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“SSAAVVEE TTHHEE RROOAARR”

Report

Tiger Trust 206, Rakeshdeep,

11, Commercial Complex, Gulmohar Enclave,

New Delhi – 110049, India Telephone: +91-11-23385773

www.tigertrustindia.org

http://www.tigertrustindia.org/

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© TIGER TRUST www.tigertrustindia.org

Compiled by

Zaara Kidwai

Project Coordinator

Submitted to

Tiger Trust

206, Rakeshdeep,

11, Commercial Complex,

Gulmohar Enclave,

New Delhi – 110049, India

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(Last page photograph by Mr. Edward Spera)


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Acknowledgement

The workshop was organized with the active support and collaboration with

Tigers for Tigers coalition, Clemson University – South Carolina, USA.

We offer our sincere thanks and appreciation to Mr. Rahul Kumar –Principal Chief

Conservator of Forests (Head Of Forest Force); Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar – Field

Director, Ranthambore National Park; Mr. Balendu Singh – Honorary Wildlife

Warden, Mr. Sandeep Sharma – Wildlife Photographer; Dr. Suraj Ziddi -Honorary

Secretary Nature Club Of Rajasthan and Mrs. Shubha Thakur. Also the whole team

of the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition that also participated in the event – Mr.

Sean Carnell, Ms. Cheryl Stout, Ms. Carrah Lingo, Ms. Hannah Henze, Ms. Chelsea

Connor, Ms. Nicole Stagg and Ms. Anne Truslow.

We would like to deeply appreciate the efforts by the team of Tiger Trust for

making this event a success. We thank Ms. Anjana Gosain – Chief Functionary

Officer Tiger Trust, Ms. Prerna Sharma - Project coordinator Tiger Trust

Rajasthan, Ms. Takako Sato – Consultant, Aditi Thakur – Volunteer, Mr. Pankaj

Joshi - Naturalist and Rahul for their support and involvement in the workshop.

- Tiger Trust Website:

www.tigertrustindia.org


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Contents

Acknowledgment ...........................................................................................................2

Contents………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3

Foreword ............................................................................. …………….......................... 4

Organization Background ............................................................................. ……………5

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6

2. Ranthambore National Park ……………..................................................................... 7

3. Guests for the program ........................................................................................... 8

4. Inaugural Session on 3rd Jan ……………………………………………………….…………..10

5. Session by Mr. Balendu Singh…………..................................................................... 13

6. Introductory Session on 4th Jan……………..………………………...………………..….... 15

7. Main Event .............................................................................................................. 19

8. Group Discussion on 5th January …………………………………………………………….. 26

9. Interactive session with director……………………………………………....................... 27

10. Session by Mr. Sandeep Sharma …………….…………………………………………..…… 30

11. Feedback of the Program …………………………………………………………………………. 32

Annexure ..................................................................................................................... 34

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Tiger Trust and I identified that our purpose is

to:

“Inspire people to care for wildlife...

Naturally!”

The main objective of Tiger Trust is to raise the

issue of protecting this majestic animal by

strengthening the hands of the protectors by

providing the support for reducing the menace

of poaching and granting them better facilities

to prosecute the offenders of wildlife crimes

which is an acknowledged fact even by the

Government of India. It is a biggest challenge to

arrest the causes of extinction of this majestic

animal – the Tiger and also to educate the

masses all over the world. I appeal globally to

join the cause of this near extinct animal all over

the world.

- Anjana Gosain

Chief Functionary Officer

Tiger Trust

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Tiger Trust India is an Indian non-governmental

organization devoted to the preservation of India’s

tigers and their forest habitat. Padmashri Late

Kailash Sankhala, founding director of project

tiger, the government of India’s principal instrument

of tiger conservation, created Tiger Trust India in

1989.

Headquartered in New Delhi, Tiger Trust has

established the Kailash Sankhala Conservation

Centres near Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh

National Park.

Tiger Trust works closely with the State Governments, park authorities,

neighbourhood communities and other organizations across the tiger reserves. Tiger

Trust has a very active “Save the Roar” conservation awareness campaign since

1999 supported by eminent judiciary, lawyers, police officers, dedicated volunteers,

heads of village Panchayats and corporate organisation.

Tiger Trust is also involved in capacity building programmes for imparting

legal/technical training for the frontline staff in all the important tiger reserves. It

has been working in association with the various state forest departments, IGNFA,

Wildlife Institute of India, police departments, judicial officers,

stakeholders and corporate sector mainly towards one of its objectives to bring the

poacher to book by capacity building programme for training so that higher

conviction rate is achieved.

