Research Projects (Forest Informatics)

S.No.	Title of Ongoing project	Name of PI with Designation	Name of Co-PI with Designation	Funding Agency	Date of Start	Duration in Year	Project Cost (Rs. in Lakhs)
1.	Assessment and monitoring of Invasive alien Plant Species in India and formulation of strategies for management of key Invasive alien Plant species in different regions of the country	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C	Dr VP. Panwar, Scientist-E Dr Hukum singh, Scientist-C	ICFRE	December,2019	November,2024	41.14
2.	Geospatial mapping of RET and other important NWFP species and capacity building for their community based conservation in the tribal areas of Uttarakhand	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C	–	G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development	22 October,2018	36 month	46.80

S.No.	Title of Ongoing project	Name of PI with Designation	Name of Co-PI with Designation	Funding Agency	Date of Start	Duration in Year	Project Cost (Rs. in Lakhs)
1.	Invasion Mapping of Prosopis juliflora and Lantana camara, Strategy for Invasion Eradication and Restoration of Degraded Forests in Uttar Pradesh	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C	Dr Amit Verma, Technical Officer Mr. Anoop Kumar, Technical Officer	Department of Forest, Government of Uttar Pradesh	11 January,2021	15 month	49.56
2.	Forest resources and plant biodiversity	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C	Dr. Rajesh Joshi Dr. Sandipan Mukherjee	GBPNIHESD	8.03.2019	APRIL, 2019-MARCH, 2020	3
3.	Evaluation of urban riparian zones	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C	–	DST	10.06.2019	10.06.2019-10.112019	2.91
4.	Climate change vulnerability of Indian Forests	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Scientist-C		NATCOM-MoEF&CC	December,2016	January,2018	19.20+ S.T.

Completed projects

Satellite based assessment of fire severity and validation in Uttarakhand sponsored by Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad.
Development of Deodar (Cedrus deodara) and Kail (Pinus wallichiana) information system.
Digitisation of Forest Pathology Herbarium of FRI.
Identification of Extent of Forest Lands in Forest Fringe Villages funded by National Rainfed Area Authority, Planning Commission (Govt. of India).
Development of Forest Flora of Manipur (A ligneous Plants Database Portal of Manipur State, India) – Funded by Department of Forests, Govt. of Manipur in collaboration with Botany Division,FRI
Development of Forest Flora of Haryana (A ligneous Plants Database Portal of Haryana State, India) – Funded by Department of Forests, Govt. of Haryana Manipur in collaboration with Botany Division,FRI
Development of Forest Flora of Manipur (A ligneous Plants Database Portal of Chandigarh, U.T., India) – Funded by Department of Forests, Govt. of UT, Chandigarh Manipur in collaboration with Botany Division, FRI
Design and development of web cum data portal for the project “Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation of Forestry Intervention for Ganga” funded by National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, (Govt. of India).
Evaluation of urban riparian zones, project funded under the Research Training Fellowship for Developing Countries Scientist (RTF-DCS) by the DST (PI: Dr. Manoj Kumar).