Wildlife Trust of India

What Wildlife Trust of India does

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is an Indian non-profit wildlife conservation organization founded in 1998 and headquartered in Noida, with a pan-India operational footprint across 23 states and 40+ active projects delivered by a multidisciplinary team of 200+ conservation biologists, wildlife veterinarians, sociologists, lawyers, and field staff. Its core programs span species recovery (gharial, elephant, hangul, markhor, wild buffalo, turtles), wildlife rescue and rehabilitation through the CWRC and CBRC centres, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, wildlife corridor securement under the Right of Passage initiative, protected area recovery, and enforcement support via the HAWK crime management system (now API-linked to the District Court Management System) and the Van Rakshak frontline training program. The technology layer includes the HAWK cloud-based wildlife crime database, ANIDERS solar-powered intrusion detection and repellent devices, the Varudai mobile survey application, and a maps portal for corridor visualization.

WTI is funded entirely through donations, CSR partnerships with large Indian corporates (Dr. Reddy's, HCL Foundation, Tata Chemicals, Royal Enfield, Tata Trusts, SBI Foundation, Apollo Tyres, Oracle), and institutional grants from international bodies including IUCN, IFAW, World Land Trust, Chester Zoo, and the Darwin Initiative, with more than 80% of funds directed to on-the-ground conservation action. Its go-to-market is built on direct project implementation in partnership with state forest departments, community-based intervention through networks such as the Emergency Relief Network (50+ members) and Primary Response Teams, and capacity-building programs for forest staff and judiciary. Recent strategic moves include the establishment of the first Center for Species Survival in South Asia (CSS: India, 2023) and the Center for Species Survival: Asian Elephant (2025) in partnership with IUCN SSC, making WTI the regional anchor for IUCN's species survival coordination in South Asia.

Name

Wildlife Trust of India

Legal name

Wildlife Trust of India

Website

https://wti.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Wildlife Trust of India is a non-profit conservation organization, founded in 1998, that delivers species recovery, wildlife rescue, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, corridor securement, and enforcement support programs across 23 Indian states in partnership with government forest departments, corporate CSR donors, and international institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conservation & Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (BPAGAIAI), Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation & Release (BPAGAIAC), Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

Keywords

• Wildlife conservation services
• Habitat protection programs
• Species recovery initiatives
• Human-wildlife conflict mitigation
• Wildlife rehabilitation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Noida

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual donations through website donation portal (donation.wti.org.in). More than 80% of funds raised are used directly for Conservation Action.
2. Corporate CSR Partnerships: Partnerships with corporations for conservation projects under Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. Companies include Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, HCL Foundation, Tata Chemicals, Royal Enfield, and others.
3. International Institutional Funding: Grants from international organizations including IUCN, World Land Trust, Chester Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Network, and government-to-government funding mechanisms.
4. Government Partnerships: Collaborations with various state forest departments and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for joint conservation initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Wildlife Trust of India is a non-profit conservation organization that delivers wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and species recovery services across India. It operates dedicated wildlife rehabilitation centers (CWRC and CBRC), mobile veterinary units, and an Emergency Relief Network for animal emergencies. The organization also deploys technology systems such as the HAWK wildlife crime management platform and ANIDERS animal intrusion detection devices to support enforcement and human-wildlife conflict mitigation, working primarily through partnerships with state forest departments.

