Organizational Set up

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The Institute functions under a Society, guided by a Governing Body and a Science Advisory Committee. It has a decentralized set up, with its headquarters at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, and at present four other units are operational at Srinagar (Garhwal Unit), Mohal – Kullu (Himachal Unit), Tadong-Gangtok (Sikkim Unit) and Itanagar (NE Unit). The R&D activities of the Institute are centred around seven core programs, namely Land and Water Resource Management, Sustainable Development of Rural Ecosystems, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Ecological Economics and Environmental Impact Analysis, Institutional Networking and Human Investment, Environmental Physiology and Biotechnology and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

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