Government of India

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex

Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003

Telefax: 011-24360734

E-mail: hasan-mef@nic.in

 

 

DR. RASHID HASAN

DIRECTOR (WL)

 

 

F. No. 24-6/2005 �WL-I

Dated: November 22, 2007

 

To,

1.�������� The Secretaries (Forest/ Environment/Agriculture) /PCCFs/CWLWs of all States/UTs

2.                  Head/Dean, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

3.                  Head/Dean, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

4.                  Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore

5.                  Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Delhi.

6.                  Director General, Indian Council of Scientific Research, New Delhi.

7.                  Director General, ICFRE, Dehradun

 

Sub:���� Dr. Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award for 2007 and Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award 2008 � nominations reg.

 

Dear Sir(s)/Madam(s),

�����������

Kindly refer to this Ministry�s letter No. 24-6/2004 �WL-I dated September 12, 2007 vide which you were requested to nominate the suitable person(s) along with the project proposal(s) for the following Fellowship awarded every alternate year to encourage and foster the spirit of scientific enquiry, preferably amongst officials of the Forest and Wildlife Departments of State Governments/Union Territories:

 

(1)               Dr. Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award (for research/experimental projects on avian wildlife) for the year 2007

(2)               Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award (for research/experimental project on mammalian wildlife) for the year 2008

 

These fellowships, awarded normally for a period of two years, provide an opportunity to field officials to take up research/experimental projects aimed at conservation of our wildlife.� The details of the award scheme are enclosed.� In addition, the following points are also re-emphasized for convenience:-

 

(i)                 The awardee need not take leave during the period of award to carry out the research and may continue to be on duty.

(ii)               There is no mandatory qualification prescribed for the award of these������ fellowships.

(iii)             In the past, several Range Officers/Assistant Conservators of Forests� have been awarded these fellowships, hence field officials may be informed, encouraged and nominated to avail this opportunity.

 

All such nominations in the prescribed proforma along with the project proposal (each in sets of ten) as per the attached copy of the guideline may be sent to the Director (Wildlife Preservation), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi � 110003 by 31.12.2007.

 

It is further requested that this may kindly be given wide publicity for submission of nominations from the interested individuals from Universities/Scientific Societies etc.�

 

 

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above.

 

(Dr. Rashid Hasan)

 

Government of India

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex

Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003

Telefax: 011-24360734

E-mail: hasan-mef@nic.in

 

 

DR. RASHID HASAN

DIRECTOR (WL)

 

 

F. No. 24-6/2005 �WL-I

Dated: November 22, 2007

 

 

To,

����������� The District Collectors (All States/UTs)

 

Sub:���� Dr. Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award for 2007 and Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award 2008� nominations reg.

��������������������������

Sir,

����������� As you are aware, the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India has instituted the following Fellowship Awards to encourage and foster the spirit of scientific enquiry, preferably amongst officials of the Forest and Wildlife Departments of State Governments/Union Territories:

 

(3)               Dr. Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award (for research/experimental projects on avian wildlife).

(4)               Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award (for research/experimental project on mammalian wildlife)

 

The above fellowships are awarded every alternate year, and the present call for nominations pertain to the following years:

 

1.                  Dr. Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award for the year 2007

2.                  Shri Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award 2008

 

These fellowships, awarded normally for a period of two years, provide an opportunity to field officials to take up research/experimental projects aimed at conservation of our wildlife.� The details of the award scheme are enclosed.� In addition, the following points are also re-emphasized for convenience:-

 

(iv)             The awardee need not take leave during the period of award to carry out the research and may continue to be on duty.

(v)               There is no mandatory qualification prescribed for the award of these������ fellowships.

(vi)             In the past, several Range Officers/Assistant Conservators of Forests� have been awarded these fellowships, hence field officials may be informed, encouraged and nominated to avail this opportunity.

 

A copy of the above schemes and format for nomination is enclosed for necessary guidance.

 

All such nominations in the prescribed proforma (each in sets of ten) may be sent to the Director (Wildlife Preservation), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi � 110003 by 31.12.2007.

 

����������� �

 

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above.

 

(Dr. Rashid Hasan)