IBCA

Dr. Amit Mallick

Director (International Cooperation)

Dr. Amit Mallick, brings over three decades of distinguished experience in wildlife conservation, forest governance, international environmental diplomacy, and species recovery programs. His extensive field leadership as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Kerala, and Inspector General, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has equipped him with deep expertise in big cat protection, habitat management, community-based conservation, and transboundary collaboration - core areas central to IBCA’s mandate.

He has pioneered several technological and protection innovations, including HAWK, an advanced forest crime monitoring system now adopted across states, and has led multiple World Bank and UNDP-supported biodiversity conservation initiatives. His work spans developing protection protocols, wildlife crime investigation frameworks integrating AI and intelligence networks, and spearheading adaptive management practices across landscapes.

Dr. Mallick played a pivotal role in Project Cheetah, coordinating India’s high-level bilateral engagement with Namibia and South Africa and contributing to one of the world’s first intercontinental wild cheetah translocations. He continues to serve as an expert on the Project Cheetah Steering Committee

Internationally, he has represented India at major global platforms including the Global Tiger Forum, CITES, and CMS-UNEP, strengthening India’s conservation diplomacy and fostering cooperation with big cat range countries. His strategic engagement with organizations such as GTF and WWF further reflects his depth in conservation planning, institutional strengthening, and transnational wildlife protection.

Recipient of prestigious honors - including the NTCA Award of Excellence (2016), RBS Earth Hero Award (2016), and ZEISS Wildlife Conservation Award (2024-25) - Dr. Mallick is widely acknowledged for his leadership in protection strategy, policy, and collaborative conservation.

In his current role as Director, International Cooperation, IBCA, he leverages this vast experience to advance global partnerships, facilitate multilateral engagement, and support IBCA’s vision of unified, technology-enabled, and ecosystem-based conservation of the world’s seven big cat species.

Mr. Bhupender Yadav

President IBCA

Minister of Environment, Forest, Climate Change and President IBCA, Republic of India

Dr. S. P. Yadav

Director General

His Excellency Dr Yadav, an avid wildlife enthusiast, is well known for his contribution towards conservation of big cats especially Tiger and Cheetah in India. He served as an officer of the Indian Forest Service (1989 batch/ Uttar Pradesh Cadre) for the past 35 years and has successfully led the conservation agenda of Project Tiger, Cheetah, Lion and Elephant while working in the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India; National Tiger Conservation Authority; and Global Tiger Forum. He spearheaded the first ever wild to wild, intercontinental, translocation of Cheetah from Africa to India. He held several responsible senior positions in the Government like the Addl. Director General of Forests (Project Tiger & Elephant; Forest Conservation; Wildlife); Member Secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority; Director of Wildlife Institute of India; Member Secretary of Central Zoo Authority; and CITES Management Authority of India. Dr Yadav was conferred with the prestigious National Award for Wildlife Conservation by the Government of India and with the first Global Leadership Award in Conservation by the Global Tiger Initiative Council. Recently he has been conferred with the International Crystal Compass Award by the Russian Geographical Society for his contribution in tiger conservation in India and efforts to promote tiger conservation at global level. The award, often called as “geographical Oscar” was presented to him on 29 May, 2025 at Moscow. He has joined IBCA as Interim Head on 12 March 2024 and sworn in as Director General on 16 June, 2025.

Mr. Soumitra Dasgupta

Director (Program)

Mr. Dasgupta is an Indian Forest Service Officer with more than 32 years of work experience in the state of West Bengal and at Republic of India in forest and wildlife management. He has proven proficiency in policy related matters pertaining to forests, wildlife and biodiversity conservation in the country. He held very senior post of Inspector General and Additional Director General of Forest in the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Govt. of India. Mr. Dasgupta retired from Government service as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force of West Bengal, the highest ranking forest official in the state. He functioned as country head of Wildlife being the Director Wildlife Preservation of India and Ex-Officio Director Wildlife Crime Control Bureau of India. He also held the position of the CITES Management Authority of India, Whaling Commissioner of India and Focal point of India for UN Conventions like Convention on Migratory Species and World Heritage Convention. He has valuable experience in dealing with multiple UN Conventions and Treaties as national focal points. He acted as Chairman of the Standing Committee of Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.

