Name

Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi

Date of Birth

15th October 1964

Educational Qualification

• M. Phil from Punjab University (First Division with Distinction) in Social Sciences, in 2020 (APPPA Course from IIPA, New Delhi).
• Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India in 1992
• M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Delhi, India in 1987.
• B.Sc.(Honours) in Botany from the University of Delhi, India in 1985.

Experience :

• Head of Forest Force-cum-Principal Chief Conservator of Forests as Head of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department, Shimla.
• Distinguished Fellow : The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
• National Monitor (Panchayati Raj) : National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi.
• Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force (HoFF), Tripura Forest Department.
• Principal Secretary Forests.
• Principal Secretary Science Technology & Environment.
• Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Department .
• Chairman, Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB).
• Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Tripura Forest Department.
• Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India
• Chief Conservator of Forests, Tripura Forest Department.
• Capacity Development Advisor, National Institution Building Project (NIBP), UNDP, Kabul, Afghanistan.
• Deputy Inspector General of Forests (DIGF) – International Cooperation and Forest Policy, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India.
• Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India at New Delhi.
• Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
• Director, Biotechnology, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of Tripura.
• Deputy Conservator of Forests, Research Division, Tripura Forest Department.
• Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kanchanpur Territorial Forest Division, North Tripura.
• Deputy Conservator of Forests, Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
• Deputy Conservator of Forests, Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
• Wildlife Warden, Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Joychandpur, South Tripura.
• Assistant Conservator of Forests, Udaipur Territorial Forest Division, South Tripura.