About Us

Established in 2009

With the aim of helping evolve a path of economic development that leaves as little negative impacts on the earth and its environment as possible, even as it brings humanity quickly out of the vicious circle of poverty.
Located in the National Capital Region, IGREC is registered as a Non-profit Society under the Act XXI of 1860 in order to promote research and development of projects and programmes in the field of climate change mitigation & adaptation and it works in close collaboration with international organisations like UNEP, FAO and ITTO as also with the central and state governments of India.

Mission

Our Mission is research and education, and providing the best scientific information and policy advice, on climate change and ecology for a sustainable economic growth in developing countries.

Vision

Our Vision is a healthy planet where people, inhabiting an equitable world, free of want and devoid of greed, leave the planet richer for each succeeding generation.

Goal

Our Goal is that India and other developing countries are empowered with the science-based knowledge to manage the risks and opportunities related to climate change and degradation of ecological systems without compromising on their economic growth.

Dr. Promode Kant

Director, IGREC

As a former member of the Indian Forest Service, Dr. Kant has held various prestigious positions in the Indian government. He specializes in the areas of carbon sequestration, clean development mechanism, environment policy, sustainable management of forests and equity issues in tribal owned forests, economic assessment of ecological and environmental consequences of major developmental works and wildlife management. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, FRI University, Dehradun, and at the Department of Forestry in the University of Joensuu in Finland. He was designated UNFCCC expert on afforestation/reforestation during 2004-2005. He is a reviewer of many national and international journals and has many publications to his credit.
For the detailed profile, he can be reached at:
director@igrec.in
promode.kant@gmail.com

Dr. Raman Nautiyal

Research Coordinator, Biostatistics, IGREC

Raman Nautiyal holds a Ph.D. in Statistics specializing in Sample Surveys. He has a rich experience of 25 years in designing surveys and experiments related to forestry science, Ecology and Environment. Before joining IGREC he was working with Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) and headed the newly created Division of Forestry Statistics for more than 6 years from 2013 to 2019. He left ICFRE in 2019 and, in addition to coordinating research in Biostatistics at IGREC, he is also a consultant Statistician in several fields like pharmacy, medicine, education, economics, life sciences, etc. He also conducts faculty development programs and other capacity building programs in quantitative techniques. He specializes in using advanced statistical software including R.

For the detailed profile, he can be reached at: raman@igrec.in

Our Board Members

Shri N. K. Joshi

IFS (Retd), former Director General of Forests and Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Shri S. C. Sharma

IFS (Retd), former Additional Director General of Forests, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Shri P. R. Sinha

Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Shri A D N Rao

Leading Senior Counsel in the Supreme Court of India.

Shri Ansar Ahmad

IFS, presently Inspector General of Forests, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Shri M. K. Jiwrajka

IFS (Retd), Chairman, Member Secretary of the Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court.

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