Mr S.S. Bist

S.S. Bist was a member of the Indian Forest Service (1977–2013) and retired as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force) of West Bengal. He also served as Director of Project Elephant (Government of India) and as Chief Wildlife Warden of West Bengal, and has long experience of managing the greater one-horned rhino population in West Bengal. After retirement he worked with the Wildlife Institute of India as Emeritus Scientist (2014–2017). He was a member of the National Board for Wildlife (2014–2021) and helped prepare the National Wildlife Action Plan (2017–2031). In recent years he has lectured on rhino management at forestry and wildlife training centres, provided policy inputs to State Forest Departments and the WII, and reviewed technical documents.