Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Vantara Announces Independent Council To Oversee Conservation And Compliance
Vantara is an organization that rescues animals and works on conservation.
It has created a new council to oversee its work.
The council includes legal, wildlife, veterinary and conservation experts.
Justice Krishna Murari, a former Supreme Court judge, is one of the members.
Four other experts will also serve on the council.
Kushal Konwar Sarma will be an ex-officio member without voting rights.
The council will review future requests to bring wild animals into Vantara.
It will also help decide the organization’s plans for the coming years.
Vantara announced a new independent governing council to oversee its conservation, rescue and compliance work.
The council has five voting members and one ex-officio, non-voting member.
Members include former Supreme Court judge Justice Krishna Murari and wildlife experts from India and abroad.
The council will make final decisions on future applications to import wild animals.
It will also help establish Vantara’s vision for the next five years and beyond.
- Who
- Vantara and a six-member governing council comprising five voting members and ex-officio veterinarian Kushal Konwar Sarma.
- What
- Vantara announced the membership of an independent council to oversee its conservation, rescue and compliance work.
- When
- The announcement was reported on September 4; the year was not specified in the article.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- Why
- The council is intended to provide independent oversight, help implement Vantara’s commitments to the Indian CITES Management Authority, decide on future wild-animal import applications and guide its long-term vision.
- Organization
- Vantara, a not-for-profit animal welfare and conservation organization
- Council composition
- Five voting members and one ex-officio, non-voting member
- Chair or lead
- The article does not identify a chair
- Import decisions
- The council will take final decisions on future applications to import wild animals
- Planning role
- It will help set Vantara’s vision for the next five years and beyond
- Ex-officio member
- Kushal Konwar Sarma, a wildlife veterinarian
- Vantara CEO
- Vivaan Karani