Occupational challenges in extreme environment

  • Ekta Kohli DRDO- Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi - 110054, India

Abstract

Ensuring the nutritional security of combatants guarding the extreme altitudes along the Himalayan frontiers remains a daunting task owing to the harsh cold desert climatic conditions, landlocked terrain and sparse vegetation. These cold arid regions are characterized by rugged topography, extreme temperature variations, low precipitation, high wind velocity, thin atmosphere with high UV-radiation and fragile ecosystem. The Defence Life Science Journal decides to bring out a special issue on the theme ‘Cold Arid Agro-Animal Technologies’ focusing on the significance of agro-animal technologies for nutritional security of the soldiers deployed in inhospitable environments as well as the local population who have been living and thriving in these harsh conditions of high altitude.

Author Biography

Ekta Kohli, DRDO- Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi - 110054, India

Dr. Ekta Kohli is Scientist ‘E’ at Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, DRDO. Her major research area is Nanotechnology and Toxicology. She has publications in International journals (Nature), chapters, and patent to her credit.

Published
2018-06-25
How to Cite
Kohli, E. (2018). Occupational challenges in extreme environment. Defence Life Science Journal, 3(3), 201-202. https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.3.13099