Data of research institutes to be stored in Kullu

Our Correspondent

Kullu, January 24

Data of various research institutes of Himalayan states and UTs will be stored at a centre in the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Mohal, Kullu. The Himalayan Knowledge Network Data Centre has been established at the institute. The National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) has allocated Rs 3 crore for the project.

The machines and equipment have been procured. The server has been installed at the data centre. The data of all places will be collected on this server, from where analysis work will be done. A data recovery centre has also been set up at Almora in Uttarakhand, where the headquarters of the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute are located. If the data gets deleted due to any reason in Mohal or in case of any technical fault, the data will be recovered from Almora. The web designing is underway and at present, the website is being hosted through a third party.

Senior scientist Rakesh Kumar Singh, in charge of the institute, here, said the Himalayan Knowledge Network Data Centre had been set up at Mohal under the NMHS. He said the website was ready and other work would be completed soon. He said various chapters would be set up at regional centres in different states and UTs to collect data, and from there the it would be stored at the centre.

He said, “Data will be collected from Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, Bengal, J-K and Ladakh. All data will be available for reference and analysis. A report will be prepared on the two main issues of biodiversity and water management in HP and submitted to the Union Government.”