Ministry of Environment and Forests

EI Division

Details of the project sanctioned under

National Natural Resources Management system

(NNRMS) Programme

 

On Going Projects

 

Sr. No.

Subject

File Number

Principal Investigator, Address of the Institute

Amount sanctioned (Rs. Lakhs)

Duration Date of Start

1

Forest & Ecology

13/6/92-EI

Monitoring of Forest cover in the District of Dhanbad, South Bihar through Remote Sensing Imageries

Dr. V.K. Srivastava

Asst. Professor

Indian School of Mines

Dhanbad, Bihar - 826 004.

Tel: 0326-202381 / 202486 / 202487

Fax: 0326-202380 / 203042

Rs. 13.21

3 years

2

13/6/93-EI

Monitoring of the Diaralands of Eastern India with respect to vegetation, Waste land, soil erosion and inundation through Remote Sensing techniques

Dr. B.C. Panda

Professor of Agricultural

Physics, IARI

New Delhi - 110 012

Tel: 011-5756014 / 5788853

Fax: 011-5756014 / 5766420

Rs. 23.25

3 Years

3

13/6/94-EI

Satellite data and Geographical Information system for investigation and monitoring of Desertification

Dr. T.K. Ghosh

Senior Research Scientist

Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, IIT, Powai

Mumbai - 400 076

Maharashtra

Tel: 022-5783290 /

5785947

Fax: 022-5783480

Rs. 11.77

3 Years

4

13/8/94-EI

Monitoring and Identification of Shifting cultivation areas of East Khasi hill of Meghalaya by using Remotely sensed data

Dr. P.S. Mipun

Reader

Department of Geography

NEHU, Shillong - 793014

Tel: 0364-2321190 (O)

250097 ( R)

Fax: 0364-250076 /

760076

Rs. 16.16

3 Years

5

13/1/95-EI

Ecological evaluation of land and water resources in drought prone PMT district of Tamil Nadu using Remote Sensing Techniques & GIS

Dr. S.S. Sundarvel

Senior Lecturer

Salim Ali School of Ecology & Environmental Sciences

Pondicherry University

R Venkatraman Nagar,

Kalapet, Pondicherry - 605 014

CO-PI

Dr. (Mrs.) V. Nagarathinam,

Co-Investigator

Institute of Remote Sensing

Anna University

Madras - 600 025

Tel: (PU) 0413-65177

Fax: 0413-65265,

65211;

Tel: (AU) 044-2351723

Ext: 3138

Rs. 5.99

3 Years

6

13/1/97-EI

Delineation of shifting cultivation areas and forest cover Mapping in the Eastern Region of Arunachal Pradesh using Remotely Sensed Data

Shri A. Saikia

Department of Geography

Arunachal University

Doimukh, Itanagar - 791 112

Arunachal Pradesh

Tel: 0360-47253

Fax: 0360-47317

Rs. 3.93

2 Years

7

13/3/97-EI

Evaluation of the National Resources and environment of Kholli Hills, Tamil Nadu using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS)

Dr. S. John Britto

Principal

St. Josephs College

(Autonomous)

Trichirapalli - 620 002

Tamil Nadu

Tel: 0431-700320 (O)

704653 (R )

Fax: 0431-701501

Rs. 11.61

3 Years

8

13/5/98-EI

Grass land mapping in Gujarat, HP and Tamil Nadu (in different Bio-climate regions) using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Dr. R.R. Navalgund

Space Application Centre (SAC)

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Rs. 91.00

3 Years

9

13/4/98-EI

Watershed prioritization of Barak basin using GIS and remote sensing

Dr. Arun Kumar

Centre of Earth Science

Manipur University, Manipur, Imphal

Rs. 5.73

2 Years

10

13/3/98-EI

Study of the influence of four river systems in the south-western ghats on the land and water system of kuttanad area using remote sensing data and GIS

Dr. Babu Ambat

Centre of Environment and Development

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Rs. 15.55

2 Years

11

13/7/98-EI

Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Kalrayan Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu using remote sensing and GIS

Dr. G. Edwin Chandrasekaran

Department of Environmental Sciences, Bishop Heber college,

Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu

Rs. 14.48

3 Years

12

Geo-Environment / Environmental Hazard

13/10/95-EI

Assessment of land Degradation due to Tanneries - A Remote Sensing Approach

Prof. B.L. Deekshatulu

Distinguish Scientist & Director & Dr. R.S. Dwivedi, P.I.

Land Degradation Division

National Remote Sensing agency

Deptt. of Space

Government of India, Balanagar

Hyderabad - 500 037. (AP)

Tel: 040-279572

Fax: 040-278648

Rs. 5.47

1 Year

13

13/6/97-EI

Monitoring environmental changes due to Industrialization and identification of HOT SPOTS in Vapi-Vadodara part of the Golden Corridor

Ms. Anjana Vyas

Co-ordinator

Remote Sensing & GIS Deptt.

