CSIR-<strong>IHBT</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2010-11• Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab• Thirumalai Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Vellore, Tamil Nadu• Vadamalai Consultancy Services, Bangaluru, KarnatakaNGO• Yog Manav Vikas Trust, Banikhet, H.P.• Farmer First Foundation, New DelhiMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU)Date Agreement with PurposeJune 16, 2010NHPC, Nagwain, District- Mandi,Himachal Pradesh (Head Quarter atFaridabad, Haryana)Plantation/ revegetation of 10 nos. closeddumping sites of Parbati H.E. ProjectStage-II through Integrated BiotechnologicalapproachAugust 28, 2010 Punjabi University, Patiala RevalidationSeptember 10, 2010September 22, 2010September 23, 2010January 5, 2011February 25, 2011Wildlife Wing, Forest Department,Himachal PradeshM/s Himachal Pradesh HorticulturalProduce Marketing & Processingcorporation Limited (HPMC),Nigam Vihar, Shimla - 171002Department of Clinical Pharmacology,TN Medical College & BYLNair Ch. Hospital MumbaiM/s Crystal Phosphate, 106, ShastriGrain Market, Karnal, HaryanaM/s Krishna Food & Seeds ProcessorsPlot No. 26, Industrial AreaGurdaspur, PunjabAssessment of floral and habitat diversity andcollection of data to compare /monitor vegetation of Great HimalayanNational Park (GHNP), WildlifeSanctuaries (WLFs) as part of Long TermEcological Monitoring”Processing of apple pomace for value addedproduct developmentPertaining to the research targeting immunomodulatoryactivities of isolated andsynthesized compoundsSynthesis of 5- Bromo-2-(3-Chloropyridin-2-yl)-2H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acidCultivation and post harvest technology ofcommercially important cut flower crops129
CSIR-<strong>IHBT</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2010-11MEETING ATTENDEDAmit Kumar: Himachal Pradesh secretariat, Shimla, Application of geo-informatics indevelopmental planning- Gujarat experiences, November 10, 2010.Brij Lal: CSIR, New Delhi, Second Sectoral Monitoring Committee Meeting on CSIR NetworkProjects, March 23, 2011.Brij Lal: HRDC, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Task Force Meeting of Comprehensive TraditionalKnowledge Digital Library (CTKDL), April 26, 2010.RD Singh and Arvind Gulati: NBRI, Lucknow, Brain storming session for the network projectBioprospection and Plant diversity for the XII Five Year Plan, September 28-29, 2010.SK Uniyal: Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, a meeting of Expert Group to takeforward Indian Bioresource Information Network, June 25, 2010.SK Vats and Brij Lal: Shimla, WWF- India and State Council for Science, Technology andEnvironment Consultation Meeting: Voices from High Altitudes- Mainstreaming in State ActionPlan on Climate Change (SAPCC), January 17, 2011.PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONSMK Singh, Mukhtiar Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Ajay Parmar, Arvind KVerma, VS Dhadwal and Khushal Chand Katoch: CSIR Technofest (Agri. Theme), PragatiMaidan, New Delhi, November 14-17, 2010.MK Singh: Agrovision-2011, Reshambagh, Nagpur, March 4-7, 2011.MK Singh: Flower Show, Rotary Bhawan, Palampur (HP), March 20, 2011.Sanjay Kumar, Arvind K Verma and Sukhjinder Singh: State Level Holi Mela, March 17-20,2010.Sanjay Kumar: Flower Show, Kangra Ghati Greesham Utsav, Police Ground Dharmashala,Dharmshala, June 6, 2010Sukhjinder Singh: Rural Technology Mela at National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD),Hyderabad, February 2-5, 2011.Virendra Singh and Sukhjinder Singh: Seminar-cum-demonstration on MAPs at Pasighat,Arunachal Pradesh, September 17-18, 2010.VISITORS• Prof. AS Brar, Vice Chancellor, GNDU. Amritsar, April 09, 2010• Dr. Ankit Walia, Canada, April 19, 2010130