Kailash Sankhala

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 of Project Tiger
AwardsPadma Shri
Indira Gandhi presenting award to Kailash Sankhala

Kailash Sankhala (30 January 1985 –20 August 1997) was an Indian biologist and conservationist. He was the Director of Delhi Zoological Park and Chief Wildlife Warden of Rajasthan.[1] He is best known for his work in preserving tigers. Sankhala was the first Director of Project Tiger, a conservation programme set up in India in 1973.[2] He was well known as "The Tiger Man of India". He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992 and Rajasthan Ratan in 2013.

  1. ^ Valmik Thapar (1 February 2006). Saving Wild Tigers 1900–2000. Orient Blackswan. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-81-7824-150-0.
  2. ^ Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1993). Forster and Further: The Tradition of Anglo-Indian Fiction. Orient Blackswan. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-86311-289-8.