The 68^th Independence Day was celebrated at the Wildlife Institute of India with the unfurling of the national flag by Dr. V.B. Mathur, Director, Wildlife Institute of India in the Institute’s foyer. Addressing the gathering of Institute’s faculty, staff, researchers and students Dr. Mathur recalled the supreme sacrifices made by millions of Indians during the freedom struggle leading to Indian independence on 15^th August, 1947. He emphasized on the need to dedicate in the task of both nation and institution building. He enumerated some of the recent changes introduced in the Institute’s functioning and urged everyone to contribute towards achieving excellence in all institutional activities.

On this occasion awards were given to 5 employees of the Institute viz. Shri Pyar Chand Aswal, Shri Vijay Prasad, Shri N.K. Chettri, Shri Suresh Kumar and Smt. Sadhna Verma for maximum use of words in Hindi language in their official work.

A tree planting programme followed the flag hoisting in which children of Institute’s faculty and staff planted saplings of flowering trees/shrubs.