He is a renowned wildlife field biologist and one of India’s first wildlife conservationists.
His groundbreaking research on elephants in the early 1980s had a key role in the development of Project Elephant by the Indian government.
Additionally, he had organised a global symposium that brought experts on elephants from all over the world to Tamil Nadu’s Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary.
In addition, he was a member of the Tiger Conservation Authority and the National Wild Life Board.
He was an Indian vertebrate ecologist from Tamil Nadu.
