Schedule of Symposium 2024

Schedule

09 August 2024 – 10 August 2024 

Note : All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST).

This event is over. Kindly check schedule for the current event

AY 0 : 08 August 2024 (Thursday)
Time Event
16:00 – 17:00

Pre-symposium event: Meet and greet and learn your way through Discord, fun polls and introductions.
by Symposium Steering Committee

 

Channel: #lounge

 

DAY 1 : 09 August 2024 (Friday) – Monitoring Wetland Birds/ Water Birds
Time Event
10:30 – 10:40

Welcome and Introduction
by Symposium Steering Committee

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
10:40 – 11:00

Engaging Citizen Science in Waterbird Conservation and Monitoring – Asian Waterbird Census
by Dhruv Verma

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
11:00 – 11:20

Insights from a decade of Heronry monitoring in Kerala
by Roshnath Ramesh

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
11:20 – 11:40

A decade of monitoring birds of Perur Lake, Coimbatore – An approach to Citizen Science
by G Parameshwaran

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
11:40 – 12:00

W3 (Winter Waterbird Week) – experiences and lessons from standardised mid-winter monitoring of migratory waterbirds in the EAAF (East Asian Australian Flyway)
by Shelby Wee & Yong Ding Li

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
12:00 – 12:20

Long-term monitoring of avifaunal populations of Thane Creek, Mumbai
by Pranay Khadanga 

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
12:20 – 12:40

Denizens of the whitewaters: monitoring birds in riverine areas in the Indian Himalaya
by Ankita Sinha

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
12:40 – 12:45

Discussion and Wrap up

 

Channel: #09-aug-short talks
12:45 – 13:30 BREAK [TEA / COFFEE]
13:30 – 15:30

Speed talks and interaction

  • Ecological Monitoring of Bird Communities and Prey Species Dynamics in Peri-Urban Wetlands – Yash Srivastava
  • Wetland birds in Peralathvayal A study over 5 years – Shyamkumar P
  • Assessing one of the major mudflats of Andhra Pradesh, India to sustain the waders’ population and their utilisation of these mudflats – Rachaveelpula Sreeja
  • Monitoring wetland birds and other non-wetland species – KIRAN VATI K
  • Population dynamics and Breeding Ecology of River Terns at Bhadra tiger reserve – KARTHIK N J
  • Bird Diversity in Harike Wetland of Punjab, India – Stanzin Zangmo
  • Annual Waterbird Census and Monitoring in the Ramsar sites of Kerala – Niranjana K S
  • Unmasking the birds of Madurai South, Tamil Nadu, India – R. Rajashree
  • Kerala Beachcombing – Ampady S
  • Monitoring the ground nesting riverine birds of Kollidam river in Tamil Nadu – Siva T
Channel: #09-aug-speedtalks

 

DAY 2 : 10 August 2024 (Saturday) – Understanding causes of population change
Time Event
10:30 – 10:35

Opening comments and welcome to day 2
by Symposium Steering Committee

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
10:35 – 11:20

Temperature, prey availability and the survival of Eastern Himalayan birds in primary and degraded forest: 14 years of long-term monitoring
by Umesh Srinivasan

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
11:20 – 11:40

The race to save vultures in India
by Sachin Ranade

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
11:40 – 12:00

Chasing behind the mass mortality of the Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) by assessing the Endoparasites

by Shantala Kumar

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
12:00 – 12:20

‘Helping Skimmer Skim’: Monitoring Indian Skimmer nest survival, causes of nest failure and
experimenting conservation intervention to improve nest survival
by Parveen Shaikh

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
12:20 – 12:40

The rise and fall of the sparrow: The story of the most common bird of the world
by Anukul Nath

 

Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks
12:40 – 13:45 BREAK [Lunch]
13:45 – 15:45

Speed talks and interaction

  • Bird Conservation Practices in Traditional way of Tribal Community: Special Reference to Chhattisgarh Gond Community – Manjeet Kaur Bal
  • Siberian Crane Memory Project – Peeyush Sekhsaria
  • Use of Native and Exotic plants by birds: A case study of parks and gardens in Pune City – Shivam Shinde
  • Death of a Sanctuary – Local extinction of GIB in Karera Bustard Sanctuary, MP. – Vrushal Pendharkar
  • Monitoring Raptors: The Beginning – Sunny Joshi
  • Distribution and Nesting Tree Characteristics of Dusky Eagle-owl in semi-arid agricultural landscape of Rohtak and Jhajjar District – Aditya Singh Chauhan
  • Density estimation of Hornbills in Periyar Tiger Reserve – Ahmed Omar Haroon
  • Passive acoustic data yields insights into bird vocalization behavior associated with invasive shrub removal – Pavithra Sundar
Channel: #10-aug-speedtalks
15:45 – 16:00

Closing remarks and feedback
by Symposium Steering Committee

 

Channel: #lounge