NAME	Dr. Peerzada Ishtiyak Ahmad
PRESENT POSITION             & ORGANISATION	Assistant Professor cum Scientist,  Division of Forest Products & Utilization (FPU) Faculty of Forestry (Benhama, Ganderbal),  Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir) E.   drishtiyak@skuastkashmir.ac.in www.skuastkashmir.ac.in
PREVIOUS WORKED AS	·         Technical Expert (ABS of Genetic Resources) Indo-German Biodiversity Programme of Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ·         Deputy Director, RCFC North II of NMPB, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India ·         Scientist cum Principal Investigator (SERB), Faculty of Forestry, SKUAST Kashmir
TOTAL WORK EXPERIENCE	9 Years of Research, Consulting & Teaching Experience
SPECIALIZATION	•  Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) & Medicinal Plants •  Bioeconomy •  Access & Benefit Sharing Mechanism of Genetic Resources
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS	•  PhD Forestry from Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun in the year 2011. •  NET in Forestry and Environmental Science in the year 2010. •  MSc Forestry in the year 2006. •  BSc Forestry (Hons.) in the year 2004.
STATISTICAL AND  ANALYTICAL SKILLS	•  Statistical Packages                :          SPSS, GenStat & MS Excel. •  GIS & Remote Sensing            :            ERDAS and ArcGIS
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS	•  Young Scientist Award with Rs. 2.5 Million, Research Grant from SERB, Govt. of India. •  Grants from WCMC-ECO-IEST for presentation in a workshop at Ramsar City of Iran. •  Grants from SANDEE for presentation in a workshop on Ecology & Economics at GIDR Gujarat. •  Young Scientist Award, 2018 for outstanding contribution to Forestry during  International Conference on “Emerging Issues in Agricultural, Environmental & Applied Sciences for Sustainable Development” at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, India. •  Best Research Paper Award from NSF Coimbatore on 30th September, 2018 for the paper entitled “Standardization of In-Situ Propagation Technique for Taxus baccata Linn. An Endangered Medicinal Plant of Western Himalayas”. Published in SCI Journal, Ethno Med. (Impact Factor – 0.443, 2017). •  JRF from DST Govt of India during PhD Programme
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES	•  Empanelled Expert Member for Climate Resilient Assets and Migration Research Programme of International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) London UK. •  Member, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) iucn.org -          Commission Member - CEM & WCPA 2013-2016 and 2017-2020. •  Member, World Heritage Convention (WHC / UNESCO) unesco.org/whc •  General Secretary, Centre for Environmental Resource Assessment (CERA) New Delhi.
PUBLICATIONS        (39)	•  Research Papers and Articles (20), Books (3), Book Chapters (01), Technical Papers (2), Conferennce Abstracts (07), Proceedings (4), Technical/Reports/Extension bulletins/pamphlets (05).