DKL Subject File No.220

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Name of the Collection	Dhriti Kanta Lahiri Choudhury
Folder/Categories	I. Subject Files, 1881-2016
Sub-folder/Sub-category	E. Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1964-2016
File No. /Acc. No.	220
Abstract	Letters and postcards exchanged among D.K. Lahiri Choudhury, Lyn de Alwis, Charles Santiapillai, J.C. Daniel, Samar Singh, Alan Rodgers, S.C. Dey, R. Sukumar and others regarding matters such as: election of Lyn de Alwis as chairman of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC) for 1985-1988; meeting of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AESG) on 5-9 November, 1985 at Bandipur Tiger Reserve; AESG meeting in Bogor, Indonesia in May 1992; AESG meeting in Bangkok, Thailand in March 1996; AESG newsletter; Asian Elephant Action Plan; establishment of a secretariat for AESG; translocation of elephants; White Black Buck; Gajah journal etc. Includes �Recommendations of the AEG Meeting at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, India�, inaugural and two other issue of ASEG Newsletter (IUCN), �Note on the proposed workshop on elephant count techniques, desirability in Indonesia�, �The IUCN Species Survival Commission: A Member�s Guide� etc. Also, includes Charles Santiapillai�s review of the book titled The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Elephants and an �Action Plan for Asian Elephant Conservation: a country by country analysis�, compiled by Charles Santiapillai
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Keywords	Asian Elephant Specialist Group; IUCN; SSC; Bandipur Tiger Reserve; Bogor; Indonesia; Bangkok; Thailand; White Black Buck
Start Date “Period From”	1985
End Date “Period To”	1998
Extent	313 pp.
Item type/Format	Handwritten, Cyclostyled, Typed & Printed
Language	English
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Donor	Sheila Lahiri Choudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, Debjani Das
Donation Date	2021
Custodian	Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana
Right/Copyright	Donor