Prakash Gole Papers

Content Description

This accession consists of official and personal letters, notices, administration documents, project reports, newspaper cuttings, reference documents, booklets, photographs (photographic prints, microfilm slides and negatives), data sheets, and handwritten manuscripts of his articles. Most of the material is dated between 1983-2022. These documents had belonged to Prakash Gole, who was an ornithologist and an environmentalist. Gole held a master’s degree in Economics and worked for the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics for some time after graduation. He had also written a book on Indian history during the same period. In 1963, he started a group called Outward Bound Pioneers Club, where he started his work in environmental conservation and education. His key contributions include establishing the Ecological Society in 1982, which runs a one-year diploma course in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. Gole has also worked with ornithologist Salim Ali. A very rare bird, Black Necked Crane, which was declared extinct from India by Salim Ali, was found by Gole in Arunachal Pradesh around the late 1980s. His work on Sarus Cranes, Siberian Cranes, and Wetland conservation is respected the world over. Gole was also interested in ecological restoration and ecological planning. He worked on the restoration project in Panshet catchment area and on other ecological projects with the government of Maharashtra.

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