Product overview

Wildlife Trust of India operates as a conservation NGO offering a diverse portfolio of programs rather than a unified software product. The core offerings span wildlife rescue and rehabilitation (through CWRC and CBRC facilities, Mobile Veterinary Services, and Emergency Relief Network), species-specific recovery programs (gharial, elephant, markhor, hangul, wild buffalo, turtles, amphibians), wildlife corridor securement under the Right of Passage initiative, human-wildlife conflict mitigation services, enforcement support through the HAWK crime management system and Van Rakshak training, protected area recovery projects, land securement under Wild Lands, and the Center for Species Survival India partnership with IUCN. Technology tools include the HAWK database management system with e-court API integration, ANIDERS solar-powered wildlife detection devices, Varudai mobile survey applications, and a maps portal for corridor visualization. Programs are delivered through government partnerships, field staff, community volunteers, and rehabilitation facilities across 23 states in India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Center for Species Survival: India (CSS: India) A collaborative partnership between the IUCN Species Survival Commission and WTI, established in 2023 as the first Center for Species Survival in South Asia. Facilitates species status assessments using IUCN Red List methodology and coordinates conservation action plans for endangered species.
• Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) Cloud-based Information Management System that manages interlinked databases of wildlife crime, wildlife criminals, and wildlife mortality. Helps officials analyze information and develop actionable intelligence to prevent wildlife crimes and curb Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Includes e-court integration for digitized judiciary-linked wildlife offence management.
• Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) Multi-species rehabilitation facility near Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in Assam, jointly managed with the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of Assam. Has released nearly 4,000 displaced wildlife back to suitable habitats.
• Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) Dedicated rehabilitation facility for rescued milk-dependent Asiatic black bears near Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, jointly established with the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Has successfully released more than 40 rescued bear cubs back to the wild.
• Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) Mobile veterinary service units stationed at Protected Areas in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Odisha. Facilitates safe and prompt return of displaced wild animals to their habitat, conducts health management of captive elephant populations, disease surveillance, and post-mortem investigations.
• Emergency Relief Network (ERN) Network of over 50 individuals and organisational members across India who respond to animal emergencies during natural or man-made disasters. Members are supported technically through capacity-building workshops and financially to execute wildlife rescue operations.
• Species Recovery Programs Portfolio of species-specific recovery programs including Kashmir Markhor Recovery Project, Hangul Recovery Project, Gandak Gharial Recovery Project, Central India Wild Buffalo Recovery, White Winged Duck Recovery Project, Amphibian Recovery Project, and Pan-India Testudines Project. Uses improved techniques, intensive management, conservation breeding, reintroduction and restocking.
• Rapid Action Projects (RAP) Short-term funding mechanism providing rapid monetary and technical aid up to Rs 300,000 to individuals, communities and organisations to address emergent conservation threats. Has supported over 800 conservation initiatives across 28 states and 8 union territories.
• Van Rakshak Project (Guardians of the Wild) Training and capacity building program for frontline forest field staff covering wildlife and criminal law, court procedures and ethical law enforcement practices. Also includes pan-India NGO Supplementary Accident Assurance scheme for ex-gratia coverage of frontline wildlife staff.
• Varudai Mobile Application Android-based mobile application used for wildlife surveys. Enables real-time data transfer during field surveys, as demonstrated in the synchronized Nilgiri Tahr population survey across 177 survey blocks in the Western Ghats.
• ANIDERS (Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System) Solar-powered detection and repellent device deployed to deter wildlife (particularly tigers) from straying into human settlements. Uses sensors to trigger light and sound alarms, covering 25-30 metre range at 180-degree angles without harming animals.
• Wild Lands Program Land securement strategy targeting 200,000 hectares of critical habitats outside traditional protected area system. Includes habitat linkages, wetlands, mangroves, grasslands, Important Bird Areas and sacred groves. Projects include Garo Green Spine Conservation, Kannur Kandal Mangrove Restoration, Sarus Habitat Securement, Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery, and Forgotten Cats of Shergaon.
• Conflict Mitigation Programs Portfolio of human-wildlife conflict mitigation initiatives including Rapid Response Teams, Primary Response Teams, community-led barriers, early warning detection measures, and nature interpretation hubs. Components include Terai Tiger Project, Sundarbans Tiger Project, Wayanad Conflict Mitigation Project, and Central India Conflict Mitigation Project.

