Dolphin Insight The Quarterly News Bulletin of Dolphin (P.G.) Institute of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Dehra Dun-248 007 {Recognised by UGC U/s 2 (f), Local Chapter NPTEL} Volume : 11 Issue : 04 October - December, 2019 From Chairman's Desk ... Editor's Column... Guest Lectures Organised... In This Issue: National Conference on... Indian Designed Cost... Conferences attended and.. 2 Workshop on Traditional Animal... 3 Physiotherapy Services... 4 Guest Lecture Delivered... DSWC News... Field Visits/Educational Tours.. Faculty Corner... NSS Activities... Watching theatre... Resource Persons... Training & Placement... Bharat Scouts and Guides... 5 Human Chain for... 6 Important Days 7 NCC Activities... 8 College Toppers... International Seminar on “Forestry and Allied Specific Topics [FAST- 2019] for Innovation and R & D Initiatives” The Department of Forestry organized International seminar on 21st – 23rd November, 2019 for imparting Current trends in forestry and natural sciences' education, research and extension through invited and popular lectures by scientists, field foresters, wildlife conservationists and others of Dr. Shailja Pant, Principal presenting memento repute from India and abroad. Shri Arvind Gupta, Chairman, DIBNS felicitating to Dr. Subhash Ashutosh Prof. A. A. Nuruddin with a memento Sessions on different aspects of forestry and allied branches covered some of the most important topics on emerging trends in the field of natural sciences by providing a common platform to Life scientists, Foresters, Guests releasing the Workshop Manual Scientists and others to interact with the students, faculty and researchers on Green Environment Product (GEP) demonstrated the use of tranquilizer at HESCO discussed the idea of gun to the participants. Mr. SMS Jagne on forestry and allied topics like trends Dr. Arun Kumar, Director presenting memento in tropical forest restoration and to Prof. Jorma Neuvonen Prof. Jorma Neuvonen addressing the gathering environmental sustainability with emphasized on the need of reintroduction of old-lost technologies community participation in the well rehabilitation management; grass root SGRR University, Graphic Era Univer- Neuvonen, Faculty of British like water-mills, recharging of springs, being of forests and forestry. JFM, innovation and Intellectual Property sity, Punjab Agriculture University and C o l u m b i a m a d e i l l u s t r a t e d etc. These in turn will lift up the community management, community Rights; human wildlife conflict Himalayan University, etc. presentation on British Columbia socioeconomics of villages by parks, community controlled state mitigation; advances in wood & Forestry & Climate change where it is Prof. Ahmad Ainuddin Nuruddin, increasing the crop production. He forest and forest inventor etc are technological sciences; climate double from rest of the world's climate Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry also talked about GEP-Green successful examples from the change and resilience; forest survey change rate. It has positive as well as and Forest Products, University Putra environment products as need of the Gambian forests growth. Further oral through advances in Remote Sensing negative impacts, i.e., longer growing Malaysia was the Chief Guest for the d a y c o n s i d e r i n g p r e v a l e n t presentations were made by Drs. and GIS; Global climate change season is available but less summer inaugural. Dr Subhash Ashutosh, IFS, environmental situation. Dr Bobbymore Konsam, Vikaspal, Rashmi impact and mitigation through short rain increases the drought incidences. Director General, Forest Survey of Prabhakar Manori emphasized on the T h a p l i y a l , M s . M e r e n s a n g l a rotation hybrid, and knowledge It surely effects productivity if not India, Dehradun and Prof. Jorma need of mycrorrhizal association in Longkumer, Asif Hussain Paray and Dr. transfer and exchange of practices. survival due to lack of optimal growth Neuvonen from University of British land restoration and explained his Tahir Nazir on various aspects of There was a panel discussion on Columbia, Canada were Guest of conditions. It results in ecosystem 'International exchange of best Honour. Shri Arvind Gupta, Chairman change that leads to the need of practices and learning through of the Dolphin Institute blessed the change in forest management students and faculty for the occasion with words of wisdom, Dr. practices. He emphasized that climate development of forestry & allied Shailja Pant, Principal of the institute modeling is necessary to study sciences in changing times' learned greeted the participants and guests, bioclimatic shift. guests from Canada and Malaysia while Dr. Arun Kumar, Director of the Dr. Ahmad Ainuddin Nuruddin gave participated. institute