Dr Dhananjai MOHAN

Director, WII & WII-C2C

Dr. Dhananjai Mohan is a member of 1988 batch of Indian Forest Service, Uttarakhand cadre. Before taking over as Director Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun in January 2020, he served as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Planning and Financial Management and Chairman State Biodiversity Board, in the state of Uttarakhand. He served as an Associate Professor in the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun from 1998 to 2004 dealing with the subject of wildlife conservation. As Professor in the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun from 2006 to 2013, he led avifaunal research and collaborated with University of Chicago to conduct research on Himalayan bird diversity gradient. He is a fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), a programme initiated by the Rockefeller foundation. He has been a recipient of Dr Salim Ali fellowship of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India in 2005.