Prof. Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

Immediately after completing my General Fellow tenure in the HNB Garhwal University in March 2009, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy, awarded me a Visiting Scholar position. It was a three months fellowship and I had to work in…
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It was the last week of November 2017; I travelled to Huaraz, Peru, South America to attend an International Conference on ‘Climate Change.’ The conference was held between 29 November and 1 December, 2017. Because of a long-distance…
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The state of Uttarakhand has been a center of attending spirituality since time immemorial. It has numerous pilgrimages—the highlands and river valleys, where the pilgrims visit every year. All the pilgrimages are situated on the bank of…
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The land of gods, goddesses, sages, and saints, India has been a center of spiritual attainment. It has many places of cultural and spiritual significance. Our scriptures say that in Treta Yuga, the trinity (three gods) came down to the…
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On February 07, 2021 (Sunday) at 10:30, a huge snow avalanche/glacier burst triggered massive debris flow/flash flood and devastated the valleys of the Rishi Ganga and the Dhauli Ganga. It has partially affected the Alaknanda River valley…
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The Uttarakhand Himalaya is bestowed with numerous highland and valley sacred locals where numerous fairs and festivals are celebrated. It is a land of gods, goddesses, folk deities, fairies,and witches. It has three cultural realms –…
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Uttarakhand, a sacred place, is an abode of Gods, Goddesses, and folk deities. It is a land of highland and valley pilgrimages, holy rivers, Shaktipeethas, and Jyotirlingas. It has Panch Badri, Panch Kedar, and Panch Prayag, which are…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has completed almost a year with immense impact on all walks of life – health, income and economy, education, and human mobility. During the initial days of complete lockdown, the informal sector labours returned to…
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Mizoram, a tiny state, located in northeast India, is also known as the eastern extension of the Himalayas. It is called the land of rolling hills, the land of highlanders, and the nightingale of India. Mizoram has spectacular landscape –…
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Karnprayag to Bageshwar is one of the important cultural realms of both Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayas. The journey for this natural-cultural realm begins from Karnprayag (773 m), a town situated on the confluence of two rivers – the…
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