Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Honorary Positions

Honorary Positions

Present Positions • Chairman of Task force on High altitude medicinal plants, National Medicinal Plant Board, Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Govt. of India).

• Chairman of Consortium on advisory committee for North western Himalaya for Sustainable Agriculture based Livelihood project, Vivekanand parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Parishad, (ICAR), Almora (Uttrakhand).

• Advisor of Rural Technology Action Group (Rutag), Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India.

• Member of the core Committee on National Mission for sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem. He is also member of the Governing body of VIKSAT Ahmedabad.

2003-2009 • Member of the Committee on Special Study Group on Himalayan Glaciers constituted by Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India. • • Member, State level Committee under Water Conservation Mission – Government of Andhra Pradesh (2003-2005).

• Member, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Society – Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests (2003-2005).

• Member, Steering Committee for Natural Resources Data Management System Programme – Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology (2003-2005).

• Member, National Forest Commission – Government of India, Ministry Environment and Forests

• Member, Selection Committee for Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha mitra (IPVM) Award 2004-05-06-07-08. 2002

• Member of the Governing body as well as the society of National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Deptt. of Space, Government of India • Member, State level Committee of oversoeingihe implementation of the Supreme courts, order in the matters of eviction of encroachments from forest land – Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Department of Environment and Forests. • Member, Working group on Disaster Management – Community level Disaster Management Plan, National Center for Disaster Management, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi • Member, Selection Committee for Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshmitra Awards (IPVM)-2000, Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest – NAEB – New Delhi • Member, Steering Committee for Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) Programme – Department Science & Technology, Government of India (2003-2005).

2001

• Member, Selection Committee for the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshmitra Award 1999: Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puruskar Committee, Government of India. • Member, Advisory Committee preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2001, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Group to examine the various programs implemented by different ministries for the development of tribals and suggest measures to achieve synergy, Planning Commission, Government of India.

2000

• Member of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Society, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Steering Committee on Environment, Forests and Wildlife for the 10th Five-Year Plan (2002-2007), Planning Commission, Government of India. • Special invitees water conservation mission, Government of Andhra Pradesh. • Member, Steering Committee on the Programme for the Application of Science and Technology for the Integrated Development of the Uttarakhand region, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

1999

• Member, High level Inter Departmental Committee to assess the magnitude of past floods in the upper Alaknanda Basin and suggest suitable measures to reduce the adverse impact of such floods hereafter, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, Government of India. • Member, Sub-group-1-Water and climate related hazards: Constituted by High powered Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. • Member, Sub-group-2-Geological hazards: Constituted by High-powered Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. • Member, Working Group-2-Strategies for sustainable land use management, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Working Group-3-Local Area Development Programme, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. 1998 • Advisor, Himwanti-Kathmandu, Nepal. • Chairman, National Standing Committee (Watershed), Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. • Chairman, Committee for preparing in “Action plan for forestry sector for the next twenty years”, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Advisory Committee to promote the involvement of women in the forestry sector, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Jammu and Kashmir State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. 1997 • Member, Selection Committee for the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshmitra Award, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Expert Committee to review National Forest Policy 1998 and its implementation, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Independent Commission for People’s Right and Development (ICPRD), New Delhi.

1996 • Member, specialized Committee for exploitation of fallen, dried, and ill trees of UP hills and to make qualitative and quantitative measures regarding to the following of extra decision dated 12.12.1996 of Honourable Supreme Court Writ Petition No. 202/1995 T.N. Godaverman Thirumalkapad vs Government of India and Others, Government of U.P., Ministry of Forest (1996-1997). • Member, National Standing Committee (Watershed), Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Technology, CAPART. • Member, Steering Committee on Environment, Forest, Wildlife and Wasteland Development for the formulation of 9th Five Year Plan (1998-2002), Planning Commission, Government of India. • Chairman, RIOD – INDIA, Hyderabad. • Member, Working Committee – 9th Five Yearn Plan (1997-2002), Ministry of Forest, U.P. Government. • Member, Advisory Committee for Economic Development of Kumayun and Garhwal Mandal, Government of U.P., Uttarakhand Development Section, Lucknow. • Member, Council of Management – Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction (VIKSAT), Nehru Foundation for Development (1993-2002). • Member, State Wildlife Advisory Council, Government of U.P. • Member, Task Force on Forest Protection, Forest Consolidation, Rate of Deforestation, Forest Research and Survey, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of U.P. • Member of Governing Council, Memorandum of Association for Rural Advancement through voluntary action and local environment (Aravali), Government of Rajasthan. • Member, Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puruskar Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.