Along with having excellent supporting partners like the United States Fish and

Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Tigers for Tigers Coalition (NT4TC),

Big Cat Rescue, the National Wildlife Refuge Association and HSBC, Tiger

Trust also has the distinction of having excellent faculty which comprises of criminal

lawyers devoted to individual subject, retired senior police officers for investigation,

sitting session judges as resource persons, retired forest officers for specialized

subjects, experts in forensic science and above all Tiger Trust is blessed with former

Chief Justice as its patron. The Tiger Trust has received letters of appreciation

and excellent ratings for their contribution in this cause and support to the field staff.

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Our Mission

To save the natural beauty of earth, to stop its uncontrolled destruction, to

protect wild tiger populations of India and to ensure a harmonious

relationship between man and wild by:

Providing training and building a strong network of empowered forest

staff, effective legal infrastructure that provides long term support for

tiger conservation in national parks and an increased pool of human

resources to combat emerging threats and challenges for the long term

survival of wild tigers.

Creating awareness among young people, villagers, the urban

population, and all stake holders for protecting the wild animals and its

habitat through inter and intra community activities.

Spreading the message of “Save the tiger Save the forest” globally by

involving the international student community, interacting with Indian

students through joint efforts of various schools on regular annual basis.

Strengthening the Capacity Building Programs of the forest department

across the country by introducing village community activities through

health programs and all other incidental activities.

© Edward Spera

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Tiger Trust completed its 25 years of “caring for the wild”. All these years the only

aim this organization held was to stand up for conservation of wildlife and natural

resources. With all the different activities and trainings, Tiger Trust also carried out

various awareness programs throughout Rajasthan and Delhi to provide awareness

in students - the future decision makers to come for conserving the wild.

Tiger Trust had, in the past, organized several campaigns to invite attention from

dignitaries and higher officials addressing various issues threatening wildlife and

natural resources. “SAVE THE ROAR” is a similar campaign which is being carried

out by Tiger Trust to give an opportunity for students from all across to come

together and share their ideas and experiences.

This year, Tiger Trust and National Tigers forTigers Coalition from the USA,

organized a 3 day “SAVE THE ROAR” National Summit with students from

Vasant Valley, Delhi; Maheshwari Public School and Tagore Public School,

Jaipur; Janta Balika (School and College) and Tiny Tots, Sawai Madhopur; with a

total of around 250 participants. The nature camp continued from Jan 3 to 5, 2014

at Hotel Siddhi Vinayak, Sawai Madhopur. The program included interesting

sessions and talks from the most eminent dignitaries in Rajasthan. Tiger Trust in

partnership with Nature Club of Rajasthan worked as co-hosts for the event.

Officials like Mr. Rahul Kumar – PCCF (HOFF), Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar – Field

Director Ranthambore National Park and Mr. Balendu Singh – Honorary Wildlife

Warden graced the occasion with their presence and enlightening discussions with

the students on conservation of tigers.

The students had interesting interactive sessions with these officials and were able to

gather a lot of information on conservation topics at once. These sessions enabled

the students to even improvise on the presentations they were supposed to give in

the program through which the audience was able to relate more to the actual

situations.

The students were also fortunate to attend a session on Photography on 5th January

by Mr. Sandeep Sharma where the students proved to be extremely talented. The

students were also taken for safaris on various occasions to build a more genuine

thought in them regarding conservation of tigers. Many students saw a live wild tiger

for the first time during the camp.

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Ranthambore National Park or Ranthambhore is one of the largest national parks in

northern India. It is situated in Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan,

about 110 km north east of Kota and 160 km south east of Jaipur, which is also the

nearest airport.

Ranthambhore was established as the Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary in 1955 by

the Government of India, and was declared one of the Project Tiger reserves in 1973.

Ranthambore became a national park in 1980. In 1984, the adjacent forests were

declared the Sawai Man Singh Sanctuary and Keladevi Sanctuary, and in 1991 the

tiger reserve was enlarged to include the Sawai Man Singh and Keladevi sanctuaries.

Ranthambore wildlife sanctuary is known for its tigers and is one of the best places in

India to see these majestic predators in the jungle. Tigers can be easily spotted even

during the day time. Its deciduous forests were once a part of the magnificent jungles

of Central India.

The park covers an area of 392 km², and is one of India's Project Tiger reserves.

