In the lap of nature

For the very first time in the University of Hyderabad (UoH), the School of Life Sciences students came out of the laboratories and spent quality time in the lap of lush green nature on Sunday. Wild Lens, a group established with the objective of safe-guarding the wildlife in the campus and working for the enrichment of campus biodiversity, organised a ‘Nature Walk’ which aimed at educating the students about University wildlife and its biodiversity.

Jillapalli Ravi, a research scholar from School of Life Sciences, who is also the founder of Wild Lens, helped in handing over good number of poachers to the University Security, Police and the Forest department. The walk was flagged off by Prof. P Reddanna, dean of the School of Life Sciences.

As part of the programme a wildlife photography competition was also organised to encourage the student community towards awareness of biodiversity in the campus. Around 120 people participated in the event.The group visited important places in the campus that included the Menhir Rock 200BC, where the Megalithic period articles like pottery, skeletal remains and weapons were excavated; the oldest black granite stone; Old Rocky Temple; the High Rock and the Pile Up Rock. The Nature Walk concluded at University’s Historic Museum.