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THE CLUB
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IndianWildlifeClub.com took shape from the belief that
- There is an imperative need to adapt the latest technologies to spread the message
of conservation
and environment education.
- That environment can be healthy only when the common man is convinced and involved.
- Field trips to watch wildlife need to be promoted in the best interest of conservation.
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The credo of IndianWildlifeclub.com
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Environmental sustainability will be everyone's concern, if each one of us discovers
our own personal reason to be concerned about it.
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The mission of IndianWildlifeclub.com
- Build an online 'community of practice'of nature lovers by harnessing the power of the Internet and social media to bring together nature lovers in a manner that makes it easy and interesting for each individual to contribute to, as well as learn from the diverse experience of others.
- Bring together the environmentalist and the nature -enthusiasts, in order to broad base the dialogue on, as well as concern for environmental sustainability.
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IndianWildlifeClub.com is a social enterprise. Though the site is a business and
we hope to be a profitable one, our overarching aim is to sustain our online activities
and plough back profits, if any, to further our online and offline activities. We
manage IndianWildlifeClub.com with the aim of serving our community as much as serving
our members and we endeavour to conduct business in an ethical manner.
With this in mind, IndianWildlifeClub.com do not accept advertising from firms engaged
in the business of trading in live animals and firms involved in selling adult content.
IndianWildlifeClub.com is a community and is not a lobby group. We are independently
funded and have no particular political or religious or corporate affinity. That
said our members are very active when it comes to saying something they feel strongly
about.
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Our offline activities
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Nature & Wildlife through Photographs
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As we look towards a sustainable future, we need a common language that can instantly
touch hearts and minds. Photography is that common language. When used to convey
environmental messages photography can provoke thought, leading to positive action
and change. IWC.com has been organizing photography exhibitions witha view to creating
awareness and also to help find a market for wildlife photographs taken by talented
photographers.
“WildScapes” the photography exhibition at
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi showcased the work of five keen photographers, who
record their impressions of various wildlife sanctuaries and nature spots.
Wildlife Photography Exhibition at Parivartan Art Gallery, New Delhi attracted children
as well as a handful of corporate buyers. A painting competition on “Nature
& Wildlife” for under-privileged children was organized with prizes sponsored
by IWC.com
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Screening of films
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Widbytes.tv, the banner of IndianWildlifeClub.com has produced five nature
documentaries which have been screened in Mumbai, Delhi, Madurai, Turkey and Trivandrum
under the aegis of World Wildlife Fund-WWF (I), World Pheasants Assosciation WPA(I),
United Nations Environment Program-Mediterranean Environment Award, Dhan Foundation,
Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA), Travel Film Festival etc.
[View CD's / VCD's]
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Treks and Bird watching
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IWC.com has been associated with Cathay Pacific Environmental Education Programme,
2001 and 2002.
Organized a half-day trek to Asola Sanctuary for 60 students from 12 top high schools
in Delhi. IWC.com was part of the jury for judging projects submitted by students
on “Air”, “Water”, “Energy” and “Garbage
disposal”. Organized online chat sessions for winning students of Cathay Pacific
Environment Education Program from Mumbai & Delhi.
Bird watching is another activity we propose to undertake on a regular basis. A
beginning was made at Okhla barrage to watch water birds.
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Butterfly Garden
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Our Pune chapter has guided and implemented the setting up of a butterfly garden
in the premises of a local school to educate children about nature.
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The Press on Indian Wildlife Club
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- "The Asian Age" newspaper dated 7th May 2002 reported on our photo-exhibition
"WildScapes" held at Habitat Centre, New Delhi in May 2002.
- "Femina"
magazine dated 18th August 2005 carried an article on IndianWildlifeClub.com
- IndianWildlifeClub.com was one of the nine finalists selected out of 500 entries
nationwide for the
DELL-UTVi award (2009)
for SMB Excellence Awards "Take your own
Path".
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THE TEAM
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Dr. Susan Sharma,
MSc. Ph.D ( IIT, Delhi)
Nature Film Maker
and Founder of the Club
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Alok Kaushik,
Senior Consultant,
Technology
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Vivek Srivastava,
Creative Consultant
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Govind Singh,
Senior Consultant,
Environment
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Shivani Thakur
Marketing
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Sharanya Narayanan,
Web administrator
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Regular Contributors To Our Ezine 'Wildbytes'
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Toby Ninan retired from the Delhi Zoological Park about
three years back. With his varied experiences with the wild animals in the Delhi
Zoological Park and the Singapore Zooligical Gardens, he is the right person to
direct your queries to. Hear what Ninan has to say about his life and chosen career!
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Prashant Mahajan worked for the Coservation Education Centre,
Bombay Natural History Society(BNHS), Mumbai. A devoted naturalist, he is a well known
educator on environmental and conservation issues.
