New Event Announcement: Naturalist Training and Leadership Workshop (Batch 4)
CEC Mumbai
1st Session: 14th -15th June 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
2nd Session: 05th - 06th July 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
The Conservation Education Center (CEC) of the BNHS announces the fourth edition of the BNHS Naturalist Training and Leadership Training program.
This is a unique opportunity for naturalists and nature enthusiasts to get acquainted with the different aspects of the Outdoors and the Wilderness. We hereby call upon young minds to participate in the ‘Naturalist Training Workshop’ and get acquainted in the fields of natural history studies, field biology, geology, heritage, outdoor ethics etc.
Spanning over two weekends through two over-night sessions, this workshop is bringing to you some of the well known names of natural history, conservation biology and outdoors to help you understand, imbibe and thereby better represent the cause of ‘Conservation’ to a much wider audience. The workshop will be a mix of field and classroom sessions and will be led by respected personalities from the various fields.
Dates:
1st session: 14th — 15th June 2025.
2nd session: 05th — 06th July 2025.
Workshop Fee:
For non-members — INR 6,300
for BNHS members — INR 5,800
(inclusive of accommodation, resource people, reading material)
PLEASE NOTE: For Food Arrangements, participants are required to pay another
Rs. 1800 separately at CEC itself.
Itinerary
Session 1: 14th - 15th June 2025 (Saturday – Sunday)
06.00 AM — Report at ‘Granth Book Store’ Santacruz West
06.15 AM — Exploring the Inter-tidal Zone — Pradip Patade
09.45 AM — Travel to CEC
10.30 AM — Break fast at the CEC.
11.15 AM — Welcome, Registrations and Icebreakers
12.00 noon — Introduction to the BNHS
12.30 PM — Lunch
01.30 PM – Camera Trapping an Introduction and set-up — Mumbaikars for SGNP.
03.30 PM — Field Study Trip to Observe Plants and Setup Camera Traps — Dr. Santosh Yadav & Shardul Bajikar
Tea/Coffee/Snacks
06.00 PM – Setting Up Insect Stations — Meehir Pawar
06.45 PM — Plants and Plant Behaviour — Shardul Bajikar
Tea/Coffee Break
08.30 PM — Introduction to Insects and Arachnids — Meehir Pawar
Dinner Break
10.15 PM — Understanding the Night (a guided nature walk)
Lights Off
05.15 AM — Wake Up Call.
06.00 AM — Bird Watching Trail — Dr. Parvish Pandya
Break Fast
09.30 AM — Birds and Bird Behaviour — Dr. Parvish Pandya
11.00 AM — Group Activity Break
Lunch Break
02.00 PM – Outdoor Ethics, Group Ethics and Group Leaders Ethics — Avinash Khule
Tea/Coffee Break
03.30 PM — Stories in Stones — Heritage Walk at Kanheri — Dr. Suraj Pandit
07.00 PM — Disperse.
Session 2: 05th – 06th July 2025 (Saturday – Sunday)
11.30 AM — Assemble at CEC.
12.00 noon — Recap of the previous session
12.30 Noon — Lunch at CEC
01.15 PM — Geology as the foundation of Ecology — Dr. Sunayana Sarkar
04.00 PM — Group Activity Time
Tea/Coffee Break
05.30 PM — Retrieve The Camera Traps and Process the images
06.30 PM — Conservation Story Telling — Shardul Bajikar
Tea/Coffee Snack
08.00 PM — Introduction to Reptiles and Amphibians — Saurabh Sawant
09.30 PM — Dinner
10.00 PM — A Night Walk with Saurabh Sawant
11.30 PM — Lights Off.
06.30 AM –- Interpreting tracks and signs. (Field session) — Dr. Anish Andheria
08.30 AM — Breakfast
09.00 AM — Nature Conservation - A Conundrum & Seeking Answers — Dr. Anish Andheria
12.30 Noon — Lunch
01.00 PM — Group Presentations, Feedback/Q&A session
03.30 PM — Disperse
Important Instructions:
- Accommodation will be at the CEC. Separate dormitory style accommodations for gents and ladies, with bedding. Separate wash room facilities for both gents and ladies.
- This is a learning oriented workshop. Be ready for long sessions & schedules.
- Clean, Hygienic vegetarian and ample food along with tea and coffee will be provided in the workshop.
- As mentioned above, the participants will have to pay INR 1,800 per head separately for their food arrangements.
- Carry your personal necessities like medicines, insect repellents, toiletries with you.
- Advisable to carry your extra set of dry clothes and stockings.
Registration Link:
https://forms.gle/MiWqEibPgdL31xvA9
Contact: Shardul Bajikar (9821120494); s.ba...@bnhs.org
CEC Mumbai
Naturalist Training and Leadership Workshop – CEC, BNHS
1st Session: 14th -15th June 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
2nd Session: 05th - 06th July 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
The Conservation Education Center (CEC) of the BNHS announces the fourth edition of the BNHS Naturalist Training and Leadership Training program.
This is a unique opportunity for naturalists and nature enthusiasts to get acquainted with the different aspects of the Outdoors and the Wilderness. We hereby call upon young minds to participate in the ‘Naturalist Training Workshop’ and get acquainted in the fields of natural history studies, field biology, geology, heritage, outdoor ethics etc.
Spanning over two weekends through two over-night sessions, this workshop is bringing to you some of the well known names of natural history, conservation biology and outdoors to help you understand, imbibe and thereby better represent the cause of ‘Conservation’ to a much wider audience. The workshop will be a mix of field and classroom sessions and will be led by respected personalities from the various fields.
Dates:
1st session: 14th — 15th June 2025.
2nd session: 05th — 06th July 2025.
Workshop Fee:
For non-members — INR 6,300
for BNHS members — INR 5,800
(inclusive of accommodation, resource people, reading material)
PLEASE NOTE: For Food Arrangements, participants are required to pay another
Rs. 1800 separately at CEC itself.
Itinerary
Session 1: 14th - 15th June 2025 (Saturday – Sunday)
06.00 AM — Report at ‘Granth Book Store’ Santacruz West
06.15 AM — Exploring the Inter-tidal Zone — Pradip Patade
09.45 AM — Travel to CEC
10.30 AM — Breakfast at CEC.
