OCT 02, FRIDAY – OCT 08, THURSDAY – PUBLIC WEBINAR
Youth Photographic Society has been well known for its Wildlife Photographers right from the days its inception in 1971. YPS Celebrates Wildlife Week every year with an exhibition. Given the current conditions, this year we will celebrate Wildlife Week with delightful webinars featuring wildlife photography experts. Each photographer will focus on different aspects of wildlife covering different places and topics.
The Webinar series is open to all and is available through Facebook Live as well as Youtube Live.
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GENESIS
From time immemorial, our wildlife has been closely associated with our legendary beliefs, with our folklores, with our epics and with our history. Our lives would be very much poorer without these varied forms that build up the balance of nature. Wildlife preservation in fact implies active and planned wildlife management under which all forms of life would progress side by side with human progress, each in its own sphere of influence and utility and without any detriment to human interests. In fact, it is with this end in view that wildlife sanctuaries and national parks have been established and developed in suitable localities all over the country.
In the year 1952, with a view to preserve the fauna of India, particularly to take urgent steps to prevent extinction of any species, the Government of India established an Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL). The Board has since been doing pioneering work to arouse public consciousness in favor of wildlife preservation.
In order to arouse a general awakening, the Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL) decided to observe a Wildlife Week from October 2 – 8 every year and organize different activities related to wildlife conservation to commemorate this week.
Every year between October 2 and October 8, Governments, environmentalists, activists, educators and others organize different activities to accelerate the awareness of wildlife conservation among people. India, being a mega-storehouse of various species, is also able to manage several conferences, awareness programs, and public meetings among nature lovers. Schools and educational institutions organize events such as wildlife related movie screening, painting competitions / essay writings / debates for young children with wildlife as the theme.
Wildlife Week at YPS
Bengaluru invariably has the largest community of Wildlife Photographers, and YPS, to its credit, has been celebrating Wildlife Week over the past several years and has kept up this tradition.
In 2020, amidst the challenges of a pandemic and curtailed visits to the forests, sanctuaries, reserves and overall travel, YPS will be celebrating Wildlife Week from 2nd October 2020 to 8th October 2020, with a set of Webinars featuring renowned wildlife photographers, who will treat photography and wildlife lovers with fantastic pictures and passionate talks.
Webinar Everyday
The Webinar Calendar for Wildlife Week 2020 Celebration is as follows:
OCT 02, FRI | RATHIKA RAMASAMY | WILDLIFE MOODS AND MOMENTS |
OCT 03, SAT | MOHAN THOMAS | A PEEK THROUGH MY LENS |
OCT 04, SUN | YASHPAL RATHORE | DAWN TO DUSK IN AFRICAN SAVANNAH |
OCT 05, MON | AVINASH KHEMKA | THE MAGIC OF MANGALAJODI |
OCT 06, TUE | GIRISH GOWDA | MACRO WORLD OF AGUMBE |
OCT 07, WED | SACHIN RAI | UNDERSTANDING COMPOSITION |
OCT 08, THU | PRAVEEN PUROHIT | THE 4 “P”s OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
We welcome one and all to attend these sessions and look forward to your participation in these webinars and show your support to a sustainable and responsible Wildlife week celebrations.