The UNESCO Category 2 Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific Region at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, celebrated World Heritage Day (WHD) on April 18, 2018 by organizing a series of events.  Participants included school students from three UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) of India namely, Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (Uttarakhand), The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (Himachal Pradesh) and Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) as well as from Model School, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan), Dehradun. The primary objective of the celebration was raising awareness and exposure of school students through nature walk, field visit, quiz contest and cultural performances.  The students visited museums at Forest Research Institute and ONGC at Dehradun as well as Nature Trail in the WII campus for exposure trips. The students also took part in an exciting Quiz competition on attributes of World Heritage Sites in India. The students performed in a cultural programme with song and dance.  Nearly 50 members were part of the WHD celebration including students, teachers and staff.