* HE WAS AN ACADEMIC, ECOLOGIST, WRITER, COLUMNIST
* HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF The CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
* BORN IN - 24TH MAY 1942 ( PUNE)
* HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1986)
* HE WAS HEAD OF THE WESTERN GHAT ECOLOGY EXPERT PANEL ( WGEEP) IN 2010
* A GODGIL COMMISSION (2010)
*
WORKED AS -
* 1971 - SCIENTIFIC OFFICER AT AGARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE
* 1973 - JOINED IISC BENGALURU
* HE ESTABLISHED TWO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- CENTRE OF THE THEORETICAL STUDIES
- CENTRE OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
* 1991 - WORKED AS VISITING PROFESSOR OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY
* & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (1995)
* DURING 1986 ( AS JOINED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY OF PM) ESTABLISHED A BIOSPHERE ( FIRST) BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN NILGIRI in 1986
* 1998 - APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY ( UNDER UN (
* MEMBER OF THE NCERT
* MEMBER OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
* MEMBER OF NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
*
AWARDS & HONOURS -
* 1984 - FELLOW OF NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY
* HONORARY FELLOW OF ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ( ATBC)
* NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST ( FOR WESTERN GHATS)
* 1981 - PADMA SHRI
* 2006 - PADMA. BHUSHAN
* 1986 - SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD
* 1983 - RAJYOSTOV PRASHASTHI ( KARNATAKA)
* 2002 - HARVARD CENTENNIAL MEDAL
* 2003 - VOLVO ENVIRONMENT PRIZE
* 2007 - H K FIRODIA AWARD
* 2013 - DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE ( ODISHA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY )
* 2014 - GEORGESCU - ROGEN AWARD
* 2015 - JOHN & ALICE TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
* Vikram SARABHAI AWARD
* ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYA SAGAR AWARD
* 2019 - FERGUSON GAURAV PURSAKAR
* 2024 - CHAMPION OF EARTH AWARD
* EPONYMY -
* ELAEOCARPUS GADGILII, a Tree Species In Kerala named After Him.
*
BOOKS -
* THE FISSURED LAND (WITH RAMCHANDRA GUHA)
* A WALK UP THE HILL
* ECOLOGY & EQUITY
* THE USE AND ABUSE OF NATURE
* ECOLOGICAL JOURNEY
* NURTURING BIODIVERSITY :
* BUTTERFLIES: OF PENINSULAR INDIA
* DRAGONFLIES OF INDIA, A FIELD GUIDE
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