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A.K. Bhattacharya is an Indian Forest Service officer of 1983 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is presently an Associate Professor and Conservator of Forests in Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Dr. Bhattacharya is Post Doctoral in Environmental Sciences and has contributed a large number of articles in national and international journals on a range of topics related to forestry and environment. Also, he has to his credit a book on 'Kandhar Plane Hijack', based on his own experience as a hostage. His main contrbitutions to the field of eco-tourism include organising capacity building workshops and training courses for the local authorities of various concerned departments, communities and NGOs, extending professional support to the State Government for promotion of eco-tourism, supervising research works on eco-tourism related topics, and preparing Eco-tourism Management Plans for few protected areas.