Box MS-004 Box 15

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to J.R.B. Alfred, Zoological Survey of India. Dated April 1998. Includes comments on impact of nest collection on the Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Letter from Ravi Sankaran to J.R.B. Alfred, Zoological Survey of India. Dated 2 May 2003. Discusses exclusion of Edible-nest Swiftlet from Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act.

Letters from Ravi Sankaran to S. Baniwal. Dated 19/02/1998 and 04/03/1998. Requesting necessary support for project on endemic avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Correspondence between Ravi Sankaran and I.P. Gupta. Dated 29/06/1998 and 30/06/1998. Includes comments on report on Narcondam Hornbill and Narcondam Island.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Mr. Egbert Pelinck. Dated 17/02/1998. Includes comments on report on the Edible-nest Swiftlet in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Correspondences between Ravi Sankaran and Dr. M.K. Ranjitsinh, WWF Tiger Conservation Programme. Dated 02/04/1993- 16/06/1999. Discussions on the Project- Support to Biligiri Rangayyan Temple Wildlife Sanctuary.

Correspondences between Ravi Sankaran and Ranjit Talwar, WWF Tiger Conservation Programme. Dated 23/12/1998- 14/05/1999. Discussions pertaining to WWF TCP Report on Biligiri Rangayyan Temple Wildlife Sanctuary.

Letters from T.K. Bharathan to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 17/11/1999 and 24/11/1999. Includes DD for conservation programmes on Edible-nest Swiftlets.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Chief Secretary, Port Blair. Dated 19/04/1999. Concerning removal of goats from Narcondam Islands.

Letters from Charles T. Collins, California State University to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 29/06/1999- 25/07/1999. Discussions around reports and papers on Edible-nest Swiftlets.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Port Blair. Dated 07/04/1999. Concerning removal of goats from Narcondam Islands.

Correspondence between Ravi Sankaran and Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp. Dated 12/12/1993- 22/03/1999. Discussions around reports, proposals and grants for Lesser Florican and Nicobar Megapode studies.

Letter from Darryl Jones, Megapode Specialist Group, Australia to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 30/03/1999. Invites Sankaran to attend the Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress (and Megapode Symposium).

Letter from Satish Kumar, Aligarh Muslim University to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 13/03/1999. Comments on proposals made for project on mammalian ecology and requests copy of Sankaran's article on Megapode that appeared in Biological Conservation.

Letters from Vivek Menon, TRAFFIC India to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 23/08/1993 and 26/04/1999. Requesting slides on Sharks, Swiftlets, Miscellaneous poaching and trade.

Correspondence between Ravi Sankaran and Chief Wildlife Warden, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Dated 14/12/1995- 07/04/1999. Includes permission to study on Edible- nest Swiftlet, Nicobar Megapode and Andaman Teal.

Letters from H.S. Singh to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 11/08/1995 and 24/03/1999. Discussions on sighting of Lesser Floricans and review of interim report titled 'A Study on Indian sarus crane (Grus antigone antigone) in Gujarat state- with an emphasis on its current status in Kheda and Ahmedabad districts'

Letter from Amir Usmani, WWF Tiger Conservation Programme to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 02/06/1999. Includes enclosed DD of Rs. 7000.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Additional Director General of Meterology (Research), Pune. Dated 18/12/2000. Requesting data on 114 Stations.

Letter from Dr. J.F. Voisin, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 29/03/2000. Discusses reproducing a table from Sankaran's paper titled 'The decline of the Edible- nest Swiftlet in the Nicobar Islands'.

Letter from Sudarshan Rodriguez, UNDP to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 09/01/2002. Requests comments on draft of project titled 'Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Sustainable Island Biodiversity Management and Resource Development'.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Chief Conservator of Forests, Port Blair. Dated 25/07/2002- 21/02/2005. Concerning study on Edible-nest Swiftlets.

