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The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology dedicated Prakriti Gyan Dham, India's first eco-educational hub, to the nation.
It is located at the Maharishi Parashar Bioresource Centre in Banthra, on the outskirts of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
It was developed by CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow.
Its centrepiece is the PAaVan Path — Plants and Associated Vegetations for Appreciating Nature — an interpretive heritage trail.
The Vibhav Enclave holds rare, endangered and threatened plants; the Bhairav Enclave displays the State Plants of all States and UTs.
Research institutions generate knowledge that mostly stays inside them — published in journals read by specialists, of no practical use to the farmer or student outside the gate. The lab-to-land model deliberately moves that knowledge into a form the public can use, and Prakriti Gyan Dham is an unusually literal version: a walkable open-air classroom where students, researchers, farmers and visitors encounter plant science directly rather than reading about it. The QR audio-guides in the Indian Heritage Garden serve the same purpose — the interpretation travels with the plant instead of sitting in a monograph. Pairing this with on-site technology transfer of herbal formulations closes the loop, taking research through to commercial use.
Simple Analogy: Moving the exhibit out of the storeroom and putting a label on it that anyone can read.
GS Paper III > Environment and Conservation; Science and Technology
General Awareness > Environment and Institutions
General Awareness > Science and Environment
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow — the developing agency for Prakriti Gyan Dham.
Plants and Associated Vegetations for Appreciating Nature — the hub's interpretive heritage trail.
Rare, Endangered and Threatened species — the focus of the Vibhav Enclave.
The hub's collection of 43 indigenous and exotic bamboo species.