Celebration of National Wildlife Week 2023
Day 1 Talk on Asiatic Black Bear Conservation
Date: 04.10.2023 Time: 3:00 PM Venue: Conference Hall Mode: Blended
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The Department of Zoology, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of N. N. Saikia College organized a talk series for celebration of the National Wildlife Week. Day 1 of the talk series was organized on 04.10.2023 which was delivered by Mr. Subhasish Arandhara, Ecologist, Pakke Tiger Reserve, and Arunachal Pradesh. He talked on the Conservation of Asiatic Black Bear and the theme of the talk was “Center for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation”. At the outset, HoD, Dr. Manashi Bortamuly inaugurated the session and welcomed all. Mitali Chetia briefed about the resource person. The talk was highly knowledgable where he spoke about the care and nursing that are given to bear cubs, before they are ready for a life in the wild. He showed various videos where bear cubs get slowly acclamatised to their habitats.
Nearly 40 students were present physically and several others joined in online Google meet. The programme was conducted in blended mode. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. Jafrin Farha Hussain and Dr. Samim Dullah was the overall co-coordinator of the session.
Day 2 Talk on ‘Lets Talk about the Lesser Known Pangolins’
Date: 06.10.2023 Time: 1:30 PM Venue: Conference Hall Mode: Blended
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The Department of Zoology, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of N. N. Saikia College conducted the Day 2 of Talk Series on 06.10.2023 for celebration of the National Wildlife Week. The talk was delivered by Mr. Abhijit Konwar, Ph. D. Scholar, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. The title of the talk was “Let’s Talk about the Lesser Known Pangolins”. At the outset, HoD, Dr. Manashi Bortamuly inaugurated the session and welcomed all. Dr. Jafrin Farha Hussain briefed about the resource person. The talk was highly knowledgable where he spoke about the types of pangolins found in mainland India, the illegal trade on pangolins, the conservations measures of village community involvement, the ecology and habitat of pangolins, and on so many aspects.
Nearly 70 students including faculty members were present physically and several others joined in online Google meet. The programme was conducted in blended mode. The vote of thanks was given by Mitali Chetia.
Day 3 Talk on ‘Collection, Preservation and Collection of Odonates (Dragonflies and Damselflies)’
Date: 07.10.2023 Time: 11 AM Venue: Conference Hall Mode: Blended
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The Department of Zoology, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of N. N. Saikia College conducted the Day 3 of Talk Series on 07.10.2023 for celebration of the National Wildlife Week. The talk was delivered by Mr. Arajush Payra, Research Scholar, bhijit Konwar, Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Environmental Studies, MIT, Pune.. The title of the talk was “Collection, Preservation and Collection of Odonates (Dragonflies and Damselflies)”. At the outset, HoD, Dr. Manashi Bortamuly inaugurated the session and welcomed all. Mitali Chetia gave a brief introduction on the speaker. The speaker elaborated the differences between dragonflies and damselflies with interesting photographs of different species. The talk was highly knowledgable and informative.
Nearly 60 students including faculty members were present physically and several others joined in online Google meet. The programme was conducted in blended mode. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. Manashi Bortamuly.
Field Visit to Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary
Date: 22.09.2023
Introduction:
A field trip to Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Mariani was conducted on 22nd September 2023, with 20 students of 5th Semester, under the guidance of Dr. Manashi Bortamuly (HOD, Department of Zoology) and Dr. Samim Dullah (Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology) from the Department of Zoology, N.N. Saikia College, Titabar. The Journey was started at around 7am.
Trip Objective:
The objective of the trip was to study the different fauna and flora of the wildlife sanctuary and to see and count the diverse form of butterflies in connection with Big Butterfly Month India 2023.
Field Observation:
Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, named after the only ape (Gibbon) found in India, Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is a small sanctuary of 20.98 sq. kms, in Jorhat district f Asam with semi-evergreen forests and evergreen patches midst tea gargens and human settlements. The sanctuary has a remarkably diversed primates faunas. Seven non-human primates’ species occur in the area, which received a higher conservation status.
A guide explained in details about the wildlife sanctuary, its flora and fauna. Different primate like Capped Langur, Stumps-Tailed Macaque and Pig-tailed Macaque were observed. Two types of squirrels-Malayan Giant Squirrel and Orange Bellied Squirrel; arthropods like spiders, centipedes, millipedes, reptiles (snakes) and diverse form of Lepidoptera were also observed. Also, several important medicinal plants were also observed.
Conclusion:
The trip ended at about 3pm. The field visit was a precious trip that had helped to know about the various biological species and habitat of organisms.
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