India’s 70^th Independence Day was celebrated in the Wildlife Institute of India campus on 15^th August, 2016. Hoisting the national flag, Dr. V.B. Mathur, Director recalled the sacrifices of the countrymen during the freedom struggle that finally led to India’s Independence.

He said that Government of India had assigned several new responsibilities to the Institute for planning and implementing species recovery programmes in respect of 4 critically endangered wild animal species viz. Great Indian Bustard, Gangetic Dolphin, Dugong and Manipur Deer and the Institute had taken up the challenge of ‘field conservation’ in 14 States of the country, where these species occur. Similarly, under the National Mission for Clean Ganga the Institute has recently established a ‘Ganga Aqualife Conservation and Monitoring Centre’   in the campus and ‘Ganga Biodiversity Knowledge Centres’ have also been established at Narora and Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh; Sahibganj in Bihar and Bhagalpur in Jharkhand. He urged the Institute’s scientists, researchers, students and staff for their continued support in successfully meeting the various challenges and new responsibilities assigned to the Institute.

The WII Staff Welfare Committee gave awards to the meritorious children for their outstanding performance in class X and XII Board Examination:

The flag hoisting ceremony was followed by a tree plantation programme in the campus by faculty, staff, researchers, students and children in which various fruit and flower bearing trees were planted:

Flag Hoisting Ceremony
Awards to the Meritorious Children for their Outstanding Performance in class X and XII Board Examination:
Tree Plantation Programme in the Campus