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mined areas and waste dumps. The Government of Rajasthan awarded him and also the Associated Stone Industries Ltd., Rajmanjmandi for the meritorious plantation work.
Since 1989 he is in the panel of Consultants in Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests (NAEB) and also the Ministry of Rural Development and Employment. On assignments from these Ministries he has so far carried out twenty nine evaluations and survival rate studies of tree planting, afforestation, soil conservation and watershed projects implemented by the District Rural Development Agencies, Divisional Forest Officers and Apex NGOs in Haryana, Punjab, Gujrat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. NAEB gives such assignments to retired forest officer not below the rank of Chief Conservator of Forests.
'Rajasthāna Ke Vanya Pasu', a book written jointly by him and late Shri Mahendra Prakash was first ever pictorial and descriptive documentation of wild animals of Rajasthan and was published by Public Relations Department, Government of Rajasthan. He has written over eighty technical and general articles published in prestigious dailies and journals and have presented papers in national and international seminars. At 74 he is agile and active more than those much younger in years and is continuing his writing hobby. He is associated with Digambara Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Shri Mahaveerji and other charitable and social welfare organisations.
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