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Kailash Sankhala

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Kailash Sankhala
Born(1925-01-30)30 January 1925
Jodhpur,Jodhpur State,British India
Died15 August 1994(1994-08-15)(aged 69)
Known forEnvironmental activism; Role as first Director ofProject Tiger
AwardsPadma Shri
Indira Gandhi presenting award to Kailash Sankhala

Kailash Sankhala(30 January 1925 –20 August 1997) was an Indianbiologistandconservationist.He was the Director ofDelhi Zoological Parkand Chief Wildlife Warden ofRajasthan.[1]He is best known for his work in preservingtigers.Sankhala was the first Director ofProject Tiger,a conservation programme set up in India in 1973.[2]He was well known as "The Tiger Man of India". He was awarded thePadma Shriin 1992 andRajasthan Ratanin 2013.

Wildlife manager[edit]

Sankhala started at the Forest Service in 1953.[3]From 1953 to 1964, he managedwildlife sanctuariesinSariska,Bharatpur,BanviharandRanthambhor,as well as forests in Rajasthan. In 1965, he was appointed Director of the Delhi Zoological Park. In 1973 he was appointed head of Project Tiger, an attempt to save the Indian tiger from extinction.[4]

Tiger conservation[edit]

In 1971, Sankhala conducted a survey of the tiger population in India.[5]His research later lead him to become the first Director ofProject Tigerin 1973.[6]Sankhala created the Tiger Trust in 1989.[7]Sankhala's son, Pradeep Sankhala, took over the charge of the Tiger Trust after his father's death. Upon his death in 2003, his son Amit Sankhala stepped in.

Personal life[edit]

Kailash Sankhala was born inJodhpur,Rajasthanon 30 January 1925. Sankhala died on 15 August 1994 inJaipur.He had a son..Sankhala's son, Pradeep Sankhala, took over the charge of the Tiger Trust after his father's death. Upon his death in 2003, his son Amit Sankhala stepped in.

Awards and honours[edit]

TheMinistry of Environment and Forestsestablished the Kailash Sankhala Fellowship award for conservation efforts in his honour.[8]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Kailash Sankhala (1973).Wild Beauty: A Study of Indian Wildlife.National Book Trust, India; [sole distributors: Thomson Press (India).
  • Kailash Sankhala (1974).Tigre.World Wildlife Fund.ISBN3859880101.
  • Kailash Sankhala (1975).Tigerland.Bobbs-Merrill.ISBN978-0-672-52037-2.
  • Kailash Sankhala (1978).Tiger! The Story of the Indian Tiger.William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.ISBN0-00-216124-9.
  • Kailash Sankhala (1990).Gardens of God: The Waterbird Sanctuary at Bharatpur.Vikas Publishing House.ISBN9780706930412.
  • Kailash Sankhala (1993).Return of the Tiger.Lustre Press.
  • Kailash Sankhala; Swaraj Chauhan (1997).The Story of Indian Tiger.Grange Books.ISBN978-1-85627-888-1.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Valmik Thapar (1 February 2006).Saving Wild Tigers 1900–2000.Orient Blackswan. pp. 155–.ISBN978-81-7824-150-0.
  2. ^Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1993).Forster and Further: The Tradition of Anglo-Indian Fiction.Orient Blackswan. pp. 222–.ISBN978-0-86311-289-8.
  3. ^*Kailash Sankhala (1978).Tiger! The Story of the Indian Tiger.William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.ISBN0-00-216124-9.
  4. ^Reed Business Information (28 March 1974).New Scientist.Reed Business Information. pp. 804–.ISSN0262-4079.{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)
  5. ^Ronald Tilson; Philip J. Nyhus (30 November 2009).Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris.Academic Press. pp. 5–.ISBN978-0-08-094751-8.
  6. ^Administrator."Kailash Sankhala".kidsfortigers.org.Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved24 September2014.
  7. ^"Tiger trust".
  8. ^"Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award – Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India".envfor.nic.in.Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2017.Retrieved24 September2014.
  9. ^"Tiger! The Story of the Indian Tiger".Diary – Tales from Wild India – Conservation Magazine.
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