Retired Forest Officer Rajendrasinh Chauhan is actively involved in the establishment of the only Bambusetum (a garden with a collection of Bamboo Plants) in Gujarat. The only Bambusetum of Gujarat has been raised by the Rajpipla Research Department in Singalkhanch village of Songadh taluka in Tapi district. On the occasion of World Bamboo Day on 18th September, it is important to know that at the time of the establishment of the Bamboo Species Research Center in the year 2006, Rajendrasinh Chauhan, a retired Forest Officer currently residing in Vadodara, was involved and has made a significant contribution in conservation and rearing of bamboo species. He can be considered the "Bamboo- Man of Gujarat". Informing that such Bambusetum has been planted in Dehradun and Trichy of Kerala in the country, Chauhan said that the initiative was taken under the guidance of Dr. H. S. Singh, a very knowledgeable forest officer of Gujarat and this has been successful. He informed that it began wi

Author-Shlok Talati