Other major wild animals include leopard, nilgai, wild boar, sambar, striped hyena,

sloth bear and chital. The reserve also has a thriving bird population with more than

270 different species of birds. It is also home to wide variety of trees, plants, and

reptiles. Ranthambore is also the site of one of the largest banyan trees in India.

The park is best known for its large tiger population. As tourism in the park

increased, so did the population of neighboring villages. This led to increasing

amounts of fatal human-tiger interactions and poaching.

The first aerial relocation of the male tiger (Dara) from Ranthambore to Sariska was

done using a Mi-17 helicopter on 28 Jun 2008 by Wing Commander Vimal Raj.

Unfortunately, this translocated tiger died on 15 November 2010 due to poisoning.

The park is home to a famous tigress referred to as “Machhli” (fish) which has

successfully survived its years in the forest of Ranthambore. The tigress is one of the

biggest attractions for the tourists.

Today, Ranthambore Harbors 55 tigers (including cubs) as per the information given

by the forest department. Few tigers have started dispersing to other areas for

forming a bigger territory which has caused threat to their lives.

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Tiger Trust invited few of the very prestigious forest officials as guests in the program

to interact with students and encourage their presentations.

1. Mr. Rahul Kumar – PCCF (HOFF)

Mr. Kumar, Principal Chief Conservator of

Forests and Head of Forestry Force, delivered a

talk on Tiger conservation for the students to

understand the status of tigers in Ranthambore

National Park. He was able to make time in his busy

schedule but was extremely humble and supportive

towards Tiger Trust for its initiatives.His future vision

for conservation is always admired by Tiger Trust.

2. Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar – Field Director, Ranthambore National Park

Tiger Trust has been fortunate enough to be able to be

acquainted with people like Mr. Bhatnagar. His

jurisdiction is all over the park and therefore, he

knows his park inside out. Apart from being able to

join us in the program, Mr. Bhatnagar was gracious

enough to spare another day for an interactive session

with the students where he answered many

management related queries that students had making

it really easy for them to understand how matters are

handled on the ground. He provided immeasurable

support to Tiger Trust for carrying out this program

successfully.

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3. Mr. Balendu Singh – Honorary Wildlife Warden

Mr. Singh has been acquainted with Tiger Trust from

long back and is renowned for his excellent tiger

pictures. He was specially invited by Tiger Trust in this

program to deliver a talk to the students sharing his

experience as a forest officer starting from the scratch

and excitements encountered in it. He is extremely

modest about his photographic gift.

4. Mr. Sandeep Sharma – Wildlife Photographer

Mr. Sharma’s passion for wildlife and nature has driven

him towards wildlife photography. He has tried to

capture as much as possible in his camera which for

others have indeed proved to be master pieces. His love

for Machhli has amazed others and his techniques are

held in high regard. For the same purpose, Tiger Trust

invited Mr. Sharma to share his insights on good

photography and technical arrangements in a camera

while picturing a wild animal. He has supported Tiger

Trust from a long while and he still encourages the

growth of the Trust through his support.

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The evening of 3rd January was inaugurated with a very informal introduction of the

program for the next two days in the conference hall

of Hotel Siddhi Vinayak at 7:30 pm. To start

the session, Welcome address was given by Ms.

Zaara Kidwai, Project Coordinator Tiger

Trust; who gave a brief introduction of the

participants and explained the value of tigers in an

ecosystem. After this, Ms. Anjana Gosain-

Honorary Secretary Tiger Trust was invited on

the stage to discuss the importance of this 3 day

campaign and its follow up activities.

Ms. Gosain explained the importance of such campaigns

for conservation approaches. She also mentioned how

such initiatives of Tiger Trust have changed perceptions

of thousands of people for tiger conservation. She

motivated the students to participate fully in this

initiative of Tiger Trust and join hands in conservation of

the majestic species.

Later, the teachers of different schools were invited to

introduce themselves with rest of the participants and

share their expectations from this camp. The teachers stood up one by one to

introduce themselves to the camp participants.

Teacher from Vasant Valley School, New Delhi introducing herself

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Ms. Gosain welcomed and asked the students from USA to first introduce themselves

as well. The 7 students from the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition (T4T) came

forward to introduce themselves and the series of works undertaken by T4T.

Students from T4T coalition, USA introducing themselves

Audience for the evening

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On the evening of 3rd January, the students were fortunate to be able to meet Guest

of the session - Mr. Balendu Singh, who was invited

to share his experiences with the participants. Mr.

