Soumitra Dasgupta
Indian Forest Service Officer
Areas of Expertise
Short Bio
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.