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Dr. S.M. Nair is the founder Director of the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi. He also developed regional museums of Natural History at Mysore, Bhopal and Bhubaneswar. He served these institutions for more than 20 years. As an eminent Museologist and Environment Educator of international repute he was on the faculty of the Department of Museology, M.S. university of Baroda, the Department of Museum studies of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan and was Director (Education) WWF – India and Senior advisor, Center for Environment Education and Center for Media studies, New Delhi. He was also a member of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, South Asia project.Dr. Nair has been Presedent of the International Committee Natural History Museums of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). He is the recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship and the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship in the field of Museology and the Distinguished Scientist award of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, govt. of India. He was given the Life Time Achievement Award by the Museums Association of India in the Year 2010.