Balendu Singh, Honorary Wildlife Warden,

Ranthambore, spared some time from his busy

schedule on 3rd January 2014 to interact with the

students from Delhi, Jaipur and Tigers for Tigers,

USA. Around 130 students and teachers attended the

session given by Mr. Singh in the conference hall of

Hotel Siddhi Vinayak, Sawai Madhopur.

Mr. Balendu Singh started his talk with his experiences

in the forest and his passion for tigers. Being an

excellent photographer he also mentioned some of his

very precious moments with the tigers when he was

able to acquire few of the best pictures in his collection of

tigers. He detailed the students about Ranthambore

National Park and the present population status of tigers in the area.

The students were deeply engrossed in his presentation due to the unimaginable

examples from the wild.

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Ms. Singh interacted with the participants through a series of questions and answers

where the audience was glad to acquire so much knowledge about Ranthambore

National Park, its tigers, human settlements and tourism details. He talked about the

famous tigress “Machhli” in Ranthambore and its existence in the park for so long,

his encounters with “Machhli” and the various reactions that majestic animal used to

give in various situations.

Teacher (Ms. Savita) from Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur asking a

question

Mr. Singh’s talk was greatly appreciated by the audience and Tiger Trust and his

extremely informative lecture shed light on many important aspects of tiger

conservation.

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On 4th January 2014, the program was inaugurated in the conference hall of Hotel

Siddhi Vinayak with lighting of lamp by Mr. Rahul Kumar, Mr Rahul

Bhatnagar, Ms. Anjana Gosain – Chief Functionary Officer Tiger Trust, and

Sean Carnell. The lamp lighting was succeeded by Saraswati vandana and

Welcome song for our guests by the students from Janta Balika High School, Sawai

Madhopur. The students welcomed the guests including the students from Tigers for

Tigers coalition by presenting them with garlands.

(Upper) Sarasvati Vandana by Students from Janta Balika School, Sawai

Madhopur. (Lower left) Welcome Song and (Lower right) welcoming guests

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Ms. Gosain later announced the release of a poster by Tiger Trust on the occasion of

completion of 25 Year of conservation. Mr. Rahul Kumar was invited for the release

of the poster.

Release of poster on the 25th

anniversary of Tiger Trust by Ms Anjana Gosain and Mr. Rahul Kumar

After the poster release, Ms. Anjana Gosain also

facilitated the release of a New Year calendar on

Behalf of Mr. Sandeep Sharma. The peculiar

feature about this calendar is that it is dedicated to

a Ranthambore’s Tigress “Machhli” which is the

oldest living tiger in the park. It is 18 years old and

its territory is getting shrinked due to increase in

competition but it is still surviving with all its

might. The calendar displays some of the most

amazing pictures/moods of the animal in its

habitat. Mr. Rahul Kumar and Mr. Rahul

Bhatnagar were invited for the release of this

calendar.

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Release of New Year’s calendar by Ms. Anjana Gosain, Mr. Rahul Kumar and

Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar

Introduction to the program was given by Ms. Prerna

Sharma where she gave a brief overview of the program to be

commenced. She, along with welcoming the guests, explained

the necessity of holding such programs among youngsters to

develop a sense of responsibility for Mother Nature and its

conservation.

She encouraged the students to interact with the guests and

the students from Tigers for Tigers coalition. She also

encouraged the students to ask questions during the

interactive sessions arranged for them.

Ms. Sharma then invited Chief Guest -Mr. Rahul Kumar to

address the students and encourage them for their

performances.

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From left to right – Ms. Anjana Gosain, Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Mr. Rahul

Bhatnagar, Mr. Balendu Singh, Mr. Rahul Kumar and Mrs. Kumar.

Mr. Rahul Kumar, in his lecture acknowledged the work done by Tiger Trust from the

last so many years. He mentioned the challenges in

conserving wildlife in India and how students play a key

role in spreading awareness among young masses. He

encouraged the students to stay connected through

social media and spread messages across different

regions for seeking support in conservation of natural

resources.

He discussed few of his interesting experiences in

Ranthambore and mentioned about the human wildlife

conflict problems due to increase in settlements inside

and around the park. He emphasized on staying

connected with Tiger Trust and other organizations like

these who are doing everything they can to support

conservation of tigers. His talk was attentively listened by the students from all the

regions and was acknowledged to be extremely informative for the young minds.

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Ms. ZaaraKidwai, Project Coordinator Tiger

Trust, welcomed all the guests and participants of

the program and briefed them about the proceedings

of the day. She explained the purpose of the event

and announced the names of all the participating

schools from their different cities.

