Uttarayan, a 35+ yr old NGO working with people and ecosystem has been steadily building robust ecology across South Bengal. It being part of Pallisree, the largest nursery organisation in West Bengal makes it easier to work on ecological restorations.
We are partnering with WWF West Bengal to create a nursery for elephant fodder and repellant plantation to restore fragmented habitats of North Bengal Terai elephant corridors.
We are also partnering with Rainmatter Foundation for Forest and landscape restoration in a participatory mode and working extensively with WCT in Sundarbans creating a model village in Songaon, Gosaba where we are restoring saline land, doing plantations to create a balance between ecological restoration and human well being.
The NGO’s sole mission and vision has been to intricately work on restoration of fragmented corridors in South Bengal and recreate the rich biodiversity which was at one point a region dedicated to rich flora and fauna but with the advent of population explosion it has got largely fragmented causing man-animal conflict and mass extinction of flora and fauna. This has also broken the connected ecosystem between Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal. We also aim to work closely with local stakeholders to empower them and make them part of the whole rejuvenation.
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March,2023 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. GARSHIKA , PURULIA.
Uttarayanwildlife together with Oracle Volunteers did a plantation event as part of Urban Restoration for Earth Day in Saltlake. 27 from Oracle participated to create an Urban Forestry planting 60 plants.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2022 :- 5TH JUNE , 2022 .
ONLY ONE EARTH 🌎”
UTTARAYAN WILDLIFE WING CELEBRATED WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY in Bankura , Jungle Mahal, Ranibundh . Students from Tung Charar primary school were present in this program. They are very much enthusiastic. They planted 16 saplings . We gave some food , pen , excercise book 📖 to encourage them … They are our #FutureHero to save the Earth ..
International Plastic Bag Free Day, celebrated on July 3,2022 .
Tribal villages participated in a day-long cricket match which is part of our participatory restoration work in Ranibund – an effort to grow the community. 12 January , 2022 . National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated on 12 January, being the birthday of a Hindu monk, Swami Vivekananda. In 1984, the Government of India declared this day as National Youth Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year.
Celebrated World Environment Day by organizing a miking session about forest degradation, climate change, habitat destruction, etc in various parts of Kolkata.
Celebrated Independence Day by planting total 2020 plants in different parts of Hooghly, Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia, Kolkata, etc.
Conservation sets and evolves the strategic direction for wild life conservation while nurturing a strong leadership team to drive its execution.
Earlier during his tenure as Divisional Forest officer in 24 Parganas (1990-1993) , he undertook Mangrove Conservation, Protection and Development project in the SUNDERBAN BIOSHPERE RESERVE.
As a Deputy Conservator of Forests –SBR (1993-1995) his area of operations was from Sagar island to Herobhanga bordering Sajnekhali and the Sunderban Tiger Reserve from Herobhanga side to Bangladesh border.
Mr. Prasanta Kumar Pandit, Retd. (IFS),Honarary Member of Uttarayan Wild Life Conservation, having not only vast experience throughout West Bengal in territorial, Wildlife, Tiger Reserves, Protected Areas & Marketing div. as Additional DFO,DFO & Div.Mgr., Conservator / Chief Conservator of forests but an eminent award winner personality, a Professor and an author (books & monographs).
An ex corporate wholly dedicated to wildlife management and conservation in West Bengal for past 15 years. I have been in several prestigious conflict management mitigation projects for past 10 years. Am also a successful activist voicing my concerns in form of RTI, PIL’s for better management and
slip-offs. Featured in Fortune India magazine as a wildlife conservationist working towards Conflict mitigation.
Certified from United for Wildlife in Ecology: Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation
Awarded the Hoffman Ecology Restoration Grant, Switzerland to revive the broken ecology of Sundarbans Post Amphan.
Ph.D in Plant Ecology and Environmental Botany from Visva-Bharati UniversityM.Sc. in Botany from Visva-Bharati UniversityB.Sc. (Botany Hons.) from J.K. College, Purulia
M.Sc Environmental Science from Visva-Bharati Central University. 5 years working experience with WWF-India as an intern , volunteer, and field guide resource person for eco trail. Presently working in Uttarayan Wildlife Wing as a Project head of Ecological Restoration in South Bengal.
Architect and Urban Planner Assistant Professor
Urban Management Center Netaji Subhash Administrative Training Institute Government of West Bengal
Completed M Sc ,PhD from Calcutta University. Achrya P C Roy fellow.. Joined ICAR as Scientist(Soil) .Later joined Dept of Agriculture Govt of West Bengal.as Deputy Director. Worked with International plant Nutrient Institute, The Sulphur Institute USA.and Fetiliser Association of India. Recipients of Sri Ram Award and Sar Samachar Samman fromFAI. More than eighty publications in national and international re journals .Retired from Govt service as Additional Dierector of Agriculutre and Managing Dierector WBSSC.
Alumni of most prestigious Indian Institutes – Indian Statistical Institutes, IIM bringing in unique leadership led the group in fields uncharted. It is with his vision B K Roy group now boasts the finest Nursery division, takes pride in state of art DBT Certified tissue culture unit.