![]() ![]() I returned to the university as a lecturer in March 1978, and also decided to do my PhD in hydrobiology of the river Ganga. During my leisure time there, I started spending more time near the river to watch the animals, and my interest in them only deepened. But clearly inclined to know more about them, I visited the place on some more occasions just to catch a glimpse of these creatures.Ī few years later, in 1970, I enrolled as a student at Patna University, which is situated on the bank of the Ganges. This was only my first encounter with the dolphins. Filled with curiosity, I asked my family members and other villagers about the animal, and they said it was the sos gharial-the Gangetic Dolphin. It was then that I first noticed a large number of animals coming out of the water and going back inside. (Dr RK Sinha)īack when I was 8 or 9 years old, I first came to the river Ganga for the last rites of my grandmother. Ravindra Kumar Sinha with his team creating Mass Awareness during Chhath Festival in River Ganga at Patna. What inspired you to take up Gangetic dolphin conservation as your life’s mission? On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, Dr Sinha elaborates on his long journey, and how he started his quest to know everything about dolphins back when ‘Google searching’ on the internet was not an option. ![]() For his valuable work, he was felicitated with the prestigious Padma Shri award of India in 2016. Popularly known as the Dolphin Man of India, Dr Sinha also designated these marine mammals as the National Aquatic Animal of India. And over the years, Dr Sinha has played an instrumental role in the Gangetic Dolphin conservation in India. Since then, he has spent decades of his life gathering literature from across the world to understand these mammals. This was the case for Dr Ravindra Kumar Sinha, who was attracted to Dolphins right from the age of 8.ĭr Sinha started his journey when little was known about these majestic creatures in the 1970s. It is said that the passion to know certain things develops right from childhood. ![]()
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