Saturday, October 8, 2022

9:30 am to 5:30 pm

@ Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Domlur

Entry Free!

Catch the recorded session of the event

Dr. Joseph George Memorial Talk

From Watching Birds to Mapping Birds and their Habitat

Sudhira will share how an initial foray into birding eventually led to researching birds and subsequently mapping birds and their habitats. He will also draw upon efforts undertaken as part of the Bangalore Bird Monitoring program during 2006-07, mapping habitats, and land use land cover change studies. Furthermore, he will touch upon attempts to showcase some recent advances in cloud-based geoprocessing to model the potential distribution of birds – highlighting the need for statutory backing to protect habitats and an active citizenry to make it happen.

Dr. H. S. Sudhira

H.S. Sudhira has a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research interest centres on how towns and cities evolve.

He has been publishing scientific research articles for a while now. His research has been primarily on land-use and land cover change studies, exploring their consequences on environmental sustainability and understanding their interrelationships with resources and transportation.

His broader research addresses the evolution and growth of towns and cities invoking complexity sciences, understanding planning practices and studying the effect of governance.

He was a faculty member at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Earlier, he had a stint with the Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Govt. of Karnataka as Land-use, and Transportation Specialist. He is a birdwatcher and volunteers for India Literacy Project (ILP). Currently, he is the Director of Gubbi Labs (https://gubbilabs.in).

About Dr. Joseph George

If there is any one person who could be called the pioneer of group birdwatching efforts in India, it is Dr. Joseph George. Being involved with group birdwatching activities in Dehradun even in the nineteen forties, he continued involving people and popularising the hobby wherever he went. Moving into Bangalore from Roorkee, Dr. George started an informal bird watching group here too in Bangalore in 1972. For all of us birdwatchers who came in contact with him, he inspired us with his...

Inviting teams of two people across all age groups to participate in the first edition of ‘Bird Brain – The Open Bird Quiz’. Team up with your friends and family to participate in this quiz.

Team Size: 2 people in a team

Age: Both can be of any age

Format: Written + Finals

Entry: Entry free, on-the-spot registration

Time:
12:15 pm (written)
2:00 pm (finals)

Venue: Bangalore International Centre

QuizMasters

Shyamal L.
Bijoy Venugopal

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Speakers & Facilitators

Bijoy Venugopal

Bijoy Venugopal is a communications professional and travel writer based in Bangalore. He began birding in 1989 with the Birdwatchers’ Field Club of Bangalore. An avid trekker, he enjoys rough travel and camping outdoors. His inexhaustible love for the outdoors has...

Usha Ramaiah

Usha Ramaiah has a keen interest in rock and mountain climbing. Being an ardent Girl Guide, she represented the Bharat Scouts and Guides at various levels. Having received formal training in advanced mountaineering, she was selected as a member of the First Indian...

Karthikeyan S.

Karthikeyan S. has been a keen observer of natural history and a passionate nature educator for close to four decades. An avid birdwatcher, Karthik emphasizes the interrelation between birds, trees, insects, and other life forms. He has been raising awareness among...

Dr. M. B. Krishna

Dr. Krishna MB is an ecologist and ornithologist from Bangalore who has been interested in bird and habitat conservation and improvement. He has advised many corporates and individuals on modifying landscape garden plans to make them more urban-wildlife friendly. It...

K. S. Nataraj

K. S. Nataraj has donned many hats - from being a lecturer, reader, and professor to heading the department of physics & electronics, and being the Vice Principal at National College, Jayanagar. He has been long associated with several prominent science and...

Dr. K. S. Seshadri

Dr. Seshadri K S is a second-generation Bangalorean who grew up surrounded by nature, watching sparrows nest in a well in his courtyard during the early 90s. As a teenager, his passion for birdwatching led him to join BngBirds in the early 2000s. During his BSc at St....

Prashanth Badrinath

As a kid, Prashanth was fascinated by the lakes and hillocks present around Bangalore. He developed a keen interest in the birdlife that abound the hills and lakes of Bangalore. Starting with hobby projects such as the Bangalore Bird Monitoring Programme and Waterbird...

Dr. S. Subramanya

Dr. S. Subramanya, known as ‘Subbu’ or ‘Subbi’ in birding circles studied entomology at the University of Agricultural Science in Bangalore. In 1980, he joined BNHS to work under Dr. Salim Ali, in its bird migration project at Point Calimere, Bharatpur and Harike....

Shyamal L.

Shyamal is an independent researcher with a broad training in biology, statistics and numerical computing. His work has been at the intersection of computation and biology. He has been interested in the outdoors, natural history of India, and the history of science....