Letter from Deepak Apte, BNHS to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 19/11/2003. Discusses developing a training manual for the BNHS Green Governance Programme.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mayabunder. Dated 05/01/2005. Refers to protection of swiftlet caves at Chalis Ek, Pathi Level and Interview Island.

Letter from Gladwin Joseph to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 26/12/2005. Invites Sankaran to Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREEs) Research Seminar.

Letter from ManisH Shirish to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 17/01/2005. Includes permission to send the sony handycam by post to SACON for repairing.

Correspondence from University of Mumbai to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 06/12/2005 and 10/02/2006. Evaluation of PhD Thesis titled 'Ecology of Niligiri Laughing Thrush (Garrulax cachinnans) in Niligiris, Western Ghats'.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to R.P.S. Katwal. Dated 17/01/2006. Confirming attendance for Vulture workshop.

Letter from P.K. Mathur to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 04/01/2006. Invitation to Workshop- 'Management of Forests in India for Biological Diversity and Forest Productivity'

Letter from Dr. R.K. Suri, Ministry of Environment and Forests to Ravi Sankaran. Concerning the review of Sankaran's Project- Identification and Mapping of Lesser Floricans and Breeding Sites in Western India in the 2nd Technical and Financial Sub- Committee Meeting of the National Natural Resource Management System (NNRMS- SC- B); Letter from Pramod Krishnan (December 2007) regarding TA/DA for meeting on edible-nest swiftlets in Delhi.

Written In Hindi.

Written In Hindi.

Letter from I.R. Gadhvi to Ravi Sankaran. Includes reports and sightings on Lesser Floricans. The folder is undated.

Correspondence between Ravi Sankaran and Dr. Rahul Kaul, W.P.A International. Dated 26/07/1995- 10/08/1993. Discussions around Galliform studies.

Letter from Manohar Awati to Ravi Sankaran. Congratulating him on appearance on a T.V. Show.

Letter from Ravi Sankaran to Chris Perrins. The folder is undated. Includes comments on paper- Triggers and Stimuli in Male Bengal Florican Courtship Displays.

Letter from Dr. Suresh Ch. Pradhan to Ravi Sankaran. Requests reprint of article 'The distribution and status of the Lesser Florican sypheptides indica (J.F. Miller) in the Indian subcontinent. The folder is undated.

Written in Gujarati.

Letter from S.S. Samant, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development to Ravi Sankaran. Requesting contribution for Himalayan Biosphere Reserves (Biannual Bulletin).

Letter from C.S. Harikumar, Current Science to Ravi Sankaran. Requests review of manuscript titled 'Vocal Communication and territeroriality during the non-breeding season in a migrant warbler. The folder is undated.

Letter from Pankaj Sekhsaria, Kalpavriksh to Ravi Sankaran. Requests comments and suggestions on set of papers regarding violations in the Timber extraction Operation in Little Andaman Island. The folder is undated.

Letter from Sachin Tapasvi to Ravi Sankaran. Includes discussions on slide photography and sightings of various birds. The folder is undated.

Letters from Govind Vekaria to Ravi Sankaran. Dated 15/12/1995. Expresses graditude for enabling more knowledge on the Floricans and requests support on the issue of illegal allotment of land of Gir Lion Sanctuary to Kankeshwari Trust.

17 September 1994

October 1997

Reprint-- Animal Behaviour. Dated 04/11/1982.

Signed by S.M. Hasan, Director, Bandhavhgarh National Park.

Dated December 1995.

Issued in public interest by Bombay Natural History Society.

Issued by All India Network Project on Agricultural Ornithology.

Written in Hindi.

Newsclippings on various birds, animals and conservation measures.

Issued by Bombay Natural History Society. In English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Bengali, and others. The Pamphlet is referred to in MS004- 1- 3- 3- 7.

Letter enclosing Demand Draft (DD) of Rs. 100 for Ravi Sankar on his contribution for the BNHS Magazine, Hornbill.