Other Professional Experiences

• Successfully handled 17 R & D Projects, 16 as Principal Investigator since 1984
• Delivered over 350 extension lectures on Environment related themes and research at various local/regional forums
• Life Member 12 Scientific Societies & Annual Member of 2 International Scientific bodies.
• Member of several selection committees, University inspection teams, flying squads
• Helped UGC several times for UGC-NET paper setting and evaluation;
• Evaluator of R & D project proposals and monitoring several times for national funding agencies several times.
• Paper setter and evaluator for HP Public Service Commission examinations several times.
• In collaboration with IUFRO (Austria) and national scientific organizations organized:
• · International Symposium “Impact of Invasive plants in Forest Ecosystems” in Brisbane (Australia)
• · International Symposium “Allelopathy in Forest Ecosystems” in Kyoto (Japan)
• · International Symposium “Resource Inventory Techniques in Agroforestry & Environment” Chandigarh
• · International Symposium on Man and Forests, Chandigarh
• · National Symposium on Biodiversity In Chandigarh
• · National Meet on Long-term Ecological Research Network-India, Chandigarh
• · 3-Day National Seminar on Solid Waste Management, Panjab University, Chandigarh
• Reviewed books on Environment and Forestry for the National Dailies