Sanjoy Deb Roy Papers
Content Description
The collection consists of papers belonging to Sanjoy Deb Roy, an IFS(Indian Forest Service) officer. It includes his letters, greetings and postcards, and family records. It also contains reports, minutes or agendas of meetings, and photos. Additionally, it has documents of the Project Tiger, Corbett National Park and WII materials.
The collection has been arranged into 4 series.
Series 1 titled Conservation in India contains adminsitrative documents, correspondence, project reports, proposals and papers related to specific projects, committees and roles that Deb Roy was part of. Each sub-series is titled after an organisation, theme or project that Deb Roy had worked with as a consultant, lead or as a member.
Series 2 is titled Administration. It contains documents related to Deb Roy's service in the IFS as well as documents related to his association with the Corbett Foundation.
Series 3 titled Biodata, Ephemera and Personal includes Deb Roy's writings, personal correspondence as well as awards and tributes related to him.
Series 4 is titled Photographs. It contains photos taken during events and documents Deb Roy's time in IFS, especially events related to Project Tiger in India.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1979 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.
Biographical / Historical
Sanjoy Deb Roy was a wildlife protector who worked as an admistrator in the Forest Services in India. He was the head of the Assam Forest Department as well as the Director of the Kaziranga National Park for three years. He was promoted as Chief Wildlife Warden, and was deputed to the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests as the Inspector General of Forests (Wildlife). He retired in 1992. After that, he worked as a consultant and served on several committees in India. He was on four International Union of Conservation and Nature’s (IUCN) Species Specialist Groups (SSGs). Deb Roy served as an advisor to the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA’s) Tigers in Crisis campaign.
Full Extent
5.5 Linear Feet (11 Archival Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Hindi
Bengali
Assamese
Arrangement
The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders within sub-series are arranged usually in chronological or alphabetical order. See Scope and Content section for details.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Taksh S, Archival Intern, Archives at NCBS along with Anjali Ramachandran.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
+9180 6717 6010
+9180 6717 6011
archives@ncbs.res.in