Dayanidhi Choudhury, also known as D.N. Choudhury( od, ଦୟାନିଧି ଚୌଧୁରୀ)(1 January 1916 – 22 September 2000) was the first Odia IFS (Indian Forest Service) and he is the former Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

and during his period lot of developments happened with respect to forest and wildlife conservation, that includes

Nandankanan Zoological Park Nandankanan Zoological Park is a zoo and botanical garden in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. ...

at Bhubaneswar, Similipal Elephant/Tiger reserve in 1956, which is now a prominent National Park in India. Indian_Forest_College,_Dehradun,_IFS_Batch-1938-40

Indian_Forest_College,_Dehradun,_IFS_Batch-1938-40

References

Official website of: "Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun"
* Rao, V. S. 1961. ''100 years of Indian Forestry''. Souvenir. Forest Research Institute. Dehradun
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Pg-153 (xi) Orissa * The Indian Forester, Volume 97, Pg-63,119

External links

Official website of: "Nandankanan Zoological Park"

"List of Officers trained (1938-1940) at Indian Forest College, Dehradun"
1916 births 2000 deaths Indian conservationists Indian foresters People from Odisha People from Khordha district Ravenshaw University alumni Indian civil servants {{Gov-bio-stub

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