Dr. S.R. Taigor, Environmental Expert

Dr. S.R. Taigor, Environmental Expert

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Dr. Sitaram Taigor has been working for the last 20 years in the field of Conservation and Management of aquatic resources, Wildlife Conservation, River Restorations, Community engagements, Outreach & Communication, Policy & Advocacy, especially in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan States. Dr. Taigor has completed his M.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D. (2009) in Environmental Science with a specialization in River Ecology.  He has affianced and led in several projects in various capacities such as Research Associate in the Project "Setting of Ecological Monitoring of Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh" funded by Zurich Zoo; Project Executive in Project "The Development of the River Health Index through local stakeholder participation and action planning of Yamuna River" funded by UNDP-GEF/Small Grants Programme";  Project Executive Officer in Project "The Yamuna River Restoration Techniques Development Project" funded by Thames River Restoration Trust, UK; Consultant in Project “Prepare a Directory/ Atlas of Community Conservation Areas in Madhya Pradesh (12 Districts)” funded by M/s NR Management Consultants India Pvt. Ltd (NRMC), New Delhi; Researcher in the Project “Threats of Sand Mining on the nesting of Turtles and Gharial in the National Chambal Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh” Funded by the Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board; Senior Project Officer in the “Water School Project funded by Swarovski, River for life, Life for River project under HSBC Water Programme at Rivers Basin Wetlands & Water Policy Division, WWF-India.  I also worked as an Environmental Specialist-Ganga, State Mission for Clean Ganga-Uttar Pradesh, Department of Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply, Government of Uttar Pradesh for Planning, technical evaluation and monitoring of Forestry Intervention for Ganga, Biodiversity Conservation, Wetlands Conservation, and Sustainable Agricultural practices, Coordination with  District Ganga Committees of Uttar Pradesh, Flood Plain Restoration, NGT related matters, etc. related projects/tasked executing under the Namami Gange Programme between December 2017 to December 2022.

Currently working as an Environment Expert at Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh for implementation of Namami Gange Programme in the State i.e. From April 2023.

 Dr. Taigor has published more than 20 research papers in National and Internationally reputed journals, 2 books, 9 progress reports (unpublished) and various newspaper articles on environmental and biodiversity issues. He worked as a guest faculty to teach Post graduate students of Zoology and Environmental Science on wildlife management and biodiversity conservation, besides supervising dissertations of two P.G. Students of Delhi University, Delhi and Co-guide for a Ph.D. student.

 

Email: srtganga@gmail.com

Contact: 9660471966

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

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