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Deepika Vohra served as the head of the Department of Beauty Culture at the International Polytechnic for Women at New Delhi. She also ran a beauty clinic at Delhi's Vasant Kunj for some time from where she relocated to New York for five years. Exposure to the world capital of beauty and cosmetics gave her an opportunity to compare the Indian beauty industry with the razzle dazzle of the New World.
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Yasser Arafat, Watching wild life has been a hobby for Yasser. Having completed his MBA, Yasser has now devoted himself to do something for the conservation of endangered wild animals and birds of Himalaya. His field experiences of the pheasants and wild animals of Himalaya are shared with members of IndianWildlifeClub.com through photographs and observations.
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John H.Eickert runs an adventure tour company in Montana,
U.S.A. He believes that any trip in search of wildlife can be coupled with physical
activity and elements of cultural diversity to form a thrilling opportunity.
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Ms. Promila Chaturvedi is a freelance landscape designer
whose organization " Gardens India" undertakes a number of projects in
landscaping and gardening.
While working with "Gardenscapes", Ms Chaturvedi was involved in the designing
of a number of projects which include Defense Research Development Organization
(DRDO) in Hydrabad and Bangalore, and a number of projects in Delhi including the
India Habitat Center.
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Dr. Shomita Mukherjee graduated from St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai in 1987 in Zoology, Biochemistry and Entomology. For her post graduation she joined the Wildlife Science course at the Wildlife Institute of India in 1988. Her Master’s dissertation was on three small carnivores, the jungle cat, fishing cat and golden jackal in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur.
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Raghavendra Rao is Studying ecology and wild animal behavior, Study of Birds lives, Comparitve study of captive zoo animals with their wild counterparts, Photography and videography of Nature and Automobiles. He is a member of World Wide Fund, National Geographic Society and US Bird Forum. He is currently living in Mysore city.
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Anuradha Sharma graduated in 2003 from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi where she studied for a BSc in Biochemistry. After that she went on to do an MPhil in Biological Anthropology at University of Cambridge, UK. Following that and before returning to India, Anuradha worked as a placement student with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey Zoo. Two of her role-models are Jane Goodall and Gerald Durrell.
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Mr. Ananthanarayanan is a senior professional in the Indian Railways. . His column “ Simple Science” in the Mumbai dailies is extremely popular and he has authored a few books on Science being made simple. A keen observer of nature, Mr. Ananthanarayanan has also been a keen member of IndianWildlifeClub.com from its inception.
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Hailing from a family where hunting is considered part of tradition,
Shivani Thakur has been able to influence the elder members of her family
to give up the sport by voicing her strong views and opinions about conservation
and the web of life. Not only that, she has a small band of youngsters, her friends
and other family members who have started doing their bit in saving the environment
and becoming staunch environmentalists.
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Govind Singh has just finished his M.Sc. in Environmental Studies from the School of Environmental Studies (SES), University of Delhi and is now a Research Scholar at the Center for Inter-disciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment (CISMHE), University of Delhi. His areas of expertise are Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Sustainable Development, Community based Environment Conservation, Gender Studies & Disaster Management. He also takes a keen interest in imparting environmental education and is working to establish the subject of Environmental 'Studies'. He is also an Environmental activist and runs the Delhi Greens Blog.
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Paul McDougall is a Wildlife Photographer from the
UK, now living in Nairobi, Kenya. Having visited over 20 countries in Africa, Paul
tries to highlight conservation issues and raise awareness of the animals that can
be seen through his photography. He has also traveled to India and have spent time
in Ranthambhore NP photographing tigers, these images are also available to view
on his website
http://www.mcdougallphotographic.com
Paul is also the joint owner of Wild Connection Safaris with a Kenyan business partner.
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Russel Fernandes is a corporate trainer
by profession and a wildlife conservationist at heart. Has travelled extensively
to different National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries across India and worked with
some of the finest people on the ground. He has a special interest in the Big Cats
and Elephants. He has been inspired by Fateh Singh Rathore and Valmik Thapar's books
on Ranthambhore right from his days in high school.
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Surya Prakash holds a doctorate in Zoology and is currently with School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A good photographer, bird watcher and above all a keen conservationist.
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Jasjyot Singh Hans is an Animation Film Design student at NID, Ahmedabad. His interests include illustrating and reading graphic narratives. He also claims to be humorous at times. For more of his work, visit : http://ultichhatri.blogspot.com
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Aditi Baindur is a tenth standard student in Pune who loves dogs and rescuing snakes along-with her father, an army officer.
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Sharada Balasubramanian is a journalist, writer, nature lover and a wanderer. She has been writing on environment and wildlife, green energy, business, travel, social issues, social entrepreneurs, to name some. She works with wildlife scientists to know and understand the issues of wildlife and has many articles to her credit. She maintains a blog called wildlifemusings.wordpress.com.
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