Mr. Jerome Minz

Director (Operations and Finance)

An expert in Government Rules, Regulations, Finance and Audit and well versed with Operational Rules of UN System. Has more than 33 years of service experience in the Government of India. Has managed the service matters of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Forest Service, Indian Revenue Service and Technical Service of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India. Successfully managed and implemented Externally Aided Projects, implemented by UNDP, DFID etc. in Government of India. Superannuated as Director from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India. For a short period of six months, he worked as consultant under UNDP project on SECURE Himalaya on conservation of Snow Leopard, implemented by (MoEFCC), before joining the International Big Cat Alliance. His role in IBCA is direct support to the Interim Director General of IBCA with regard to strategic management, policy and operational matters. Monitors execution of all the management and operational activities to ensure coherence with the strategic plan of IBCA.

Mr. Praveen Garg

Honorary Senior Adviser (Finance and Resource Mobilisation)

Mr. Praveen Garg, has worked for more than 3 decades in Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), Madhya Pradesh cadre, served in the Government of India with Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. He has served for more than 25 years with State Government of MP holding posts such as District Magistrate (Sidhi, Satna, Khandwa & Jabalpur), Secretary (Finance), MD, MPSIDC and Revenue Commissioner (Bhopal Division). Currently, he is in Boards of LIC Mutual Funds AMC and Lemon Tree Hotels Limited as Independent Director, Member of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPF) Under Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Presently, he is working as President Mobius Foundation, a Trust working in field of Sustainability, Environment and Education.

Mr. Kunal Singh Vaghela

Senior Strategic Advisor – Technology and Innovations and Senior Director

Mr. Kunal Singh Vaghela is the Founder & CEO of GlobalVox, a premier technology consulting firm with a global presence across North America, Europe, and Asia. With over two decades of experience at the intersectio of enterprise technology and strategic innovation, he has led the development and delivery of transformative ERP solutions for the public sector, higher education institutions, and commercial enterprises. He also serves as the Chairman of the Technology Council at the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Brett A. Wright

Senior Adviser (Knowledge Management)

Dr. Brett Wright is Professor and Dean Emeritus of Clemson University’s College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences at Clemson University. He is former Chairman, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Over four decades, Dr. Wright’s research has focused on applying behavioral science to environmental issues. In recent years, he has worked internationally in Africa and Asia, completing research on illegal behaviors related to parks and wildlife, and household livelihoods of indigenous peoples living adjacent to parks. His most recent study involved community-based tourism enterprises and their impacts on conservation of endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the Congo. He was appointed Director of the Tigers United University Consortium in 2017, a 4-university collaborative to support the Global Tiger Recovery Program. In that capacity, he led teams of faculty from Clemson, Auburn, LSU and Missouri -- all tiger-mascot schools -- in initiatives aimed at reversing the decline in the number of tigers in the wild, until his retirement from the university in May, 2024. However, he has continued to support parks and wildlife conservation globally. His most recent work has been collaborating to develop curriculum based on training needs of front-line rangers in the Massai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

Dr. Andrey Kushlin

Senior Adviser (Strategy and Implementation)

An international development professional with over 20 years of leadership experience in Forestry, Biodiversity, Natural Resources and Landscape Management and Governance. Andrey has led multinational, multisectoral teams to design, implement, and evaluate large country-led public investment projects and policy support programs in forestry and biodiversity, financed by the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has developed and managed corporate flagship programs at a senior executive level at the World Bank (such as the Global Tiger Initiative and the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program collectively led by 20 countries of Central, South and East Asia). Andrey has led preparation of technical and policy papers on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT), forest fire and landscape management, smart green infrastructure, in addition to his coordinating role in the preparation of the 2018 State of the World’s Forests report. As Deputy Director for Forestry Policy and Resources at the UN-FAO, Andrey managed four technical teams, coordinated the organization’s global forestry technical network of over 300 professionals, and oversaw the departmental GEF portfolio, among his other roles there. As an independent consultant, Andrey provides advisory services in strategic planning, organizational development, delivery management, and impact evaluations in the environment and natural resources sector. Andrey has lived and worked internationally and has an equal affinity for field project implementation and for intricate intergovernmental policy processes. In 2020, he co-founded EndPandemics (now – EarthTeam), a global action alliance of frontline organizations that aim to reduce the risks of future pandemics by addressing their root causes through nature-based solutions. He has a PhD in Environmental Geography from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia, studied forestry at Yale University in the U.S., and is an Honorary Member of the Global Tiger Forum in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Mahendra Shrestha

