Agriculture & Allied Sector

Pankaj Tewari

Dr. Pankaj Tewari is an Executive Director of AAROHI, Satoli, Nainital, Uttarakhand. Dr. Tewari holds a doctorate in Forestry and Environment Science, with 22 years working experience in the field of environmental research, sustainable mountain development and livelihood security of rural communities. For the last 12 years he had focused on wider networking and replication of appropriate technologies for the best of humanity and nature.
He has been the professional trainer and delivered a series of successful ToTs for LCEP-2, UN-Habitat, Afghanistan and Mountain States of HKH. He has been the member of the Steering Committee of the Prolinnova Country platform in India, an NGO initiated international multi stakeholder platform to promote local innovation processes in ecologically oriented agriculture and NRM. Member of Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), IUCN for the Quadrennial Period 2017-2023.
He has expertise in planning, coordination, monitoring and documentation of development and research projects with focus on NRM, watershed approach, community health, child education and sustainable livelihoods. He is overall responsible for execution of programmes through his professional expertise for mountains in context of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The specific efforts towards working with Van Raji schedule tribe and in timberline areas is the new dimension in his career. Dr. Tewari has led more than 21 projects for GIZ, ICIMOD, Tata Trusts, MOEF&CC, NMSHE, DST, UNDP, CSRs, etc. He has been the Principal Investigator for more than 6 projects that are based on action research. He had published 34 research and extension papers at national and international level along with 05 Popular Articles, 19 Booklets and training manuals on rural livelihood promotion and NRM. 07 Self learning study material for Uttarakhand Open University on Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihoods has been developed by him. Lectures are being delivered from time to time by Dr. Tewari for Refresher Courses and Summer School at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Kumaun University and Bengal University.
He also received certificate of excellence for two consecutive years for contribution in Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Programmes, a World Bank Funded Project. He received Certificate of Graduation as Climate Change Leader from LEAD, India in 2009 and has been selected as LEAD fellow for Cohort 19, LEAD India.