Background
Khachar was born on 24 February 1931 in the royal family of the former princely state of Jasdan, Gujarat, India.
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Lavkumar Khachar
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He was educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot and completed his Bachelor of Science
Career
From Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi. He later taught biology and geography at Rajkumar College in 1956. His involvement in ornithology began in the 1950s and was associated with other ornithologists like Salim Ali, Humayun Abdulali and Zafar Futehally.
He was closely associated with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund) India.
He was funded by World Wildlife Fund to conceive and initiated the nature education movement in 1976. He also served as director of the Nature Discovery Centre at the Centre for Environment Education ( Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment) in 1984.
He advocated and worked in the creation of Marine National Park in Gulf of Kutch, the first marine national park in India. He was involved in wildlife conservation of Gir Forest also.
He worked for education and involvement of youth in nature conservation.
He died on 2 March 2015 at Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He had prostate cancer. He also received Certificate of Merit from His Royal Highness Prince Philip.
Achievements
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He was the founder of the Hingolgadh Nature Conservation Education Sanctuary created by Jasdan royal family. He was awarded the Salim Ali – Loke Wan Tho Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Ornithology for his contribution in the field of conservation of birds and their habitat. He was also awarded Venu Menon Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Membership
He was a member of Delhi Bird Club.
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India