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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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Subject: Environmental Science × Author: CHANDEL, SHIVANI × End date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    INVENTORY AND ESTIMATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES FROM INDUSTRIES IN BADDI BAROTIWALA NALAGARH (BBN) REGION OF DISTRICT SOLAN
    (2011) CHANDEL, SHIVANI; VERMA, K.S.
    ABSTRACT The present study inventory and estimation of greenhouse gases from industries in Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh (BBN) region (30o94’ to 31o05’ N latitude and 76o77’ to 76o8’ E longitude) of district Solan of Himachal Pradesh was carried out during 2009-2011. The inventorization was carried out using revised IPCC 1996 and IPCC 2006 guidelines for National greenhouse gas inventory. The study involved three emission sources viz. mineral, metal and other industries. The mineral industry comprised three (3) cement and one (1) glass unit; metal represented a total of sixteen (16) industries among which eleven (11) were iron and steel producing, two (2) ferroalloy and three (3) aluminium. Other industries comprised four (4) pulp and paper, twenty five (25) food and five (5) beverage. A total of 54 industries were selected. The GHG’s inventorized were CO2, CH4, N2O, CO and NMVOC’s. The emissions of different GHG’s were estimated by multiplying the amount of activity or production of finished product from a particular industry within a given sector i.e. mineral, metal and other industries with the emission factor associated with the respective gas released per unit of activity in above sectors. The results have revealed that varying amount of different greenhouse gases viz. CO2, CH4, N2O including CO and NMVOC’s were released from the region. 2642 Gg CO2, 0.17 Gg N2O (52.7 Gg CO2 eq.), 7.35 Gg NMVOC’s (27.2 Gg CO2 eq.), 1.09 Gg CO (3.27 Gg CO2 eq.) and 0.06 Gg CH4 (1.26 Gg CO2 eq.) was released during the year 2010. An amount of 2726 Gg CO2 eq. was released as process emission, whereas 2.054 Gg CO2 was released as fuel emissions. CH4, N2O, CO and NMVOC’s emission from fuel combustion were negligible. A total of 2728.054 Gg CO2 eq. were emitted from the region. CO2 was the main industrial GHG released followed by NMVOC’s, CO, N2O and CH4. The increasing accumulation of above GHG’s in the atmosphere will have adverse impacts on regional climate. Hence, following management strategies are suggested to mitigate the adverse influences: undertaking new technological improvements, cogeneration systems, raising plantations for CO2 sequestration, CO2 capture or implementing CO2 scrubbing techniques, replacing high carbon fuels with low carbon fuels, fuel and energy efficiency and development of CDM like opportunities at local level which will help in achieving carbon neutral development of the region.