Wildlife Institute of India, located in Dehradun, is an internationally acclaimed Institution. It offers training program, academic courses and advisory in wildlife research and management. The Institute is actively engaged in research across the breadth of the country on biodiversity related issues. The Institute's idyllic campus that has been carefully developed to create state of the art infrastructure encourages scholarly work. The institute aims to nurture the development of wildlife science and promote its application in conservation, in consonants with our cultural and socio-economic milieu. The institute aims to build up scientific knowledge of wildlife resources by training personnel at various levels for conservation and management of wildlife. It has collaborated with international organizations on wildlife research, management and training and aims to develop as a regional centre of international importance on wildlife and natural resource conservation.
Establishment Year |
1982 |
College Type |
Autonomous |
Director of the Institute |
Dr. V. B. Mathur |
Approval |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India |
Institutes Under Wildlife Institute of India |
1 |
Total number of departments |
8 |
Total Faculty Members |
36 |
Total number of Books |
25,958 |
Campus Residents |
164 |
How to Reach |
10 kms. from the main city |
Member of IUCN- The Wildlife Institute of India is one of the 29 members of IUCN, which coordinates activities in India for evolving common approaches on nature conservation
Tie-ups with International Organizations- The Wildlife Institute of India has tie-ups with various international organizations, for providing the best knowledge to the students
Well-equipped Research Laboratory- The laboratory extends technical inputs in teaching, training and analytical fields to research projects and ongoing training programmes of the Institute and is equipped with various basic and modern equipments
State-of-the-art campus- Wildlife Institute of India has a great infrastructure and uses the latest technologies in the field