Executive Management
Vivek Menon – Founder, Trustee and Executive Director
Vivek Menon is a wildlife conservationist, environmental commentator, author and photographer with a passion for elephants. He has been part of the founding of five environmental & nature conservation organisations in India. The winner of the 2001 Rufford Award for International Conservation for his work to save the Asian elephant, Menon is the Founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India as well as Senior Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare….. Read More
Dr Rahul Kaul – CEO and Chief of Conservation
An expert of international repute on pheasants, Dr Rahul Kaul is the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief of Conservation at WTI. He spearheads the department that drives conservation impact in diverse projects including ecology, species and habitat recovery run under his calm and effective guidance… Read More
AV Sathyan – CFO and Chief of Management
Sathyan, the chief of finance at WTI, is one of the organisations oldest members. He has the tough job of monitoring and recording the flow of money for all the programmes in WTI, and verifying the accuracy of those transactions. He calls WTI his home, and says the organisation means everything to him… Read More
Rupa Gandhi Chaudhary – CMO and Advisor Strategic Planning
Rupa has led Communications and some iconic campaigns of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) since 2004. An early career switch mindfully made by this Chemical Engineer into the arena of conservation communications was due to her innate interest in travel and wildlife but the conservation impact of the campaigns that she led in WTI added the extra impetus to stay on in this field… Read More
Dr NVK Ashraf – Chief Veterinary Officer
Dr Ashraf is the Chief Veterinary Officer and Vice President at WTI. He joined WTI in 2001 as the Coordinator of the Wild Rescue programme and became the programme’s Director in 2005. Under his leadership and supervision, for the first time in India, hand-raised rhino calves were relocated to Manas National Park from CWRC as part of IFAW-WTI’s rhino reintroduction programme. He also oversees rehabilitation of other temporarily as well as permanently displaced animals… Read More
Jose Louies – Chief of Enforcement
One of the most versatile members of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Jose is the Regional Head of the south Indian projects and leads the division that handles wildlife trade control and litigation, arguably the most ‘glamourous’ positions in the organisation. Read More
Sandeep Kumar Tiwari – Deputy Chief of Conservation
A wildlife biologist and conservationist, Dr Sandeep Kr Tiwari has been working on wildlife research and conservation for over two decades. He currently works as Program Manager of the IUCN SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group and earlier worked as Deputy Director and Head – Wild Lands, Wildlife Trust of India (2002-2016)…. Read More
Dr. Rathin Barman – Chief Strategy and Liaison (North-East)
A wildlife biologist by training, Dr Rathin Barman has been associated with the Wildlife Trust of India since 2001. He joined as a manager. Rathin has been instrumental in the organisation’s growth in the Northeast and is currently Joint Director – WTI and Head – Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation.
Samir Kumar Sinha – Head of Conservation
Dr. Samir Kumar Sinha has been associated with Wildlife Trust of India since 2003 and currently holds the position of ‘Head of Conservation’.Read More