New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence today announced the creation of a new institute committed to studying and contributing to the Himalayan region that will cover a broad canvas of areas linked to local livelihoods, identities, geopolitics, and the environment in this geographically wide and diverse ecosystem. The new Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies at the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence aims to engender a three-way conversation between central and local governments, academia and the people who live in the region even as it remains attuned to geopolitics and the policy imperatives that surround it. The Centre, in fact, will cover not just the Himalayas but the Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions as well and the local governments and polities that have political jurisdiction over them. Announcing the launch of the Centre, Dr Ananya Mukherjee, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar IoE said, "the Himalayas have been central
The Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence today announced the creation of a new institute committed to studying and contributing to the Himalayan region that will cover a broad canvas of areas linked to local livelihoods, identities, geopolitics, and the environment in this geographically wide and diverse ecosystem.
Dimapur, Nov. 24 (EMN): The department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, handed over essential fire fighting and safety equipments to the Southern Angami Students Union (SASU) under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) Project on November 23 during a programme held at the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Head of Forest Force. The programme was held in the presence of Vedpal Singh, APCCF, and Zuthunglo Patton, CF (STC) and other forest officials. Speaking on forest fire management, Singh stated that the involvement of youth is important in combating and tackling forest fire adding that such rapid response could be a way forward. He further stated that prevention and checking of fire breakouts in the forests should be first priority followed by mitigation of the forest fires. An appeal was made to make the best use of the equipments and to store in a safe place when not in use. The distribution of such tools and safety gear to SASU was the fir