Later, Ms. Kidwai called the participating teams one

by one to present their respective activities and give

the message of conservation in their own way.

Audience of the event

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i) Dance by Janta Balika College, Sawai Madhopur

The first performance was done by the students from Janta Balika College, Sawai

Madhopur. The team performed dance on a Rajasthani folk song which was quite a

colorful start and an exciting performance enjoyed by the audience.

ii) Talk by Suhasini, Nasik

The next performance was by a volunteer from Nasik –

Ms. Suhasani, who came a long way to participate in

the event. She presented a very informative talk on

tiger conservation which also included overview of

Tiger Trust, its previous and present works and Ms.

Gosain’s efforts with it throughout the years. She talked

about Padmashree Late Kailash Sankhala, Late Mr.

Pradeep Sankhala and origin of Tiger Trust with the

increased concern for tiger conservation. The

presentation was deeply appreciated by Tiger Trust.

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iii) Skit by Tagore Public School (TPS), Jaipur

Tagore Public School, Jaipur, performed a very illustrative skit on threats to tigers

and mother Earth. They used various elements of Earth like wind, water, plants and

animals in their skit to demonstrate various threats to each one of them and how that

could be checked upon.

Skit by Tagore Public School (TPS), Jaipur

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iv) Presentation by the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition, USA

Students from Tigers for Tigers gave a brief but informative presentation on tiger

condition in United States of America and what could be the possible ways of helping

India in conservation approaches. They also discussed their role so far in protecting

captive tigers of United States. They mentioned how they addressed a letter to

President Obama finally after going through a lot of hurdles and challenges, after

which the matter was looked upon and their efforts finally paid off. Representatives

from Tiger Trust translated their statements at few points for making it

understandable to the audience.

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v) Verbal Presentation on “Global Warming” by Maheshari Public

School (MPS), Jaipur

Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur was next who gave a

verbal presentation on Global warming. The students

pointed out few of the major concerns and threats causing

the global warming along with the after effects if it is not

taken care of. They mentioned the temperature rise in the

atmosphere causing the melting of polar ice caps resulting

in flash floods and extinction of various wildlife species

which needs immediate action.

The students gave their presentation with special reference

to tigers and explained the depletion of some of the very

rare species of wild animals from Earth as a result of Global

warming.

vi) Presentation by students from Vasant Valley School, New Delhi

Students from Vasant Valley, New Delhi shared their views on threats to tigers and

natural resources through poems and a verbal presentation. They gave very

interesting mathematical estimations over the use and misuse of resources and how

will they end up after other 100 or so years. Their presentation was greatly

appreciated by the guests of the program.

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vii) Skit by students from Tiny Tots, Sawai Madhopur

The next skit was given by students from Tiny Tots, Sawai Modhopur, who were

successful in retaining the attention of spectators with their simple yet influential

approach of showing how tigers have become a prey to human beings despite of

being the most powerful animal in the animal kingdom.

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viii) Verbal Presentation on “Water conservation” by Maheshwari

Public School (MPS), Jaipur

The next presentation was given by students from again Maheshwari Public School,

Jaipur where the students pointed out the importance of water conservation. They

mentioned the old ways of conserving water which is not followed anymore. Even

rainwater harvesting is not carried out even in the most sophisticated societies. Their

presentation depicted the amount of water loss people have in different parts of India

and how humans have to be blamed for it. The presentation was indeed an eye

opener for all of the participants of the session.

ix) A message by Aditi

The last presentation was given by Ms. Aditi Thakur

on “How passion helps in conservation – A perspective”.

Aditi is a student who has been working with Tiger Trust

as a volunteer. She discussed about how important

conservation is for the most majestic species of all time.

Her talk consisted of her experience as a conservationist

and how much difference it makes if one sees through

the eyes of a conservationist.

Vote of Thanks

In the end, Dr. Suraj Ziddi – Honorary Secretary

Nature club of Rajasthan acknowledged and

thanked the guests who spared their valuable time for

the campaign organized by Tiger Trust. He also

appreciated different activities carried out by the

participating schools and thanked them for their

innovative approaches which made the program even

more exciting. He appreciated the time taken off by

forest officials to attend this program and acknowledged

their gracious presence for the same. He also

acknowledged the effort done by Tiger Trust to organize

this program with people from so many different

regions, cultures and languages.