1995

• Member, Committee to develop Modalities and guidelines on integrated watershed management project, etc. CAPART – Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. • Member, Environment Protection Council of Himachal Pradesh, Government of Himachal Pradesh. • Member Group on People’s participation, Planning Commission, Government of India.

1994

• Member of the Indian Official delegation to the United Nations, World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Yokohoma, Japan. • Chairman, National Committee for protection of natural resources, Dharwad, Karnataka. • Member, Steering Committee for the Implementation of UNDP-Project IND/92/038-Strengthening and development of ICFRE – Ministry of Environment and Forest, Dehradun, Government of India.

1993

• Member, Devi apada aur unke dushprabhav ko nyun karne ke liye karya yojanaon ke nirman, anushravan aur kriyanwanayan vishayak niti nirdharan aur nirnay hetu rajya satrieya uchadhikar samiti – Revenue Department, U.P. Government. • Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Himalayan Eco-Rehabilitation Project, ICFRE, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Standing Committee on Voluntary Action for Afforestation and Wastelands Development NWDB, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. • Member, National Environment Council, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. 1992

• Member, National Advisory Council on International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. • Member, National Afforestation and Eco-development Board, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India (1992-1998).

1991

• Member, Central Board of Forestry, Government of India. 1990

• Member of the Council, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Brehed Gangotri Vishesh Chetra Vikas Pradhikaran, U.P. Government.

1989 • Member, Science Advisory Committee, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Sarathi, New Delhi. • Member, Research Advisory Group – Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Government of India. 1988 • Chairman of Trustees, Consumer Education and Research Centre, Ahmedabad. • Member, Environmental Conservation Committee on Forest Conservation Act 1980, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, North-Eastern Council, Government of India. • Member, Steering Group on Environment, Forest and Wasteland Development for the formulation of 8th Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, Government of India. • Member, World Bank, NGO Consultation Committee (India), New Delhi.

1987 • Member, Task Force to evaluate the impact of sheep and goats rearing ecological fragile zone, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. • Member, Regional Advisory Group (Northern Region), Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, Steering Committee for Field Demonstration projects for Environment improvement and Eco-development Camp, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Trustee, Consumer Education and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

1986-92 • Member, Puskar Lake Committee (Rajasthan), Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. • Member, National Wasteland Development Board, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.

1983 • Member, S.P.W.D., New Delhi. • Member, Advisory Committee on Hill Area, Planning Commission, Government of India. • Member, Working Group on the hill area development programme for the 7th Five Year Plan (1985–90), Planning Commission, Government of India. • Member, Central Steering Committee to monitor the special employment programme in Manipur, Planning Commission (Government of India).

1982 • Member, Working Group to go into the question of cost benefit analysis and socio-economic and socio-cultural impact of hydroelectric project in the Himalayan Region – Planning Commission, Government of India.

1981 • Member, U.P. State Certification Samiti (Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Lucknow). • Chairman, Centre for Science and Environment (New Delhi).

1979 • Member, Committee to recommend development of forestry extension services (Government of India – FRI, Ministry of Agriculture).

1976 • Special Invitee, Committee on the Subsistence of Joshimath.

1975 • Member, Garhwal Van Salahkar Samiti (U.P. Forest Department).

1974 • Member, Reni Chipko Andolan Adhyayan Samiti (Government of U.P., Ministry of Forest).

1971 • Member, Raw Material Advisory Committee of the U.P. Small Industries Corporation (Government of U.P.). • Member, U.P. Small Scale Cottage Industries Board, Directorate of Industries – U.P. Government.

1967 • Secretary, Zila Gandhi Janm Shatabdi Samiti (Government of U.P.)

1963 • Convener, Uttarakhand Sarvodaya Mandal • Regional Secretary, U.P. Sarvodaya Mandal • Regional Secretary, U.P. Shanti Sena