Qualifications
Indian Forest Service, M.Sc.
Experience
A practicing forester for over 35 years with a flair for natural resources conservation with human face and balancing it with development, he has headed and shaped the destiny of over 10000 forestry professionals, researchers, scientists and project management experts as Director general of forest cum secretary to Government of India for over two years.. He spearheaded, perhaps, the world’s largest peoples movement in Forests and Natural resource management. This participatory mode through variety of entry point activities was able to successfully link forest and other natural resources management with poverty alleviation and livelihood support; enhancement of agricultural productivity, literacy drive with no gender bias, and ultimately forest development became synonym to over all village development.
He has also served as chairman of National Environment Appellate Authority- a statutory body set up under the constitution to hear appeals of persons aggrieved by the environment clearances issued by the Central and the State Government.
Research Interests
Forestry, Water Resources Management and Natural Resources Management