The Animal Welfare Board of India is a statutory advisory body on Animal Welfare Laws and promotes animal welfare in the country. Established in 1962 under Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (No. 59 of 1960), the Animal Welfare Board of India was started under the stewardship of Late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, well known humanitarian. From ensuring that animal welfare laws in the country are diligently followed, to provide grants to Animal Welfare Organizations and advising the Government of India on animal welfare issues, the Board has been the face of the animal welfare movement in the country for the last 50 years.
The Board consists of 28 Members. The term of office of Members is for a period of 3 years.
CONSTITUTION OF ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
The Animal Welfare Board of India, the first of its kind to be established by any Government in the world, was set up in 1962, in accordance with Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Acts 1960 (No.59 of 1960).
Shrimati Rukmini Devi Arundale pioneered the setting up of the Board, with its Headquaters at Chennai. She guided the activities of the Board for nearly twenty years till her demise in 1986.
| 1. Chairman | |
| 2. Vice - Chairman | |
| 3. Inspectors General of Forests | 1 |
| 4. Animal Husbandry Commissioner | 1 |
| 5. Rep of Miny. of Home Affairs | 1 |
| 6. Rep of Miny. of HRD (Education) | 1 |
| 7. MPs - Lok Sabha * | 4 |
| 8. MPs - Rajya Sabha * | 2 |
| 9. Individuals | 3 |
| 10. Humanitarians | 3 |
| 11. SPCAs | 3 |
| 12. AWOs | 3 |
| 13. Rep. of Indian Board for Wildlife | 1 |
| 14. Rep. of Indian Veterinary Assn. | 1 |
| 15. Rep. of Indian Medicine | 1 |
| 16. Rep. of Allopathic Medicine | 1 |
| 17. Municipal Corporations | 2 |
Total |
28 |
* To be nominated
Name : S.P.Gupta, IAS (Retd.)
Educational Qualifications : B.Sc (Medical), MA Public Admn, LLB
PG Diploma in Journalism, Public Relations, Financial Management and Astrology.
He is a well known face in the field of Infrastructural Development i.e. Urban Development, Housing, Land Acquisition, Environment & Forest, Regulatory and enforcement functions, Traffic & Transport, Agriculture with special emphasis on Organic Farming, Animal Husbandry with special reference to Cow Wealth Protection and Samvardhan, etc.
Presently he is the Chairman of Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India. He has served for more than 25 years out of 35 years of his administrative service in the field of Urban Development, holding key positions in Delhi NCR such as Deputy Commissioner Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD), Additional Transport Commissioner-cum-Flying Squad Officer, Haryana at ISBT, Delhi, Director, New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC), Director in the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India and in Haryana as Administrator (HUDA) Gurgaon, Divisional Commissioner, Chief of Housing Board Haryana, & various Municipal Corporations/Committees in Haryana i.e. Faridabad, Panipat, Narnaul etc. Lately he has been Director General of Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), a premier institute of the country imparting training to civil servants i.e. IAS, IPS, other all India service officers, Haryana Civil Service Officers and other services of the state.
He is widely known as Architect of Millennium City, Gurgaon as he was instrumental in bringing Metro connectivity in Gurgaon, creating Multi Road connectivity to Delhi. His tenure brought in unprecedented boom in the Real Estate Prices in Gurgaon due to meticulous Planning & Execution of innovative strategies, plans & policies which resulted in Record Revenue of Rs 1800 Cr in one year for HUDA by Auction of Commercial Sites as against Rs 300 Cr in 30 Years since inception. As Chief Administrator, housing board, Haryana, he introduced a very innovative concept of Rural Housing in the state of Haryana by launching a Rural Housing Pilot project at Madlauda (Panipat).
He is fortunate to have attended & successfully organize various Seminars/Workshops & International Programs. Few of them being:
He has been awarded several International and National Awards. Few of them being prestigious:
He is a great educationist. After his retirement, he contributed as Vice Chancellor of Maharishi Markandeshwar University (MMU) Ambala by launching the University at Global Scale. The University launched various programs in multi discipline.
He's well known political analyst. He has been regularly writing & featuring in various media & TV Debates on all type of matters of public importance.
Prominent publications to his credit are:
He is socially Active, Founder Chairman of “People’s Voice” an International NGO. At present, he is fully devoted himself for welfare of Cow-Wealth and is looking after Kamdhenu Gowdham (Bissar-Akbarpur, Mewat, Haryana) with his better half Mrs. Shashi Gupta who is President of the Gowshala. He is also undertaking a very prestigious Project of “Kamdhenu Arogya Sansthan” in the said complex where a Nature Cure Center, Senior citizen shelter home and Yoga Center is being setup, the foundation stone of which was laid by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana recently.
He is regularly giving lectures on various subjects regarding woman empowerment, moral values & ethics and how to live a stress free happy life etc in various training & educational institutes and other social gatherings.
Recently towards woman empowerment he was instrumental in setting up a Kamdhenu Sewing Training Centre at Kamdhenu Gowdham, Bissar Akbarpur, Nuh in collaboration with ‘Mahavir International’, Gurugram, where six month training is imparted to poor rural women, so that they can earn their livelihood.
1. Shri S.P. Gupta, IAS (Retd.)
Chairman, AWBI
Founder Chairman, People’s Voice
Kamdhenu Gow Dham
Village – Bissar-Akbarpur, Naurangpur-Hasanpur Road
Tehsil – Taru, Dist. Nuh, Haryana – 122 105
Phone: 0129-2555602 Email: spguptachairmanawbi@gmail.com
2. Shri Sidhhanta Das, IFS
Director General of Forests & Special Secretary
Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change,
Govt. of India, Vayu Block, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan,
Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110 003.
