Dr Pradeep Vyas, IFS (Retd.), is a forestry and wildlife professional from West Bengal, India. He joined the Indian Forest Service in 1983, earned a PhD in Wildlife Science in 2012 and completed the Advanced Wildlife Management Course at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. Over a 34-year career he rose to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, retiring in April 2017.
He managed key protected areas including Sundarban and Buxa Tiger Reserves and Jaldapara and Gorumara National Parks; his tenure in Jaldapara and Gorumara was marked by a zero-poaching record and a sizeable increase in the rhino population, and he identified alternative habitats for the growing rhino populations of North Bengal. He has co-written three books and numerous scientific papers. After retirement he served as Member of the Public Service Commission and Vigilance Commissioner, West Bengal, until February 2025, and is now President of the Nature, Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), a leading NGO of eastern India.
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