Panna Ram SIYAG

Biography

Panna Ram SIYAG is with the Indian Forest Service. He is currently working as Conservator of Forests & Director, Forestry Training Institute, Jaipur, in the Indian State of Rajasthan. In this capacity, he is responsible for design of training curricula in the fields of forestry, nature conservation & natural resource management, environment, and sustainable development; and for conducting the training programmes at the Institute aimed aimed at government officials, NGOs, public representatives, and community leaders. Before this, he worked as Deputy Secretary to Government of Rajasthan, in Department of Environment. Prior to that, he worked as State Silviculturist for the State of Rajasthan, India, where he was responsible for development of research programme and its implementation for the forestry sector of the state. He was also responsible, concurrently, for drafting the Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for the state, under the overall framework of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) undertaken in pursuance of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

During the period 1999-2001, Mr Siyag had worked as deputy conservator of forests at Forestry Training Institute, Jaipur, India. He has worked as Deputy Conservator of Forests in various districtics of the state of Rajasthan (1990-99) where he was responsible for forest administration and protection, design and implementation of afforestation programs, raising public awareness, and enlisting support and participation of communities in environmental programmes. His job responsibilities also included on-site research and documentation of the various economic and technical details of afforestation works, with a view to developing technology and management packages in this field. His book titled 'The Afforestation Manual: Technology & Management' (accessible on internet at http://www.afforestationmanual.com) has been highly acclaimed in the professional circles, both in India and internationally.

Mr. Siyag received graduate degree in Civil Engineering from the JNV University, Jodhpur, India, and master's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He also holds a postgraduate degree in forestry and allied subjects from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehra Dun, India, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), Paris, France.

This biography was last updated on July 29, 2004