deliberated on the academic insight on newer trends in Tropical The targeted participants in the activities of the College. Prof. Sas forest restoration and rehabilitation in seminar were students of Forestry, Biswas, Organizing Secretary of FAST- Malaysia. Forest area of Malaysia has Botany, Biotechnology, Agriculture, 2019, provided outline on the decreased from 1990 to 2008 Horticulture and Microbiology from technical sessions of the Seminar. thereafter an increase has been Central and State Universities, R&D “Book of Abstracts” comprising 71 recorded due to Agroforestry landuse, Some participants with certificates Institutions, Academic and Training selected papers was released on the enrichment planting programmes, Institutions, Colleges and educational occasion. retention of selected timber species, studies on the hypothesis of land forestry including climate change, institutes like Indian Institute of Post inaugural session had two leads coastal rehabilitation programmes restoration by reducing degradation seasonal variations and their effect on Remote Sensing, Forest Research presentations on Global Forest and and public awareness. by mycrorrhizal association. Dr seed production and regeneration of Institute, HNB Garhwal University, Forestry sector scenario. Dr. Jorma Dr. VK Chawla, Senior Scientist from Aashish Raturi presented his studies forests. IPIRTI, Govt. of India, Bangalore on Non-destructive Technology On third day of Seminar, Dr. Trevor explained several value added (NDT) NIR spectroscopy to estimate Jones, Faculty University of British technologies with special reference to wood properties. Columbia delivered an impactful bamboo. After value addition several Two lead presentations were made by lecture on most emerging aspects of bamboo products like bamboo tiles, Dr. Aditi Sharma, Senior Veterinary remote sensing. Prof. Sas Biswas pillars etc have capability to replace Officer, Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Mr. presented his observations on climate timber. Dr. Anamika Dey, GIAN, Sulayman M S Jegne, Forest Officer, change resilience in the forest Ahmedabad also played a impactful from The Gambia on Day 2. Dr. biodiversity, sustainable livelihood, video which can be summed up in a Shrama gave a talk on 'Human traditional systems and communities phrase 'Need Based Innovation' as it Wildlife conflicts Mitigation: Recent of Uttarakhand Himalayas. It was gave insight on linking the triangle of Trends'. She emphasised in the use of followed by presentation by Drs creativity, i.e., innovation, enterprise Human Wildlife interaction in place of Sandhya Goswami and Mandeep Kaur. and investment. She invited Human Wildlife conflict. She talked Poster Presentations on in innovative participants with innovative ideas to about the need of new technologies to approaches and research initiatives in her organization as it will provide set prior warning system to save forestry were also made on the last day. animals as well as human from any The Seminar concluded with Panel Forestry student demonstrating model investment to give them a shape. Shri on green environment to the delegates Shivan Joshi, an IIT alumnus, working conflict between the two. She also discussion and valedictory. Dolphin Dolphin Insight October - December, 2019 2 Insight October - December, 2019 3 From Chairman's Desk… Editor's Column... Two Day Workshop on “Indian Designed Cost- Indian Nobel laureates Change Attitude, the Situation shall change itself effective Raman & Fluorescence Spectroscopy” Tolerance: Its importance and benefits 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature We cannot always change situation and circumstances, but one can certainly change The workshop on “Indian Designed “Tolerance is the real test of civilization”. It was Arthur Kelps who thus the attitude to cope up with the prevailing situation. Instead of feeling resentful, C o s t e f f e c t i v e R a m a n a n d extolled the virtue of tolerance. Man in the 21st century believes he is Rudyard Kipling fiction include The Jungle Book frustrated and unhappy, one can learn to be calm, accept the situation, and not fight Fluorescence Spectroscopy” was more civilized than his ancestors. But is he also more tolerant than (1894), Kim (1901), and many short with it. One can try to look at the situation dispassionately, and try to find out what we conducted by Department of Physics, Prize motivation: "in consideration of them? Unfortunately, the virtue of tolerance is not abundant in today's stories, including "The Man Who can learn from it. Various situations and circumstances could be lessons we need to Chemistry and Pharmaceutical world. Tolerance is a power which makes people able to do justice by the power of observation, originality learn, and after learning and acknowledging the