{"id":3196,"date":"2026-05-12T05:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:09:48","slug":"field-visit-to-kaziranga-national-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/field-visit-to-kaziranga-national-park-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Visit to\u00a0Kaziranga National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A total of&nbsp;<strong>39 students<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>M.Sc. Zoology 4<sup>th<\/sup> Semester (Wildlife Specialization)<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>B.Sc. Zoology 4<sup>th<\/sup> Semester (Honours)<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>B.Sc. Zoology 6<sup>th<\/sup> Semester (Minor)<\/strong>&nbsp;undertook an academic field visit to Kaziranga National Park on 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u20137 February 2026. The visit was organised as part of their curriculum to provide practical exposure to wildlife ecology and protected area management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group reached Kohora on 6<sup>th<\/sup> February 2026 and visited the&nbsp;Kaziranga National Orchid and Biodiversity Park&nbsp;in the afternoon, where students explored orchid diversity and biodiversity exhibits representing Northeast India. In the evening, an interactive session was held at the&nbsp;Kohora Convention Centre&nbsp;with&nbsp;Mr. Arun Vignesh, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Eastern Assam Wildlife Division. He elaborated on wildlife and habitat monitoring, population estimation methods, habitat management practices, and anti-poaching strategies implemented in Kaziranga. The session proved to be a highly enriching learning experience for the students. The Department felicitated Mr. Arun Vignesh, with a small token of appreciation in recognition of his valuable time and insightful interaction with students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 7<sup>th<\/sup> February 2026, the students undertook an early morning jeep safari in the Central Range of the park. They observed key wildlife species including the&nbsp;Indian Rhinoceros,&nbsp;Asiatic Water Buffalo,&nbsp;Hog Deer,&nbsp;Swamp Deer,&nbsp;Wild Boar, and&nbsp;Asian Elephant, Bengal Monitor Lizard, Assam-roofed Turtle along with more than 50 species of birds including critically endangered Slender-billed Vulture and endangered Pallas\u2019s Fish Eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The field visit effectively connected theoretical learning in classrooms with real-world conservation practices and enhanced students\u2019 understanding of wildlife monitoring, habitat management, and protected area administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-1817936a wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo-1024x768.jpeg ,https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo-scaled.jpeg 780w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo-scaled.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-3197\" width=\"4160\" height=\"3120\" title=\"Group Photo\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of&nbsp;39 students&nbsp;from&nbsp;M.Sc. Zoology 4th Semester (Wildlife Specialization),&nbsp;B.Sc. Zoology 4th Semester (Honours), and&nbsp;B.Sc. Zoology 6th Semester (Minor)&nbsp;undertook an academic field visit to Kaziranga National Park on 6th \u20137 February 2026. The visit was organised as part of their curriculum to provide practical exposure to wildlife ecology and protected area management. The group reached Kohora [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":3095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-workshops"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-scaled.jpeg",2560,1920,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-300x225.jpeg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-768x576.jpeg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-1024x768.jpeg",1024,768,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-1536x1152.jpeg",1536,1152,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Group-Photo-2048x1536.jpeg",2048,1536,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"hodzoo","author_link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/author\/hodzoo\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A total of&nbsp;39 students&nbsp;from&nbsp;M.Sc. Zoology 4th Semester (Wildlife Specialization),&nbsp;B.Sc. Zoology 4th Semester (Honours), and&nbsp;B.Sc. Zoology 6th Semester (Minor)&nbsp;undertook an academic field visit to Kaziranga National Park on 6th \u20137 February 2026. The visit was organised as part of their curriculum to provide practical exposure to wildlife ecology and protected area management. The group reached Kohora&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}