The Mandates of the School are :-
- To develop competent human resources through quality post-graduate education at M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels with an aim to excel SNRM into a Centre of Excellence for teaching and research in Natural Resources Management.
- To act as a lead centre in planning, coordinating and monitoring R & D programmes related to natural resources management and to act as a repository of natural resources with special reference to the Northeastern Hilly Region.
- To bring an improvement in productivity of hill agriculture through the sustainable management of soil and water resources and thereby achieving quality and security of food production, health and welfare of humans and livestock.
Salient Achievements under the School :-
- Twenty five students have been awarded M. Sc degrees in the disciplines of Agronomy and Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry.
- Two of its students have joined Agricultural Research Services in 2012. They are Miss Chirsty B. K. Sangma (Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry) and Mr. Badapmain Makdoh (Agronomy).
- The School has completed four Intramural Projects and another Intra-mural Project is in the verge of completion.
- Five externally funded projects, two from Department of Science and Technology (DST), one from Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India and two from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have been sanctioned with a total fund value of Rs.243.76 lakhs.
- Two more projects are under consideration for funding from DST and at final stage.
- Another project has been submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India.
Laboratory Facilities :-
In the Bio-geochemistry laboratory of the School, students get the feel of an environment of international standard. They also get the first hand experience of working with all the state-of-the-art equipment.
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Equipment
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Ultra freezer. Model U410-86. CO2 back up system (U9043-0008), Racking system. Boxes and dividers
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Lysimeter UMS Make with data-logger
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Environmental shaker, ROTEK LES
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Soil Moisture Metre: Mini Trase
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Guelph Permeameter
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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis apparatus set
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Eliza Cum UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
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Fastprep homgeneizer, Thermo make
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Double Beam scanning UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
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Alumni of School as ARS and Placement of SNRM Alumni :-
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Sectors
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No. of Students Placed
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ARS, ICAR
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2
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2.
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Agriculture Officers, Government Services
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12
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SMS in KVKs
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5
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Pursuing PhD in other Universities
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2
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RAs and SRFs in Projects
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4
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