लेखक: Piyoosh Rautela

Having done masters in Applied Geology from the University of Allahabad, Piyoosh Rautela persued his doctoral work at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. Geological fieldworks in the Himalayan terrain took him close to the ground realities at the grassroots level and the burning desire to contribute something positively towards improving the quality of life of the masses and deteriorating environment of the Himalayan region brought him in the contact of various voluntary groups working towards this end in the region. He has been actively associated with ENDS Dehradun and TFL/HIMCON Ranichauri tor the previous four years and has contributed extensively at the; grassroots level in the field of water and watershed management. Fruits of his hard labour are reflected in Lawadhar and Paturi watersheds of Chamba block of Tehri Garhwal. His environmental pursuits do not deter him from contributing in the scientific field and he has worked extensively on GIS based landslide and environmental hazard assessment, palaeoclimate and structural geology. He is at present engaged in an independent short-term research assignment of the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun.