Supriya Sahu IAS

UNEP Champions of the Earth 2025 laureate I Additional Chief Secretary | Govt of TN | committed to Public Service | Climate | Wildlife I Tweets personal

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Your own #Championoftheearth Thank you 🙌

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Thank you, @IITKanpur, for the incredible opportunity to speak on the twin challenges of biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

And what a stunning campus ! Beautiful tree-lined roads, students and faculty cycling under leafy canopies, and greenery stretching as far as the eye can see, a wonderful cradle of learning nestled in nature.

It was an honour to deliver the Swastibhavatu Lecture, an experience I will cherish. My gratitude to the Director, faculty, and students of IIT Kanpur for their warmth and hospitality, and, above all, for the stimulating conversations, thoughtful questions, and wonderful exchange of ideas.
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Imagine a world without elephants. Imagine forests without them. They would never be as rich, resilient and alive as they are when elephants roam through them as ecosystem engineers !

India is so lucky to have elephants. The latest Wildlife Institute of India DNA-based assessment estimates 22,446 wild elephants in India, meaning India is home to roughly half of the world’s remaining wild Asian elephants.

Within India, the Western Ghats are the great elephant stronghold. Karnataka (6,013), Tamil Nadu (3,136) and Kerala (2,785) together have 11,934 elephants, more than 53% of India’s entire estimated population. Tamil Nadu has the third-highest elephant population in the country, after Karnataka and Assam.

India’s top five elephant states are: Karnataka 6,013 | Assam 4,159 | Tamil Nadu 3,136 | Kerala 2,785 | Uttarakhand 1,792. Together they account for nearly 80% of India’s elephants.

This #WorldElephantDay, we must resolve to do everything we can to conserve elephants #worldElephantDay2026 #elephants #elephantday Brilliant capture @shanmughanandam

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Look closely, there is an elephant on that steep hill. Many people imagine elephants as animals of the plains. But the truth is far more fascinating. Asian elephants are remarkably sure-footed and can negotiate surprisingly steep hills and rocky slopes.

This photograph captures an elephant making its way across a steep hillside in the Nilgiris. And now, researchers have documented wild elephants in Arunachal Pradesh at an astonishing 3,266 metres above sea level, the highest elevation ever recorded for Asian elephants. This remarkable discovery reveals the extraordinary adaptability of these gentle giants and challenges one of the most enduring assumptions about them.

What a fascinating fact to learn on the eve of #WorldElephantDay2026, celebrated on 12 August!
#WorldElephantDay #Elephants
📸 Credits: Chandrasekar Das

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@abandopa Thanks a lot Amitabha 🙏

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@vybhav1428 Indeed

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@abhinaviitk388 Thank you Abhinav. Wonderful meeting you

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