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Independent experts nominated by country party

Prabhat Hajra

Title
Dr.
First name
Prabhat
Last name
Hajra
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Plant Science
UN languages spoken

English

Job function
Director
Telephone number
91 33 2424922/4745288
Work experience
I have undertaken several long and painstaking exploration tours to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir & Himachal Pradesh independently and with my senior officers. As an outcome of the studies I have published several research papers._x000D_
I visited different scientific institutions in the USA and UK where work on Endangered Pland Species and Wildlife Management is being carried out and gained sufficient knowledge to conduct similar type of work in India._x000D_
As a member of the Steering Committee of International Organisation of Plan Information (IOPI) Species Plantarum Project to produce World Flora, attended the first meeting at Madrid, Spain in September, 1995._x000D_
Participated in the conference on Wetlands and Development at Selangor, Malaysia, held in October, 1995._x000D_
At present as Head of a Premier Scientific Organisation of our country I am the scientific authority for research and edu
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
M.Sc. Guahati University - 1970 - Botany_x000D_
B.Sc. (Hons.) Calcutta University - 1964 - Zoology_x000D_
B.Sc. Calcutta University - 1961 - Botany, Zoology, Anthropology.
Publication titles
1. Threatened Plants of Gujarat and Rajasthan region. S.K. Jain and A.R.K. Sastry (ed.) Materials for a catalogue of Thereatened Plants of India 43-49. Calcutta (with M.J. Kothari)._x000D_
2. Threatened Plants of Western Himalayas. In S.K. Jain and A.R.K. Sastry (ed.) Materials for a catalogue of Threatened Plants of India 49-61. Calcutta._x000D_
3. Botany of the Valley of Flowers National Park and its Environs in Bull. Bot. Sirv. India 29(1-4):129-175. 1987 (1989)._x000D_
4. Distribution of vegetation types in Northwest Himalaya with brief remarks on phytogeography and floral resource conservation in Proceed. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Bot.) 100(4):263-267._x000D_
5. Botany of Kaziranga and Manas, Dehra Dun, 1995.
Other activities
1. Member of the National Committee of Biosphere Reserves, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi._x000D_
2. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Regional Plant Resources Centre (5th June, 1995)._x000D_
3. Research Advisory Committee, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore._x000D_
4. Member of the Res. Council, NBRI, Lucknow._x000D_
5. Res. Advisory Committee, Wild Life Inst., Dehra Dun.
Organisation name
Botanical Survey of India
Organisation street address
P-8 Brabourne Road
Organisation city
Calcutta, West Bengal
Organisation country
India