He was the first civil servant to receive the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1969 to study the tiger and in 1992 he was awarded the country's highest civil honour, the Padma Shri by the President of India.
He was the first civil servant to receive the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1969 to study the tiger. He was awarded the country's highest civil honour by the President of India. This was in 1992. The Padma Shri was the country's highest civil honour.