Green Inspirational Experiences in Forest Services

Mr D Raveendranathan, IFS (Retd), was recruited as Forest Range Officer in the year 1970 by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. Initially he served as Forest Range Officer in Government Rubber Plantations, Keeriparai; Plantation Ranges in Gandamanur and Kodaikanal. He was in charge of Srivilliputtur, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli and Shencottai territorial Ranges. He was posted in the Social Forestry Ranges of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi Districts. He was promoted as Assistant Conservator of Forests and deputed as Divisional Manger in the Arasu Rubber corporation in the year 1991, then as Wildlife warden in the Grizzled giant squirrel sanctuary Srivilliputtur. Further he was posted as Deputy Director in the Kalakkadu Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, then posted as Regional Manager in the Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation, Villupuram. He was promoted as Deputy Conservator of Forests in 1999 and posted as Divisional Forest Officer in Vellore. He was conferred IFS and posted as District Forest Officer, Tirunelveli, Divisional Forest Officer Ramanathapuram and finally at Tirunelveli Social Forestry Division. He retired from service on 28 February-2007 in the IFS- Junior Administrative Grade Deputy Conservator of Forests.Jump into the real-life, thrilling experiences of a forest officer that include the apprehension of the people involved in forest-related crimes, eviction of encroachments from the unruly mob, near-death encounters with forest animals, management of labor during strikes and agitations in rubber plantations among others. Green Inspirational Experiences in Forest Services highlights the training imparted to forest officers along with other educational content regarding trees in the forest and their uses.