Senior Adviser (Capacity Building)

Dr. Mahendra Shrestha is a conservation biologist with vast experience in managing protected areas, wildlife population monitoring and research, landscape conservation, policy making, and local conservation leadership development. He managed various protected areas and involved in strategic policy formulation in Nepal for nearly 2 decades. His doctoral research was on tiger and ungulate distribution across the Terai Arc Landscape in the lowlands of Nepal. He administered Save The Tiger Fund, a small grant making program where he helped strategic tiger conservation works in all the tiger range countries. Dr. Shrestha was a strategic player in shaping the Global Tiger Initiative that led to the Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2010 – a unique political event on a non-human species in partnership with the World Bank. He led the capacity building component of the Global Tiger Recovery Program at the Smithsonian Institution that enhanced local leadership development and knowledge sharing in tiger range countries and strengthened cross sector coordination in the government. He worked extensively in building an alliance among all the key players in tiger range countries like the governments, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, donors, and NGOs (local and international), and local communities for synergy in tiger conservation and mainstreaming conservation into development. This collective effort helped bring about necessary policy changes, funding support, and local capacity building leading to the first ever increase in tiger population in many countries. Currently, he serves as the Vice President, Asia-Pacific Programs at the International Crane Foundation and Research Associate at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Institute.

Mr. Sabri Zain

Senior Adviser (Policy & Advocacy)

Sabri Zain was the Director of Policy for TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and has over four decades of communications, campaign and policy experience in wildlife conservation. Sabri began his working career as a media relations executive with IBM in Malaysia in 1988 and entered the conservation field in 1992 when he joined WWF Malaysia as its Director of Communications. Eight years later, Sabri joined TRAFFIC, based in Cambridge in the UK. As TRAFFIC's Director of Policy, Sabri was responsible for leading the development, implementation and coordination of TRAFFIC's wildlife trade policy programmes and priorities, as well as leading its policy interventions at high-level international events, regional fora and meetings of major international conventions such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Sabri has also worked specifically on international tiger policy issues, including developing the Global Tiger Recovery Program’s Global Demand Reduction Strategy for Tigers in 2012.

Mr. David Sterling Earl Gadsden

Senior Adviser (Geospatial Strategy & Applications)

Applied geographer with over 30 years of experience designing and implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for conservation, sustainable development, and humanitarian organizations. Global conservation executive, advisor, geospatial science communicator, GIS program architect and manager. Demonstrated and consistent delivery of geospatial solutions to address complex challenges including biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, humanitarian response and equitable natural resource management.

Mr. Juglal Singh

Additional Director, IC

Currently serving as Additional Director (International Cooperation) with the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), Mr. Juglal supports the establishment of the organization’s administrative framework and development of its communication strategy. A former officer of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), he rendered nearly 37 years of service to the Government of India and retired as Director in July 2023. Mr. Juglal holds a Postgraduate degree in English Literature from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, and an MBA in Public Policy from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Over a distinguished career spanning almost four decades, he served in several Ministries and Departments of the Government of India, handling a wide range of responsibilities. These included administration and establishment matters, financial management, and implementation of central sector and centrally sponsored schemes. He also worked closely with international agencies such as DFID and UNDP, as well as with foreign embassies, contributing to international cooperation and coordination. In addition, he handled information technology, social media, and public communication functions, including management and updating of official websites, coordination of website security audits, and liaison with various Ministries and Departments, including the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Secretariat. He was also associated with work relating to improving India’s performance on global governance indicators, including the World Governance Index, Democracy Index, and Rule of Law Index, in alignment with the Government of India’s vision of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.”

