Scientist Sacked For Supporting Tribal Rights

Officially, the NGO has asked Chellam to sign on a separation agreement but sources said that he was given a 'leave or be thrown out' notice by the group which has a close affiliation with the New York-based and internationally operational NGO which goes by the same name -- Wildlife Conservation Society. Chellam was contracted directly to the New York-based NGO.

Chellam had earlier accepted to be one of the non-official members on the committee set up by Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh to review the implementation of the Forest Rights Act - a piece of legislation many wildlife conservation groups have steadily opposed along with a substantial element within the forest bureaucracy. Read the full report here.

Source: Nitin Sethi, Times of India, New Delhi.