Department of Soil and Water Conservation

The Department of Soil and Water Conservation was established in 1987 under erstwhile NEHU under SASRD, Kohima Campus and later in 1996 started functioning under Nagaland University at SASRD, Medziphema Campus. In 2014, the Department's name changed to Soil and Water Conservation.

At present, the Department offers UG and PG courses. The PG course is designed for two years duration, aimed at imparting teaching as well as conducting research on subjects like Soil and Water Conservation, Hydrology and Watershed management, Soil Conserving eco-system, Conservation Agronomy, Irrigation and Drainage, Conservation Methodology etc. in order to produce technically trained manpower required for conservation of the rapidly degrading natural resources i.e. Soil and Water.

Vision:

To strive to achieve excellence and set new standards in Soil and Water Conservation education through teaching, research and extension programmes and create truly professional soil conservationists who will have the potential and scientific skills necessary for the conservation of soil-water and forest resources for socio-economic growth in the region. The training imparted to students is to create a scientific cadre of calibre and competence capable of making noticeable contributions even in the uncharted areas of Soil and Water Conservation.

Thrust Areas:

  • Soil fertility management and performance of rice on developed terraced land for long-term effect.
  • Uniformity trial to evaluate soil heterogeneity on newly developed contour terraced on sloppy land of Nagaland.
  • Water resource management and development of Watershed.
  • Evaluation of Soil erodibility and other physical characteristics of soils of NEH Region.
  • Characterization of watershed using DEM and GIS Techniques.
  • Rainfall-runoff-sediment transport modelling and estimation of water resorces in watershed area.
  • Identification of problem soil and land and prioritization for contrlling measures.
  • Development of soil and water conservation strategies for water shed.

Email(HoD): hodswc[at]nagalanduniversity.ac.in

The department has a student intake capacity of (?) at the Post-graduate level.

There are currently (?) Ph.D. scholars.