Prashant Agrawal’s Book ‘Bringing the Cheetah Back to India’ Published on August 2, 2026

Key facts

• The full title of the book is ‘Bringing the Cheetah Back to India: How Diplomacy Made Conservation’s Big Mission Possible’.
• The book is authored by Prashant Agrawal, India’s former High Commissioner to Namibia.
• The book was published by Hachette India on August 2, 2026.
• The book has 224 pages and is priced at ₹599.
• The book presents an insider’s account of Project Cheetah, the effort to reintroduce cheetahs to India after an absence of seven decades.
• The cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952.
• Eight cheetahs arrived in Kuno on September 17, 2022, after the original target date of August 15, 2022 was missed.
• During President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Botswana in November 2025, Botswana agreed to send eight additional cheetahs to India, and they arrived in February 2026.
• By March 2026, India’s cheetah population had risen to 53, including 33 cubs born on Indian soil.