VP Tewari

About

I am a Scientist-G (Retd.) of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun (an autonomous council under Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India) and former Group Coordinator (Research) at Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru. I worked as Director of the Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla from 26 May 2014 to 25 May 2019 and worked as FAO fellow for one year (March 1995 to Feb. 1996) at the Institute of Forest Management and Yield Science, University of Goettingen (Germany). I was awarded Brandis Prize in the year 1998 by the Indian Forester for publishing most outstanding paper in the field of Silviculture & Forest Management. I visited twice to the University of Goettingen, Germany under short-term study and research visit (Aug.-Sept. 2002 and Dec. 2005-Feb. 2006) of DAAD. I got ITTO Fellowship in 2010 and Erasmus-Mundus SmartLink Action 2 Project Fellowship in 2016. I have authored 92 research papers in various peer reviewed international journals, 11 book chapters and has nine original/edited books to my credit. I have also presented 60 papers in various International & National Conferences and Workshops. I am National Subject Matter Coordinator on 'Forest Biometrics'​ in the ICFRE. I have been Deputy Coordinator IUFRO Div. 4, unit 04.01.03 (Instruments and Methods in Forest Mensuration, Associate Editor of the Springer journal 'Forest Ecosystems'​, and Member, Editorial Advisory Board of 'Current World Environment'. I am also in the UNCCD Roaster of Experts from India. Presently, working as the President of International Society of Tropical Foresters India Chapter

Employment

• Institute of Wood Science and Technology Group Coordinator (Research)
  2019 - 2020
• Himalayan Forest Research Institute Director
  2014 - 2019

Education

• University of Allahabad D. Phil.
  1982 - 1984

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (53)

• Unveiling urbanization effects on trees outside forests along the urban-rural gradient in megacity Bengaluru
  Forest Ecosystems 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100258
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• Tree Diversity and Tree Community Composition in Northern Part of Megacity Bengaluru, India
  Sustainability 2022 DOI: 10.3390/su14031295
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• A first-approximation simple dynamic growth model for forest teak plantations in Gujarat state of India
  Southern Forests 2017 DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2016.1277644
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• Development of a stand density management diagram for Santalum album plantations in Karnataka, India
  Southern Forests 2017 DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2017.1379321
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• Establishment of seed production area of Tectona grandis Linn. f. in Gujarat
  Annals of Arid Zone 2017
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• Forest inventory, assessment, and monitoring, and long-term forest observational studies, with special reference to India
  Forest Science and Technology 2016 DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2015.1018962
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• Forest observational studies: an alternative to designed experiments
  European Journal of Forest Research 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10342-016-0952-0
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• Considerations on Capacity Building for National Forest Assessments in Developing Countries - With a Case Study of India
  International Forestry Review 2015 DOI: 10.1505/146554815815500633
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• Dynamic base-age invariant site index models for Tectona grandis in peninsular India
  Southern Forests 2014 DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2013.870398
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• Forest observational studies in India: Past developments and considerations for the future
  Forest Ecology and Management 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.050
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