Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳

IFS 2023 UP cadre || @IITGuwahati Alumnus || PG Environmental Law @NLSIUofficial || MSc (Forestry) @IGNFA_GoI

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Convocated ✨From dreams to duties
Awarded PG Diploma in Environmental Law from NLSUI Bangalore and Associate of IGNFA equivalent to Msc. (Forestry) by @India_NHRC chairman.

[DM Pratapgarh @dmpratapgarh]

🌳 महाअभियान की तैयारी: एक पेड़ माँ के नाम: इस अभियान को जन-जन का संकल्प बनाकर प्रकृति व मातृत्व के प्रति जिम्मेदारी निभाने की अपील की।

[Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp]

Gujarat sees a GIB chick after a decade, through a novel conservation measure - the jumpstart approach, coordinated by the Ministry, State Forest Departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and Wildlife Institute of India.

Envisioned by PM Shri @narendramodi ji in 2011 to conserve GIB in its natural habitats including Gujrat, Project GIB was launched in 2016.

As a result the number of birds in conservation breeding centres, started at Sam and Ramdevra in Rajasthan, have reached 73 with addition of 5 new chicks in this season and we are moving ahead towards rewilding of birds in near future.

In achieving another milestone, a female GIB, tagged in August 2025, had laid an infertile egg in Kutch, as this population has lost all its males long back. In a major trans-state conservation effort, a captive-bred GIB egg from the conservation breeding program in Rajasthan was transported by road over 19 hours in a handheld portable incubator and was replaced in the nest on 22 March.

The female completed incubating this fertile egg and hatched it on March 26. The field monitoring team found the young chick being reared by its foster mother.

This effort is among one of the many steps to recover the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard populations.

With the commitment to save GIB, we are making great progress in India’s conservation journey.

Congratulations to all scientists, field officers and wildlife enthusiasts who made this possible.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for the survival of the chick. At the same time we remain committed to leaving no stone unturned to make the endeavour successful.

🎥 The GIB takes a stroll with her chick.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Very sad to hear such case.
Last year too, this time a Range forest officer was killed by a tractor while stopping illegal gravel mining in Beavar, Rajasthan.
These criminals and their bosses need to be put behind bars.

[Anupam Sharma, IFS @AnupamSharmaIFS]

An honest Forest Guard, Sh. Jitendra Singh, was crushed by a tractor while stopping illegal sand mining in Dholpur. This is a serious criminal offence by an organized illegal mining network. Strictest legal action & complete dismantling of the network are imperative.
ॐ शांति 🙏💐

[Anupam Sharma, IFS @AnupamSharmaIFS]

An honest Forest Guard, Sh. Jitendra Singh, was crushed by a tractor while stopping illegal sand mining in Dholpur. This is a serious criminal offence by an organized illegal mining network. Strictest legal action & complete dismantling of the network are imperative.
ॐ शांति 🙏💐

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

Madhav Gadgil, the pre-eminent ecologist, has just passed away. He was a top-notch academic scientist, a tireless field researcher, a pioneering institution-builder, a great communicator, a firm believer in people’s networks and movements, and friend, philosopher, guide, and mentor to many for over five decades. Trained at the very best universities in modern science, he was at the same time a champion of traditional knowledge systems - especially in biodiversity conservation.

His influence on public policy has been profound going back to his crucial role in the Save Silent Valley Movement in the late 70s and early 1980s. His intervention to protect forests in Bastar was crucial in the mid -80s. Later, he gave shape to a new direction to the Botanical Survey of India and the Zoological Survey of India. During 2009-2011, he chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel and wrote its report in a most sensitive and democratic manner that remains unmatched in both substance and style.

He had studied biology at Harvard under E. O. Wilson, who had been hailed as Darwin’s Heir. Although inspired by Wilson, Madhav Gadgil - unlike most others who went to study abroad - came back to India to build its own research capacities and capabilities, guide students, engage with local communities, and make a difference to policy. In all of these he succeeded more than admirably. Luckily three years back he was able to bring out his delightful memoir, which is at once educative, entertaining, and enlightening.

Madhav Gadgil’s life was devoted to scholarship in the noblest sense of the term. He will remain an iconic and inspirational figure.

Speaking on a personal note, in the twenty-six months I was Environment Minister during May 2009- July 2011, I turned to him every other day for guidance and advice. And our conversations were not confined to matters related to ecology. We spoke often of his father Dhananjay Gadgil, one of India’s greatest economists and author of that classic The Industrial Evolution of India in Recent Times, first published in 1924. We would also speak of the intricacies of the Indian monsoon, since his wife Sulochana was an authority on the subject.

Nation builders come in different forms and varieties. Madhav Gadgil was definitely one of them. Above all he had the hallmark of a true scholar— he was gentle, unassuming, and exuded empathy and humility behind which was a vast ocean of knowledge and learning.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Wishing you Happy Diwali 🪔 from one of best institute @MCRHRDIT

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

@aishwaryarajifs @LBSNAA_Official Congratulations to you sir for the new beginning.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Again coming back to tracks.

#fitness #running

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Narsa Ram Jajra, a retired fauji in Jaipur, following his morning fitness routine of cycling, was struck by an SUV from behind and died.

One of the major reasons why Indians are not into fitness: there is no space. You have to invariably run, walk, or cycle on the road, where the risks are either being mauled by stray dogs or mowed down by reckless drivers who can’t see straight.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Independence Day pics ✨
Now, at other side of the life 😇

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

हरा- भरा गाँव मीठी खीर,
बिना वृक्ष के बवासीर

Panchayat Bhavan, Devkali, District- Lakhimpur Kheri

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

A tribute to the vahana of Goddess Durga, the mighty lion! Let's protect these divine beasts, symbols of strength and courage.

Happy World Lion Day!

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

@xyz_chetan @India_NHRC Thank you Chetan

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Convocated ✨From dreams to duties
Awarded PG Diploma in Environmental Law from NLSUI Bangalore and Associate of IGNFA equivalent to Msc. (Forestry) by @India_NHRC chairman.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

हुंकार है हमारी

[Mohan Pargaien IFS🇮🇳 @pargaien]

This inspiring clip created by @udayan_ifs and team of officers of @IGNFA_GoI beautifully emphasizes the significance of the Indian Forest Service and is sure to encourage many young Indians to contribute to conservation by joining the IFS. @IFS_Officers @LadyIFSOfficers @moefcc

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

@abandopa @Dehradun @Fri @rameshpandeyifs Yes sir. I am here till 31st this month.

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

No rain better than Dehradun Rains at FRI.
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@dehradun @FRI @rameshpandeyifs

[IGNFA @IGNFA_GoI]

সপোনৰ দৰে
saponar dore
(like a dream)..

Joyous spirit & soulful melodies of #Tiwa, #Bihu, #Boro & #Sattriya resonated in campus as the Indian Forest Service probationers @IGNFA_GoI, guided by eminent artists, performed during the #Assamese Cultural Evening
@moefcc

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

Bus passing through buffer area of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.
Just imaging travelling on such green laden roads during monsoon.

#Green_is_beautiful

[Ashutosh Gupta, IFS 🌳 @AshutoshIITG]

What a satisfaction

[முனைவர். கணேசு ガネス @DrGanesh_Japan]

The Mango 🥭 tree I planted in my 7th grade Summer vacation.
செந்தூரம் 😋😋😋