Chandra Prakash Kala

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Chandra Prakash Kala in the middle Himalayan region of India

Chandra Prakash Kala is an Indian ecologist and professor. His research interests include

aromatic plants. He is an assistant professor in the faculty area of Ecosystem and Environment Management at the Indian Institute of Forest Management.[1]

Early life and education

Kala was born and grew up in Sumari, a small village of Uttarakhand state in India. He studied life sciences at the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar before completing a PhD on the ecology and conservation of the Valley of Flowers National Park at the Forest Research Institute (a deemed university), Dehradun.

Career

He has published over 185 research papers and articles and nine books including: The Valley of Flowers: Myth and Reality,[2] Medicinal Plants of Indian Trans-Himalaya,[3] Medicinal Plants of Uttarakhand,[4] and Ecology and Conservation of Valley of Flowers National Park.[5] He writes popular articles regularly in English and Hindi. His decade long studies on the Valley of Flowers National Park laid the foundation stone to declare the Valley of Flowers a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005.[6]

Kala has surveyed two major traditional systems of Asian therapies -

Karakorum Wildlife Sanctuary, Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary, Pin Valley National Park and Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary.[17][18] Kala also has surveyed the Alps including the only national park of Slovenia, Triglav National Park.[19]

He has served internationally recognized institutions well known for framing and implementing policies, including the National Medicinal Plants Board, the apex body of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, of India.[20]

Kala is on the editorial and advisory board of over a dozen of national and international scientific journals, including Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, American Journal of Plant Sciences, International Journal of Ecology, Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, International Journal of Forestry Research, Journal of Biodiversity and African Journal of Plant Sciences.[21][22]

Award and recognition

Kala is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the first science academy of India established in 1930.

biosphere reserves of the Indian Himalayas.[22][24]

He has been a visiting scholar at Pennsylvania State University, in the United States and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Kala was awarded the prestigious ICFRE Award for Excellence in the Forest Conservation (Biodiversity and Ecology).[25]

Works

Collection

  • Nanda's Neelkanth

Short stories

  • "A Delicious Affairs"
  • "Nagrasani"
  • "The Last Wish"
  • "The Tip of the Tail"
  • "Man-eaters of Garhwal"
  • "Spurge and Snake Bite"
  • "Tapyo"
  • "My Favorite Medicine"
  • "The Prisoners of School"
  • "Riding the Best"
  • "Gaura’s Home"
  • "Aunty"
  • "A Killer in the Clouds"
  • "A Bull in the Leopard’s Monarchy"
  • "The Heavenly Leaf"
  • "The Forgotten Healers"
  • "His Confession"
  • "Seers of Pandukeshwar"
  • "Battle Between the Best"
  • "The Fragrance of Parijaat"
  • "The Childhood Friend"

Travelogues

  • "On His Wishes"
  • "The Bear’s Trail"
  • "A Non-vegetarian in the Holy Hills"
  • "A Job Hunter"
  • "My First Job"
  • "My Maiden Visit to Penn State"
  • "Botanist of Surguja"
  • "Ziro"
  • "A City of Biodiversity"
  • "A Week with Everest and Nanda Devi Summiteers"
  • "The Silence of Candolim"
  • "The Land of Many Shades"
  • "Om Mani Padme Hum"
  • "The Roof of the World"
  • "The Floating Heaven"
  • "A Vagrant and the ‘Queen of Mountains’"
  • "Hidden Gem of Europe"
  • "The Majesty of Mahasu"

Essays

  • "Paradise Under Fire"
  • "Taste the Himalayas"
  • "Revitalizing Sacred Grove"
  • "The Tremor of Tragedy"
  • "Mountains of Sanjeevani"
  • "Grasslands in Peril"
  • "Call from the Hills"
  • "Sacred, a Way of Life"

Books

  • The Valley of Flowers: Myth and Reality
  • Medicinal Plants of Uttarakhand
  • Medicinal Plants of Indian Trans-Himalaya
  • Medicinal Plants and Sustainable Development
  • Biodiversity, Communities and Climate Change

References

  1. ^ "Kala, Chandra Prakash | भारतीय वन प्रबंध संस्थान, भोपाल". Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ISBN 9788170893110. Archived from the original
    on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ISBN 9788121101806
    . Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-8176222099
    .
  5. ISBN 9788185496061
    . Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. ^ Kala, C. P. (2005). "The Valley of Flowers- A Newly Declared World Heritage Site" (PDF). Current Science. 89 (6): 919–920. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  7. hdl:10125/179
    .
  8. ^ Kala, Chandra Prakash (2006). "Preserving Ayurvedic Herbal Formulations by Vaidyas: The Traditional Healers of the Uttaranchal Himalaya Region in India". HerbalGram. 70: 42–50.
  9. JSTOR 24110838
    .
  10. S2CID 85420560
    .
  11. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00128-7
    .
  12. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02104.x
    .
  13. PMID 16288657
    .
  14. doi:10.4067/S0718-95162013005000018
    .
  15. S2CID 16408415
    .
  16. PMID 19653889
    .
  17. S2CID 85324142
    .
  18. doi:10.26077/c366-ej10
    .
  19. S2CID 13911329
    .
  20. doi:10.5958/j.0975-4261.1.2.011
    .
  21. ^ "Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Editorial Board". ethnobiomed.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  22. ^ a b "Chandra Prakash Kala". hindawi.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  23. ^ "The National Academy of Sciences, India - Home". Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  24. ISBN 978-81-7993-442-5
    .
  25. ^ Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education. http://icfre.org/UserFiles/File/annual_report-2005-06/chapter-2.pdf

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