SIKKIM

We provide out here a short list of high quality websites relevant to Sikkim Himalaya in all aspects. We have focussed on sites that act as gateways to further information and resources.
We are always happy to hear of new sites with relevancy in Sikkim Himalayas and will consider adding them to our list. Please email us if you know or have come across a good one.

The Ministry of Tourism
is the nodal agency for the development and promotion of Tourism in India.

Sikkim Foundation
exists to improve the living standard and quality of life for the people of Sikkim, particularly for women, children, minorities, handicapped and other disadvantaged or marginalized sections of the society.

ATREE
was established in 1996 to combine principles of natural and social sciences to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development;

ENVIS
ENVIS is a decentralized system with a network of distributed subject oriented Centers ensuring integration of national efforts in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination to all concerned.

Biodiversity - hotspots
The Himalaya Hotspot is home to the worlds highest mountains, including Mt. Everest. The mountains rise abruptly, resulting in a diversity of ecosystems that range from alluvial grasslands and subtropical broadleaf forests to alpine meadows above the tree line.

TMI
The Mountain Institute's mission is to advance mountain cultures and preserve mountain environments.

Welcome to Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
This website gives you an insight to one of the renowned mountaineering institutes of the world. Mountaineering is not merely a physical activity rather it is a science and an art.

research

Elise Boulding
Peaceful societies are contemporary groups of people who effectively foster interpersonal harmony and who rarely permit violence or warfare to interfere with their lives. This website serves to introduce these societies to students, peace activists, scholars and citizens who are interested in the conditions that promote peacefulness. It includes information on the beliefs of these peoples, the ways they maintain their nonviolence, and the factors that challenge their lifestyles.

Lepcha research by Heleen Plaiser
Despite the considerable attention the Lepcha people have received by researchers since the middle of the nineteenth century, many aspects of the Lepcha language and culture remain undescribed.

The Royal Ark
A comprehensive site on the genealogies of the Royal and ruling houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Since its establishment in 1958, the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology has sponsored and promoted research on the religion, history, language, art and culture of the people of the Tibetan cultural area which includes Sikkim.

Denjong
This website was established to facilitate research in all aspects of the study of the former Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim.

Digital Himalaya
The Digital Himalaya project was conceived of by Professor Alan Macfarlane and Dr. Mark Turin as a strategy for archiving and making available valuable ethnographic materials from the Himalayan region.

Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library is an international community using Web-based technologies to integrate diverse
knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas for free access from around the world.

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
To promote research and scholarship in Tibetan Buddhism and
advance the preservation of the Tibetan cultural & heritage by making its literary tradition widely available in the form of
digital images.

Sikkim Express
is the first, oldest and most read English daily of the tiny Himalayan state Sikkim. The only English daily from the state with an online edition

Sikkimguide.com
was established as a private sector organization with an aim to develop, promote and tap Sikkim's tourism potentials in the world tourism market.

Sahitya Srijana Sahakari Samiti Limited
was formed on 11 November 2006 at Gangtok. Though there are numbers of literary organizations and association in Sikkim, no work had been initiated as to link literature with the cooperative movement.