Ms. Archana Bhardwaj

Additional Director, HR

Ms. Archana is presently working in International Big Cat Alliance as a Additional Director, HR. Her role in IBCA includes support in establishing the organization, viz. rules and policies related to Operational management of the IBCA. She has worked with International Solar Alliance for 4 years as HR Officer and helped them establishing HR policies in line with UN system. She worked with various UN agencies, largely with UNDP. She has 32 years of development sector experience with specialization in financial management, HR and provision of programmatic services. She has complete understanding of UN corporate guidelines, especially in the areas of human resource, financial management, and procurement. She has ability to work and perform in a cultural diverse environment in line with UN systems, its vision, principles and values.

Dr. Joydeep Bose

Regional Coordinator-CA|TS

Dr Joydeep Bose is on secondment from WWF-India for two days a week. Dr. Bose holds a M.Sc. degree in Zoology with specialization in Animal Ecology & Wildlife Biology and PhD in Zoology (primatology) with 30 years’ experience in wildlife conservation and research. He has undergone training in wildlife management by the Smithsonian Institution, USA. Dr. Bose is Regional Coordinator-CA|TS & Associate Director, Wildlife & Habitats Division, WWF-India based at Secretariat in New Delhi, India. For WWF-India, he leads the Protection and Enforcement support pillar and provides programmatic support to the Wildlife & Habitats Division. Also, being part of WWF network’s Tiger Alive (TA) initiative, he coordinates the Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) regionally over the Tiger Range countries and is the CA|TS focal point for WWF. His main areas of expertise and interest include Protected Area Management assessments, Wildlife crime control specially regarding Protected & Conservation Area (PCA) capacity building including frontline forest department staff welfare, infrastructure and equipment support, training & orientation programs; Program development; Strategic planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Dr. Kausik Banerjee

Lead Specialist

An alumni of the Presidency College, Kolkata and Gold Medallist from the Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun; Dr. Banerjee was associated with the Wildlife Institute of India for 16 years. He worked as a Scientist at the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Delhi for 3 years. Dr. Banerjee is a carnivore biologist dedicated to conserving these apex predators not only for their intrinsic value but also for the critical roles they play in maintaining ecological balance and the overall health of ecosystems. His work on lions, tigers and leopards involved a combination of science, advocacy, policy, and community engagement to ensure the long-term survival of these magnificent animals. Associated with field research on large carnivores since 2005, his interests include human-wildlife interactions and conservation of big cats and other megafauna in human-dominated landscapes. Dr. Banerjee served as a Board Member, Society for Conservation Biology, Asia Chapter. He has several International and National Publications of papers, book chapters and technical reports and reviewed a number of scientific articles as his capacity of reviewer of journals of International repute.

Dr. Patrick Lendrum

Puma Lead Specialist

Dr. Patrick Lendrum is the Science Program Manager for WWF’s U.S. Great Plains Program. He leads the development of science priorities for the program, implementing projects to answer key scientific questions that address the loss of native grasslands and the impacts that these losses may have on the wildlife and human communities that depend on them. Patrick also oversees the measurement of progress toward the program's conservation goals and partnerships to develop shared conservation solutions. Prior to joining WWF, Patrick earned his M.S. examining ungulate migration patterns and Ph.D. studying carnivore community occupancy (puma, black bear, bobcat, and coyote) in relation to human-caused land use change. He also served as the puma biologist with Panthera on the Teton Cougar Project examining habitat use, species interactions, and social behavior of pumas. He has worked across the western United States in a variety of habitats spanning costal rainforests to prairie grasslands, with species ranging from insects to grizzly bears. Patrick has partnered with State, Federal, Private, Indigenous, and NGO entities to build large-scale collaborations in diverse working landscapes. The research Patrick has been involved with has been featured in National Geographic Magazine, BBC documentaries, and published in dozens of peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Dr. Sivananthan Elagupillay

