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J.C. Daniel was the Curator/Director of the Bombay Natural History Society for over thirty years and continues to be the Executive Editor of the Society's Journal. He was a member of the Steering Committee and Regional Representative of the Indian Board for Wildlife, Govt. of India; a Vice-Chairman of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union; Chairman of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group and member of the Marine Turtle and Crocodile Specialist groups (SSC-WCU). He was a member of the Governing Council of the Wildlife Institute of India and of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History. He is an Honorary Member and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bombay Natural History Society (and is presently its Honorary Secretary). He was given the Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit by the IUCN in 1988, Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puruskar for 1997 by Govt. of India and the ABN Amro Millennium Sanctuary Award for Lifetime Service to Conservation. He has compiled books on the natural history of the Leopard, Elephant and the Tiger.

J.C. Daniel was the Curator/Director of the Bombay Natural History Society for over thirty years and continues to be the Executive Editor of the Society's Journal. He was a member of the Steering Committee and Regional Representative of the Indian Board for Wildlife, Govt. of India; a Vice-Chairman of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union; Chairman of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group and member of the Marine Turtle and Crocodile Specialist groups (SSC-WCU). He was a member of the Governing Council of the Wildlife Institute of India and of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History. He is an Honorary Member and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bombay Natural History Society (and is presently its Honorary Secretary). He was given the Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit by the IUCN in 1988, Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puruskar for 1997 by Govt. of India and the ABN Amro Millennium Sanctuary Award for Lifetime Service to Conservation. He has compiled books on the natural history of the Leopard, Elephant and the Tiger.