Also known as The Tiger Man of Corbett Jolly has witnessed when India’s finest national park Hailey National Park was renamed as the Ramganga National Park and then in 1956 as the Corbett National Park and finally he saw Project Tiger being launched from the  Corbett Tiger Reserve in 1973.

Jolly has never known fear and never will. While serving with the forest department he has caught several poachers and has caught hunting army soldiers, a member of legislative assembly. In the Mohan forest he caught the son of a serving judge and cleared his misconception that he was above the law, he even booked a Wildlife Warden.

After his retirement as a Deputy Ranger 1993 he continued serving the jungles with more vigour by joining the Corbett Foundation. As the head tracker his job is to find cattle that have been hunted down by Tiger or Leopard and offer compensation to villagers under the instant relief scheme. This programme is the single most reason for very few cases of carcass poisoning by local inhabitants around Corbett and healthy Tiger and Leopard numbers not just in the Corbett Tiger Reserve but in the adjoining and vast reserve forests.

Respected and loved by villagers and forest staff he is a key link and has assisted numerous researchers. Those who accompany him believe that he speaks to Tigers and Leopards, his understanding of Tiger psychology is legendry. While inspecting kills on foot he has been charged by Tigers and has saved the lives of those accompanying him by calming them down and holding ground.

This grand old man will be difficult to replace from the web of life. To know more about the organisation that Jolly the Tiger man works for please log on to www.corbettfoundation.org.

He started the career with The Corbett Foundation, NGO that works for Wildlife Conservation. Main job responsibilities were to spread conservation awareness amongst locals. During the job with The Corbett Foundation worked with several schools and did many awareness programmes on regular basis with them. Worked with villagers and local communities for wildlife conservation and helped the tiger conservation programme of WWF-India, Mahaseer Conservation Programme of EPAC International and Medical Programme. (all above programme are the programmes of The Corbett Foundation). Helped in publication of quarterly Hindi and English newsletter on Corbett (published by The Corbett Foundation). Worked with Kids for Tigers Programme (Sanctuary Asia) as city coordinator. Worked with various other NGOs and Government departments during various occasions like wildlife week, animal census programme etc. Gave many conservation awareness talks to the Forest trainees of Kalagarh Training Centre, Corbett Tiger Reserve. Helped various students in their studies during their visit to Corbett.

Sanjay presently works with the Leisure Hotels and heads the Leisure Green team which does many cleaning drives in the area, wildlife awareness programmes in schools, and through the slide presentations try to raise awareness amongst tourists. Sanjay writes conservation related articles in daily newspaper and magazines and has never said no when we at SFMC gave a shout for some work.

Kindly visit Sanjay’s website for more info on www.jungleecorbett.com