The State government recently reconstituted the Tamil Nadu State Biodiversity Board, and included three special invitees from the Industries Department, the Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The Minister for Forests will be the chairperson of the board.
The Secretaries of the Environment, Climate Change and Forests; Rural Development and Panchayat Raj; and Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Departments, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden are the ex-officio members of the panel.
Retired IFS officer Ashok Upreti; Professor K. Sivakumar of the School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University; Florida Tilton, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biozone Research Technologies Private Limited; Associate Professor V. Gokula of National College, Tiruchi; and Associate Professor S. Geetha of SRM College of Agricultural Sciences, Chengalpattu are the members of the panel.
The Secretaries of the Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce Department and the Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department, and the Member-Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board are special invitees to the board.
