Institute
Funding
The Institute receives core funding
from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. The
research and development activities are, however, substantially strengthened
through external funding obtained from different National (DBT, CSIR, DST,
UGC, ICSSR, INSA, ICAR, NEC, Sikkim Govt., WWF-India, etc.) and International
(ICIMOD, UNESCO, NORAD, TSBF, CIDA-SICI, McArthur Foundation, BCN, TMI,
UNDP, FAO, UNIDO, UNICEF, etc.) agencies.