Tiger Lead Specialist

Dr. Sivananthan Elagupillay served the Government of Malaysia through the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) Malaysia as a Wildlife Officer from 1982 to 2005. In his career at DWNP he undertook several tasks related to Law Enforcement, Malayan tiger conservation, Protected Areas (PA) management and research. In addition, he worked with land use planners and engineers in the development of ecological corridors linking fragmented forests using the principles of smart green infrastructure development for the safe movement of wildlife across highways. Dr. Siva was also actively involved in fulfilling Malaysia’s international commitments especially those embarked through IUCN, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Global Tiger Initiative (GTI), Global Tiger Forum, ASEAN and Malaysia-Thailand Bilateral Forum. Between February 2016 and 2019 he was engaged by UNDP and the Ministry of Natural Resources Malaysia to develop the National Framework for Protected Areas (NFPA) that developed common standards for PAs in Malaysia, although most of these PAs are under the jurisdiction of diverse federal and state agencies. In 2016 he was appointed as an Honorary Member of GTF and since then he has been assisting GTF in Malaysia in a number of projects, including Malaysia hosting the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, as an expert in the development of the GTRP 2.0 and the Southeast Asia Tiger Recover Plan (STRAP). Since 2018, he has been working with the DWNP, Perak State Parks Corporation and WWF Malaysia in the implementation of CA|TS in Malaysia.

Dr. Byron Weckworth

Snow Leopard Lead Specialist

I have 24 years of experience working within, and collaborating across, academic, industry, non-profit, government, and indigenous sectors on conservation planning, research, advocacy, and fundraising. My work has emphasized innovation and leadership in conservation efforts related to securing healthy human and wildlife communities, species connectivity, and biodiversity preservation. In addition to my academic training as a scientist, employment in the non-profit sector has introduced me to new ways of knowing, and experience in understanding when and how to combine science with other knowledge bases to be impactful in conservation, from grass roots efforts at local scales, to transboundary, large-landscape project development and implementation. Since 2012, much of my efforts have focused on the research and conservation of snow leopards.

Dr. Maria Jose Villanueva

Jaguar Lead Specialist

María José is a biologist, with a Masters and PhD in marine sciences from UNAM Mexico. She has participated in multiple conservation initiatives involving the Mexican government, such as the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas, she has collaborated with national and international universities and research centers, as well as civil society organizations. Maria Jose started at WWF in 2011 coordinating a 100 million USD alliance with the Carlos Slim Foundation that benefited more than 60 local organizations and indigenous communities. Since 2017 she has served as Director of Conservation, where she oversees the Oceans, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Climate Change, Wildlife and Freshwater programs. She is also a member of the WWF Global Wildlife Leadership Team and leader of the Jaguar Regional Initiative for Latin America. Since 2023 she also leads the conservation cabinet for Latin America.

Dr. Dennis Ikanda

African Lion Lead Specialist

I am a career conservation biologist in Tanzania, East Africa, currently working as the Wildlife Species Lead for WWF Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam. I hold a PhD in Biology (2009) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Norway, with specialty on the behavioral ecology of Africa lions Panthera leo; having more than 35 publications in the period 2003-2024. My professional experience and expertise is in the area of large carnivore population monitoring, recovery and co-existence through scientific innovations and technological applications. I am a member of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group (www.iucn.org), and African Lion Working Group forum (www.africanliongroup.org). I have extensive knowledge and experience in conservation research, through working with research projects, Government and international NGOs, accumulating experience of over 20 yrs. These organizations include the Serengeti lion study (www.lionresearch.org), Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (www.tawiri.or.tz), including special assignment with ZSL, WCS, FZS etc. in delivering science services to the wildlife management authorities that oversee the vast network of protected areas. Looking forward to bringing this expertise to IBCA over the course of my tenure period.

Dr. Tamali Mondal

Program Associate

Dr. Tamali Mondal is a Program Associate at IBCA. She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India. With 10+ years of experience, her expertise encompasses landscape ecology, wildlife conservation, human-wildlife conflict, invasion ecology, forest fires, and habitat management. Dr. Mondal is proficient in Spatial Ecology, Plant Ecology, Conservation Issues, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Her practical experience includes the utilization of UAV technology for tiger conservation and management in India. Notably, she has authored nine research papers and has previously worked at Wildlife Institute of India, Shiv Nadar University, and GIZ.

Mr. Nipun Gandhi

Operations Assistant

Mr. Bisht is a Natural Resource Management Professional with 10 years of working experience in the areas of Wildlife Management, Bio-diversity Conservation, Waste management, Eco-tourism etc., and have a strong understanding of overall environment management and Governance issues. He worked for Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Republic of India and provided technical support in development of Project Lion, National guidelines to mitigate Human-Leopard Conflict, Species recovery project for Clouded Leopard, National Strategy and Action Plan for Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India, report on Elephant corridors of India: 2023 etc.

