Priya Ranjan Trivedi (born 13 March 1950), commonly known as P. R. Trivedi, is an India

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n environmental scientist and presently Pro-Chancellor

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 of The Global Open University Nagaland

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., also associated with Indian Institute of Human Rights, where he is the president of the World Institution Building Programme. He has given the nation with these slogal Catch Them Young, Kill Two Enemies with One Bullet - Unemployment and Pollution and Become Job Giver Rather Than Job Seeker
He has authored and edited more than 30 Encyclopaedias including the World Encyclopaedia of Geriatric Care; International Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environment; Multi-Volume Series on Disaster Management; Encyclopaedic Series on Sustainable Development; Indian Encyclopaedia of Habitat and Population Studies; Encyclopaedia of Peace and Disarmament; World Encyclopaedia of Intellectual Property Rights; Asian Encyclopaedia of Bioinformatics; International Encyclopaedia of Total Quality Management etc.

Awards

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi has received more than 100 National as well as International Awards and Appreciations from different Governments, International Organisations, Philanthropic and Independent Bodies based on his contribution towards protection of environment.

Education

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi has done his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in the specialised fields of Engineering as well as Management besides a Doctorate (Ph.D.) Degree in Human Rights and Duties Education. Apart from several earned Degrees, he has also been awarded with many Doctorate Degrees (Honoris Causa) from many important universities from Russia, UK, Italy, Spain, Holand and USA.

Direct Association With Universities And Institutions

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi is presently associated with the following organisations:

1. President, Commonwealth of Virtual Education and Research (COVER)

2. President and Plenipotentiary, Commonwealth of Distance Education (CODE)

3. President, World Institution Building Programme (WIBP)

4. President, World Institution Development Programme (WIDP)

5. President, Lama Gangchen International Foundation (LGIF)

6. Chairman, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE)

7. Chairman, Indian Institute of Business Management (IIBM)

8. Chairman, International Institute of Management (IIM)

9. Chairman, Indian Institute of Intellectual Property Rights (IIIPR)

10. Chairman, Quality Institute of India (QII)

11. Chairman, Indian Institute of Geoinformatics (IIG)

12. Chairman, Indian Institute of Bioinformatics (IIB)

13. Pro Chancellor and Plenipotentiary, The Global Open University, Nagaland (TGOUN)

14. Amir-e-Jamia, Jamia Hind

15. Chairman, Indian Institute of Disaster Management (IIDM)

16. Chairman, Indian Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)

17. Executive President, Global Warming Reduction Centre (GWRC)

18. Adviser Extraordinary, Dr. Zakir Husain Institute for Non-Formal & Continuing Education

19. Convenor, World Management Congress (WMC)

20. Convenor, World Environment Congress (WEC)

Achievements

Designed and launched for the first time in India:

(a) Post Graduate Programme in Ecology and Environment in 1980

(b) Post Graduate Programme in Disaster Management in 1985

(c) Post Graduate Programme in Sustainable Development in 1986

(d) Post Graduate Programme in Habitat and Population Studies in 1988

(e) Post Graduate Programme in GIS and Remote Sensing in 1990

(f) Post Graduate Programme in Ecotourism in 1991

(g) Post Graduate Programme in Value Education in 1992

(h) Post Graduate Programme in Pollution Control in 1993

(i) Post Graduate Programme in Green Business in 1994

(j) Post Graduate Programme in Criminology in 1995

(k) Post Graduate Programme in Forensic Science in 1996

(l) Post Graduate Programme in Yoga in 1997

(m) Post Graduate Programme in Medicinal Plants in 1998

(n) Post Graduate Programme in Counselling in 1999

(o) Post Graduate Programme in Psychotherapy in 2000

(p) Post Graduate Programme in Vocational and Technical Education in 2001

(q) Post Graduate Programme in Distance Education in 2002

(r) Post Graduate Programme in Ethics in 2003

(s) Post Graduate Programme in Dalit Studies in 2004

(t) Post Graduate Programme in Peace and Global Security in 2005

(u) Post Graduate Programme in Broadcast Journalism in 2006

(v) Post Graduate Programme in Entrepreneurship in 2007

(w) Post Graduate Programme in Good Governance in 2007

(x) Post Graduate Programme in Trafficking Abatement in 2007

(y) Post Graduate Programme in Disarmament Studies in 2007

(z) Post Graduate Programme in Anti-Terror Laws in 2008

Slogans Propounded

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi has propounded the following Slogans for the protection of our Mother Earth:

(a) Catch Them Young
(b) Each One Teach One
(c) Be a Job Giver, Not a Job Seeker

Solution of Burning Problems

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi has designed a masterplan paradigm for solving the burning problems like peacelessness, poverty, pollution, unemployment, faulty educational system, and population explosion.

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi wants to have a friendship rather a marriage of unemployment with pollution for creation of environment friendly and sustainable jobs all over the world in order to have a sustainable society.

Works

• Encyclopaedia of Disaster Management (12 Vols-Set), Ed. Priya Ranjan Trivedi, Jnanada Prakashan, 2007, ISBN 8171390757.

External links

• Priya Ranjan Trivedi, website