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On 5th January, the morning session was arranged for a group discussion for

students of Vasant Valley School and students from NT4TC in the conference hall of

Hotel Siddhi Vinayak, SawaiMadhopur, to exchange their ideas on conservation of

wildlife, particularly of Tigers. The groups were divided as 5 students per group in

such a way that each group had at least one person from the Tigers for Tigers

coalition.

The students were given ample amount of time to brainstorm and discuss the major

challenges in their areas in relation to conservation and their probable solutions as to

what could be done to overcome these challenges.

Each group later exchanged their ideas on stage and discussed important steps which

could be taken by them to spread this conservation message all across.

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Even after so many different sessions with various dignitaries, the students were

compelling enough to have a session with Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar, Field Director

Ranthambore National Park. With his permission, Tiger Trust organized an

interactive session of students from Vasant Valley and Tigers for Tigers on the

evening of 5th January 2014 at 6:30 pm.

Mr. Bhatnagar explained his journey as forest official and his achievements in the

park. He also discussed the effects of tourism on the park and its management

challenges. His talk was depicting his power to authority and judgment which was

very inspiring for the students of different regions.

From left to right:

Mr. Sandeep Sharma,

Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar,

and

Ms. Anjana Gosain

Students from

Vasant Valley, New

Delhi and Tigers for

Tigers coalition,

South Carolina,

USA as the audience

for the evening.

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The students asked various questions in the session regarding management of

Ranthambore National Park to which Mr. Bhatnagar very gracefully explained. The

students were very concerned about the villages inside the Tiger Reserve to which

Ms. Gosain explained the legal perspective of a situation and how wildlife law comes

into practice for such cases.

Interactive session with the participants

Ms. Anne Truslow, Vice President of The National Wildlife Federation was also asked

to discuss her views of Tiger conservation as per this 3-day campaign and how she

would like to continue with this approach of Tiger Trust. She mentioned her exciting

encounters with tigers during this campaign and her aspiration to be able to continue

such exciting interactions.

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A special guest from WWF-India, Mr. Subhadeep Bhattacharjee was also invited for

the session who gave a brief insight over the tigers which stray to other areas and

their probable reasons. He shared his experience as the Senior Programme Officer

WWF-India in Sawai Madhopur who’s in charge of monitoring such straying tigers

from Ranthambore National Park. His talk was appreciated by Tiger Trust, guests

and participants.

In the end Mr. Bhatnagar explained the value of awareness in the conservation

context and appreciated efforts done by Tiger Trust for 25 years in achieving this

goal. He encouraged the students to retain the attitude of conservationists even after

the campaign and spread the message all across to join hands in conservation. His

thoughts were provocative and appealing and he stressed on understanding the

challenges faced in conservation and finding out their solutions. His time devoted for

this session was greatly appreciated by Tiger Trust and participants.

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On 5th January 2014, Mr. Sandeep Sharma was specially invited by Tiger Trust to

educate the students on wildlife photography. The session was attended by students

from Vasant Valley, New Delhi and Tigers for Tigers coalition, USA in the conference

hall of Hotel Siddhi Vinayak at 7:00 pm.

Due to Mr. Sharma’s excellent tiger pictures and extreme patience for obtaining such

pictures, Tiger Trust figured it to be a very valued session by all the students to learn

the techniques of taking good photographs, not only of wildlife, but in general as

well.

Mr. Sharma explained the students the very basics of photography so that they could

understand the adjustments in a camera prior to taking photographs. He also

interacted with students on “one to one” basis.

He suggested the students to have patience for being a wildlife photographer since

the animals will not necessarily be in an “Auto” mode. He explained his experiences

with “Machhli” during his first few visits in Ranthambore and how that individual

amused him so much so as to dedicate his New Year calendar to the very tigress.

He demonstrated the use of flash by clicking pictures with and without it, explaining

students when the flash is necessary and otherwise. He even gave good tricks to take

group photographs in low lights and closed halls. His techniques were greatly

enjoyed by the students and teachers.

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During his session, he encouraged the students to bring their cameras and show the

pictures to him for guidance and tips. The students had long discussions with him

regarding their photography and ways of improving them. Mr. Sharma was amazed

with so many good photographers in the room at such a young age. He encouraged

the students to send two of their best pictures to Tiger Trust for which Ms. Gosain

announced that the best pictures will be given a reward.

It was a very exciting session for the students who learned various tricks and

techniques for taking a photograph.