Quantifiable outcome

• 57,681 animal lives saved through rescue and rehabilitation
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner supporting wildlife rehabilitation centers CWRC and CBRC, Greater Manas Recovery Project, and Van Rakshak Project for frontline staff training
• IUCN SSCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for IUCN Species Survival Commission activities, hosting CSS: India and CSS: Asian Elephant centers; Vivek Menon serves as IUCN SSC Chair
• World Land TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Garo Green Spine Conservation Project in Meghalaya, Kannur Kandal Mangrove Project in Kerala, and Sarus Crane conservation in Uttar Pradesh
• Chester ZoocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting predator-proof pens project near Valmiki Tiger Reserve, contributing to human-wildlife conflict mitigation
• Wildlife Conservation Network - Pangolin Crisis FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting Countering Pangolin Trafficking Project in Manipur and Nagaland along Indo-Myanmar border
• NTT DatacoreTechnology or IntegrationSupported development and deployment of HAWK (Hostile Activity Watch Kernel) system for wildlife crime management in Kerala
• Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project in Gujarat, part of C-SCAPES initiative for marine conservation
• FelisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting Forgotten Cats of Shergaon project for small cat species conservation in Arunachal Pradesh
• Project Elephant (MoEFCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment of India initiative partnered for elephant corridor securement across 11 states under Right of Passage program
• Columbus Zoo and AquariumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Center for Species Survival: Asian Elephant initiative in Odisha
• Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Greater Manas Recovery Project in Assam
• Human Elephant Learning Programmes (HELP) FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for international training on elephant welfare at Manas National Park
• Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate ChangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for National Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Strategy, Project Elephant, and various conservation initiatives
• Various State Forest DepartmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with forest departments of Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and others for conservation projects

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WWF-India: WWF-India is India's largest and most established wildlife conservation NGO operating across species recovery, habitat protection and policy advocacy. It directly competes with WTI for CSR funding, government partnerships and species-level conservation mandates across India.
• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): BNHS is one of India's oldest conservation and natural history organizations, working on species research, citizen science and habitat conservation with strong pan-India presence — a close peer in scale, mission and Indian donor base.
• Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF): NCF is an India-based conservation research and action NGO focused on landscapes, species and human-wildlife coexistence. Its conflict mitigation and community-based work directly overlaps WTI's Conflict Mitigation division.
• Wildlife SOS: Wildlife SOS operates wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conflict mitigation programs across India, including bear and elephant conservation — directly comparable to WTI's Wild Rescue, CWRC and CBRC operations.
• International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): IFAW is a long-term WTI partner supporting CWRC, CBRC, Greater Manas Recovery Project and Van Rakshak. As an international animal welfare NGO with India operations, it is both a peer and a strategic collaborator on flagship projects.

Broad incumbents

• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): WCS is a global wildlife conservation NGO with a long-running India program focused on species recovery, protected area management and wildlife health — overlapping directly with WTI's species recovery and protected area recovery divisions.

Regional players

• Wildlife Institute of India (WII): WII is India's premier government-affiliated wildlife research and training institution under MoEFCC. It serves as both an academic collaborator and a competitor for training, research grants and protected area advisory mandates.

Emerging players

• World Land Trust: World Land Trust is an international land conservation NGO partnering with WTI on Garo Green Spine, Kannur Kandal Mangrove and Sarus Crane projects. It is a peer in the land securement and habitat acquisition niche where WTI's Wild Lands division competes for global conservation funding.
• Panthera: Panthera is a global wild cat conservation NGO with active India programs on tigers, snow leopards and small cats — overlapping with WTI's Forgotten Cats of Shergaon and Central India Conflict Mitigation projects.

Others

• TRAFFIC: TRAFFIC is the global wildlife trade monitoring network, a WWF–IUCN joint program. It overlaps with WTI's Enforcement & Law division and HAWK system in combating illegal wildlife trade, and is both a peer and a complementary NGO.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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