Mr. P.R. Sinha


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  Mr. P.R. Sinha

Director,
Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. # 18, Chandrabani,
Dehradun 248001 Uttarakhand, India

Phone: +91 135 2640910 (O)
Mobile: +91 9412057410
Fax: +91 135 2640117
Email: dwii [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in,

Mr. Priya Ranjan Sinha joined the Indian Forest Service in the year 1977 and as Director of Wildlife Institute of India in September 2004. He obtained the Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management from the Wildlife Institute of India in 1981-82. He has extensive experience of both in-situ and ex-situ conservation. He worked both as Deputy Director and as Field Director of Palamau Tiger Reserve for over six years. Before joining the Institute in September 2004, he was the Chief Wildlife Warden of Bihar State. He also worked as the Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi for nearly 5 years (1999-2004) and as Director of Patna Zoological Garden for a 5 year period.

His main field of interests includes wildlife policy, biotechnological applications and participatory resource conservation.