Ph: 011-24695282 Email: dgfindia@nic.in
3. Dr. Suresh S.Honnappagol
Animal Husbandry Commissioner,
Ministry of Agriculture,
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110 011
Ph: 011-23384146 Email: ahc-dadf@nic.in
4.Shri V.B.Dubey
Joint Secretary (Judicial)
Ministry of Home Affairs,
North Block,
Central Secretariat,
New Delhi -110 001.
Email:vbdubey@yahoo.co.in
5. Ms.Ishita Roy
Joint Secretary (Higher Education)
Ministry of Human Resources Development,
Department of Higher Education
109 C – Wing, Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi-110 001
Ph: 011-23381721
Email:ishita.edu@gov.in
6. Shri Soumitra Dasgupta, IFS
Inspector General of Forests (Wildlife),
Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change,
Govt. of India, Vayu Block, V Floor,
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road,
New Delhi-110 003.
Ph: 011-24364791
Email: igfwl-mef@nic.in
7. Shri Mohan Singh Ahluwalia,
#302,G.H.S. 14,Sector 24, Panchkula , Haryana
Mobile: 9416456021
Email: mohansinghahluwalia.info@gmail.com
8. Shri Rajeev Gupta, IAS (Retd.)
Former Secretary, Dept. of Youth Affairs
1004, Tenth floor, Indira Bhawan
Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh.
Mob: 09873592226, 09868503311
Email: rajeev_gupta_ias@yahoo.co.in
9. Shri Girish J. Shah
101, Atmaj Apartment,
Opp: Cumbala Hospital,
August Kranti Marg, Mumbai – 400036.
Mob: 09820020976
E-mail: samastmahajan9@gmail.com
10. Prof. R.S. Chauhan,
College of Veterinary and Animal Science,
Department of Pathology,
Pantnagar – 263145, Distt. U.S. Nagar,
(Uttarakhand)
Mob: 09412288343, 09711585882
E-mail: profrschauhan@rediffmail.com, Profchauhan58@gmail.com
11. Dr. Vaidya Hitesh Jani,
Head & Chief Physician,
Department of Panchakarma UG,
Jamnagar, Gujarat Ayurved University.
Mob: 09825212333
E-mail: dr_hitesh_jani2000@yahoo.com
12. Dr.Rajni Kaul
Scientist G,
Indian Council of Medical Research
Ramalingaswamy Bhawan
Post Box No. 4911, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi – 110 029
Tel: 011-26589452 / 011- 24648995
Fax: 011-26589791 Mob: 09810826555
E-mail:kaulr.hq@icmr.gov.in
13. The Commissioner
Municipal Corporation of Guwahati
M.G.Road,
Pan Bazaar,
Guwahati -781 001, Assam
Email: gmccom@gmail.com
14. The Commissioner
Municipal Corporation of Hubli-Dharwad
Sir Siddappa Kambli Road
Hubli : 580020
Karnataka
Email: commissioner.hdmc@gmail.com
15. Shri Sunil Mansinghka,
Gauvigyan Anusandhan Kendra, Devlapar,
Kamdhenu Bhavan, Pandit Bachrajji Vyas Chowk,
Chitar Oli Mahal,
Nagpur – 441 432
Tel: 0712-2772273, 2734182
Mob: 09422101324
E-mail: gauseva@yahoo.co.in gauvigyan@gmail.com
16. Shri Ram Krishan Raghuvanshi,
People for Animal Jankalayan Samiti
Royal City Vidisha – 464001,
Madhya Pradesh
Mob: 09425148866
E-mail: ram89651@gmail.com
17. Mrs. Manju Pandey, IAS
Joint Secretary, (AW) Vayu Wing,
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road,
New Delhi-110 003.
Ph: 011-24695129
Email manju.pandey@nic.in
18. Shri Ajit Sharad Kelkar,
Abhinav Centre for Development of Agriculture Human Resources Samiti 75,
Greater Tirupati Colony,
Indore – 452 001 (MP)
Ph: 0731-2493613
Mobile : 9424877363
Email: ahrdoindia@gmail.com ask2574@gmail.com
19. Shri Dhan Pal Singh,
Gayatri Parivaar,
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidhyala,
Haridwar,
Mob: 09258369532
E-mail: dpsingh_kamal@yahoo.com
20. Dr. Prakash Amte Director,
Amte’s Animal Ark At: Hemalkasa,
Post Bhamragad, Dist. Gadchiroli,
Maharashtra – 442 710
Mobile: 7588772857 / 58 / 60
Email: aniketamte@gmail.com
21. Shri Rakesh Gupta
President Gopal Gausadan,
New Delhi 38, Rani Jhansi Road
Jhandewalan, New Delhi – 110 055
Ph. 011-23552627
Email: chairman@sadhna.com
22. Ms. Anjali Gopalan
Founder of Animal Sanctuary All Creatures Great and Small
D-45, Gulmohar Park
New Delhi – 110 049
Mob: 9910308374
Email: gopalan.anjali@gmail.com
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| Shri M.Ravi Kumar, IFS |
(Secretary, Animal Welfare Board of India |
Shri M. Ravikumar , IFS has taken over charge as Secretary of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI). The Secretary position was vacant since last one year and now the Board got new Secretary to regulate and activate the function of the Board. He is on deputation for four years.
Shri M. Ravikumar is from Indian Forests Services (IFS), 2007 Batch was working as General Manager with , Commerce & Industries Dept., Govt. of Sikkim prior to joining the AWBI.
He believe in building of work culture for the progress through creation of friendly environment/ atmosphere to trap the abilities and creativities of the public/animal lovers.
He wishes to function in very efficient and professional manner, particularly for enforcing and implementing of the PCA Act, 1960 in the field with ample funds & funding to organizations.
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