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Valmik Thapar is an Indian natural historian, wildlife documentary filmmaker, and conservationist. He is the author of several books on wildlife and conservation, including Tiger: The Ultimate Guide, The Marsh Lions, and The Secret Life of Tigers. He is also the founder of the Ranthambhore Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan, India. Thapar was born in 1952 in New Delhi, India. He studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and later at the University of Oxford, where he earned a degree in zoology. Thapar has been involved in wildlife conservation for over four decades. He has served as a member of the National Board for Wildlife, the Indian Board for Wildlife, and the Central Zoo Authority. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Thapar has received numerous awards for his work in conservation, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2006. He is also the recipient of the Sanctuary Asia Lifetime Achievement Award, the WWF-India Lifetime Achievement Award, and the WWF-India Conservation Leadership Award.

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Occupation natural historian, wildlife documentary filmmaker, conservationist
Age 71 years old
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Born , 1952
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Birthplace New Delhi, India
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2013

Selected TV works 1. Danger in Tiger Paradise 2. Land of the Tiger – 6 one hour programmes 3. Search for Tigers 4. Tiger Crisis I 5. Tiger Crisis II 6. Tiger Zero 7. Tigers' Fortress

2005

His stewardship of the Ranthambore Foundation was recognised and he was appointed a member of the Tiger Task Force of 2005 by the Government of India. He criticised the majority Task Force view in his dissent note as excessively focussed on the prospects of co-existence of tigers and humans, which was, in his view not consistent with the objective of the panel.

1973

His writings have analysed the perceived failure of Project Tiger, a conservation apparatus created in 1973 by the Government of India. He has critiqued Project Tiger, drawing attention to its mismanagement by a forest bureaucracy that is largely not scientifically trained. His most recent book The Last Tiger (Oxford University Press) makes this case strongly.

1959

Valmik Thapar was born in Bombay to Raj and Romesh Thapar, a noted journalist and political commentator who founded political journal Seminar in 1959. The historian Romila Thapar is his aunt.

1952

Valmik Thapar (born 1952) is an Indian naturalist, conservationist and writer. He is the author of 14 books and several articles, and has produced a range of programmes for television. Today he is one of India's most respected wildlife experts and conservationists, having produced and narrated documentaries on India's natural habitat for such media as the BBC, Animal Planet, Discovery and National Geographic.

1900

Books edited by Valmik Thapar 31. Saving Wild Tigers, 1900-2000: The Essential Writings, Permanent Black, India 32. Battling for Survival, Oxford University Press, India