Naturalist Profile

Imran Khan
Imran (28), a wildlife enthusiast, has deep knowledge of flora and fauna species. Being from the nearby buffer village, he has expertise in the local wildlife. He is well-known among the locals, as he saved several villagers & reptiles. He keeps himself involved with various wildlife awareness creation programs.
A regular visitor in local schools, he educates the children about wildlife. At present, he is also working for the conservation of Indian wolf in the buffer areas of Pench Tiger Reserve. Imran also has a fondness towards the Breeding and life cycle of species, Manifestation of geological structures, and conservation-related topics.

Priyabrata Das
Priyabrata, a young passionate boy hails
from Kolkata. From a tender age he was passionate towards wildlife and that
brings him to his first job as a senior zoo keeper in a Private Zoo named PARADISE
AVIARIES in Bangalore. He was in charge of nurturing the mammals, marsupials, reptiles and also a few
species of endangered birds.
He was also connected with several local
NGO's in Kolkata to contribute in snake awareness programs in villages and
schools. He also rescued several snakes in these years.
He has work experience with various
national parks such as PENCH TIGER RESERVE & KANHA TIGER RESERVE in Madhya
Pradesh, and the NAGZIRA TIGER RESERVE in Maharashtra. He has participated in
surveys conducted for Bird Estimation organized by the District Social Forestry
and NCBS
He is quite adventurous and has completed
his Rock climbing course from H.M.A.

Ratan Lal Tanan
Ratan (50 yrs) popularly known as Ratanji is originally from Rajasthan but has been in Pench since 2000. Even though he has not taken any formal training as a naturalist, he has acquired appreciable knowledge of the forest and its denizens during his long stays in the jungles while working as a contractor for the forest department. His special connect with the locals, especially guides and gypsy drivers, enables him to understand the animal movements on previous days and gives him an edge in planning the drives. He makes up for his inability to speak or understand English by his enthusiasm and efforts.

Jigar Vaidya
Jigar (24 yrs), a spirited wildlife enthusiast,
with extensive knowledge about bird species through sound identification. He
has work experience with various national parks such as JIM CORBETT NATIONAL
PARK (Uttarakhand), PENCH TIGER RESERVE (Madhya Pradesh), and also with GIR
NATIONAL PARK (Gujarat).
He is a trained personnel in animal
handling with specialization in reptiles, from the CROCODILE HANDLING TRUST,
GUJARAT. During his work experience he has also worked with the department of TAJ
CORBETT RESORT & SPA.
He has surveyed upon: Crocodile
population estimation organized by District Social Forestry, Vadodara Gujarat; Birds
population estimation organized by Transpek Silox Company; Carnivorous
population estimation organized by District Social Forestry. He also took part
in the Leopard and Bear census in Jambugodha Wildlife Division, & was also a
part of vulture census organized by Gir Foundation. Jigar has also volunteered
in All India Tiger estimation 2018 organized by Pench Tiger Reserve.
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