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Eco Gurus
The world would not have been
the same
without
the Gurus and mentors that shaped its destiny.
Network of Indian Environment Professionals is committed
to bring to you the works of Eco Gurus that have helped in the development
of a sustainable society. Ordinary people with extra-ordinary skills.
Write to them to receive guidance and shape your own destiny.
Our pioneer Guru's who have agreed to guide
the next generation of environment professionals
Dr. Murari Lal, a fellow
NIEPian and member, our Board of Advisors is Chief Scientific Officer
at IIT, Delhi .He specializes in Global and Regional Climate, Modeling
the Climate & Its Variability, Regional Environmental Change - Integrated
Approach, Vulnerability Assessment, Regional Adaptation and Mitigation
Potentials (Energy and Ecology), GHG Inventories for National Communication,
Carbon Sequestration Potentials of Forests, Sustainable Development.
Read his Biodata
Ask
him a few questions
Read his article on FUTURE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ITS IMPACTS OVER SMALL ISLAND STATES
Dr. C.S. Rathore is Associate
Professor at Indian Institute of Forest Management. A pioneer in the application
of Computer technologies in the environment sector his areas of expertise
include GIS, Remote Sensing , computer applications, database management
systems , internet programming , computer hardware and networking . He
has also worked in the area of expert systems and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Rathore is advising us on how to create
a fault tolerant computer establishment in the environment sector. Read on.
Check his brief
Resume.
Ask him
a few questions.
Dr. P.R.Siyag, , an active
NIEPian, is the Director of Forest Training Institute, Jaipur, India.
His professional interests include Community and rural forestry ; IT applications
in forestry; forests and desertification control; forests and climate
change.
Read his article on Forest and Forestry in
India, the potential for Carbon Mitigation. Read on..
Take his survey and answer his questionnaire
on Sustainable Management of India's Forests
for
Carbon Mitigation Survey..
Check his
Resume and Publications
Ask him
a few questions
Dr. V.K. Bahuguna, an active
NIEPian, is
a member of Indian Forest Service (IFS) presently working as Inspector
General of Forests in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government
of India, New Delhi. In
the Ministry, he is heading the Forest Protection Division. He
is also incharge of the National Joint Forest Management (JFM) Programme
and is involved in several policy innovations on community forestry, forest
fire prevention and forestry infrastructure development. Dr.
Bahuguna has more than 150 publications in the National and International
journals to his credit. For his outstanding contribution, Dr. Bahuguna
was awarded the Queen's Award for forestry 2000, by the Commonwealth Forestry
Association. UK.
Read
his Keynote
Address in the XVI Commonwealth Forestry Conference held in Fremantle,
Perth, Australia in April, 2001.
Check
his Resume and publications
Ask
him a few questions
Prof. P.D.Jose, is a fellow
of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and also a fullbright
scholar. He is trying to make young managers at IIM, Bangalore more sensitive
to environmental issues in the corporate sector.
Check
his Resume
Read his article on how Environment is going
to be the next source of competitive advantage for the industry. Read
Ask him a few
questions
Professor Shashi Kant, a
engineer, a Forest Officer and a teacher. A unique combination indeed
!! Prof. Shashi Kant , a professor at University of Toronto is dedicated
towards humanizing economics towards the service of the grassroots.
Check
his Resume
Read his latest
article on Choices of Ecosystem Capital without Discounting and Prices
Read
his articles on Ecological economics.
Get your queries answered for topics like
Common Property Resources Management. Discuss
Prof. Nambi,
produced the first ever atlas of Environmental Radiation Levels in India
after making measurements with indegenously developed detectors. Worked
also on Epidemiological studies related to Cancer and radiation and got
included in the World Directory of Epidemiologists published by the International
Agency on Reasearch on Cancer, Lyons. As Head of the newly started Division
of Environmental Assessment of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, he carried
numerous other programs.
Check
his Resume
Read
his article on Plastics.
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