Indian Forest Service

“This programme can not only thrive in Jharkhand, but all over India,” says Siddharth Tripathi, a 1999-batch IFS officer.

As Khairi’s foster parent, Saroj Raj Choudhury would feed her with his hands, play with her and even sleep with her mighty paws on his chest.

“Locals start seeing wildlife and animals as their enemy. Our job is to create a narrative that these animals are not their enemies.”

The success of Tulip gardens like these can ensure border districts like Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand can offer the necessary economic incentives for people not to migrate and strengthen their own region.

“They risk their lives everyday working in difficult terrains and braving myriad hostile elements – poachers, encroachers, smugglers, mafias, human-wildlife conflict, health hazards in the form of water-borne diseases, forest fires and of course, accidental deaths by wild animals.”

This first-of-its-kind conservation effort is completely eco-friendly — and being done at a height of nearly 11,000 feet above sea level. #IFS #Innovation

Moreover, his initiative has helped around 1000 tribal households get employment. They are involved in all the processes of the project - right from procurement of material to assembling and the packaging of the product.

"There seems to be something about India's soil that inspires conservation and humbles man,” wrote Padma Shri Kailash Sankhala, better known as India's Tiger Man. #UnsungHeroes

"Sanjay Kumar Singh's dedication to serve the poorest of the poor was uncompromising. He wanted to do something for the deprived. And the people loved him for it," says his father Ghanshyam Singh.

A total of 88 candidates have been recommended by Union Public Service Commission against the total of 90 reported vacancies.