ABOUT My Self

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Me

Name                                                 
Dr. (Miss) Harshvanti Bisht, FRGS.

Educational  Qualification                
M.A. Economics & D.Phil.

Profession & Designation                
Teaching, Reader Department Of Economics

Institution                                          
Govt, Post Graduate College,Uttarkashi,Uttaranchal, India

Hobbies                                             
Reading, writing, trekking, mountain climbing and working for the conservation
of Himalayan ecology & environment.

Big Achievment's

Awards
                           Arjuna Award (Highest award for sports in India) year 1981.Gold Medalfrom Directorate of  Higher Education ,U.P. Govt.

Fellow ship
                           Late Sunil Chandra fellowship year 2000.
 

My Work

Names of the mountains climbed
                           Baby Shivling (5606 m), Kala Nag (6387 m),Thelu (6000 m.),Gangotri one(6672 m) and Nanda Devi (7817 m.) in Indian  Himalayas and participated in Indian Everest Expedition (8848 m) in Nepal.

Research Projects done
                            Growth of Himalayan tourism & pilgrimage in Gangotri-Gaumukh area: an impact on physical resources and economy, year 1989-93, financed by Ministry of environment & forests, govt. of India, New Delhi.
                            Afforestation based eco-conservation in Gangotri-Gaumukh area, year 1997-2000, financed by G.B.Pant institute of Himalayan environment & dev. Kosi, Almora, India.
                            Conservation of Bhojpatra (Birch) afforestation and eco-awareness campaign in Gaumukh area, year 2001-2006, financed by G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan environment & dev. Kosi, Almora, India.

Publication of book
                           Tourism in Garhwal Himalaya (with special reference to trekking and mountaineering in Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts)

Latest work
                           Raised the Bhojpatra (Betula utilis) plant nursery at Chirbasa at an altitude of 11700 ft., near the source of river Ganga.This work is financed by Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi, Almora, Uttaranchal, India. Planted 10,000 saplings of Birch and Salix etc. at an altitude of 12500 ft. with the co-operation of Mr. Rattan Singh Chauhan, Senior Instructor, Nehru Institute Of Mountaineering Uttarkashi, Uttaranchal, India. The survival rate of the planted saplings is seventy percent.

Numbers of Research Papers published
                           Twenty

Name of important papers published  on  the ecological conservation of  Gangotri-Gaumukh area
                            1-Ecological impact assessment of religio- touristic activities in  Gangotri Himalaya.
                            2-Eco-conservation for eco-tourism: case of Gangotri-Gaumukh area.
                            3-An effort towards eco-conservation in Gangotri-Gaumukh Himalaya
                            4-Afforestation in Gangotri-Gaumukh Himalaya.
                            5-Pilgrimage and tourism in Gangotri-Gaumukh area: Formulation of development planning and conservation model.

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