Thrust Areas

  • Inventory, appraisal and management of land, water and other natural resources parse the human demands and consumptive patterns.
  • Ecological reconstruction vis-a-vis economic development of rural areas, specifically the dry lands and eco-degraded belts.
  • Planning, Execution and Developments Works of Watershed Projects.
  • Rural Development Programmes, identification, application and management by ‘self-help’ groups.
  • Evaluation of existing programmes of natural resource conservation and development and their promotional measures.
  • Vocational training programmes for rural/urban self employment.
  • Dissemination of literacy, sanitation, health and environmental education to promote quality of life.
  • Awareness for common property issues, neo-agricultural reforms, animal husbandry development, dry land farming and irrigated agriculture production.

Academy’s Publications

  • Academy publishes a bi-annual journal entitled- Journal of “Water and Land use Management” since 1992.
  • Water and Land Management in Arid Ecology – Rawat Publications, Jaipur (India) 1991.
  • Pani-ki-Khoj (Quest for Water) — Panch Sheel Publications, Jaipur 1991.
  • New Vistas in Rural Economy (In five volumes) — Pointer Publishers, Jaipur 1992.
  • Integrated Water use Management — Rawat Publicaiton, Jaipur 1994.
  • The Environment-Insight and Foresight — Classic Publishing House, Jaipur 1994.
  • Urban Water Supply — Rawat Publications, Jaipur 1994.
  • Priorities for Rural Development (in 5 volumes — Printwell Publishers, Jaipur 1994.
  • International Ecological Water Series (in 5 volumes) — Printwell Publishers, Jaipur 1994.
  • Sustainable Development, (in 2 volumes) — Rawat Publications, Jaipur 1993.
  • Sustainable Water Use Management — Pointer Publishers, Jaipur 1998.
  • Environmental Management and Development (Hindi) — Pointer Publisher, Jaipur 1992.