Ravindra Kumar Sinha | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Keotar village, Jehanabad dist. Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Dolphin Man of India Dolphin Sinha |
| Occupation(s) | Served as Vice Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Professor, Researcher and Wildlife Conservationist |
| Known for | Conservation of Gangetic Dolphins |
| Spouse | Uma Sinha |
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| Awards | Order of the Golden Ark by His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands (1999) Golden Jubilee Award of National Academy of Sciences, India (2000) Padma Shri by the President of India (2016) Farsh Se Arsh Tak by Outlook Magazine (2019) |
Ravindra Kumar Sinha is a Padma Shri awarded Indian biologist and environmentalist. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University from 2019-2023 and also served in Nalanda Open University. Previously he was the Head of the Department of Zoology at Patna University, and is a pioneer researcher and wildlife conservationist, famous for his efforts for the conservation of Gangetic Dolphins, he is popularly known as the "Dolphin Man of India".
His scientific research and conservation campaign for the last 4 decades have been crucial to the efforts of saving the South Asian river dolphin from extinction. In response to the awareness of the urgency of protecting the Ganga River dolphin raised by Sinha, the Government of India designated this Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal of India[1][2] in 2009.
- ^ "'Dolphin Man' from Bihar gets Padma Shri". Times of India. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "National Aquatic Animal". Know India. 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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