Mr. Sandep

Sharma

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– Asking

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Once the students were gone back to their respective home towns, Tiger Trust

contacted the participants to get a feedback from them regarding the whole program

and if any suggestions they have for us for future camps. Following feedback was

received back by Tiger Trist from different schools:

- Ms. Mona Datta- Teacher, Vasant Valley, New Delhi

- Ms. Sunita Vashishta – Teacher, Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur

“We were able to enlarge our understanding of the

importance of tiger conservation and the situation of

tiger nationwide and worldwide. We also learnt some

wonderful things about the forest. It taught us to be

patient and calm and how to appreciate the tiniest of

things around us. We learnt that if you wish to succeed

in something, you must have a burning passion for it.

Future camps could be organized to be longer, so that

students from different schools and universities get to

interact”.

“We understood a lot about the „Big cat‟. How they move

about and hunt in wild. Meeting Mr. Sandeep Sharma and

Mr. Balendu was a great thrill as they also shared their

experiences. It was a great opportunity to interact with

students from Delhi and Clemson University and share their

experiences about the pain of the animal in captivity.

In the future, we can go in different groups and lot of

interactions should be arranged which would definitely

require more time so the period and the no. of session can

be enhanced”.

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- Sean Carnell - Founder of Tigers for Tigers Coalition, USA

- Mrs. Lekha Gupta – Teacher, Tagore Public School, Jaipur

“It was a great opportunity for us to get a better

understanding of the issues facing tigers and what

we can do about it. It was also fantastic to see so

much enthusiasm from the students. I thought that

the speakers were great and the panel was a great

way for the students to ask questions.

If we wish to host the event next year, we should

designate a specific day or two solely for the

event. This will give us ample time for more

discussion”.

“It was really a wonderful experience for all the

students and teachers and we wish to have such

memorable programs in near future too. We were

extremely fortunate to be able to communicate

with some of the most renowned people from the

Forest Department of Rajasthan

If possible, we would like to suggest keeping the

sessions a little longer with an increase of

opportunity to interact with the other students

and exchange ideas with them for working in the

path of conservation”.

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Annexure

Schedule of the Program:

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AN-INITIATIVE BY TIGER TRUST AND NATIONAL COALITION OF T4T CLEMSON UNIVERSITY USA INTERNATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION

PROGAMME RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK

Venue: Hotel Siddhi Vinayak Date: 3rd to 5th January, 2014

Programme Schedule 3rd January, 2014

8:00 pm Arrival in Sidhi Vinayak of all Students after Dinner in the Conference

Hall.

8:15 pm Introduction of the programme and interaction amongst students of

Delhi, Jaipur and Clemson University. (Dress Code- Fancy Dress or

Formal Dress)

8:30 pm Lecture by Mr. Balendu Singh Hon’ry Wild Life Warden of

Ranthambhore National Park.

8:45 pm Interactive session.

9:15 pm Departure of students.

4th January, 2014

6:30 am Jungle Safari

10:00 am Arrival at respective Hotels time for fresh up.

10:45 am Assembly of students from all schools of respective places and their

seating arrangement

11:15 am Welcome /Introductory note by Ms. Anjana Gosain, Hon’y Secretary

Tiger Trust

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11:20 am Lighting of the Lamp by the Chief Guest and other Guests.

11:30 pm Address by Chief Guest Mr. Rahul Kumar, IFS Pr. CCF, (HOEF) Jaipur

12:00 pm First performance by Ranthambhore Schools on Tigers of

Ranthambhore.

12:45 pm Second item by students from Tiger for Tigers (T4T).

1:15 pm Third item by students from Vasant Valley.

1:30 pm Address by Ms. Aditi Thakur “How passion helps in conservation

perspective”.

1:45 pm Fourth item by Jaipur students (T.P.S ,M.P.S)

2:00 pm Vote of thanks by Ms. Prerna Sharma, Project Coordinator, Tiger Trust

2:05 pm Lunch

3:00 pm Visit to Ranthambore fort by Jaipur Students and they will leave for

Jaipur in the afternoon.

3:30 pm Jungle Safari for U.S ,Delhi and Ranthambore students.

5:30 pm Arrival in respective hotels for a break

8:00 pm Dinner and interaction

5th January, 2014 6:30 am Jungle Safari

11:00 am Photography class by Mr. Sandeep Sharma

2:30 pm Jungle Safari

5:30 pm Return to respective hotels

7:30 pm “Sharing an experience” - a talk by Field Director Ranthambhore

National Park - Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar

8:00 pm Dinner

9:00 pm Resolutions by the students.

