Nuggehalli Jayasimha is the Director of Humane Society International, managing HSI’s programs in India related to farm animal welfare, wildlife, and animals used in research. He is a Member-at-Large of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), and is a member of the editorial, legal and farm animal welfare subcommittee of the Board. He served as a member of a Drafting Committee of the AWBI to suggest amendments to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960. He received a law degree from Bangalore University and is enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.
Year: 2016