To promote scientific awareness about birds, avian ecology and conservation aspects among common people, ELA Foundation, Pune and M E S Abasaheb Garware College have jointly initiated the certificate course in Basic Ornithology. This unique course is conducted on no profit no loss basis and all participants are given a comprehensive book of lecture notes. This is the fifth successive year of the course. The course duration is from December 8, 2008 to February 16, 2009 and participants are being enrolled from Monday onwards at the Garware college. Satish Pande of the Ela foundation said that any person who has completed Standard X in any faculty is eligible to join this course. Doctors, engineers, software personnel, lawyers, journalists, personnel from armed forces, junior and senior college students from arts and commerce faculty as well as from zoology, botany, biodiversity and environmental sciences and various other professionals can join the course. Further details may be had by contacting the Department of Zoology at MES College.
