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State of art laboratory facilities with advanced instrumentation and financial support for
sampling, field measurements, physicochemical analysis, measurement of climate altering
radiative properties of atmospheric aerosols, receptor modelling, source apportionment,
modelling climate effects, exposure analysis, and crop health monitoring through ground truth
measurements and calibration of satellite data for extended time series analysis of the changes
in land cover/land use classes will be required. In addition to seed funds, alternate source of
funding could be from research grants of schemes announced by several related Ministries
(MoES, MoEF, DST, etc.,).

Outreach and Collaborative Programs

The initiative can spearhead outreach activities in educational institutions, awareness
campaigns for public, foster research collaborations, academia-industry partnerships from a
regional perspective of the North-East India.

References

[1] CSO (2019-1), EnviStats-India 2019, Vol.I: Environment Statistics, Central Statistics
Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi.

[2] Sustainable Development Goals, National Indicator Framework, Baseline Report, 2015-16,
Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of
India, New Delhi.

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