8 years of existence in Development and Management sector.

Completed more than 120 assignments including 55 in Socio Economic, Natural Resource Mapping , Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of multiple interventions. Have worked on externally funded projects by world bank, UNDP, JBIC/JICA, DI oil ltd. Have been continuously working with MoEF on monitoring, evaluation and research studies
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 Basic knowledge of Himachals Terrain, People, Culture, Forest and Resources. A multi-dimensional team having specialization in:
Forestry and Environment Bio-Diversity Watershed Socio-Economic Analysis Participatory Management/ Appraisal Rural institution building Micro-credit IGAs
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Baseline surveys PRA/PUA Watershed Planning JFM Afforestation Resource Mapping and management e.g.
Human capital Natural resource capital Financial capital Physical capital Social capital
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GIS

 Monitoring and evaluation of plantation made in Kinnur district (Rickong peo) (H.P) Monitoring and evaluation of plantation made in Una district (H.P) Evaluation of NTFP plantation in Sikkim Monitoring and Evaluation of TMNE (Horticulture) in Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mijoram, Manipur and Sikkim Assessment of Homested Bamboo in Assam, Aruanachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland Study of Social Risk in JFM (sample states included Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttaranchal , out of 12 sample states) Study on mechanism for sustainable development of medicinal Plants and Herbs in Uttaranchal Evaluation of Fashion Technology project in Uttaranchal (ongoing) Several other projects in Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh FDA evaluation in Ranikhet and Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand
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UNDP World Bank JBIC MOEF Govt. of India Haryana Forest Department Ministry of Industry Jharkhand Forest Department U.P. Forest Department Uttarakhand Forest Department

Rajasthan Forest Department Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO) Planning Commission Federation of Miners Association of Rajasthan D1 Oil Ltd.-an U.K. based firm Mariental India Pvt. Ltd. KVIC Viabilis of Canada

 CAT primarily aimed at ensuring erosion control in draining catchment Management interventions were selected considering Area of watershed Geological formation Intensity of rainfall Draining density Discharge Slope Aspect Land use/ cover sediment production rate Erosion intensity determination done through erosion intensity method considering erosion intensity more than 1 tonne/ acre/year

 Area with soil loss in catchment (over all)- 38% of Total Area with Soil loss
Agri Dense vegetationOpen forest Barren land Scrubs Grass land 4.22 % 26.33 % 24.20 % 22.16 % 17.44 % 5.65 %
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S. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Measures

Afforestation Pasture Development Terracing / SMC measures Check Dams Reservoir rim plantation Downstream treatment Total

Area (ha.) considered under Percentage soil loss> 1t/a/y 11600 30.7 2619 1958 20000 1531 100 37808 6.9 5.2 52.9 4.0 0.3 100
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Components / activities Afforestation Pasture Development Terracing / SMC measures Check Dams Reservoir rim plantation Downstream treatment Total

Actual achievement as on 31.12.2010 8795 ha. 1602 ha. 15963 Nos. 591 ha. 100 ha. 11088 ha.

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 Impact assessment of CAT plan components namely

Afforestation Pasture development Soil and water conservation

Qualitative and quantitative assessment Impact of treatments on silt discharge level Impact of peoples participation Lessons learnt and good practices for replication
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Geography & Demography Past history of Terrain Familiarization with CAT Models and Implementation Planning Documents Natural Resource Inventory Status Existing Management Existing Components
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Provisions under Different Models

 Secondary Research Analysis Primary Research and Analysis Comparative Analysis (Pre & Post treatment status) Success Stories and Lessons Learnt Policy Formulations

Strategic Recommendations
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Familiarization Conceptualization Data format development Consultation with client

Inception report Secondary data collection

Primary research Interpretation and analysis Presentation of draft final report Comments based rectification Submission of final report
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 Tools to be applied
Secondary Research
Project formulation documents Components details Evaluation reports Intervention documents e.g. plantation journals, nursery records, measurement books, JFMCs proceeding registers and other relevant documents. Enumeration of plants Health parameter measurement Biomass availability assessment PRA/focused group discussion Probing of primary, secondary and tertiary sector stakeholders

Primary Research

Experts observation on different qualitative aspects of implementation impacts

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Understanding of project document insitu

Interviews of stakeholders

Understanding the interventions

Identification of key stakeholders

Variable identification for comparison

Terrain

CFs

Plantation

Village Leaders

Water bodies

Demography

DFOs

SMC measures

Influential Persons
Religious Head/Practitioners

Plantations

Forest type

Range Officers

Pasture dev. Participation

Barren & rocky areas

Water bodies

Foresters
Social Risks Conflicts School Teachers

Participatory Technique

Soil status

Guards Gender Mainstreaming

NGOs Protection Measures

Bio-diversity

JFMC Members Status of interventions

Key Institutions Regeneration

Agricultural Status

Gain/Losses Key Institutions/ NGOs Past Work

Common skills

SCs/STs

Maintenance

Accounting

Resource inventory

Socio-economic

Climate

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 For afforestation , RIM plantation and pasture development

Secondary research

Project plan Micro plans Plantation journal Monitoring reports, if any Evaluation reports, if any Inspection notes Nursery records
Enumeration of plant Measurement of growth parameter Overall vegetative outlook Sustainability of the plants Sustainability of treatment (plantation model) Sustainability of species planted Peoples participation in planning, implementation, action, monitoring and protection Benefits accrued to community Impact on soil erosion Impact on livelihood
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Primary research

Participatory rural appraisal

 Soil and Moisture Conservation Situation

Participatory Rural Appraisal Secondary research Peoples participation in Project plan planning, implementation, Micro plans action, monitoring and Plantation journal protection Monitoring reports, if any Benefits accrued to community Evaluation reports, if any Impact of soil erosion Inspection notes Nursery records measurement books Impact of livelihood dependence Survey conducted , if any on erosion Watershed territory of the area Impact of soil moisture run off Pre-project status Benefits received Primary research Shortcomings in implementation Accuracy of site selection and maintenance Accuracy of treatment plan selected
Selection of catchment area Upstream and downstream sustainability Capability to check soil/water run off Water retention level Silt level (pre and post project scenario)
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 Survival and Increase in Forest/Tree Cover

Enumeration would be done on sample plots selected along fertility gradient, 15% of the area would be covered in site through plot size of 33m x 30 m each

33mx30m

33mx30m

150
33mx30m

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33mx30m

33mx30m

33mx30m

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Entry Point

CONTD..

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 Species

- All

Within enumeration site 1% of the plants will be taken for health measurement in terms of height and girth at breast /collar height, subject to a minimum of 10 plants under each species

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Sampling Method :

Stratified Random sampling

Basis for Stratification :

Altitude Model of plantation Age of plantation Geographic representation

Sample intensity
For plantation Enumeration 30% of plantation 15% of area coverage

GPS location 100% of plantation For Check dam 15% For other works (Forest & Rural infrastructure)- 20%
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 A centralised office will be established in Bilashpur for coordinating the field works A team of investigators from civil engg, forestry and sociology background will be deputed for field work About 30% of the field work will be conducted / supervised by the core team members Geographical coordinates of plantation sites will be recorded through GPS instrument and compared PRA will be conducted through checklist of issues and mapping of the areas will be made for pre and post intervention status
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 Qualitative
Experts observation Comparison with standard practices Benchmark analysis

Quantitative
Q- Sort method Higher level analysis multi variable regression analysis Other relevant statistical tools
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