OUR DIRECTORS

Dr. Shivaji Chavan

Retd Forest Officer from the Maharashtra Forest Service with 28 years of experience.
Forest, Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Environmental Economics and Carbon Budgeting
Applications of Modern Tools and Technology in Forest, Wildlife, Environment and allied fields.
Academician, Trainer and Researcher in the Field of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment and allied Field.

Graduated in Commerce from Pune University and completed his MBA in Business Management from Pune University.
He has been instrumental in procuring IT projects for mega companies like Tata Consultancy Services, Glodyne Technoserve Ltd and many others.
Over the years he is on board of several companies in capacity as a Director.
He has an excellent record of initiating and leading turnaround growth strategies in complex multi
channel projects.

She has over 25 years of experience in biodiversity research, teaching, project management, capacity development and public outreach and awareness.
She was associated with Freshwater and Wetlands Programme, WWF India as an Associate Director, until July 2014.
She has also worked with a US Based GIS and IT company, Avineon India Technologies as Head GIS Projects.
She is currently working with GIZ as a Technical Advisor for the River basin management and water conservation programme.

Mr. Sunil Limaye retired as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden of Maharashtra State recently in July, 2022.
He earlier served as the additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) West Mumbai and prior to that as an Additional PCCF (Wildlife) East and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Ecotourism Board, Nagpur.
He has served in various capacities as a Conservator of Forests and Director, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, whereby he started the initiative ‘Mumbaikars for SGNP’ in order to actively involve and promote active participation of all the probable stakeholders to address the issue of Human- Leopard Conflict.
He holds a Masters in Forestry and a Diploma in Wildlife Management from Wildlife Institute of India.

Dr. Anil Kumar Bhardwaj is from 1985 batch of Indian Forest Service, Kerala Cadre. He has a professional and Academic experience of 38 years in the field of Wildlife Conservation and Forestry.
He has managed a number of Protected Areas (PAs) in southern Western Ghats of Kerala.
He retired as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chief Wildlife Warden and Head of Forest Force of Kerala in 2018.
He has worked in Wildlife Institute of India (WII) for about 15 years. During this period, he has headed two important departments of the institute and handles a number of national and international projects.