Note: The program can end little later than the mentioned timings.

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List of Participants

a) List of Guests, team members and teachers from various schools

S. No. Name Designation

1 Mr. Rahul Kumar PCCF (HOFF)

2 Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar Field Director, Ranthambore

3 Mr. Balendu Singh Honorary Wildlife Warden

4 Mr. Sandeep Sharma Wildlife Photographer

5 Ms. Anjana Gosain Honorary Secretary Tiger Trust

6 Dr. Suraj Ziddi Honorary Secretary Nature club of Rajasthan

7 Ms. Shubha Thakur Advocate

8 Ms. Prerna Sharma Project coordinator, Tiger Trust

9 Ms. Zaara Kidwai Project coordinator, Tiger Trust

10 Mr. Subhadeep Bhattacharjee Senior Project Officer, WWF-India

11 Mr. Pankaj Joshi Naturalist

12 Ms. Aditi Thakur Volunteer, Tiger Trust

13 Mr. Rahul Admin executive, Tiger Trust

14. Ms. Mona Dutt Teacher, Vasant Valley, New Delhi

15. Ms. Promita Banerjee Teacher, Vasant Valley, New Delhi

16. Ms. Lekha Teacher, Tagore Public School, Jaipur

17. Ms. Sunita Vashishta Teacher, Maheshwar Public School, Jaipur

18. Mr. Vineet Teacher, Maheshwar Public School, Jaipur

19. Mr. Magha Teacher, Maheshwar Public School, Jaipur

b) List of students from various schools

S. No. Student's name Class

Tagore Public School, Jaipur

1 Pragya Gola 10 D

2 Pallavi Sharma 10 D

3 Deepa Chauhan 10 C

4 Juhi Shrivastava 10 C

5 Simran Tulsani 10 C

6 Namita Rathore 10 C

7 Himanshu Joshi 9 A

8 Divyansh Sharma 11 G

9 Rishabh Gupta 11 C

10 Mayank gupta 11 D

11 Naveen Chellani 11 H

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Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur

12 Shiv Nandan 11 A

13 Piyush Mansinghani 11 A

14 Vaibhav Yadav 11 A

15 Rudra Singh 11 A

16 Tarun Snghoni 11 A

17 Surya Prakash Biyari 11 A

18 Sagar Sharma 11 A

19 Utkarsh Sinha 11 A

20 Dev Ronek 11 A

21 Jatin Labhi 11 A

22 Daman Deep Singh 11 A

23 Aryan Gupta 11 A

24 Navdeep Singh 11 A

25 Gaurav Jain 11 A

26 Nilesh Mathur 11 A

27 Shubhankit Pareek 11 A

28 Money Jain 11 A

29 Aditya Mathur 11 A

30 Siddhart Joshi 11 A

31 Alind Sharma 11 A

32 Tanmay Sharma 11 A

33 Jayesh Biyani 11 A

34 Ankur Tiwari 11 A

35 Preet Kacholia 11 A

36 Prathu Pareek 11 A

37 Nikunj Gattani 11 A

38 Arpit Gupta 11 A

39 Saransh Parnami 11 A

40 Piyush Rathi 11 A

41 Rishi Kacholia 11 A

42 Raghav Sharda 11 A

43 Nikhil Bhatia 11 A

44 Mayur Ramrakhani 11 A

45 Shashwat Gakkar 11 A

46 Jayedeep Chaddha 11 A

47 Shubham Agarwal 11 A

48 Ishan Sharma 11 A

49 Ayush Goswami 11 A

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Vasant Valley, New Delhi

50 Viraj Viswanand 10 B

51 Raghav Gupta 10 B

52 Rishabh Chatterjee 10 A

53 Saieeshaa Sethi 10 A

54 Avanti Divan 10 A

55 Esha Bhardwaj 10 B

56 Ananya Gupta 10 B

57 Noor Dhingra 9 A

58 Mehr S Mehta 9 A

59 Malika Oak 9 C

60 Tanya Pawar 9 C

61 Shrawan Advani 9 A

62 Madhav Bhardwaj 7 C

63 Lakshya P. Kaura 9 C

64 Agrim Rai 9 C

65 Aryan Verma 8 B

66 Samrath Malhotra 9 A

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PRESS RELEASE

Tiger Trust received an amazing response from the Press. Following was the coverage

of the program from Times of India, Jaipur.

News in Times of India, Jaipur

Dated: 6th January 2014

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