Guwahati: Uttarakhand woman IFS officer Sonali Ghosh is the first woman, who took over the chagre as Field Director of Kaziranga National Park, which is 118 years old. She took charge from Jitendra Sharma on his superannuation.
Kajiranga is the largest home of the great one horned Rhino and presently has 2613 Rhinos in as per the census of this year. Kaziranga National Park is in Golaghat in Nayagaon District of Assam State.
This park hosts two-thirds of the World’s Indian Rhinoceroses as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The history of Kaziranga as a protected area can be traced back to 1904, when Mary Curzon, wife of Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, visited this area. This reserve forest was declared as Reserve Forest in 1905 having area of 232 square kilometres.
Sonali hails is a topper of the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. She joined IFS after doing her graduation from the Wildlife Institute of Dehradun. She is married to Chandra Bhushan an IAS officer presently serving with the Lt Governor of Delhi. They have a daughter, Lavaniya.
Sonali is the daughter of the late Col A K Ghosh and Seema Ghosh. Ghosh wws commissioned in June 1963 in the Corps of Engineers.