Ms. Shruti Devi

Finance Assistant

Ms. Shruti is an Finance Assistant at IBCA, focusing on finance-related tasks. She holds a degree in Commerce from Delhi University and is currently pursuing an MBA in Finance along with a CMA certification. Ms. Shruti has prior experience working with organizations such as UNDP India in finance management.

Mr. Aditya Bisht

Program Associate

Mr. Bisht is a Natural Resource Management Professional with 10 years of working experience in the areas of Wildlife Management, Bio-diversity Conservation, Waste management, Eco-tourism etc., and have a strong understanding of overall environment management and Governance issues. He worked for Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Republic of India and provided technical support in development of Project Lion, National guidelines to mitigate Human-Leopard Conflict, Species recovery project for Clouded Leopard, National Strategy and Action Plan for Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India, report on Elephant corridors of India: 2023 etc.

Team IBCA

International Big Cat Alliance

Mr. Bhupender Yadav
Minister Environment, Forest, Climate Change and President of IBCA

Secretariat

Dr. S. P. Yadav
Director General

Mr. Soumitra Dasgupta
Director
(Program)

Dr. Amit Mallick
Director
(International Cooperation)

Mr. Jerome Minz
Director
(Operations and Finance)

Mr. Juglal Singh
Additional Director, IC

Ms. Archana Bhardwaj
Additional Director, HR

Dr. Kausik Banerjee
Lead Specialist

Dr. Joydeep Bose
Regional Coordinator - CA|TS

Dr. Tamali Mondal
Program Associate

Mr. Aditya Bisht
Program Associate

Senior Advisors and Experts

Dr. Andrey Kushlin
Senior Adviser
(Strategy and Implementation)
Russian Federation

Dr. Brett A. Wright
Senior Adviser
(Knowledge Management)
USA

Mr. Praveen Garg
Honorary Senior Adviser
(Finance and Resource Mobilisation)
India

Mr. Sabri Zain
Senior Adviser
(Policy & Advocacy)
UK

Dr. Mahendra Shrestha
Senior Adviser
(Capacity Building)
USA

Mr. David Sterling Earl Gadsden
Senior Adviser
(Geospatial Strategy & Applications)
USA

Mr. Kunal Singh Vaghela
Senior Strategic Advisor
(Technology and Innovations and Senior Director)
USA

Lead Specialists

Dr. Patrick Lendrum
Puma Lead Specialist
USA

Dr. Sivananthan Elagupillay
Tiger Lead Specialist
Malaysia

Dr. Byron Weckworth
Snow Leopard Lead Specialist
USA

Dr. Maria Jose Villanueva
Jaguar Lead Specialist
Mexico

Dr. Dennis Ikanda
African Lion Lead Specialist
Tanzania

International Big Cat Alliance

Mr. Bhupender YadavMinister Environment, Forest, Climate Change and President of IBCA

Secretariat

Dr. S. P. YadavDirector General

Mr. Soumitra DasguptaDirector (Program)

Dr. Amit MallickDirector (International Cooperation)

Mr. Jerome MinzDirector (Operations and Finance)

Mr. Juglal SinghAdditional Director, IC

Ms. Archana BhardwajAdditional Director, HR

Dr. Kausik BanerjeeLead Specialist

Dr. Joydeep BoseRegional Coordinator - CA|TS

Dr. Tamali MondalProgram Associate

Mr. Aditya BishtProgram Associate

Senior Advisors and Experts

Dr. Andrey KushlinSenior Adviser(Strategy and Implementation) Russian Federation

Dr. Brett A. WrightSenior Adviser (Knowledge Management) USA

Mr. Praveen GargHonorary Senior Adviser (Finance and Resource Mobilisation) India

Mr. Sabri ZainSenior Adviser (Policy & Advocacy) UK

Dr. Mahendra ShresthaSenior Adviser(Capacity Building) USA

Mr. David Sterling Earl Gadsden Senior Adviser (Geospatial Strategy & Applications) USA

Mr. Kunal Singh Vaghela Senior Strategic Advisor (Technology and Innovations and Senior Director) USA