ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA : Directors

DIRECTORS OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 

The prestige of Zoological Survey of India now enjoys is surely due to overwhelmingly to the sagacity and far sight of these dedicated and gifted men- who were directly responsible for the conduct of its affairs over the years- and those who nurtured it with their pioneering attainment in the field of natural history and animal taxonomy with their original scientific contributions.  

The distinguished occupants of the post of Director, Zoological Survey of India were as follows:- 

1.  Dr T.N.Annandale

 

1916-24

2.  Dr S.W.Kemp

 

1924

3.  Lt Col. R.B.S.Sewell

1925-33

 

4.  Dr B. Prasad

1933-44

 

5.  Dr B.N.Chopra

 

1944-47

6.  Dr S.L.Hora

 

1947-55

7.  Dr M.L.Roonwal

 

1956-65

8.  Dr A.P.Kapur

 

1966-73

9.  Dr T.N.Ananthakrishnan

 

1977-80

10. Dr K.K.Tiwari

 

1980-81

11. Dr B.K.Tikader

 

1981-86

12. Dr M.S.Jairajpuri

 

1989-91

13. Dr A.K.Ghosh

 

1992-96

14. Dr J.R.B.Alfred

 

1997-06

 

 

 

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