Erach Bharucha
Director
Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment
Education & Research


Erach Bharucha has been active in various fields of wildlife and nature conservation over the past 45 years. A well – known wildlife photographer, he has used his brilliant images for presentation to various audiences. Over the last three decades, he has traveled and studied Indian National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries extensively. He has worked as a consultant to the Government and Non government organizations on conservation issues and has reported on various programs and projects. He has been a member and an executive functionary on several conservation institutions such as the Bombay Natural History Society, Worldwide Fund for Nature, Wildlife Institute of India and Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History. In 1993, he began developing the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research. BVIEER has grown into a multifaceted environmental education institute conducting formal courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as environmental awareness programs for teachers and students in over 1350 schools. He is the Director of BVIEER and teaches ecology and biodiversity conservation. His major interest in research has been in the fields of biodiversity conservation, peoplewildlife conflict resolution, ecorestoration and environment education.

A surgeon by profession, he also is the Head of Department of Surgery at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and consultant surgeon and Former Medical Director at Jehangir Hospital in Pune. Some of his previous publications include The Biodiversity of India (CD-Rom and book) and a textbook on Environmental Studies for undergraduate courses for the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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