Biswajit Rai Chaudhuri

Founder

Founder of Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)

Biswajit Rai Chaudhuri is the founder of Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)[1], an Indian non-profit working on environment and animals from Kolkata.

Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)

NEWS works to protect vulnerable wildlife and restore habitats across West Bengal, combining scientific research, community-based conservation and policy advocacy to promote sustainable livelihoods alongside ecological protection.

Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) reports the following, on its own site:

386,677 mangrove saplings planted along approximately 85 hectares of the Mayiladuthurai coastline in Tamil Nadu in 2024-25 (with Axis Bank Limited), with around 400 local participants including school students
298 Water User Associations formed in Jalpaiguri district engaging 9,730 members under the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (WBADMIP) in 2024-25