tamilnadu Wetland
The Government has constituted State Wetland Authority vide the G.O. (Ms).No. 148 Environment and Forests (FR5) Department, dated 26.11.2018 as follows
| Sl No | Name of Post | Designation in the Committee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hon’ble Minister (Forests) | Chairperson |
| 2 | Chief Secretary to Government | Vice – Chairperson |
| 3 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Environment and Forests Department | Member ex-officio |
| 4 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department | Member ex-officio |
| 5 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat RajDepartment | Member ex-officio |
| 6 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Public Works Department | Member ex-officio |
| 7 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries Department | Member ex-officio |
| 8 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department | Member ex-officio |
| 9 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Revenue and Disaster Management Department | Member ex-officio |
| 10 | Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board | Member ex-officio |
| 11 | Professor and Director, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University | Member ex-officio |
| 12 | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden | Member ex-officio |
| 13 | Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Bio-diversity Board | Member ex-officio |
| 14 | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change | Member ex-officio |
| 15 | Chief Conservator of Forests | Member Secretary |
| 16 | Under clause (xvii) of the Rule 5(1) of the Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017 One expert each in the fields of Ecology, Hydrology, Fisheries, Landscape Planning and Socio-economics: (1). Dr. Balaji Narasimhan, Associate Professor, Environment and Water Resources Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai ( Expert in Hydrology) (2). Dr. Goplakrishnan, Director, Central Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi (Expert in Fisheries) | Members |