The Great Indian Elephant Book: An Anthology of Writings on Elephants in the Raj

Dhriti K. Lahiri-Choudhury is an unlikely elephant expert.  He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Leeds University.  He was Professor and Head, Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.  In his parallel life as elephant specialist, he is a membegr of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservations of Nature (IUCN).  He was a member of the task force outlining Indias 'Project Epephant', and, later, its coordinator for eastern and north-eastern India.  He writes in both English and Bengali.  His published work on elephants includes (as editor) The Great Indian Elephant Book; (in Bengali) Hati O Banjangaler Katha (Tales of Elephants and Forests); as well as technical manuals, scientific reports, and popular writings.