Dr. Baldev Sahai

Honorary Viritus Professor

School of Planning, CEPT

Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus

University Road, Navrangpura

Ahmedabad - 380 009

Tel: 079-442470 / 442740 / 442452

Fax: 079-442075

Rs. 13.91

3 Years

14

13/6/98-EI

Environmental Hazard Zonation and optimal resources use in the Alakananda valley, Garhwal Himalaya using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Dr. R.R. Navalgund

Space Application Centre

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Rs. 44.45

3 Years

15

EIA-Mining

13/6/95-EI

Environmental Impact Assessment on Lignite Mining in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu using Ground Data & Remote Sensing techniques

Dr. A.L. Ramanathan

Lecturer

Department of Geology

Annamalai University

Annamalai Nagar - 608 002

Tamil Nadu

Tel: 04144-22282

Fax: 04144-23080

Rs. 5,44,640/-

(3.1.97)

2 Years

16

13/7/95-EI

Environmental Impact Assessment of Jawar Group of Mines using Multi Data Satellite Imageries

Dr. M.L. Jhanwar, P.I.

Institute of Environment Education & Sustainable Development, 5-A, Indira Nagar, Jaipur - 302018.

Rajasthan

Tel: 0141-550939 / 545641

Rs. 2,61,050/-

(10.12.96)

1 Year

17

13/2/97-EI

Environmental monitoring of Raniganj coal belt using Satellite Images and Geographical Information system

Dr. Kuntala Lahiri Dutt, P.I.

Reader

Department of Geography

The University of Burdwan

Burdwan - 713 104

Tel: 0342-63917 / 62266

(Ext. Geography)

68459 (R )

Fax: 0342-64452

Rs. 5,24,464/-

(31.3.97)

3 Years

18

13/3/94-EI

Integrated Study of Wetland of Goalpare District

Assam Using Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System (GIS) Techniques

Dr. D.C. Goswamy

Head

Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre

Guwahati

Assam

Rs. 3.30

6 months

19

13/3/94-EI

Application of Remote Sensing Techniques to the Coastal Wetland ecology of Tamil Nadu Coast with special reference to Mangroves

Dr. S. Ramachandran

Professor

Institute of Ocean Management

Anna University

Madras - 600 025

Rs. 15.46

+

Rs. 4.57

2 Years

20

13/1/96-EI

Remote Sensing for Keoladeo National Park Wetland

Dr. S. Palria

Associate Professor

Environmental Studies of Population

Resources Environment & Development

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University

Ajmer - 305 001.

Rajasthan.

Tel: 0145-33553 Ext: 2480 (O),

425566 ( R)

Rs. 11,05,380/-

(4.12.96)

3 Years

21

13/3/96-EI

Remote Sensing of GIS in Environmental Analysis of Coastal Wetland - A Study on Kolleru & Pulicat Lagoon

Dr. K. Nageswar Rao

Geo-Engineering Department

Andhra University

Vishakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Tel: 0891-554871

Ext: 252 (O), 530273 (R )

Rs. 7,89,360/-

(12.2.97)

3 Years

22

13/7/97-EI

Integrated Remote Sensing Study of Pulicat Lagoon and its catchment by A.P. State Remote Sensing and application Centre (APSESAC), Hyderabad

Dr. R.S. Rao

Director (APSRSAC)

No. 38, Nagarjuna Hills

Panjagutta

Hyderabad - 500 482

Andhra Pradesh

Tel: 040-319761 (O),

848478 (R )

Fax: 040-316254

Rs. 11,78,750/-

(31.3.97)

2 Years

23

13/1/98-EI

Preparation of Mangrove Atlas

Dr. R.R. Navalgund

Space Application Centre

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Rs. 2.76

4 months

24

13/10/97-EI

Application of remote sensing techniques to coastal wetland ecology of Tamil Nadu with special reference to mangroves phase-II Environment Impact Assessment in the Muthupet Mangroves using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)

Dr. L. Kannan

Professor, P.I.

CAS in Marine Biology

Annamalai University

Parangipettai - 608 502

Tamil Nadu

Tel: 04144-83223

Fax: 04144-83555

Rs. 8,08,128/-

(31.3.97)

2 Years

25

Urban

13/3/95-EI

Impact of Urbanization and Industrialization on Environment - Case of selected Indian cities using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS)

Dr. V.K. Bhalla

Professor

Faculty of Management Studies

University of Delhi

Delhi - 110 007

Tel: 011-7257877, 7257725/235,435

Fax: 011-7257183

Rs. 5,29,920/-

(24.9.96)

2 Years

26

Coastal

13/5/97-EI

Terrain Analysis of Coastal Karnataka

Prof. T.R. Sreedhara Murthy and Dr. B.R. Raghavan

Department of Marine Geology

Mangalore University

Mangalagangotri (DK)

Karnataka - 574 199

Tel: 0824-742389

Fax: 0824-742367

Rs. 5,40,615/-

3 Years

27

Human Resource Development

13/2/98-EI

Training of manpower development

Dr. C.B.S. Dutt

National Remote Sensing Agency

(NRSA), Hyderabad (AP)

Rs. 6.75

1 Year