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Samar Singh was a member of the Indian Administration service from 1962 to 2000. He has held several senior positions in Madhya Pradesh. His carde state, and with the Government of India, Where he worked first in the Ministry of Agriculture and then in the Ministry of Environment & Forests. Thereafter, from 1993 to 2000 he was on deputation as the Secretary-General of the World Wide Fund for nature-India (WWF-India), and retired at the level of secretary to the Government of India. A recipient of the ‘Order of the Golden Ark’, an international award for exceptional work done in the field of nature conservation, he has authored, among others, Conserving India’s natural Heritage (1987), World Charter for nature (200), religion and Conservation (2000) and maintenance of Public order (2004). Presently, he is the president of WPA-India, the samarpan Foundation and the Tourism & Wildlife Society of India and is associated with several other conservation bodies, including the Foundation for ecological security.