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Wildlife Institute of India

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is a research institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change of Government of India. It is engaged in wildlife research in areas of study like biodiversity, endangered species, wildlife policy and management, wildlife forensics, ecology, ecotoxicology, and climate change. It also aids in conducting wildlife census. It has a facility in Chandrabani in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand.

Directors

The WII is headed by a director.

  • V. B. Saharia (1982-1985)
  • Hemendra Singh Panwar (1985 to 1994)
  • Priya Ranjan Sinha (September 2004 to June 2013)
  • Radha Krishna Goel (June 2013 to February 2014)
  • Vinod Bihari Mathur (February 2014 to June 2019)
  • Dhananjai Mohan (December 2019-present)

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