Wildlife Institute of India

Wildlife Institute of India

Agency overview
Formed	1982
Parent department	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
Website	https://www.wii.gov.in/

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is a research institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change of Government of India. It is engaged in wildlife research in areas of study like biodiversity, endangered species, wildlife policy and management, wildlife forensics, ecology, ecotoxicology, and climate change. It also aids in conducting wildlife census. It has a 180 acres (73 ha) facility in Chandrabani in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. ^{[1] [2]}

Directors

The WII is headed by a director. ^[3]

• V. B. Saharia (1982-1985) ^[1]
• Hemendra Singh Panwar (1985 to 1994) ^[4]
• Priya Ranjan Sinha (September 2004 to June 2013) ^{[5] [6]}
• Radha Krishna Goel (June 2013 to February 2014) ^[7]
• Vinod Bihari Mathur (February 2014 to June 2019) ^[7]
• Dhananjai Mohan (December 2019-present) ^[8]

See also

• Arid Forest Research Institute
• Forest Research Institute (India)
• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
• Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species
• List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India
• List of think tanks in India
• Van Vigyan Kendra

References

1. "Mandated background". Wildlife Institute of India. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
2. "About us". Wildlife Institute of India. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
3. Azad, Shivani (4 December 2019). "Dhananjai Mohan appointed director of Wildlife Institute of India". The Times of India .
4. Panwar, Hemendra Singh (29 October 2015). "What ails DPR and EIA of Ken-Betwa Link Project: A Note for EAC of MoEF&CC". South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP). Archived from the original on 15 May 2020.
5. "Mr. P.R. Sinha". Wildlife Institute of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020.
6. "Farewell: Shri P.R. Sinha" (PDF). Wildlife Institute of India. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2015.
7. "Appointment of Dr. V.B. Mathur as Director, WII". Wildlife Institute of India. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015.
8. Shivani Azad (4 December 2019). "Dhananjai Mohan appointed director of Wildlife Institute of India". The Times of India . Retrieved 13 June 2022.

External links

• Wildlife Institute of India official website
• ENVIS Centre: Wildlife & Protected Areas (Secondary Database) Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine ; Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
• Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests