Local Stranding Networks And State Forest Departments
Gujarat
Forest Department: 079 232 54125
Contact: Dipani Sutaria
Phone: +91 8141080664
Wildlife Trust of India – Veraval
Contact: Faruq
Phone: +91 99045 65412
Surat Nature Club
Contact: Snehal Patel, Viral Prajapati
Phone: +91 9825110283, 9427630991
Wildlife Institute of India Dugong Program – Okha
Contact: Sameeha Pathan
Phone: +91 75674 42791
Maharashtra:
The Mangrove Foundation – Forest Department:022 265 91586
The Konkan Cetacean Research Team
Contact: Mihir Sule, Ketki Jog, Isha Bopardikar
Phone: +91 9920694051 (Mihir Sule)
Coastal Conservation Foundation
Contact: Shaunak Modi
Phone: +91 9820090299
Goa:
Forest Department: 0832 222 5926
ReefWatch
Contact: Dr Shantanu Kalambi
Phone: +91 7030463239
Terra Conscious
Contact: Puja Mitra
Phone: +91 – 8308600699
Karnataka:
Forest Department: 080-23341993
ReefWatch
Contact: Dr Shantanu Kalambi
Phone: +91 7030463239
Karnataka University, Department of Marine Biology
Contact: Dr Shivakumar Haragi
Phone: +91 9663037103
Kerala:
Forest Department:04712321610
Kerala university, Trivandrum
Contact: Prof Biju Kumar and Nishanth
Phone: +91 89218 65558 (Biju Sir) and +91 93881 52885 (Nishanth)
Lakshadweep Islands
Forest Department:+91 94471 93592
Tamil Nadu:
Forest Department:+91 94454 68040 and +91 44 2432 3783
Wildlife Institute of India, Gulf of Mannar Dugong program
Contact: Rukmini Sekar and Madhu Magesh
Phone: +91 86086 01718 (Madhu) and +91 95001 85039
OMCAR Foundation
Contact: Balaji
Phone: +91 93605 48117
Students’ Sea Turtle Conservation Network
Contact: Rahul Muralidharan-9962428863,
Akila Balu-9940300200 and Kumaran Sathasivam-9841587816
TREE Foundation
Contact: Supraja Dharini
Phone: +91 94440 52242
Pondicherry:
Forest Department: 0413 2204808
SAICE (Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education)
Contact: Shilpin Patel
Phone: +91 890987 36576
Orissa:
Forest Department: 0674-2564587
Dakshin Foundation
Contact: Muralidharan
Phone: +91 8861750457
Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago:
Forest Department: 03192-244664
Andaman Cetacean Monitoring Network
Contact: Mahi Mankeshwar
Phone: +91 9422579999
Nature Conservation Foundation
Contact: Elrika D’Souza
Phone: +91 95318 03245
Wildlife Institute of India Dugong program
Contact: Swapnali Gole
Phone: +91 95039 66849