[2] He served also as Chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI); Dir-Gen CAPART; Dir.
and Regional Co-ordinator WWF Tiger Conservation Programme (TCP).
Trustee The Corbett Foundation, member National Forest Commission, Indian Institute of Forest Management Society, International Tropical Timber Organization, Madhya Pradesh State Wildlife Board until 2006[1][3] He joined Indian Administrative Services in 1961 and served in various important posts like Secretary for Forests & Tourism in Madhaya Pradesh 1970-1973, Director Wildlife Preservation 1973-1975.
[4][5] Further, reintroduction of the cheetah in India as a policy was implemented upon advisory papers submitted by MK Ranjitsinh Jhala and Divyabhanusinh Chavda.
They presented their papers after through research on how to go about bringing cheetahs back to India.