (In Progress) performance of several EDDs best practices are sub-optimal and EDDs Existing institutions and located in hilly terrain display regulatory mechanisms greater inefficiencies strengthened (In compared to the plain areas Progress EDDs In Oder to achieve “24 ×7 Power to all goal” the potential of solar energy in Uttarakhand using rooftop solar Photovoltaic (PV) system and ground mounted PV systems is done through remote sensing and GIS Research publications NMHS Fellowship Grant Progress Page 2 of 26 communicated: “Energy Efficiency Study of Uttarakhand Electric Power Utilities Based on Data Envelopment Analysis” (Communicated to: Energy Policy, manuscript number: JEPO-D-18-02723 HRA- Survey, Inventory Development of Survey of traditional natural descriptive file Enclosed 002 and Assessment of Participatory conservation resources complete. in : Annexure I traditional natural framework. Inventory of Natural resources resources. of nine districts prepared. Local natural resource Participatory conservation Management management institutions framework for fodder and water practices in the strengthened (In progress) resources have been developed context of Climate Sustainable harvesting for eight (N=8) villages in change. protocols for diverse Almora, four (N=4) villages in natural resources Chamoli and five villages (5) in Development of developed (In progress) Pithoraghar districts. adaptation Six farmer producer companies Good practices documented strategies. and forty five (N=45) Gram and up-scaled. Panchayats have been supported. Annual action plans were developed for seventy two (N=72) villages and have been submitted to district horticulture offices in three districts Almora, Tehri and Pithoragarh. New nurseries for fodder, and aromatic plants have been proposed in 30 hectare in agriculture land of one hundred fifty (N=150) farmers in thirty villages (N=30) have been submitted in district horticulture office in Almora, Tehri and Pithoragarh. Suggestion and a plan of conservation of natural water springs and use of spring water for minor irrigation using renewable energy resources have been submitted to major and minor irrigation department to be included in a World Bank project of government of Uttarakhand. Sustainable harvesting protocols for diverse natural resources have been developed referring to W.H.O Guidelines and published data on conservation methods of medicinal plants and non-timber forest resources. Strengthening of Local natural resource institutions (N.G.O/ F.P.Cs) HRA- Study of Recommendations of policy During the reporting period the descriptive file Enclosed 003 outmigration changes for reducing following tasks were undertaken: in : Annexure I pattern in outmigration. Field data collection through: Uttarakhand key person interviews and Himalaya Alternate livelihood household surveys in Tehri, Study the factors options. Chamoli, Rudraprayag, responsible and Champawat, Nainital (remaining solutions hill districts have been surveyed in previous field visits) Analysis of primary field data to know the nature and pattern of migration in Uttarakhand Primary data analysis to highlight factors influencing NMHS Fellowship Grant Progress Page 3 of 26 migration, across hill districts of the state Review of government policies for livelihood support in hill states, highlighting critical gaps and challenges in policy implementation. Documentation of reverse migration and model success stories for farm-based entrepreneurial opportunities in hill districts. Documentation of model tourism ventures in Uttarakhand, that can be replicated to support local livelihoods Research article published: Naudiyal. N., Kumar, U., Arunachalam, K., 2019. The future of mountain agriculture amidst continual farm exit, livelihood diversification and outmigration in the Central Himalayan villages. Journal of Mountain Science. Vol. 16 (4), 755-768. *Experimental work giving full details (in separate sheet, within 300 words) of experimental set up, methods adopted, data collected supported by necessary table, charts, diagrams & photographs. Note: Data, table and figures may be attached as separate source file (.docx, .xls, jpg, .jpeg, .png, .shp, etc. ). NMHS Fellowship Grant Progress Page 4 of 26 3. Fellowship Description at H-JRF Level Himalayan Junior Research Project Fellows (H-JRFs) H-JRFs Profile Description: S. No. Name of JRF Date of Joining Name of the PI Qualification HJRF-1 Mr. Parmendar Singh 1st Dec 2016 Dr Vijay Shridhar M. Tech. (Environment Dr Archana Sharma technology) HJRF-2 Ms. Rashi Srivastava 1st Dec 2016 Dr Achlesh Daverey M. Tech. (Environmental Dr Archana Sharma Technology) HJRF-3 Ms. Priyanka Kumari 1st Dec 2016 Prof. Kusum Arunachalam M.Sc. (Environment Dr. Vijay Shridhar Management) Dr. Archana Sharma HJRF-4 Ms. Ina Bahuguna 1st Aug 2016 Prof. Harsh Dobhal Masters in Economics Prof. Kusum Arunachalam HJRF-5 Mr. Kailash Chandra 1st Dec 2016 Dr. Vijay Sridhar M.Sc. Zoology Prof. Kusum Arunachalam HJRF-6 Ms. Shikha Arora 1st Aug 2016 Dr. Achlesh Daverey M.Sc. (Forestry) HJRF-7 Mr. Yudhister Dutt 1st Dec 2016 Dr. Ujjwal Kumar M.Sc. (Environment Dr. Vijay Shridhar Management) Dr. Archana Sharma HJRF-8 Mr. Vivek Kumar 1st Aug 2016 Prof. Harsh Dobhal M.Sc. (Forestry, wildlife & Kushwah Prof. H. c. Purohit environmental science) Prof. Kusum Arunachalam HJRF-9 Ms. Priyanka Sharma 1st Dec 2016 Dr. Ujjwal Kumar M.Sc. (Environmental Prof. Kusum Arunachalam Science) Dr. Achlesh Daverey HJRF-10 Ms. Devanshi Singh 5th Dec 2016 Dr. Ujjwal Kumar M.Sc. (Biotechnology) Prof. Kusum Arunachalam Dr. Achlesh Daverey Progress Brief (to be filled for each JRF in separate row): Research/ JRF Research Objectives Deliverable Achievements Experimental No. Work* HJRF- Issues for sustainable Ecologically compatible and Data was collected through descriptive file Enclosed 1 tourism including equitable tourism field survey and interview in : Annexure I ecotourism promoted/implemented leading to with park officers, local Changing patterns of stoppage of unregulated tourism. resident and tourists in tourism rajaji national park, in corbett national park (perhiphery only) done. Policies reviewed (both national and international) to compare the current polices with already applied policies in Corbett national park and Rajaji national park. Observation made on the number of domestic tourists and foreign tourists where the former has increased within last 5 years in both the national parks but the latter one shows not much variation. NMHS Fellowship Grant Progress Page 5 of 26 Questionnaire developed and implemented for local residents and tourists regarding tourism activity, environmental awareness, facilities and waste generation in parks areas on different parameters. Prepared database on total number of jungle safaris, tourist flow and changing patterns of tourism in parks (in selected sites). Physical carrying