Dehra Dun

Dehra Dun 

I have heard many times from few friends that this place is awesome. The climate is pleasant almost throughout the year. A Small city surrounded by the marvelous forest and wildlife in it. I love to travel but never dreamt to visit Dehra Dun, till I got to know about the south Asia’s best institute for wildlife training, Wildlife Institute of India, and then I was eager to see both WII and Dehra Dun.  

January 2008. 

Waited for almost three years after first I have had hear of Dun & WII to come and visit Dehra Dun. 

Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehra Dun

There were interviews for many projects in WII and I planned to attend one of them. At that time one of my teachers advised me to carry an umbrella and I was shocked. “In the month of January Umbrella?” , I thought, but I was wrong. To prove my teacher is right, rain welcomed me in my first visit to Dun. A sunny day with pleasant cold with temperature ranging between 5 – 10 degrees or maximum may be 15. I simply loved it.

February 2008

I joined WII in the midst of February. Weather was similar to last month, when I had come for   an interview. But this time too, rain drenched me. Definitely it was not pouring, otherwise I would not have liked it; but it was drizzling. Month ended with getting familiarizing with WII and its beautiful – forested campus. City was yet to visit.

March 2008

Field work in Shiwalik started and I started realizing that research and Himalaya – Shiwalik are very different than that of work I carried out in Mumbai & Western Ghats-Sahyadri. 

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Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun.

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