National Advisers and Consultants

Dr.Suhas Kumar retired as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests from the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department. He spent 23 years of his 35-year-long service, managing, supervising, and guiding the management and training of the officers and staff of national parks, sanctuaries, and tiger reserves of the state. He worked as the Director of Pench National Park for 5 years in its formative period from 1985 to August 1990. He headed the Wildlife Extension Faculty at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, from 1990 to 1996 and contributed to the growth of the training and publishing capabilities of WII. He is a trained wildlife manager, a law graduate, and a Ph.D. in the field of ecotourism in protected areas.
He is trained in nature interpretation, conservation education, and ecotourism in the USA, UK, and Australia. Presently, he is a member of WWF-India’s State Advisory Board for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Governing Body and Governing Council of the National Centre for Human Settlement and Environment, Bhopal, and the Delhi Biodiversity Society. He was the chairman of one of the evaluation teams constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Government of India, in 2017-18 for 13 tiger reserves in the country.
His write-ups, papers, and case studies have been published in books, magazines, newspapers, and web media. Wildlife Management, Ecotourism Planning, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Rescue, Wildlife Health and Forensic, Wildlife Crime Investigation, and Interpretation & Conservation Education have been areas of his interest and engagement. His most recently published book is – ‘Nature’s Disciple’.