UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-2013 SlNo P.I. name & Address Project title Amount Sanctioned (in Rs) 1 Dr R.K. Jauhari Intermosquito-schistosome larval antagonism- A 266,200 Associate Professor & Head dual benefit approach in reducing snail and Department of Zoology mosquito borne diseases in Doon valley D.A.V. (PG) College Dehradun (UK) 2 Dr. Amita Saxena Nutritive and breeding strategies for improving 323,400 Professor, Department of colouration in some ornamental fishes Fishery Biology College of Fishery Sciences G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar- 263145 (UK) 3 Dr Rachna Nautiyal Impact of Hydro -Electric projects on health of 273,900 Sr. Lecturer Yamuna river system using diatoms as bio Department of Zoology indicators Government (PG) College Dakpathar Vikasnagar -248125 (UK) 4 Dr Vinod Kumar Bhatt Collection, identification, documentation of wild 207,350 Director Program & Research edible and medicinal Mushrooms of Garhwal Navdanya Trust Himalaya of Uttarakhand 105 Rajpur Road Dehradun (UK) 5 Dr Lalit Mohan Tewari Restoration and digitization of herbarium at 433,500 Associate Professor Botany department, Kumaun University, Department of Botany Nainital Uttarakhand D.S.B. Campus Kumaun University Nainital (UK) 6 Dr Sanjay Gupta Assessment of the population of Angelica glauca 312,400 Professor & Head in natural habitat and conservation of this Department of Biotechnology endangered medicinal herb through & Biochemistry micropropagation and elite germplasm U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post conservation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research Balawala Dehradun-248161 (UK) 7 Prof. J.S. Rawat Impact of Climate Change on Hydrological 161,700 Director Responses under varied ecological conditions in Centre of Excellence for Kumaun lesser Himalayan Terrain NRDMS in Uttarakhand Department of Geography Kumaun University, SSJ Campus Almora – 263601 8 Dr Jyoti Saxena Isolation and characterization of promising plant 240,900 Professor and Head growth promoting Rhizobacteria and their use as Department of Biochemical potential bioinoculants Engineering Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarhat-263653 (UK) 9 Dr Pushpa Lohani Full length cloning and in silico analysis of myb 240,900 Assistant Professor gene from Eleusine coracana for drought stress Department of Molecular tolerance Biology & Genetic Engineering CBSH G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263145 (UK) 10 Dr N.S.K. Harsh Medicinal and edible mushroom cultivation for 224,400 Scientist-F income generation in rural areas of Uttarakhand Forest Pathology Division Forest Research Institute PO- New Forest Dehradun-248006 (UK) U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in 11 Dr Ruchi Badola Promoting livelihood security and community 251,900 Scientist F participation in forest conservation in fringes of Ecodevelopment Planning Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western and Participatory Himalaya Management Wildlife Institute of India PO Box: 18, Chandrabani Dehradun (UK) 12 Ms Ismita Nautiyal To study the suitability of combi-ply from Melia 171,600 Scientist B composita and poplar Composite Wood Discipline, Wood Processing Division Forest Research Institute PO- New Forest Dehradun (UK) 13 Dr Neelu Jyothi Ahuja An Expert System for Integrated Solid Waste 218,900 Research Head & Assistant Management in Dehradun city Professor Department of Computer Sciences College of Engineering Studies University of Petroleum and Energy Studies VPO- Bidholi, via Prem Nagar Dehradun-248007 (UK) 14 Dr H.J. Chowdhery Orchids of Western Himalaya with special 191,400 Scientist Emeritus, Botanical reference to their conservation and Survey of India commercialization strategies Northern Regional Centre 192-Kaulagarh Road Dehradun (UK) 15 Dr Vinita Sharma Taxonomic studies on nematodes of Rajaji 196,900 Scientist-C National Park, Uttarakhand Northern Regional Centre Zoological Survey of India 218, Kaulagarh Road Dehradun-248195 (UK) U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in 16 Dr GBG Pananjay Kartikey A study of solid waste management in Municipal 177,100 Tiwari area of Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand Centre for Rural Development, Ecology and Environment Protection (CRDEEP) 315/10 Kaulagarh Road Indra Vihar, Rajendra Nagar Dehradun (UK) 17 Sh Sumit Purohit Studies on propagation and genetic diversity in 240,900 Senior Research Fellow Zanthoxylum armatum Department of Biotechnological Applications GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Kosi Katarmal, Almora - 263643 (UK) 18 Dr Girijesh Kumar Patel Cloning and characterization of DAHP synthase 88,000 Assistant Professor gene from Parthenium hysterophorus weed: A Department of Biotechnology novel target for the herbicide design 566/6 Bell Road, Clement Town Dehradun (UK) 19 Dr Kumud Pant Elucidation of possible vaccine candidates and 199,100 Assistant Professor drug targets for Encephalitis using reverse Department of Biotechnology vaccinology approach Graphic Era University 566/6 Bell Road, Clement Town Dehradun (UK) 20 Dr Ashish Thapliyal Screening medicinal plants of Uttarakhand for 279,400 Associate Professor modulation of secretase enzyme activity: Department of Biotechnology Prospect for treatment of Alzheimer's Graphic Era University 566/6 Bell Road, Clement Town Dehradun (UK) U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in 21 Dr. S.P. Rai Identification of Source of Seepage/Leakage 259,757 Scientist 'E1' around Lake Nainital, Uttarakhand Hydrological Investigation Division National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee (UK) 22 Dr. Rajesh Thadani Climate Change in Uttarakhand: Current State 308,000 Executive Director of Knowledge and Way Forward Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) 41/1, Vasant Vihar Dehradun (UK) 23 Dr. O.P.S. Negi Magnetic Monopoles, Supersymmetry and 204,000 Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Division Algebra Physics, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora 24 Mr. R. Ranjan Design and Fabrication of an All Terrain 210,000 Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Vehicle Mechanical Engineering, Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun 25 Dr. Emmanuel Shubhakar Investigating the Source of the Spoofed Emails 148,100 Pilli Professor, Deptt. of Computer Science & Engineering Graphic Era University Dehradun 26 Dr. Kusum Deep Parellel Meta Heuristics for Engineering Design 206,400 Associate Professor Deptt. of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 27 Dr Sanjeev Kimothi Study of Emissivity and Scattering coefficient for 223,400 Assistant Professor vegetation and soil of Uttarakhand under various Deptt. of Physics moisture conditions at Microwave frequencies U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 UTTARAKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND VIGYAN DHAM Jhajra Premnagar Dehradun Website : www.ucost.in Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun (UK) 28 Prof D.R. Gangodkar Automated Surveillance System for Traffic 153,600 Professor & Dean, Volume Estimation and Redirection Deptt. of Computer Science & Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun (UK) 28 Prof Dheeraj Gupta Microwave Alloying of hardfacing materials on 247,100 Assistant Professor stainless steel Deptt. of Mechanical Engineering Graphic Era University Dehradun (UK) 29 Dr Pratibha Joshi 68,500 Assistant Professor High Order Numerical Solution of some Deptt. of Mathematics differential equations arising in engineering using University of Petroleum & Non Standard numerical techniques Energy Studies Bidholi Dehradun (UK) 30 Dr Rajiv Kumar Azad A Study evaluating the role of post contrast 462,000 Assistant Professor magnetic resonance imaging in planning and Deptt. of Radiology optimizing treatment of focal calcified brain Shri Mahant Indresh Hospital lesions in patients presenting clinically with Patel Nagar seizures in Uttarakhand region Dehradun (UK) U-COST Sponsored R&D Projects - 2012-13 .