Wildlife Research and Conservation Society

Mr. Sawarkar is a renowned Forest Officer from Maharashtra cadre who has a long history of working with national and international agencies. Mr. Sawarkar retired as Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. His contribution as research officer at Melghat Tiger Reserve and as Head of Management faculty and the Dean, Faculty of Wildlife Sciences at Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has been noteworthy. Mr. Sawarkar is well known for his excellent teaching skills in the classroom as well as in field craft. He has taught at several national and International Agencies and Foreign Universities, on a wide spectrum of subjects. Mr. Sawarkar has authored more than 60 scientific papers and won several awards and commendations accredited to his name.

Mr. Sawarkar has contributed to reports on status of the swamp deer and tiger in the terai region of UP, rehabilitation of the rhinoceros in Dudwa national park, problem of co-existence between elephants and people in West Bengal. Further, he has been involved in six-volume documentation of the collaborative project between the WII and the US Forest Service on Managing Forests in India for Biological diversity and Forest Productivity, authored ‘A Manual for Planning Wildlife Management in Protected Areas and Managed Forests’ that is being used by working plan Officers and PA planners. Post retirement, Mr. Sawarkar is associated with various state Forest Departments, Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, UNDP and with several public forums, Institutes and Colleges.