Mr D Raveendranathan, IFS (Retd), was recruited as Forest Range Officer in the year 1970 by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. Initially he served as Forest Range Officer in Government Rubber Plantations, Keeriparai; Plantation Ranges in Gandamanur and Kodaikanal. He was in charge of Srivilliputtur, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli and Shencottai territorial Ranges. He was posted in the Social Forestry Ranges of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi Districts. He was promoted as Assistant Conservator of Forests and deputed as Divisional Manger in the Arasu Rubber corporation in the year 1991, then as Wildlife warden in the Grizzled giant squirrel sanctuary Srivilliputtur. Further he was posted as Deputy Director in the Kalakkadu Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, then posted as Regional Manager in the Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation, Villupuram.