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The Department
of Zoology was established in 1961 with undergraduate |
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level teaching.
Post graduate classes in Microbiology were started in |
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1984 with the
recommendation of U.G.C. visiting committee during five |
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year plan under
the headship of Prof. B.D. Joshi. On account of |
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persistent
efforts of Prof. B.D. Joshi M.Sc. Environmental Science |
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classes were
started in 1995. |
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About 219
dissertations have so far been submitted by the M.Sc. |
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students of the
department. |
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Research
Projects |
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Department is
very active in research area. The members of the |
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Department have
run 15 projects sanctioned by various funding agencies |
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viz. World Bank,
M/O Env. and Forests, DST, UGC, ICFRE and GBPIHED. |
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Work on some
projects is going on. The Department has recently |
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received a
special grant of Rupees twenty lakhs from the Department of |
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Science and
Technology under the FIST program to strengthen |
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teaching,
research, instrumentation and other infrastructural facilities. |
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Journal and
Books |
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The teachers of
the departments with their own resources and |
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managements are
publishing regularly a journal entitled. |
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Himalayan
Journal of Environment and Zoology since 1987. Similarly,
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15 books have so
far been written and or edited by the teachers of this |
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department.
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Seminars and
Symposia |
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This Department
has organised12 national level seminars during last 15 |
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years on
different aspects of Zoology, Bio-diversity, Biotechnology and
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Environment. The
faculty has participated more than 200 national and |
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International
seminars/ conferences and delivered invited talks, |
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presented their
research findings and have brought honor to the |
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department. Some
of the faculty members have visited abroad to |
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present their
research work and also for some collaborative work with |
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other
Universities abroad. |
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The members of
the departments established an Educational Academy |
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named as "Indian
Academy of Environmental Sciences" in 1986. The |
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academy
organizes vaccination and health camps, tree plantation, |
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environmental
awareness campaigns, essay and painting competition |
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etc. from time
to time in the district of Haridwar. |
