Dr. P.c. Tiwari

Biography

Dr. Prakash C. Tiwari is Professor of Geography at Kumaon University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. He also worked as Assistant Director (Micro Regional Planning) at National Institute of Rural Development(NIRD), Government of India, Hyderabad. Professor Tiwari is a mountain natural resource management and climate change adaptationspecialist and has been working on climate change adaptation in water, agriculture, food, and livelihood sectors; community based natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, gender mainstreaming, and institutions and governance, and have worked with various national and international organizations in India and abroad in these fields. He has implemented a number of multi-institutional collaborative research projects sponsored by international organizations including Australian International Aid (AUSAID), Australia; Ministry of Education, Japan; Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany; The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD); Finland Research Council and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), etc. Professor Tiwari was awarded 'Invitation Fellowship' of Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), and worked as 'JSPS Fellow' on 'Adaptive Water Resource Management' at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan during 2012-2013. Professor Tiwari was appointed as 'Visiting Professor' at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden; University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria and University of Turku, Turku,Finland; and 'Visiting Scientist' at University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany from time to time, and many other international and national institutes.

Research Interest

Natural Resource ,watershed Management, climate change Food & livelihood Security, RS/GIS applications, Disaster management