King Cobra Bionomics and Conservation Workshop
8 - 10th March 2024
KCRE, Agumbe
King Cobra is the king of snakes for many reasons.
It is the longest venomous snake in the world, only snake to build a nest and guards her eggs, and it is our national reptile!
This pioneering workshop by Dr Gowri Shankar, a king cobra biologist studying king cobras for 20 years, will take you on a deep dive into the secret lives of king cobras.
The annual workshop is timed to match the king cobra breeding season and conducted in the land of kings-Agumbe.
Come delve into their secret lives and learn about their ecology and research underway.
Highlights :
• King Cobra ecology
• Discussions: Research – past, present & future, people perceptions, myths and plights
• Taxonomical identification
• Activities to understand their ecology
* Day and night herping
• Attend rescue calls(if any) and learn rescue techniques
Dr P Gowri Shankar
Herpetologist,
TED Speaker
Dr Gowri Shankar is a wildlife biologist working on king cobras for close to two decades. He was instrumental in initiating the pioneering radio telemetry study on king cobras and was able to discover the secret life of king cobras.
He is an authority on the ecology of king cobras and has been featured in several wildlife documentaries like the ‘King and I’, ‘Secrets of the King Cobra ‘, ‘Asia’s Deadliest Snake’, and ‘Wildest India’ by BBC, National Geographic Channel, NatGeoWild , Discovery Channel ‘Mysteries of Wild India’ and ‘The Cobra King’ by channels like the BBC, Discovery, NatGeo Wild, Animal Planet, Smithsonian and National Geographic Channel.
He completed his PhD at North Orissa University and is a former exchange student at Uppsala University, Sweden.
He was awarded the herpetologist of the year-2015 by the Swedish Herpetological Society. He is a TEDFellow 2020, a TED, and TEDx speaker
More about Gowri at : http://pogirigowrishankar.wordpress.com/
ELIGIBILITY
Open to ALL above 18 years.
Maximum participants: 18.
DETAILS
Venue: Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology, Agumbe
Date: 08th to 10th March 2024.
COST
Tent stay: Rs. 9950/-
Includes: Food (Veg and non-veg) & accommodation on a sharable basis* for all three days and program cost.
Does not include: Travel, transport for rescue calls and personal expenses.
*Note: 3 people in cottages and 2 people in tents