Mr. Arvind Madhav Singh

Mr. Arvind Madhav Singh is a retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch from Assam segment of Assam Meghalaya Cadre. Mr Singh retired from the post of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Head of the Forest Force (HoFF), Forest Department, Govt. of Assam (Jan,2019 – June 2021).

A man of dynamic personality, he had done Masters in Geology from Lucknow University and M. Phil in Internal Strategy & Security from Chennai University.

During his illustrious service period of more than 35 years , he rendered services to many posts in Centre Government as well as in State Government , some of them are PCCF & HoFF, Assam, Chairman, Pollution Control Board, Assam, Joint Secretary to Government of India, Inspector General of Forests (IGF) & Deputy Inspector General of Forests,(DIG) in Ministry of Environment & Forests& Climate Change (2009-2013), Govt. of India, Professor, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, (2003-2007) etc. He had conducted more than 100 in-service courses for senior IFS officers and organised many theme-based training workshops.

He is working as Director General, Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests (NCCF), a not-for-profit organization, mandated for diverse conservation activities and development of certification standards for various constituents of our natural resource base. He is actively involved in the promotion and review of sustainability standards, capacity building, liaising with the PEFC Secretariat as the representative of PEFC – National Governing Body from India and policy advocacy with the concerned ministries and state governments.