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| Vice-Chancellor JU, NMHS Release Wild Edible Mushroom Calendar | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: To create awareness among the masses on the importance of wild edible mushrooms, a WILD EDIBLE MUSHROOM CALENDAR 2022 was released by Prof Manoj K. Dhar, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu in presence of Er. Kireet Kumar, Director In-charge, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (GBPIHE), Uttarakhand, and Nodal officer, NMHS and Prof Arvind Jasrotia, the Registrar, University of Jammu. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Dhar exhorted upon researchers to take up research initiatives to address the area-specific challenges confronting the common masses in Jammu & Kashmir and exploring their solutions. “This calendar is an innovative idea in generating awareness regarding the availability of wild edible forest resources of mushrooms and can help alleviate the nutritional deficiencies and ensure food security for the population dwelling in the hinterlands”, said Prof Dhar. He congratulated the Department of Botany for this timely publication of the much-needed pictorial treat. With an expertly-designed layout by Mr. Syed Azhar and Dr. Tahir, Project fellows, and supervised by Prof Yash Pal Sharma, the mushroom calendar portrays twelve unique, fresh, and original photographs of the wild edible mushrooms growing in diverse habitats of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Conveying his pleasantries through virtual mode, Er. Kireet Kumar expressed his satisfaction with the overall productive outcome of the NMHS project sanctioned to Prof Yash Pal Sharma (Principal Investigator), Department of Botany, University of Jammu, and Prof Rupam Kapoor (Co-P. I), Department of Botany, the University of Delhi for working on the mandate of the joint NMHS project successfully. “This group has been working very efficiently on the expected lines of the sanctioned NMHS project and has explored and published some novel mushroom species to science. We are here to extend our wholehearted support to such ingenuities fulfilling the needs and improving the lifestyle of the people dwelling in the lap of the Himalayas’. He said.
Earlier, Prof Yash Pal Sharma informed that the calendar has been prepared under the aegis of the National Mission on Himalayan studies project “Database Development on Diversity and indigenous knowledge on mushrooms towards their cultivation and conservation in Trans Himalayan District of Kargil”to sensitize general masses regarding the wild edible mushroom utilization. Mushrooms are fast becoming popular especially in the field of food, medicine, and the entrepreneurial arena and therefore, for diversification, their collection and identification from wild woodlands is the need of the hour. Mushrooms are all-in-one functional foods with immense nutraceutical and pharmaceutical potential and may contribute effectively in bringing a non-green revolution” informed Prof Sharma. Prof Sharma and Prof Rupam Kapoor from Delhi jointly expressed their gratitude to the VC, JU and DU, the Director Incharge, GBPIHE, the Registrar, JU, Prof Veenu Kaul, Head, Department of Botany, the faculty members, and the research fellows for their overwhelming support in the implementation of the Project. |
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